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Biffy Clyro & Fall Out Boy Will Be Headlining Reading & Leeds Festival And We're Beyond Excited

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 10:04

It has been announced that Biffy Clyro and Fall Out Boy will be headlining Reading & Leeds festival this summer, and we’re beyond excited.

This final headliner announcement makes this year’s Reading & Leeds festival a UK first in that there will be five headliners over three days.

As well as this, there will be a whopping 24 UK and European festival exclusives across the bank holiday weekend. If that hasn’t convinced you to get your tickets, we don’t know what will.

Fall Out Boy and Biffy Clyro join Foals, Disclosure and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers as headliners of one of the UK’s biggest and most popular festivals.

As well as this huge announcement the guys at R&L HQ have announced loads more acts that will be playing over the weekend including R&L regulars CHVRCHES, The Vaccines and A$AP Rocky.

Speaking about their co-headlining spot, Fall Out Boy said: "It’s pretty surreal to hear we are going to be co-headlining Reading and Leeds. R&L was our first real festival experience outside of the U.S. and since the start we have buckled in and had an insane and memorable experience every time we have played. This is it, the big one for us and we are excited to be a part of it."

Biffy also commented on their return to the Reading & Leeds main stage, they said: “We're baaaaack!! We are honoured to be asked to close Reading and Leeds this summer. We had one of the best nights of our lives last time and we're going to do all we can to make it even bigger and better in 2016. You ain't seen nothing yet motherf**kers!!”

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- By Megan Downing

Our Definitive UK Festival Guide For 2016

Here is a definitive list of all the UK festivals you need to know about in 2016. Enjoy!

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Latitude Festival. Thursday 14th July 2016 - Sunday 17th July 2016. Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk.

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Reading & Leeds Festival. Friday 26th August 2016 - Sunday 28th August 2016. Branham Park, Leeds & Little Johns Farm, Reading.

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Sundown Festival. Norfolk Showground, Norwich. Friday 2nd September 2016 – Sunday 4th September 2016.

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The Great Escape. Thursday 19th May 2016 - Saturday 21st May 2016. Various venues, Brighton.

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Radio One's Big Weekend. Saturday 28th May 2016 - Sunday 29th May 2016. Powderham Castle, Exeter

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Common People. Saturday 29th May 2016 - Sunday 29th May 2016. The Common, Southampton & South Park, Oxford.

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Isle Of Wight Festival. Thursday 9th June 2016 - Sunday 12th June 2016. Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle Of Wight.

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Download Festival. Friday 10th June 2016 - Sunday 12th June 2016. Donington Park, Leicestershire.

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Field Day. Saturday 11th June 2016 - Sunday 12th June 2016. Victoria Park, London.

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WILD LIFE. Saturday 11th June 2016 - Sunday 12th June 2016. Brighton City Airport, Shoreham, Sussex.

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Parklife Weekender. Saturday 11th June 2016 - Sunday 12th June 2016. Heaton Park, Manchester.

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Wildfire. Kent. 17th - 19th June 2016.

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Glastonbury Festival. Wednesday 22nd June 2016 - Sunday 26 June 2016. Worthy Farm, Pilton.

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Blissfields Festival. Friday 1st July 2016 - Saturday 2nd July 2016. The Park, Woodmancott, Hampshire.

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British Summer Time. Saturday 2nd July 2016 - Saturday 9th July 2016. Hyde Park, London.

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T In The Park. Friday 8th July 2016 - Sunday 10th July 2016. Strathallan Castle, Auchterarder, Perthshire.

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Truck Festival 2016. Friday 15th July 2016 - Saturday 16th July 2016. Hill Farm, Oxfordshire.

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Farr. Thursday 14th July - Sunday 17th July. Farr Forest, Newnham Village.

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Lovebox Weekender. Friday 15th July 2016 - Saturday 16th July 2016. Victoria Park, London.

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Secret Garden Party. Thursday 21st July 2016 - Sunday 24 July 2016. Huntington, Cambridgeshire.

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Camp Bestival. Thursday 28th July 2016 - Sunday 31st July 2016. Lulworth Cove, Dorset.

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MTV Crashes Coventry. Ricoh Arena. 27th-28th May 2016. Tickets available now!

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WOMAD. Thursday 28th July 2016 - Sunday 31st July 2016. Charlton Park, Wiltshire.

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Boomtown Fair. Thursday 11th August 2016 - Sunday 14th August 2016.

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V Festival. Saturday 20th August 2016 - Sunday 21st August 2016. Weston Park, Staffordshire & Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex.

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SW4. 27th-28th August. Clapham Common. The Chemical Brothers return to London to headline the Sunday night...

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Creamfields. Friday 26th August 2016 - Sunday 28th August 2016. Cheshire.

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MTV Crashes Plymouth. Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth. Thursday 28th July 2016 - Friday 29th July 2016. Tickets available now!

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Festival No. 6. Thursday 1st September 2016 - Sunday 4th September 2016. Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Wales.

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Bestival. Thursday 8th September 2016 - Sunday 11th September 2016. Robin Hill Country Park, Downend, Isle Of Wight.

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Wireless Festival. Finsbury Park, London. 8th - 10th July.

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Electric Daisy Carnival (UK). Saturday 9th July 2016. Milton Keynes Bowl.

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We Are FSTVL. Saturday 28th May 2016 - Sunday 29th May 2016. Upminster, Greater London

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Goldcoast Oceanfest. Friday 17th June 2016 - Sunday 19th June 2016. Croyde, North Devon.

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End Of The Road. Friday 2nd September 2016 - Sunday 4th September 2016. Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset.

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Live At Leeds. Saturday 30th April 2016. Various Venues, Leeds.

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FOLD. Friday 24th June 2016 - Sunday 26th June 2016. Fulham Palace, London.

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Green Man. Brecon Beakons, Wales. Thursday 18th August 2016 - Sunday 21st August 2016.

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Boardmasters. Newquay, Cornwall. Wednesday 10th August 2016 - Sunday 14th August 2016.

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The Big Kahuna. Holmbush Forest, Susses. 26th-28th August 2016

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Wilderness Festival. Cornsbury Park, Oxfordshire. 4th - 7th August 2016

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Standon Calling. Hertfordshire. 29th July - 31st July 2016.

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Cornbury Music Festival. The Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire. 8th July - 10th July 2016.

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LeeFest Presents: The Neverland. Turnbridge Wells, Kent. 28th July - 30th July 2016.

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Electric Fields. Drumlanrig Castle, Thornhill, Scotland. 26th - 27th August 2016

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Soundon Festival. Essex Sports Village, Purfleet. 30th April - 1st May.

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On Blackheath. London. 10th - 11th September 2016.

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Hospitality In The Park. Finsbury Park, London. 24th Sept 2016.

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Tranz-mission. Finsbury Park, London. 25th Sept 2016.

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Our Definitive European Festival Guide For 2016

Rock In Rio. Lisbon. 19th - 20th May & 27th - 29th May.

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Roskilde Festival. Denmark. Saturday 25th June 2016 - Saturday 2nd July 2016.

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Rock Im Revier. Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Thursday 26th May 2016 - Saturday 28th May 2016.

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Primavera Sound. Barcelona, Spain. Thursday 2nd June 2016 - Sunday 5th June 2016

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Ultra Europe, Croatia. 15th - 17th July 2016

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Rock Im Park. Mendig, Germany. Friday 3rd June 2016 - Sunday 5th June 2016.

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Rock Werchter. Werchter, Belgium. Thursday 30th June 2016 - Sunday 3rd July 2016.

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Best Kept Secret. Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands. Friday 17th June 2016 - Sunday 19th June 2016.

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Down The Rabbit Hole. Beuningen, The Netherlands. Friday 24th June 2016 - Sunday 26th June 2016.

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Hideout. Pag, Croatia. Sunday 26th June 2016 - Thursday 30th June 2016.

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Isle Of MTV. Malta. Saturday 28th June 2016.

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Love International. Tisno, Croatia. Wednesday 29th June 2016 - Wednesday 6th July 2016.

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EXIT. Novi Sad, Serbia. Thursday 7th July 2016 - Sunday 10th July 2016.

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Bilbao BBK Live. Bilbao, Germany. 7th - 9th July 2016.

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NOS Alive. Lisbon, Portugal. Thursday 7th July 2016 - Sunday 9th July 2016.

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Electric Elephant. The Garden - Tisno, Croatia. 7th - 11th July 2016.

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Rock-A-Field. Roeser, Luxembourg. Saturday 9th July 2016 - Sunday 10th July 2016.

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Dour Festival. Dour, Belgium. Wednesday 13th July 2016 - Sunday 17th July 2016.

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Electric Castle. BONȚIDA, Romania. Thursday 14th July 2016 - Sunday 17th July 2016.

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FIB. Benicassim, Spain. Thursday 14th July 2016 - Sunday 17th July 2016.

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Tomorrowland. Boom, Belgium. Friday 22nd July 2016 - Sunday 24th July 2016.

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Sziget. Budapest, Hungary. Wednesday 10th August 2016 - Wednesday 17th August 2016.

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Defected Croatia. The Garden Resort, Tisno, Croatia. 11th - 15th August 2016.

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Mysteryland. The Netherlands. 27th - 28th August 2016.

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Outlook. Pula, Croatia. Thursday 1st September 2016 - Sunday 4th September 2016.

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Tranz-Mission. London. 25th September 2016.

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Hospitality In The Park. London. 24th September 2016.

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