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 my reliable sources The Long Blondes are going to be playing at Leeds Festival 2007

The Long Blondes are a 5-piece English indie rock band from Sheffield. They have a large underground following, with emphasis on their “glamorous punk” image, as coined by front-woman Kate Jackson.The Long Blondes’ songs reflect a number of influences, including 60’s pop, Buzzcocks, The Ramones, post-punk and New Wave. Traces of work by another Sheffield band, Pulp can also be seen in their recordings, their debut album was indeed produced by Steve Mackey, bassist of Pulp.

Apparently Spank Rock will be confirmed to play Leeds Festival 2007.

Spank Rock is an American hip hop group. Their style is generally described as a mix of underground hip hop, party rap and electro.Spank Rock began performing in Philadelphia, where their reputation quickly increased and was on tour with Beck in 2006.

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.