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Richard Ashcroft
Richard Ashcroft


Background information
Birth name Richard Paul Ashcroft
Born September 11, 1971
Born place Billinge, Lancashire, England
Origin Wigan, Lancashire, England
Genre(s) Alternative Rock
Britpop
Space Rock
Neo-psychedelia
Years active 1990—present
Label(s) Virgin Records
Parlophone Records
Hut Records
Associated acts Coldplay
RPA & The United Nations of Sound
The Verve
UNKLE
DJ Shadow
The Chemical Brothers
Pino Palladino
Website Website



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My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, Muse To Play Reading And Leeds Festival 2011

March 22, 2011
My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, Muse To Play Reading And Leeds Festival 2011My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, Muse and Pulp have been announced as headline acts for this year's Reading and Leeds festival.

My Chemical Romance will headline Reading on the Friday (August 26) and Leeds on Saturday (August 27) with support from 30 Seconds To Mars, The Offspring, Deftones, Rise Against and Bring Me The Horizon.

The Strokes will co-headline the main stage with Pulp on the Saturday night at Reading and Sunday at Leeds. The National, Jimmy Eat World, Madness, Two Door Cinema Club and Seasick Steve will also appear.

Muse will take to the main stage on the Sunday at Reading, and Friday in Leeds, with Elbow, Interpol, Friendly Fires, Enter Shikari, The View and Frank Turner.

Beady Eye, White Lies, Noah & The Whale, Crystal Castles, Bombay Bicycle Club, Everything Everything, The Kills, The Streets and Death From Above 1979 are also on the bill.

(by Holly Frith)



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