Readng & Leeds add a further 60+ names

After the festivals announced their initial line-up earlier this year, Reading & Leeds have now added a further 60+ names to this year's billing.

Alt-J (pictured), Palma Violets, Modestep, The Gaslight Anthem, Drenge, Against Me!, Twin Atlantic, Parquet Courts, Spector, MK, Charli XCX, Jacob Plant, Blonde, Rustie and many more have been added to the line-ups, which already sees Mumford & Sons, Metallica and The Libertines headlining the events.

Reading & Leeds Festivals will take place from the 28th-30th August, with tickets for both weekends still available. Visit www.readingfestival.com or www.leedsfestival.com for more info and see below for the full list of new additions by stage.

Main Stage:
Alt-J
Palma Violets
Drenge
Modestep
FIDLAR
Babymetal
The Gaslight Anthem
Against Me!
Feed The Rhino

NME/Radio 1 Stage:
Parquet Courts
Echosmith
Twin Atlantic
Spector
Nothing But Thieves
Kwabs
Ghostpoet
AWOLNATION
The Skints

BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage:
Jacob Plant
LANY
Maribou State
MK
All We Are
Oliver $
Kevin Saunderson
Charli XCX
Secondcity
Dimension x Kove
Elliphant
Blonde Live
Rustie
Evian Christ
Snakehips
TCTS
99 Souls

The Lock Up/The Pit:
Modern Baseball
The Bots
The Smith Street Band
Youth Man
Atreyu
PVRIS
And So I Watch You From Afar
Black Peaks
Ho99o9
The One Hundred
Beartooth
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
Turbowolf
Moose Blood
Queen Kwong
Hawk Eyes
Single Mothers
Black Foxxes
Fort Hope

Festival Republic Stage:
Saint Raymond
Prides
Bear’s Den
Vaults
Joywave
Eliza And The Bear
Hunter & The Bear
Lucy Rose
Blossoms
Bad Breeding
Little Comets
Mini Mansions
Gengahr
Hippo Campus
Sundara Karma
Black Honey
The Sherlocks

BBC 1Xtra Stage:
Ms Dynamite
Tempa T
Loyle Carner
Kiko Bun
Dope D.O.D.
Fekky
Siobhan Bell
Isaiah Dreads

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