Reading & Leeds Festival 2012 Announce BBC Introducing Stage Line-Up
Monday, 23 July 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
Celebrating its fifth year at Reading and Leeds Festival, Festival Republic have today confirmed the line-up for the BBC Introducing Stage which will give fans the chance to see the very best new talent from across the UK.
Over the years the stage has seen debut performances from Pulled Apart By Horses (who will make their Main Stage debut this year), Two Door Cinema Club (NME/Radio 1 Stage second headliner 2012) and Don Broco, who move onto the Festival Republic Stage this year after their amazing performance in 2011 on the BBC Introducing Stage.
The bands that play are chosen through a combination of the BBCs countrywide Introducing shows, Leeds promoters Futuresound, festival promoters Festival Republic and Martin Houses Centre Stage competition.
These new acts join Foo Fighters, The Cure, Kasabian, The Black Keys, Paramore, Florence + the Machine, Kaiser Chiefs, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Vaccines, Justice, The Maccabees, At The Drive-In and many more.
The Reading & Leeds Festival is held over 24th to 26th August 2012 at Little Johns Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds. The full line-up and further information can be found at www.readingfestival.com and www.leedsfestival.com.
BBC Introducing Stage line-up is as follows:
Attention Thieves
Backyards
Bearfoot Beware
Black Moth
Crooked Tongues
Cut Ribbons
Danica Hunter
Deaf Club
Dear Prudence
Dingus Khan
Empror & Duppy Beatz
Escape To New York
Escapists
The Establishment
Family of the Year
Fish Tank
Glassbody
Hawk Eyes
Hildamay
Ifan Dafydd
Lady Lykez
Marmozets
Marsicans
Max Raptor
Mikill Pane
Park Bench Society
Proxies
Rachel Sermanni
RIO
Samoans
Sarah Williams White
Seasfire
Vengeance and the Panther Queen
Wet Nuns
We Walk On Ice
We Were Frontiers
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