All weekend tickets for the Reading and Leeds festival have sold out in record time.

A total of 200,000 tickets sold in 24 hours for the festival and weekend tickets went in just two hours.

This year marks the tenth anniversary for Leeds and twentieth for Reading.

Melvin Benn, Managing Director of Festival Republic said: “’I am over the moon! Absolutely thrilled. 20th year since we took over Reading after it had been bankrupt.

“10th year since we created Leeds. Whoever is talking about a slump in festival popularity is talking rubbish. Long live Reading and Leeds!’”

The line-up for the Reading and Leeds festivals so far is:

Reading: Friday August 22, Leeds: Saturday August 23

Main Stage
Rage Against The Machine
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Fratellis
The Enemy
Biffy Clyro
Serj Tankian
Dizzee Rascal
Taking Back Sunday
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Anti-Flag

NME/Radio 1 Stage
Babyshambles
The Wombats
Vampire Weekend
MGMT

Reading: Saturday August 23, Leeds: Sunday August 24

Main Stage
The Killers
Bloc Party
The Raconteurs
Editors
We Are Scientists
Dirty Pretty Things
The Subways

NME/Radio 1 Stage
Manic Street Preachers
Bullet For My Valentine
Justice
Foals

Reading: Sunday August 24, Leeds: Friday August 23

Main Stage
Metallica
Tenacious D
Slipknot
Feeder
Avenged Sevenfold
Dropkick Murphys

NME/Radio 1 Stage
The Cribs
Conor Oberst
Pendulum

* Slipknot
* Metallica
* Queens of the Stone Age!!!!!!!!!!!
* Paramore

We understand that Friday at Reading and Saturday at Leeds will be headlined by Rage Against The Machine. Other main stage bands on this day include Biffy Clyro, Taking Back Sunday, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly and Anti Flag. Babyshambles are understood to be headlining the Radio 1 tent supported by The Wombats.

Saturday at Reading / Sunday at Leeds - The Killers headline the main stage, ably backed up by Bloc Party, The Raconteurs, Editors, We Are Scientists, Dirty Pretty Things and The Subways. Manic Street Preachers headline the Radio 1/NME tent with Bullet For My Valentine, Justice and Foals also confirmed.

The NME can exclusively reveal…absolutely nothing about Reading/Leeds. Punktastic, however, we can tell you that on Sunday at Reading / Friday at Leeds Metallica will headline the main stage with Tenacious D, Slipknot and Feeder also confirmed. The Cribs headline the Radio 1/NME tent and Pendulum are also confirmed to play.

“This year we have teamed up with Lockerhouse to make sure you can keep your belongings safe at Leeds Festival. You get to keep a souvenir branded padlock after the event too! Book now, and be sure to keep your stuff safe all weekend. The lockers also have mobile phone charging facilities, which require you to bring a 12v Car adapters/charger. They are available in the Village 24 hours.”