The Cure to headline Reading and Leeds FestsMarch 13, 2012 - 17:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Foo Fighters, The Cure and Kasabian are to headline this year's England-hosted Reading and Leeds Festivals, Belfast Telegraph reported. The bands will take it in turns to perform at both locations for the twin-site event staged over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Also on the bill for the shows are The Maccabees, Metronomy, Justice and the reunited At The Drive-In. The Cure will be performing at Reading for the first time in 33 years. The English rock band last performed the event - the longer-established of the two events - in 1979 to support their debut album Three Imaginary Boys. Foo Fighters have previously headlined Reading/Leeds in 2002 and 2005 and their performances this year will be their only UK festivals of 2012. Kasabian - who released fourth album Velociraptor last year - are topping the bill at the festival for the first time. Paramore, Florence + The Machine, The Shins and The Vaccines are also among the bands lined up for the events which take place from August 24 to 26. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |