Final Reading Announcements

Last Wednesday Reading and Leeds revealed yet another 60 or so more acts. And it's pretty good, depends who you are really. The first acts announced were in all honesty pretty weak. I personally was disappointed by Blink 182 as a headliner and nothing else was giving me goosebumps. Of course today, my entire skin shivers thinking about seeing all these bands live. The mix is excellent and is a contender for the best line-up at any festival! So what are the best bands on each stage, and what am I going to be seeing?

The MainStage is a bit of a blur to me, most of the acts aren't really my thing. But the pop-indie fun of Vampire Weekend and Foster The People is a good shout (even though Supermodel was the definition of meh).  A personal favourite of mine on the MainStage will certainly be Peace. In Love was an album which got everyone excited about British music again, it has affected me so much to plan tattoos of their lyrics! Be prepared for over theatrics and funky guitar riffs. The fun and rowdy Gnarwolves are bringing their shouty and wild songs to the MainStage and will not be one to miss. Headliner wise- I would suggest seeing Arctic Monkeys for Turner; Blink 182 for nostalgia and skipping Paramore and Queens Of The Stone Age.

The NME and Radio One stage was new last year, and again it is probably the strongest stage. Excellent electric acts will have festival goers dancing all day, some of the best include smooth SBTRKT and terrifyingly different Die Antwood. And of course, the secretive and insane Jungle- whose self-titled album is being loved by critics. For the youth there are two duos which will blow your eardrums and let normal teens bare their teeth just for once. Drenge and Royal Blood won't be for the faint hearted but it's all fair in love and festivals.  Some of the coolest bands are on the secondary stage, Temples and The Horrors are reaping the UK psyche scene and should not be missed. Also the best of British talent will be there on the NME/R1 stage including Disclosure, Cage The Elephant and Bombay Bicycle Club.

I'll leave experts to deal with The Pit and The Lock Up stage. I have no idea who these acts are, and I won't step foot in that tent out of pure fear.

Although not too many bands on The Festival Republic stage are in any way big, I would strongly recommend visiting some of them for a go. On the Friday, the day will be full of insane live performances. The sleazy Orwells will be giving Reading their own taste of anti-establishment punk with a stars and stripes tinge. Possibly the most infamous band on the entire line up is Fat White Family. Frontman Lias looks and acts like a mental patient on stage, their debut album Champagne Holocaust will be played in all it's violent glory. The Saturday has some of the best of British, including the Glaswegian band The Amazing Snakeheads ( who will be playing in laryer shirts that Alex Turner).

Depending on who you are the Radio 1xtra Stage could be heaven or hell. The rap stage headliners are Giggs, Pusha T and Danny Brown. Out of these I would suggest joining the hip-hop heads to at least see Pusha T, just to hear his icey flows and bangers. Of course no-one goes to Reading for the quality of rappers, but at least one of the heavyweights will be there on the Bank Holiday weekend. Schoolboy Q, whose album Oxymoron is sensational, will be providing us with some A* rap.