The Reading and Leeds Festivals’ organiser Melvin Benn has dropped some hints regarding the headliners for Reading and Leeds 2014, stating that he already booked “two out of three of them.”
Speaking to NME, Benn said: “We have headliners in mind and booked actually. Two of the three are done, the last one we are giving due consideration to. Both of the headliners have played before.”
He continued: “They are bands, actually. They are American and English. They may even be bands with members from both sides of the pond in them. Two of the three are booked and I’m very happy with them. It’s great to be in that position in September. We’ll hope to have the third name booked by the end of October but we haven’t made an offer yet.”
Daft Punk, Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters and Kasabian have all been rumoured to be playing the twin festivals. Eminem, Green Day and Biffy Clyro headlined this year, with Benn famously responding to allegations that Eminem mimed during his performance by telling fans to “f*** off.”
