One (or two, depending on how you look at it) of the UK's biggest festivals, these days slightly less metal-orientated than it once was, but still a hugely popular choice for festival goers.

Headliners: My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, Pulp, Muse

Dates: 26 - 28 August

Location: Reading and Leeds, UK

Tickets:Weekend tickets from £192 (day tickets also available)

Other line-up highlights:

My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds To Mars, The Offspring, Deftones, Rise Against, Bring Me The Horizon, New Found Glory, The Blackout, Architects, Beady Eye, White Lies, Noah & The Whale, The Vaccines, Metronomy, Patrick Wolf, The Naked & Famous, The Strokes, Pulp, The National, Jimmy Eat World, Madness, Two Door Cinema Club, Seasick Steve, Pigeon Detectives, Joy Formidable, Jane's Addiction, Crystal Castles, Bombay Bicycle Club, Everything Everything, The Kills, Odd Future, Muse, Elbow, Interpol, Friendly Fires, Enter Shikari, The View, Frank Turner, Taking Back Sunday, We Are The Ocean, 2ManyDJs, The Streets, Death From Above 1979, Panic! At The Disco, Warpaint, Chapel Club, Cage The Elephant

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