THIS year sees the debut of the BBC Introducing Stage at both Reading and Leeds Festivals.
While the lucky folk at Leeds have had the unsigned stage for a few years, now both sites will get a chance to see the next generation of UK music over the weekend.
The bands on this stage have been chosen by a combination of the BBC - through the
ir UK-wide network of Introducing shows and a panel of music experts led by Huw Stephens,Sandman magazine and Leeds-based promoters Futuresound.
Huw Stephens said: "Reading and Leeds is the festival for new music and so to have Introducing there is very exciting. The line-up for the stage offers a whole load of new talent and compliments the array of new artists playing."
The Unsigned Stages at Leeds in the past have helped the likes of Twisted Wheel and Polytechnic land record deals. This year sees a few bands already making significant waves in the industry on the bill with Northern Ireland's General Fiasco and London's Ipso Facto already well known by A & R and cutting edge media types alike.
The BBC Introducing Stage will feature the following bands throughout the weekend with more names to be announced shortly. Running orders for the stage will also follow.
Playing over the three days of the August Bank Holiday will be Attack Attack, The Cherry Cobb Cartel, Darlings of the Split Screen, Eureka Machines, Fangs, FF'ers, Flash Guns, Fox Cubs, General Fiasco, Hungry Ghosts, I concur, Ipso Facto, Kid iD, The Last People on Earth, Loqui, The Maybes, New York Fund, Our Fold, Out From Animals, Pulled Apart By Horses, Razmatazzlorryexcitement, Situationists, Skeletons, That F**king Tank, Thomas Tantrum, Tiger Shadow, Tripwires.
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