Reported on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7200053.stm

Melvin Benn has confirmed that for this years Leeds and Reading Festivals the three headliners will be American.
Whilst talking he let slip “Interesting this year is that, probably for the first time, in my memory, we’re actually going with three American headliners.”

Do you have any ideas or rumours about who these three bands could be? Post below!

Little Man Tate are expected to be in the next lot of bands to be confirmed for Leeds Festival 2007 according to sources.

Little Man Tate are a four-piece indie band from Sheffield, England and formed in 2005. The band quickly began attracting interest from several record labels and in March 2006 signed to V2 Records.The band made extensive use of the Internet to gather a fanbase, which may be in part responsible for their relatively rapid rise, with only twelve months having passed from formation to their signing with the V2 record label. Like many other up and coming bands they made extensive use of MySpace as well as their own forum to communicate with and co-ordinate fans.

Seasick Steve has self confirmed on his website that he will be attending the Carling Festivals in Leeds and Reading this year, Although Meanfiddler have not yet confirmed this it looks a certainty as the dates are on his web site www.seasicksteve.com but who knows???

Steven Wold, more commonly known as Seasick Steve, is an American bluesman. He plays guitars (mostly personalised), and sings.Seasick Steve plays guitar, and foot percussion. He owns a few obscure instruments along these lines: The Three Stringed Trance Wonder,The One Stringed Diddly-Bo and The ‘MDM’, The Mississippi Drum Machine.

According to sources The Sunshine Underground will play at Leeds Festival 2007.

The band are originally from Shrewsbury and Telford, but formed in Leeds.They sold out venues in London and Leeds on their first headline tour. Following their successful support slots for LCD Soundsystem, the group earned the Live Band of the Year trophy at the Leeds Music Awards.The Sunshine Underground play a variety of punk, funk and indie, featured on their debut album, Raise The Alarm, released by City Rockers on August 28, 2006.