“The highlight of my year is always Reading and Leeds. It's the perfect way to end the summer. To be able to be a part of it and have a stage there still blows my mind. We've worked long and we've worked hard to come up with a bill that everyone will enjoy and I think we've done a great job. If you're a fan of punk rock, hardcore, ska and rock'n'roll then you're going to want to get to the tent early and be prepared to spend the whole day/night there. That's how good a line-up it is.”
MIKE DAVIES, THE LOCK-UP, RADIO ONE
The Lock-Up Stage returns to the twin sites for another two days that are sure to see huge crowds from start to finish. A well loved permanent fixture of Reading and Leeds, The Lock-Up Stage always delivers a host of top names in their genres year on year and this time is no exception with two classic headliners at the front of a bill that is a run down of the best punk, hardcore, ska and rock ‘n’ roll names you could hope to see.
OUR HEADLINERS
Reading Festival on Friday 28th August / Leeds Festival on Sunday 30th August
After a decade of hard work and near on non-stop touring BILLY TALENT broke through in to the punk mainstream with their eponymous debut ‘Billy Talent’in 2003, the album went on to become triple platinum in Canada with success soon following across Europe and the US. ‘Billy Talent II’followed in 2006, Spawning hits such as the infectious ‘Devil In A Midnight Mass’ and ‘Fallen Leaves’, the album has sold over a million copies worldwide.
Renowned for the sheer energy of their live shows Billy Talent first graced our shores with their live show at the Reading and Leeds Festival in 2003, and have steadily built a fiercely loyal fan base here in the UK, with three UK headline tours and numerous festival appearances. With a new album due in June, these shows are sure to see them replicate their Stateside success in the UK.
MORE INFORMATION – www.billytalent.com
Reading Festival on Saturday 29th August / Leeds Festival on Friday 28th August
Chicago punk-rock champions RISE AGAINST are back to their potent political best with their current album ‘Appeal To Reason’. A band renowned for their single-minded political outlook, ‘Appeal To Reason’ is an embodiment of the band’s feelings about the world around them. Nowhere is this more greatly channeled than on forthcoming single, ‘Re-education (Through Labour)’ - a powerful statement against the use of sweat-shops in the modern world supported by a controversial, hard edged video. Never has the Rise Against message been more powerful – ‘Appeal To Reason’ is their rock manifesto - a statement of intent and a powerful message to the world.
FOR MORE INFORMATION – www.riseagainst.com
