* 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.