Line Up – 2009
Official Line Up
This page relates to Leeds Festival 2009 – for line up news for the current year please visit Leeds Festival Line Up
The line up for the Leeds Festival 2009 was revealed on Monday 30th March.
Friday 28th August
–MAIN STAGE–
ARCTIC MONKEYS
Prodigy
Maximo Park
Ian Brown
The Courteeners
Enter Shikari
Eagles Of Death Metal
The Rakes
Fightstar
Mariachi El Bronx
–NME RADIO ONE STAGE–
THE GOSSIP
Glasvegas
White Lies
The Maccabees
You Me At Six
Patrick Wolf
Metric
Spinnerette
Delphic
Dinosaur Pile Up
–LOCK UP STAGE–
RISE AGAINST
Thursday
The Bronx
Mad Caddies
Rival Schools
Set Your Goals
Snuff
Municipal Waste
A Wilhelm Scream
Chuck Ragan
Polar Bear Club
The Computers
–FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE–
BRING ME THE HORIZON
The Blackout
Atreyu
Saturday 29th August
–MAIN STAGE–
RADIOHEAD
Bloc Party
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Vampire Weekend
Brand New
The View
The Living End
–NME RADIO ONE STAGE–
LOSTPROPHETS
AFI
Gallows
The Gaslight Anthem
Crystal Castles
Passion Pit
Metronomy
Frank Turner
Lethal Bizzle
In Case Of Fire
Broadway Calls
–DANCE STAGE–
DEADMAU5
Vitalic
MSTRKRAFT
Chase And Status
Lady Sovereign
The Crystal Method
The Qemists
Das Pop
Mixhell
Chipmunk
3OH!3
Master Shortie
L’amour L’amourge
–FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE–
LA ROUX
Lightspeed Champion
The Rumble Strips
Sunday 30th August
–MAIN STAGE–
KINGS OF LEON
Kaiser Chiefs
Placebo
Fall Out Boy
Deftones
Funeral For A Friend
New Found Glory
Alexisonfire
Madina Lake
Sonic Boom Six
–NME RADIO ONE STAGE–
FAITH NO MORE
Jamie T
Friendly Fires
Florence and the Machine
The Horrors
Little Boots
Airborne Toxic Event
The Virgins
Manchester Orchestra
Dananananaykroyd
–LOCK UP STAGE–
BILLY TALENT
Anti-Flag
Alexisonfire
The Bouncing Souls
Leftover Crack
The Aggrolites
Streetlight Manifesto
Fake Problems
The Riverboat Gamblers
The Flatliners
The Ghost Of A Thousand
The Plight
–FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE–
MARMADUKE DUKE
Soulsavers
Black Lips
gutted to youuu saturday is the worst day mwuhahahahahahahaha
Ah cheers Matt! Only managed to get a Sat ticket and i really didn’t wanna miss out on some punk! not too fussed who plays so long as its gooooooood! x
the line up seriously needs to have sumit done to it i mean yerrr its good to have the indie stuff but u also need the heavy rock stuff aswell, so theres still loads of bands to be announced bt if their shit liek the half the line-up now then i will not be a happy chappy
I think this years line up is good, All three headliners are awesome ! I wouldnt mind seeing Pete Doherty, he was mint last year and so were mystery jets. Also wouldnt mind seeing Kasabian they are very goood. I think this year will be a good’un
I hate the Leeds line up….. blah blah blah, its not even fully announced you PRICK, go back to sucking on mummies titty you moron. Gaslight Anthem Fuck Yeah!
Worst line-up in a long time. I have been going to Leeds for the past few years and this one I wouldnt even consider a day trip. The only bands worth seeing are Prodigy and King of Leon and have seen them both anyway.
As some guys have already mentioned, Leeds is all about a mix of music, apprantly not this year. Hopefully some decent bands will announce otherwise its 2010.
Thanks for the links.
faith no more to play leeds, fuck yes!
:D:D:D
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a153563/faith-no-more-for-reading-leeds.html
What’s the link?
Err yeah thats what i said.. leeds is a mix of all sorts, and yeah i did say indie.. but to have 3 indie headliners is a joke… but if what im reading on other site is right…… FAITH NO MORE!!!!!!!!!! Bring it on bitches!
I can’t believe the amount of people becoming angry about the lineup this year! As 1 muppet explained when he said ‘I’ll pull rank here’, Leeds festival is an alternative festival which means you could get anything from Rock, alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock, indie rock, dance and probably some weid folk in there somewhere by some crazy fool. Yes this year has gone more down the indie scene than possible previous years, but look at previous lineups featuring headliners like Travis, Eminem, etc, sometimes Leeds does something different. If people just want heavy metal, then sling ur massive ego hook to Download with the grunges and try n find your testicles over there!
the courteeners are shite and should never have the opportunity to play before ian brown!!
would prefer prodigy playing after arctic monkeys
hopefully muse are special guests, would like to see blink aswell
The Concrete Jungle used to be a Sunday (often with the vans warped tour involved) hwoever its now sat and sun and is called the lockup (more radio 1 influence!) Who would you like to see?
does anyone know what day the concrete jungle is usually on?! x
Here Here Matt!
line ups not bad atm but it could do with some heavier stuff.
then itll be mint.
Get the national signed up, one of the best live bands around bar none!!
Right im gonna pull rank here, ive been going to Leeds for the best part of 10 years and Leeds has always been an ALTERNATIVE festival. i know alot of you indie kids and scene kids will like the line up this year, but there are many other festivals in the uk that play this kind of dross (V; T in the Park etc..). Leeds has always been about Rock/Metal/Punk thrown in with bits of indie and dance etc.. but over the last few years the radio 1 influence has taken over and is really starting to kill the line ups (despite last year being on of the best ofr along time). Im really just hoping the concrete jungle announces some big punk bands to save this weekend, im thinkin NOFX or Rancid.
lets have some GLC they are ace man lol or a bit of De la Sould would just deffo make the weekend the best 4 me!!!
Botsy…. Serious? That sounds like a lot of hard work for the boys, but how amazing would that be??? Theyd go down in festival history for sure
iam keeping everything crossed that greenday are to announce ! i havnt seen them since the gig at milton keynes and they were out of this world! that would make the festival for me !
Totally agree lex
But I have heard that biffy go mainstage and duke on NME
Special Guests are going to be about ten more different bands. Brand New played the year before last and despite there studio recordings being pretty good their live show needs a kick in the face to liven it a bit. Fingers crossed for Marmaduke Duke this year.
Yes! They’ve actually confirmed a good headliner for the NME stage! Oh, wait, it’s on Saturday at the same time as the only good headliner on the fucking main stage! So, as it stands at the moment, the last band I will be watching this year is either Kings Of Leon or Jamie T……. Nearly as bad as closing on the Killers last year. Except the previous 2 days had been awesome so I didn’t really care last year.
LOSPROPHETS CONFIRMED!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this will be my third year going, i love indie music but still go to leeds, 2007 was all about kings of leon for me they were the highlight, last year was about the biffy clyro but didnt enjoy it as much as 2007, this year will be immense prodigy !!!!! and i think sunday will be awesum, i just hope its dry and really hot will make a killer festival!
if you want ‘heavy’ music, go to Download or somewhere?
i’m giddy brand new are on, but the main stage will be too big, cause a lot of people who go leeds wont like them/have heard of them.
Who were ‘special guests’ last year anyone?
Also my mate said he’d seen somewhere that the Darkness were playing? Is there any truth in this or is it a load of bull?
tbf the line up does’nt rock as much as the past years but maybe the whole thing having lighter stuff may have a different effect on leeds??? lets face it last years line up was immense but this years is’nt as bad as what people are making it out to be!!! I think the line up is still good and may have a different effect on leeds. Also the only bands that are actually still making music really that are heavy are metallica, ac dc, tenacious d, slipknot etc and most of them played last year so its not like you can have them again, although its been like bloc party’s 3 maybe 4 year on the row which really they should’nt do, not like there a bad band or anything but they are there again and they should have chose someone else, but having heavy stuff every year will just be boring. I think its a good change on the line up.
But tbf fall out boy should not be on there!
the killers was shiteee last year!
best headliners i’ve seen in agess!
and bloc party play every year ’cause they’re immeennnsse!
“Great line up. Its about time the heavier shit made way for the proper artists”
GTFO?
Kaiser Chiefs are awful
The Gossip?! You have got to be kidding me
I thought friday was meant to have at least some heavy stuff, right now it seems that Leeds in entirely Indie, which sucks.
Maximo Park- 5×5 = why the hell are you playing?
Ian Brown- stupid mank prick, hasn’t done anything remotely good since stone roses
The Courteeners- average
Enter Shikari- shit outdoors, will kill atmosphere, they were great in nme tent
Eagles Of Death Metal-shit
Why do Blocparty have to play every year?!
A little disappointing the line up this year. I’m r8 unhappy that radiohead are headlining, its like shoot me now.
can someone tell me WHY the arctic monkeys are on after the prodigy? as it doesnt make sense to me
You know, I would’ve gone had Muse been announced. Kaiser Chiefs are pretty incredible, but all the rest of the lineup is fluff. Maybe next year.
special guest are the ting ting’s
class can’t wait yeah yeah yeah
bum me bum me bum me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There’s still loads more bands to be announced though.
For me the best bands are generally those revealed after the launch week. Some great bands start off low down on the NME Stage or over on the Festival Republic Stage.
this year’s line up is a peice of crap the olny good band that is playing is KINGS OF LEON and ARCTIC MONKEYS the rest are shit last years the best line up ever i mean THE KILLERS were ace.
please please please let the special guests be blink 12, ive seen them before and they were great, be so good if they did, would mkae my first festival experience evern better =) il keep my fingers crossed
i hope so much that the special guests are either blink 182, greenday or muse
that would just improve the lineup so much from what it is at the minute
Amazing!
prodigy what a band
better than all that indie rubbish :p
THE VIEW
THE VIEW
THE DUCKING VIEW!
awful line up.
the beauty of leeds/reading was that it had a bit of everything- heavier stuff along with the indie, which was good. a nice combination.
as of yet, the only heavier stuff is main-stream bullshit, whilst indie appears to have taken over the rest. wank. worst one yet.
granted, more bands are to be announced, but as of yet… piss poor.
The line up is pretty poor this year. The tickets haven’t even sold out yet compared with the hour and a half or so last year.
And granted, Radiohead might not have the crowd hopping about like little gays like the other two headliners, but they’re the most established and probably the most original and innovative band there so well worth a watch.
Disappointed Weezer weren’t announced as well, always time though.
nme stage announcing more acts next week
Apart from bands that self-confirm I don’t think the next announcement will be for a month or two. After that it’s usually every few weeks over the summer.
Does anyone know roughly when next lineups will be added to the bill?
any ideas who special guest is..?
Great line up. Its about time the heavier shit made way for the proper artists