Blink-182 will headline next year's Reading and Leeds festivals. The American pop-punk act joins Jake Bugg,
Disclosure, Metronomy, Of Mice & Men, Wilkinson and I Am Legion as
the first artists to be announced for the August bank holiday weekend.
2014
will mark Blink-182's fifth appearance at Reading and Leeds, and falls
15 years after their festival debut. The band last played at this event
in 2010, fresh from their comeback tour,
but this time they will be premiering songs from their seventh album.
"Prepare for the fury," frontman Mark Hoppus said in a statement. These
will be Blink-182's only UK concerts of the year.
Jake Bugg
will also be playing on the Reading and Leeds mainstage, albeit a little
lower on the bill. The Nottingham-born troubadour's performance will be
his third set at the annual rock festival. "Reading and Leeds have
become a bit of a regular feature of my summers lately, so it's amazing
to be asked back again," he said.
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The
rest of the initial lineup announcement includes Of Mice & Men,
making their only festival appearance in England or Wales, and Disclosure,
who return following a popular 2013 set. "Hundreds more" bands are
still to be added to the bill, and festival boss Melvin Benn has teased an "English band" as one of the headliners.
A
sell-out crowd attended Reading and Leeds in 2013, marshalled by
headliners Biffy Clyro, Green Day and Eminem. Tickets for the 2014
festival are available as of 9am at early-bird prices, with a £50
deposit scheme.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Mark Hoppus (front)
and Tom Delonge (behind, obscured) of Blink 182. The US band will
headline next year's Reading and Leeds festivals. PRESS ASSOCIATION
Photo. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
