Her biggest competition in the betting market currently comes from Gamu Nhengu, but with the X Factor only a couple of weeks in there is still time for plenty of talent to rise to the surface. However, X Factor tickets are already on sale for the UK tour to take place in spring 2011 – where fans will be able to see all the show’s finalists performing live in concert.

The band have had an extremely successful past few years, producing hits including Just Can’t Get Enough, Ego and Missing You, as well as supporting acts such as Take That.

The tour will take place in support of the band’s latest album, Headlines! which went straight into the UK chart at number 3 in August. Full details of the Saturday’s tour are as follows:

Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool – 5th February
Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle – 7th
Carlisle Sands Centre, Carlisle – 9th
Apollo Manchester – 10th
City Hall, Sheffield – 11th
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham – 12th
The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 14th
Brighton Centre, Brighton – 15th
HMV Apollo Hammersmith, London – 17th
New Theatre, Oxford – 19th
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend – 20th
De Montfort Hall, Leicester – 21st
Colston Hall, Bristol – 22nd
Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth – 24th
Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff – 25th
Bournemouth Int´nl Centre, Bournemouth – 26th

Deadmau5 will perform shows at Bournemouth O2 Academy, Leeds O2 Academy, Manchester Central, Coventry Ricoh Arena, Glasgow Braehead Arena and Earl’s Court in London.

Ticket prices start at around £30 each. Full details of the tour are as follows:

O2 Academy, Bournemouth – 8th December
O2 Academy, Leeds – 9th December
Manchester Central – 10th December
Ricoh Arena, Coventry – 11th December
Braehead Arena, Glasgow – 17th December
Earl’s Court, London – 18th December

The singer developed a whole new musical style for his latest record, and despite gaining initial criticism from his own record label, it has received promising reviews. Jones pulled a huge crowd when recently performing at Latitude Festival.

Tom Jones tickets are priced at £34 and available from ticket vendors such as Eventim and TicketWeb. All tickets for the show are general admission.

Jamiroquai will kick off the shows at HMV Forum in Kentish Town, London on 20th October, followed by Chase & Status on the 21st October. Paolo Nutini will perform at the same venue on 22nd October, as will Mark Ronson on the 23rd October. The shows will be concluded with a performance from Neill Finn at London’s Jazz Café on 24th October.

Ticket prices for all shows will start at £28.

The Scottish singer-songwriter then went on to achieve considerable success with debut album Eye To The Telescope, which spawned the hit singles Other Side Of The World and Suddenly I See.

Follow-up album Drastic Fantastic was as brilliant as its name suggests, and Tunstall will soon return with her third LP. It is to be called Tiger Suit and has a release date of September 20th 2010.

In support of the album, she will briefly tour the UK this autumn. KT Tunstall tickets go on sale this Friday 3rd September for her five live dates in October – details of which are below.

October 19th 2010 – Cambridge The Junction
October 20th 2010 – London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
October 21st 2010 – Manchester Ritz Ballroom
October 23rd 2010 – Glasgow Barrowland
October 24th 2010 – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall

The Liverpool band are currently working on their second album, Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) which is due to be released on November 29th here in the UK. The new material is said to provide a darker, more serious tone to their indie-pop style.

The Wombats tickets for their 2011 UK tour dates will become available this Friday, 3rd September.

The band have continued to impress UK fans with a number of festival appearances throughout the summer and tickets are already on sale for upcoming shows in Bristol, Newcastle, Birmingham, Glasgow, Belfast, Leeds, Nottingham and Manchester throughout November and December.

The Drums tickets for the band’s recently announced extra London show will go on sale this Friday, 3rd September, at 9am.

This year’s festival took place last weekend and featured headline performances from Guns N Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink 182 as well as appearances across the weekend from the likes of The Libertines, Biffy Clyro, Pendulum, Klaxons, Paramore and Limp Bizkit.

Although the line-up will not be announced until next year, the festival is again set to be a massive hit with fans.

Sting will perform two concerts at The Royal Albert Hall on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd October.

The cheapest tickets currently available for his Friday performance are gallery standing tickets listed on GetMeIn, priced at £77. The cheapest seated tickets available are listed on Seatwave, priced at £82. Tickets for this performance are currently trading at prices up to £2200.

The lowest priced tickets for the performance on the following night are also priced at £77 and are again gallery standing tickets, listed on GetMeIn. The cheapest seats for this show are priced at £103. There are currently 26 standing tickets available below £80 for this show.

He is also renowned for his oxymoronic song titles and liberal use of parentheses: I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That), The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be and I’d Lie For You (And That’s The Truth are just three examples.

The Grammy Award winner released his latest album Hang Cool Teddy Bear in April 2010, which features collaborations with Kara DioGuardi, Hugh Laurie, Brian May, Steve Vai, Justin Hawkins of the Darkness, Jack Black and Patti Russo – as well as tracks co-written by the likes of Jon Bon Jovi.

In support of the LP, he will tour the UK – and Meat Loaf tickets are on sale now for all live dates below:

November 29th 2010 – Cardiff International Arena
December 1st 2010 – Bournemouth International Centre
December 5th 2010 – Birmingham LG Arena
December 7th 2010 – London Wembley Arena
December 9th 2010 – Manchester MEN Arena
December 11th 2010 – Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
December 14th 2010 – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
December 16th 2010 – Glasgow SECC & Clyde Auditorium

Having just announced a UK tour for November, Klaxons tickets are sure to be high in demand – and go on sale Friday 3rd September for the following live dates:

November 11th 2010 – Manchester Academy
November 12th 2010 – Norwich UEA
November 13th 2010 – Bournemouth O2 Academy
November 16th 2010 – London HMV Forum
November 17th 2010 – London HMV Forum
November 20th 2010 – Birmingham HMV Institute
November 22nd 2010 – Leeds O2 Academy

Brandon Flowers though appears to be a workaholic. He completed a solo album earlier this year – called Flamingo (what?) – and will embark on a UK tour later this year.

Brandon Flowers tickets go on sale Friday 3rd September for the following live dates:

October 13th 2010 – Leeds O2 Academy
October 14th 2010 – Liverpool O2 Academy
October 16th 2010 – Manchester Academy
October 17th 2010 – London HMV Forum
October 18th 2010 – Birmingham HMV Institute

Robert Plant is best known for his work with rock band Led Zeppelin, but has also had success with his own solo career, producing hits such as In The Mood and Little By Little.

The singer has also confirmed a UK Tour with his group Band Of Joy, and tickets are on sale now for concerts at St David’s Hall in Cardiff on 26th October, Symphony Hall in Birmingham on 27th October, Manchester Palace Theatre on 31st October and Dublin Olympia Theatre on November 1st.

After criticising organisers for not letting his band perform after the set curfews, the singer said festival-goers who watched their headline slot at both sites were “amazing.” The band are set to return to the UK for an arena tour this October.

Guns N Roses tickets are on sale now for shows at London’s O2 Arena on 13th and 14th October, Birmingham LG Arena on 17th October and Manchester MEN Arena on 18th Octobguns ner.

The Canadian singer announced a host of new dates after selling out a number of arenas earlier this year and will be performing at Sheffield Hallam FM Arena, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, Nottingham Trent FM Arena, London Wembley Arena, Manchester MEN Arena and Birmingham NIA throughout September and October.

Michael Bublé tickets have been selling fast since going on sale, and now an extra batch of tickets have been released by primary ticket vendors for shows at Manchester MEN Arena on 6th and 7th October.

The cheapest tickets currently available are for the show on the 10th September, and are for seats located in the second tier of the stadium. For the show on the following night, ticket prices start at £60.

Muse will be supported by a host of big-name acts at the three shows, full line-up details are as follows:

Manchester Lancashire County Cricket Club – September 4th 2010
Muse
Editors
Band Of Skulls
Pulled Apart By Horses

London Wembley Stadium – September 10th 2010
Muse
Lily Allen
The Big Pink
White Rabbits

London Wembley Stadium – September 11th 2010
Muse
Biffy Clyro
White Lies
I Am Arrows

Of course, Brian Dabul of Argentina was never going to be the most challenging of opponents, but the Swiss maestro’s near capitulation to Colombian ace Alejandro Falla at Wimbledon in July will have prevented complacency, and he was in fine form as he defeated Dabul 6-1 6-4 6-2, which included a wonderful through-the-legs winner in the third set.

The man who beat Federer in the French Open at Roland Garros had an enormous fright yesterday. Robin Soderling needed five sets to beat Austrian qualifier Andreas Haider-Maurer, while Jurgen Melzer and Gael Monfils also required their matches to go the full length to progress.

With such exciting tennis on display on Day One of the US Open, ATP World Tour Finals tickets are rising in demand. With his win yesterday, Roger Federer has confirmed his place at the O2 Arena in London this November alongside Rafael Nadal, while the likes of Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick are expected to join them. Last year’s winner Nikolay Davydenko is considered by many a dark hope for the year’s final Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows, and the title would secure his participation, but Juan Martin Del Potro’s wrist injury continues to trouble him.

Faithless tickets are available now and full details of the forthcoming tour can be found below.

November 30th 2010 – Bournemouth BIC
December 1st 2010 – Cardiff CIA
December 3rd 2010 – Nottingham Trent FM Arena
December 4th 2010 – Manchester MEN Arena
December 6th 2010 – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
December 7th 2010 – Glasgow SECC & Clyde Auditorium
December 8th 2010 – Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
December 10th 2010 – Birmingham NIA
December 11th 2010 – London The O2 Arena

Best known for their songs Insomnia, God Is A DJ, We Come 1 and Mass Destruction, it is easy to run out of superlatives when describing Faithless. Due to extreme demand from their fans, they will embark on a UK tour in November and December, and Faithless tickets for these dates will go on sale this Friday 27th August. Full details of their gigs are below.

November 30th 2010 – Bournemouth BIC
December 1st 2010 – Cardiff CIA
December 3rd 2010 – Nottingham Trent FM Arena
December 4th 2010 – Manchester MEN Arena
December 6th 2010 – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
December 7th 2010 – Glasgow SECC & Clyde Auditorium
December 8th 2010 – Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
December 10th 2010 – Birmingham NIA
December 11th 2010 – London The O2 Arena

Throughout September she can be seen as the support act to Irish pop-rock band The Script on their live dates nationally, and she will also play a few gigs at the end of October, before embarking on her own headline UK tour in December.

Whilst her performances with The Script are on sale now – as are her October and November concerts – Lissie tickets for her full-scale tour in December will be available on Friday 27th August at 09:00.

Opening for The Script:

September 11th 2010 – Liverpool University
September 12th 2010 – Leeds O2 Academy
September 13th 2010 – London Hammersmith HMV Apollo
September 15th 2010 – Edinburgh Corn Exchange
September 16th 2010 – Leicester De Montford Hall
September 17th 2010 – Portsmouth Guildhall

Lissie headline concerts on sale now:

October 26th 2010 – Glasgow Oran Mor
October 27th 2010 – Manchester Academy 2
October 28th 2010 – Bristol TheklaSocial
October 30th 2010 – Norwich UEA LCR
October 31st 2010 – Birmingham O2 Academy 2
November 1st 2010 – London Heaven

Lissie tickets on sale Friday 27th August 2010:

December 7th 2010 – The Academy, Dublin
December 10th 2010 – Northumbria University, Newcastle
December 11th 2010 – O2 Academy, Leicester
December 13th 2010 – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
December 14th 2010 – O2 Academy2, Oxford
December 15th 2010 – O2 Academy2, Liverpool
December 17th 2010 – The Junction, Cambridge
December 8th 2010 – The Leadmill, Sheffield
December 19th 2010 – Concorde 2, Brighton

Arcade Fire, Guns N’ Roses and Blink 182 will headline the festival with acts such as Queens Of The Stone Age, Biffy Clyro, Lostprophets, Dizzee Rascal, The Cribs, The Maccabees, Paramore, and Weezer also confirmed to appear.

Reading and Leeds Festival tickets are still available. The cheapest Leeds Festival weekend tickets are now available at £140, whilst Reading weekend tickets now begin trading at £175 from fan-to-fan ticket exchange websites such as GetMeIn, Viagogo and Seatwave.

The band are to play a number of top UK venues at the end of this year, and fans will be sure to hear new material as well as favourites such as Saturday Superhouse, Mountains and Bubbles.

Biffy Clyro tickets are available for shows in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Hull, Nottingham, Plymouth, Manchester Portsmouth and London. The band will also be supporting Muse at their huge Wembley Stadium show on Saturday 11th September.

Lady GaGa has repeatedly sold out some of the biggest venues in the world during her Monster Ball tour, and she is due to return to the UK in December this year. The singer will be performing two dates at London’s O2 Arena on Thursday 16th December and Friday 17th December.

Fans can be sure to witness hits such as Bad Romance, Paparazzi and Poker Face during a sensational live performance, as well as new material.

Lady GaGa tickets are available from ticket vendors such as Seatwave, Viagogo, Play, eBay and GetMeIn and prices start at around £72. Seated and standing tickets are both available for her London shows and prices can be compared using our service here at Tixdaq.com.

The show is scheduled as the band’s only warm-up performance before appearances at both Reading and Leeds festivals and fans can be sure to hear material from Lostprophets’ latest album, The Betrayed, as well as favourites such as Last Train Home and Rooftops.

In the wave of such success, they have announced a UK tour for early 2011. Roll Deep tickets go on sale on Friday 27th August 2010 for the following live concerts:

February 11th 2011 – Newcastle O2 Academy 2
February 15th 2011 – Liverpool O2 Academy 2
February 16th 2011 – Birmingham O2 Academy 2
February 18th 2011 – Sheffield O2 Academy 2
February 19th 2011 – Manchester Club Academy
February 20th 2011 – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
February 22nd 2011 – Bristol O2 Academy 2
February 24th 2011 – Oxford O2 Academy 2
February 25th 2011 – Brighton Concorde 2
February 27th 2011 – Norwich Waterfront
February 28th 2011 – London Scala

Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Javier Weyler and Adam Zindani will perform two of their classic albums live at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London this October – as well as the B-sides associated with each LP.

Stereophonics tickets go on sale on Friday 27th August for the two concerts – full details of which are below:

October 17th 2010 – London HMV Apollo – Word Gets Around + B-sides
October 18th 2010 – London HMV Apollo – Performance And Cocktails + B-sides

Indeed, Matt Berry tickets are on sale now for his UK tour in November this year, which will be a mix of comedy and music. He will perform on the following dates:

November 8th 2010 – Hull The Adelphi (with ex-Bluetones singer Mark Morriss)
November 22nd 2010 – Birmingham O2 Academy 3
November 24th 2010 – Manchester Sound Control
November 27th 2010 – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
November 28th 2010 – Brighton Coalition
November 29th 2010 – King’s College London Student Union

The band spent two years working on their latest offering, after winning the Mercury Music Prize in 2007 for their debut album, Myths Of The Near Future. Klaxons are set for a busy week, as they will be headlining the Radio1/NME stage at Reading and Leeds festival this weekend as well as the London gig.

Klaxons tickets are still available for the band’s Heaven show this week, with prices starting at £28 on ticket exchange websites Viagogo, eBay and Seatwave. All tickets for the event are general admission.

Interpol, the follow-up to 2007’s Our Love To Admire will be released on September 13th and is the band’s last album to feature bassist Carlos D, who quit earlier this year.

Tickets are already available for the band’s previously announced UK tour, due to take place later this year. Throughout November and December, Interpol will be performing at venues in cities such as Nottingham, Newcastle, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool and London.

Arcade Fire, Guns N’ Roses and Blink 182 will headline the festival with acts such as The Libertines, Queens Of The Stone Age, Biffy Clyro, Lostprophets, Dizzee Rascal, The Cribs, The Maccabees, Paramore, and Weezer also confirmed to appear.

There are over 1,500 Leeds Festival tickets currently trading, including day tickets and early entry tickets.

Reading Festival is due to take place at Richfield avenue from Friday 27th August to Sunday 29th and will be headlined by Arcade Fire, Guns N Roses and Blink 182. Acts such as The Libertines, Queens Of The Stone Age, Biffy Clyro, Lostprophets, Dizzee Rascal, The Cribs, The Maccabees, Paramore, and Weezer.

The festival will provide seven separate stages full of entertainment across the three days, including the Alternative Stage which will be headlined by comedy acts Emo Phillips, Jason Byrne and Russell Kane.

The group behind incredible hits such as Red, Red Wine and I Got You Babe will delight fans all over the country with their concerts, for each gig will feature two sets – instead of a support act. The first will be in support of the anniversary of Signing Off – and they will play the album in full on each night. The second will be a mix of fans’ favourite songs from their other albums.

UB40 tickets are on sale now for the following UK tour dates:

October 25th 2010 – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
October 26th 2010 – Birmingham Symphony Hall
October 27th 2010 – Wolverhampton Civic Hall
October 29th 2010 – London Troxy
October 30th 2010 – London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
October 31st 2010 – Brighton Dome

November 2nd 2010 – Newcastle City Hall
November 3rd 2010 – Edinburgh Usher Hall
November 4th 2010 – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
November 7th 2010 – Manchester Bridgewater Hall
November 8th 2010 – Preston Guildhall
November 10th 2010 – Southend Cliffs Pavilion
November 11th 2010 – Cardiff St Davids Hall
November 12th 2010 – London HMV Forum
November 15th 2010 – Leicester De Montford Hall
November 16th 2010 – Cambridge Corn Exchange
November 18th 2010 – Ipswich Regent
November 19th 2010 – Southampton Guildhall
November 21st 2010 – Belfast Waterfront Hall

The tour will take place in support of the latest Faithless studio album, The Dance and British artist Example has been confirmed as the support act for all dates.

Full details of the Faithless UK arena tour are as follows:

Bournemouth BIC – November 30th
Cardiff CIA – December 1st
Nottingham Trent FM Arena – December 3rd
Manchester MEN Arena – December 4th
Newcastle Metro Radio Arena – December 6th
Glasgow SECC – December 7th
Sheffield Motorpoint Arena – December 8th
Birmingham NIA – December 10th
London The O2 Arena – December 11th

The dubstep, drum n bass and grime artists will be releasing their second album this year, after the success of 2008’s More Than A Lot, which contained tracks such as Against All Odds and Take Me Away.

Ticket prices start at £10 and are available from Ticketmaster, TicketWeb, Gigantic and Ticketline.

An irresistible force live in concert, the American punk rock group will play gigs on the following dates:

November 13th 2010 – Norwich UEA LCR
November 14th 2010 – Bristol O2 Academy
November 19th 2010 – Glasgow Barrowlands,
November 21st 2010 – Birmingham HMV Institute
November 22nd 2010 – Manchester Academy
November 23rd 2010 – London Brixton O2 Academy

Arcade fire will also be performing 6 dates in the UK as well as the two Ireland shows, starting with two performances at London O2 Arena on 1st and 2nd December. They will also appear at Birmingham LG Arena on December 8th, Cardiff Arena on December 9th, Manchester Central on December 11th and Glasgow SECC & Clyde Auditorium on December 12th.

The band have recently released their third album, The Suburbs, and will be sure to showcase new tracks at the shows, as well as favourites from first two albums Funeral and Neon Bible.

Linkin Park tickets are on sale for the all their gigs this autumn – including the latest performance added in Newcastle – and a full list of concerts is below:

November 4th 2010 – Manchester MEN Arena
November 5th 2010 – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
November 6th 2010 – Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
November 9th 2010 – Birmingham LG Arena
November 10th 2010 – London O2 Arena
November 11th 2010 – London O2 Arena

Kele went his own way, and has recorded and released a new album – The Boxer. As well as a similar album title to The National’s 2007 LP, the lead single Tenderoni carries the same name as the Chromeo effort from the same year. Still, Kele has certainly gone his own way with his sound – it is unlike The National, Chromeo, or indeed Bloc Party.

The Boxer is a fine dance album, its electro ambition bursting at the seams. A new energy has been unleashed in Kele as a live performer too. Free of the shackles of holding a guitar in concert, he covers more ground on stage than a nervous comedian. His UK tour ought to be a spectacular series of concerts, and Kele tickets are on sale now for the following dates:

November 15th 2010 – Birmingham HMV Institute
November 16th 2010 – Glasgow Arches
November 18th 2010 – Manchester Ritz Ballroom
November 19th 2010 – London Electric Ballroom
November 20th 2010 – Bristol Motion

Robbie Williams has been confirmed to headline the event, with James Blunt, Plan B, Alexandra Burke, Michael McIntyre and Jason Manford also confirmed to appear.

Both standing and seated Help For Heroes tickets are available, as are inner and outer golden circle tickets. The cheapest tickets are currently priced at £60 and are for middle and upper tier seats. The stadium will increase it’s capacity to 60,000 in order to accommodate the huge event.

However, now that his American commitments have concluded, he has announced a special concert in London at the Royal Albert Hall on October 19th 2010, where he will break out all his best loved songs – as well as material from his latest album, called er… Gossy.

Matt Goss tickets are on sale now, and the unique event is sure to attract huge demand.

Acts confirmed include Dizzee Rascal and Hot Chip on Friday, The Flaming Lips and Roxy Music on Saturday, and The Prodigy on Sunday, plus Mumford & Sons, The Temper Trap, The xx, Fever Ray, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem, Gil Scott-Heron, Chase & Status, Echo and the Bunnymen, Simian Mobile Disco, Delphic, Rolf Harris, The Cuban Brothers and many more.

Although officially sold out from primary ticket vendors, Bestival weekend tickets start trading at £190 on the secondary ticket market, with the cheapest currently listed on fan-to-fan ticket exchange website Viagogo. Tickets are also available from vendors such as Seatwave, GetMeIn and eBay.

The festival will be headlined by Kasabian and Kings of Leon, with both bands recently promising big performances. The Prodigy, David Guetta, Stereophonics, Paul Weller, Editors, Faithless and The Kooks are just some of the many huge names also set to appear across the weekend.

Both V Festival Chelmsford weekend tickets and V Festival Shifnal weekend tickets start trading at £187. The cheapest Chelmsford day tickets are priced at £90 whilst the cheapest Shifnal day tickets cost £100. In total, there are just over 650 V Festival tickets still on the market.

The band will also perform at Manchester MEN Arena on 4th November, Sheffield Hallam FM Arena on 6th November, Birmingham LG Arena on Tuesday 9th November and two dates at London O2 Arena on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th November.

Linkin Park are due to release their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns, in September this year.

While MIA tickets for her concert at Manchester Warehouse Project on November 13th 2010 are on sale now, tickets to her London gig at O2 Brixton Academy on November 10th 2010 will become available on Friday.

The ambitious band have guaranteed a spectacular show for the crowd, with the famous UFO poised to make a mind-blowing appearance – despite being banned from Glastonbury Festival and T In The Park earlier this summer.

In addition, there are some preposterously good support acts for the tour:

Manchester Lancashire County Cricket Club – September 4th 2010
Muse
Editors
Band Of Skulls
Pulled Apart By Horses

London Wembley Stadium – September 10th 2010
Muse
Lily Allen
The Big Pink
White Rabbits

London Wembley Stadium – September 11th 2010
Muse
Biffy Clyro
White Lies
I Am Arrows

It has now been confirmed by Guns N Roses management that the singer’s account was hacked and that there is absolutely no truth in the post.

The band will go ahead with scheduled shows at London’s O2 Arena on Wednesday 13th October, Birmingham LG Arena on Sunday 17th October and Manchester MEN Arena on Monday 18th October. They will also be headlining this month’s Reading and Leeds Festival.

There are still over 2,000 V Festival tickets on the market, with day and weekend tickets available for both locations. Both V Festival Chelmsford weekend tickets and V Festival Shifnal weekend tickets start trading at £195. The cheapest Chelmsford day tickets are priced at £89 whilst the cheapest Shifnal day tickets cost £100.

Other headliners, Kings Of Leon have confirmed that they will be performing material from their forthcoming album, Come Around Sundown.

Linkin Park are one of the most successful rock bands to have emerged from America in recent years. After forming in 1996, they have gone on to top music charts in both the UK and the US with albums Meteora and Minutes to Midnight.

Linkin Park tickets for the Newcastle show will go on sale on Friday 20th August, whilst tickets to all other shows are available now.

Reading and Leeds Festival is known for providing a huge line-up every year, and tickets officially sold out from primary vendors in less than an hour when going on sale back in March 2010. The festival will take place over the August bank holiday weekend of the 27th-29th, hosting acts such as Arcade Fire, Guns N’ Roses, Blink 182, The Libertines and many, many more.

There are a total of over 3,500 Reading and Leeds festival tickets still available, with the event just two weeks away.