5 things you should already know about Leeds Festival 2008
Here is a collection of five things that I think all of you should know about Leeds Festival 2008 by now. I thought this would be a good chance for people to get in tune with whats been going on so far.
1. All the headliners are going to be American Guitar Bands!
That’s right. Melvin Benn from Festival republic announced that all the headliners will be American Guitar Bands.
2. Carling are no longer the official sponsor of Leeds Festival!
Carling have ended their 9 year partnership with Leeds Festival. Jim Shearer,a spokesperson for Carling said: “The decision to end the relationship is a strategic one, that allows Carling to investigate a number of opportunities to provide a great experience for consumers in 2008 and beyond. A further announcement will be made when plans are complete.”
3. Rage Against the Machine are a strong rumour!
Its true! Rage against the machine could be playing Leeds Festival this year. Apparently they are very close to being confirmed.
4. Leeds Festival has been nominated for an NME award.
Leeds Festival has been recently nominated for the “best live event of 2007″ by NME.
5. Radiohead will not be at Leeds
Radiohead Won’t be at Leeds Festival this year. If they would have played they would definitely been a headline act, but it has been announced that all the headlining bands are American…
12 Responses
February 23rd, 2008 5:21 pm
Why is there no 4!!!! whats happened to 4!
February 23rd, 2008 5:55 pm
Wheres number 4?
February 23rd, 2008 9:43 pm
lol!! sorry guys. i’ll update that now
February 24th, 2008 7:24 am
When will the rest of the line up be confirmed?
February 24th, 2008 4:05 pm
The linup will be officially announced some time in March, just before the tickets go on sale. I think its the 14th!
cheers for the comment
February 27th, 2008 11:30 am
was hoping to see the verve to be honest… =(
aaah well. if all are american…. DOUBT it.
any other rumours on headliners?
xxxxx
February 27th, 2008 2:35 pm
If you go to our lineup page there is some more information there, but to be honest I really need to update that. Thanks for the comment
March 7th, 2008 4:22 pm
slipknot are a america guitar band and have anounced there new album will be out in april, i dont think they are likely to be playing thow.
Do the same bands play lees and reading or are they on at the same time?
March 9th, 2008 3:06 pm
Bryce -> The same bands play at both Leeds and Reading, although they usually play on different days. Occasionally a band may chose or may only be able to play at one festival and not the other, but this isn’t usually the case with the larger bands.
March 10th, 2008 6:57 am
Saz -> yeah good answer, thanks for that!
March 12th, 2008 9:12 am
How do you know radiohead aren’t playing? Kaiser cheifs played the carling stage last year. I reckon that might happen.
although i am deluded. I just wanna see radiohead!
March 12th, 2008 10:07 am
Charlie wrote:
because all the headliners are going to be american. thats official. And i can’t imagine radiohead not playing a headline slot right? thats just a conclusion i drew though.
thanks for the comment!