Leeds Festival Rumours http://leedsfest.org Just another WordPress site Wed, 09 May 2012 17:34:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Play at Leeds Festival 2012 with Futuresound Competition http://leedsfest.org/play-at-leeds-festival-2012-with-futuresound-competition/ http://leedsfest.org/play-at-leeds-festival-2012-with-futuresound-competition/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:34:11 +0000 tomdurkin http://leedsfest.org/?p=508 Continue reading →]]> Are you in a band and would love the chance to play at Leeds Festival 2012?

The Futuresound Competition 2012 is giving local bands the chance to grab a place at this year’s festival.

“Futuresound will be looking for local acts to take part in the annual competition which showcases the best of local talent in a battle of the bands style competition to win a slot at the Leeds and Reading Festival.”

To find out more information on entering etc, visit the website here.

]]> http://leedsfest.org/play-at-leeds-festival-2012-with-futuresound-competition/feed/ 0 Leeds Festival offer Fans Apprentiship Positions http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-offer-fans-apprentiship-positions/ http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-offer-fans-apprentiship-positions/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 17:15:54 +0000 tomdurkin http://leedsfest.org/?p=506 Continue reading →]]> Leeds Festival 2012 officials have announced that they are offering out apprenticeship positions this year.

“We have announced plans to introduce a new Reading & Leeds apprenticeship and internship scheme to invite attendees for this year’s festival to see how things work behind the scenes.”

For full details please visit the official website here.

]]> http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-offer-fans-apprentiship-positions/feed/ 0 Win VIP Treament in Official Facebook Competition http://leedsfest.org/win-vip-treament-in-official-facebook-competition/ http://leedsfest.org/win-vip-treament-in-official-facebook-competition/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 09:05:28 +0000 tomdurkin http://leedsfest.org/?p=495 Leeds Festival organisers are giving those that have purchased a weekend ticket the chance to become the Lord or Lady Mayor of Leeds Festival 2012. “We’re looking for an all-singing, all-dancing (not literally, we have enough top acts on our … Continue reading →]]>

Leeds Festival organisers are giving those that have purchased a weekend ticket the chance to become the Lord or Lady Mayor of Leeds Festival 2012.

“We’re looking for an all-singing, all-dancing (not literally, we have enough top acts on our bill thank you) festival goer to become our 2012 festival Lord or Lady Mayor in what promises to be the VIP festival experience of the summer,” they published on Facebook.

The competition could win you the following:

  • VIP ticket upgrade for you and a friend
  • Backstage slap-up lunch with a mystery festival VIP.
  • The chance to watch your favorite band from the side of the stage
  • Transport to the festival in a Mayoral car
  • Signed Programme

To enter visit the official Facebook page here.

]]> http://leedsfest.org/win-vip-treament-in-official-facebook-competition/feed/ 0 Leeds Festival Nominated for 2012 Kerrang Award http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-nominated-for-2012-kerrang-award/ http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-nominated-for-2012-kerrang-award/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:59:26 +0000 tomdurkin http://leedsfest.org/?p=493 Leeds Festival have been nominated for a 2012 Kerrang award.

You can head over and vote for the festival here.

]]> http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-nominated-for-2012-kerrang-award/feed/ 0 Leeds Festival 2012 Lock Up Stage Confirmed http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-2012-lock-up-stage-confirmed/ http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-2012-lock-up-stage-confirmed/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:55:13 +0000 tomdurkin http://leedsfest.org/?p=488 Continue reading →]]> Bands that will perform on the Leeds Festival 2012 Lock-up Stage have been confirmed by organisers.

Taking to the stage will be the following bands:

Headlining acts:
Friday: Less Than Jake
Saturday: Social Distortion

The Rest:
Anti-Flag, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Gallows, Turbonegro, Bouncing Souls, A Wilhelm Scream, Every Time I Die, Saves The Day, Trash Talk, Touche Amore, Good Riddance, The Skints, Ceremony, Polar Bear Club, Random Hand, This Is Hell, Star Fucking Hipsters, The Flatliners, Dead To Me, Apologies I Have None and Pettybone.

]]> http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-2012-lock-up-stage-confirmed/feed/ 0 Sorry, Comments Have Been Removed http://leedsfest.org/sorry-comments-have-been-removed/ http://leedsfest.org/sorry-comments-have-been-removed/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:57:00 +0000 tomdurkin http://leedsfest.org/?p=482 Continue reading →]]> Due to the huge amounts of spam we’ve been getting, and the effect that our comment system had on the website’s load time, we’ve decided to temporarily remove comments from the blog.

In the future we will look to install Facebook comments, but for now I’m afraid we’ll just have to keep them closed.

Thanks to all  those who posted comments this year is been an amazingly busy one for us!

]]> http://leedsfest.org/sorry-comments-have-been-removed/feed/ 0 We’re Back Online http://leedsfest.org/were-back-online/ http://leedsfest.org/were-back-online/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:06:57 +0000 tomdurkin http://leedsfest.org/?p=476 Continue reading →]]> Thanks to everyone that visited the site on Monday, we had around 40,000 hits and managed to stay online which was great!

We’ll begin to update the ticket and line-up pages over the next few days. Please be patient while we catch up.

]]> http://leedsfest.org/were-back-online/feed/ 0 Leeds Festival 2012 Tickets on viagogo http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-2012-tickets-on-viagogo/ http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-2012-tickets-on-viagogo/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:00:51 +0000 tomdurkin http://leedsfest.org/?p=470 Continue reading →]]> If you don’t mind spending a little bit more money on your Leeds Festival 2012 ticket and want to beat the rush then viagogo will have tickets available from 7:15pm today.

For more information visit the viagogo website here:

Leeds Festival 2012 Tickets

]]> http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-2012-tickets-on-viagogo/feed/ 0 Kaiser Chiefs Look Set for Leeds Festival 2012 Performance http://leedsfest.org/kaiser-chiefs-look-set-for-leeds-festival-2012-performance/ http://leedsfest.org/kaiser-chiefs-look-set-for-leeds-festival-2012-performance/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:07:49 +0000 tomdurkin http://leedsfest.org/?p=468 Continue reading →]]> It looks like the Kaiser Chiefs will take a slot at Leeds Festival 2012.

A member of the BBC introducing team confirmed that the band will play today.

The majority of the Line-up will be officially confirmed at 7:15pm tonight with acts such as the Foo Fighters, Bloc Party and more expected to be confirmed.

Tickets also go on sale at the same time.

]]> http://leedsfest.org/kaiser-chiefs-look-set-for-leeds-festival-2012-performance/feed/ 0 Leeds Festival 2012 Tickets on Sale Today http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-2012-tickets-on-sale-today-2/ http://leedsfest.org/leeds-festival-2012-tickets-on-sale-today-2/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:01:46 +0000 tomdurkin http://leedsfest.org/?p=463 Continue reading →]]> Leeds Festival 2012 tickets will go on sale today at 7:15pm.

The first installment of the official line-up will also be released.

Bands expected to be confirmed include the Foo Fighters, Bloc Party, Mumford and Sons and more.

Call back later to see the line-up and links to ticket vendors!

Note: To help cope with traffic we’ll be switching to a much more simple layout, so please don’t get too confused!

Goo luck with getting a ticket today

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