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Two Door Cinema Club, Rex Orange County, Waterparks, More Announced For Reading And Leeds’s First Wave

Two Door Cinema Club, Rex Orange County, Waterparks, More Announced For Reading And Leeds’s First Wave

The UK’s biggest festival just announced the first wave of acts for Reading And Leeds 2020. And it’s massive.

Yesterday we learned that Rage Against The Machine would be headlining alongside Liam Gallagher (who leaked his announcement in November.) The other headliner for R&L is British rapper Stormzy. Also playing the festival are Waterparks, IDLES, Cancer Bats, FEVER 333, All Time Low, Two Door Cinema Club, As It Is, The Maine, Rex Orange County, and KSI (yes, the YouTuber.)

Check out the first wave below.

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Reading And Leeds takes place Friday, August 28, to Sunday, August 30. Tickets go on sale this Thursday at 9 a.m. GMT on Ticketmaster.

Carly Rae Jepsen, Hatsune Miku, Fatboy Slim, More To Play Coachella 2020

Carly Rae Jepsen, Hatsune Miku, Fatboy Slim, More To Play Coachella 2020

Holy shit I’m impressed.

The lineup for this year’s Cochella festival was unveiled late last night around 10 EST, featuring so many amazing acts and bands. We learned yesterday that Rage Against The Machine, Travis Scott, and Frank Ocean would be headlining, as well as performances from Lana Del Rey, Flume, and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke.

Now added to this incredible lineup are artists and bands like Canadian punk group PUP, film composer and ex-Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman, YouTuber turned musician Joji, Mongolian metal band The HU, pop artist Carly Rae Jepsen, K-pop act BIGBANG, Russian ska punk band Ленинград, legendary DJ Fatboy Slim, rap duo Run The Jewels, and Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, to name a few. Check out the lineup below.

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You probably noticed that there’s one band missing: My Chemical Romance. While the reunited emo rock band were announced for the festival yesterday, it seems it’s no longer so. No word yet as to why.

Presale tickets go on sale Monday, January 6 at 3 p.m. EST on their website. Weekend 1 passes have already sold out, so it’s best to get these tickets ASAP. Coachella 2020 takes place Friday, April 10 to Sunday, April 12, and Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19, 2020 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif..

Past performers include The Chemical Brothers, Jane’s Addiction, Björk, Hot Hot Heat, Wilco, Thrice, Daft Punk, Interpol, My Morning Jacket, Paul McCartney, Muse, Two Door Cinema Club, Refused, The Postal Service, AFI, Bad Religion, Halsey, Beyoncé, Vince Staples, and The 1975.

A Day To Remember, CHVRCHES, Royal Blood, More To Play Reading And Leeds

A Day To Remember, CHVRCHES, Royal Blood, More To Play Reading And Leeds

Back in November, Reading and Leeds posted their first group of acts that are performing at this year’s festivals. Fast forward two months later and we finally got more. And by more, I mean 50+.

The festivals posted over 50 artists that are to perform along with previously announced bands and artists Foo Fighters, Bastille, The 1975, Bowling For Soup, Post Malone, and Billie Eilish. Floridian easycore superstars A Day To Remember, English rock duo Royal Blood, and Scottish synth-pop trio CHVRCHES, are scheduled to appear. Also announced were Joji, Twin Atlantic, You Me At Six, Charli XCX, The Night Café, The Hunna, Mura Masa, AJ Tracey, Against The Current, Gunna, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Lil Uzi Vert, The Amazons, The Story So Far, and Enter Shikari, who are playing four sets across the whole weekend.  Check out the current roster below. 

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Reading and Leeds takes place during the August Bank Holiday weekend from August 23 to 25. Tickets can be found on the festivals’ website.