What is it?

11 years in and Leeds is no longer the little sister of Reading, it's a fully-fledged 3-day music festival in its own right with over 70,000 rock, indie, alternative, punk and nu rave fans descending on Leeds' Bramham Park every August Bank Holiday Weekend. Sharing it's line-up with Reading Festival means they always secure the very best and biggest names in music - with over 150 acts spread across 3 glorious days, massive camping fields, comedy and cabaret, a full bill of late night entertainment and a hat trick of NME Awards for Best Live Event, Leeds Festival is undoubtedly one of the summer's heavyweight events. We're not sure how they'll top last year's bill of Metallica, The Killers and Rage Against The Machine, but all will be revealed moments before tickets go on sale at 7pm on Monday 30th March.

Where & When?

Leeds Festival takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds on 28th, 29th and 30th August.

Who's playing?

Friday 28th August

MAIN STAGE: Arctic Monkeys, Eagles of Death Metal, Enter Shikari, Fightstar, Ian Brown, Mariachi El Bronx, Maximo Park, The Courteneers, The Prodigy, The Rakes.

NME/RADIO ONE STAGE: Delphic, Dinosaur Pile Up, Glasvegas, Gossip, Metric, Patrick Wolf, Spinerette, The Maccabes, White Lies, You Me At Six.

LOCK UP STAGE: A Wilhelm Scream, Chick Regan, Mad Caddies, Municipal Waste, Polar Bear Club, Rise Against, Rival Schools, Set You Goals, Snuff, The Bronx, The Computers, Thursday.

FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE: Atreyu, Bring Me The Horizon, The Blackout.

Saturday 29th August

MAIN STAGE: Bloc Party, Brand New, Noah and the Whale, Radiohead, The Living End, The View, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

NME/RADIO ONE STAGE: AFI, Broadway Calls, Crystal Castles, Frank Turner, Gallows, In Case of Fire, Lethal Bizzle, Lost Prophets, Metronomy, Passion Pit, The Gaslight Anthem.

DANCE STAGE: 3oh!3, Chase and Status, Chipmunk, Deadmau5, L'Armour La Morgue, Lady Sovereign, Master Shortie, Mixhell, Mstrkrft, The Crystal Method, The Qemists, Vitalic.

FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE: La Roux, Lightspeed Champion, The Rumble Strips.

Sunday 30th August

MAIN STAGE: Alexisonfire, Deftones, Funeral For A Friend, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings Of Leon, Madina Lake, New Found Glory, Placebo, Sonic Boom Six.

NME/RADIO ONE STAGE: Dananananaykroyd, Faith No More, Florence and the Machine, Friendly Fires, Jack Penate, Jamie T, Little Boots, Manchester Orchestra, The Airbourne Toxic Event, The Horrors, The Virgins.

LOCK UP STAGE: Alexisonfire, Anti Flag, Billy Talent, Bouncing Souls, Fake Problems, Leftover Crack, Riverboat Gamblers, Streetlight Manifesto, The Aggrolites, The Flatliners, The Ghost of a Thousand, The Plight.

ALSO APPEARING: A Day To Remember, A Place To Bury Strangers, Amazing Baby, Baddies, Bear Hands, Bombay Bicycle Club, Broken Records, Detroit Social Club, Fight Like Apes, Go:Audio, Golden Silvers, Grammatics Hockey, Jack's Mannequin, Lightspeed Champion Magistrates, Marina And The Diamonds, Middle Class Rut, Pulled Apart By Horses, Single File, Skint And Demoralised, Sweethead, The Big Pink, The Chapman Family, The Hot Rats, The Joy Formidable, The Temper Trap, Titus Andronicus, White Denim, The XX.

PLUS MORE ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

How do I get tickets?

Tickets will be on sale 7pm, Monday 30th March via www.leedsfestival.com

Where can I read more about it?

Check out the official festival site at: www.leedsfestival.com