Anti-Flag, Bloc Party, Dropkick Murphys to play mainstage Leeds/Reading Weekender UK

Contributed by stewarty. Posted by jesse on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 12:30 PM (EDT)

Anti-Flag and the Dropkick Murphyshave been confirmed to play on the main stage at the Reading & Leeds Weekender from the 22nd to the 24th of August. Festival headliners include Rage Against the Machine, Metallica, Tenacious D, Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot, The Killers & Bloc Party. Other noteworthy acts include The Raconteurs, Avenged Sevenfold, Taking Back Sunday, and Vampire Weekend.

The festival features six stages and many, many more bands staged between Reading and Leeds, who swap lineups on different days. Visit the festival's website for details.

Bands in this story

Anti-Flag

Dropkick Murphys

Metallica

Tenacious D

Queens of the Stone Age

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misfit949 (April 3, 2008)

What a strange lineup, but I'm sure they will be great shows

Meanwhile in the USA we get Ozz Fest and Warped Tour. whoopeeee

Someone (April 3, 2008)

It's like getting hit in the face with a bag of dicks.

That_man_is_right (April 3, 2008)

That sounds fun.

14theroad (April 3, 2008)

Someone's never been to the Fest....

BarleyPat (April 3, 2008)

How many years until people on here are bashing the Fest because it's not "their little secret" anymore? I give it 3 more years.

ef_da_system (April 3, 2008)

pretty soon we r all gonna b having robots walkin down the halls holdin our hands. god i really doubt there is a school in this area of the US as strict as AHS

Wentz_Equals_Death (April 3, 2008)

...

That_man_is_right (April 3, 2008)

Obey your master.

BarleyPat (April 3, 2008)

That's interesting, tell me more.

Wentz_Equals_Death (April 3, 2008)

turns out blacklisted is pretty cool

red_eye_inc (April 3, 2008)

fuckin' a right

The_Ken_Chin_Imposter (April 3, 2008)

Rage has kind of just become a Festival-Cash grab band. Fuck them.

Jesus_H_Christ (April 3, 2008)

This is odd.

Someone (April 3, 2008)

Vampire Weekend one of the worst bands of all time. Why is everybody giving those assholes so much attention? They aren't original or even fun.

Someone (April 3, 2008)

*is/are (take your pick)

Johnny_J (April 3, 2008)

I like a few of their songs, but the album as a whole... it all sounds the same. I can't listen to the album straight through.

Someone (April 3, 2008)

I just don't understand how a band that shitty gets this much attention, who's butthole are they massaging? They get SNL?

Johnny_J (April 3, 2008)

Well, they must love the ass-massaging then... I mean they are on every music television channel known to man, plus any celebrity-obsessed shows like Vh1, or E!. Damn.

So according to those people's views, Vampire Weekend is the most innovative band out there supposedly... (which they are not).

Jesus_H_Christ (April 3, 2008)

I'm also watching weird 80s style porn.....being all ill sucks.

Dante3000 (rich) (April 3, 2008)

I fail to see what being sickly and your poor porno viewing habits have to do with each other. Especially in the era of the internet.
There's no excuse for bad porn.
-Dante

Jesus_H_Christ (April 3, 2008)

I realized as soon as I finished the comment that I meant to say something along the lines of "why am i watching 80s porn? does being sick have to do with my desire for watching the ridiculous???".

And....of course there's a connection. When I figure it out I'll let you know.

sanctimonious_sprout (April 3, 2008)

Should be an awesome weekend, can't wait.

Anyone know when the lock-up stage is announced? I think the Bosstones are pretty much confirmed, which would be amazing, although the Gallows are supposed to be headling it one night...

mackerel_minge (April 3, 2008)

pennywise will be high up as well i think.

red_eye_inc (April 3, 2008)

I know festivals suck and all, but the Lollapalooza line up won't even be this good, I'm sure. I live so close so I'll go anyway but there's no way they'll have anyone like these guys playing there. Possibly The Raconteurs, QOTSA played a few years ago so maybe but that's about it.

irish_joo (April 3, 2008)

so...when's the fest lineup coming out?

mackerel_minge (April 3, 2008)

about a quarter to a third has already been released.

chrisafi (April 3, 2008)

I've got my ticket and I am happy.