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Leeds Festival 2008 - Live Coverage

22nd August 2008 | by Ross Riley

If you're after the best coverage from the Reading and Leeds weekend then you've arrived at the right place. Over the next three days we'll be reporting live from the festival with news photos and live reviews.

• Sunday 11:00pm: So Leeds Festival is over for another year. We've just watched the Killers cos quite frankly, we're fed up of seeing Nicky Wire in a dress.
• Sunday 08:28pm: So the choice is now whether to watch the Killers or the Manics, if only Bloc Party we're finishing - they were supreme.
• Sunday 08:26pm: Bloc Party finish their set with 'Hellacopters' -with Kele stating his desire to headline next years festival.
• Sunday 07:25pm: Foals have finished rather abruptly after being chucked offstage for going overtime. Never mind, they were immense.
• Sunday 04:27pm: Los Campesinos have just finished a rapturously received set in the festival tent. You, me, dancing was the inevitable highlight.
• Sunday 04:12pm: The Ting Tings finish up by playing Shut Up And Let Me Go and Thats Not My Name, so if you were late like us, you didn't miss much.
• Sunday 02:56pm: Editors are on the main stage, they've played a couple of new songs which sound impressive. After this they get on a chopper to support REM.
• Sunday 02:17pm: The Subways liven up the Leeds crowd with a stunning performance. Finishing with an awesome 10 minute version of rock n roll queen.
• Sunday 02:15pm: British sea power play an excellent early afternoon set.
• Saturday 10:57pm: It's a stunning night at Leeds festival. RATM play all the classics, stopping only briefly for a crush down the front.
• Saturday 08:28pm: Tonight it's all about Rage Against The Machine. The roadies are all sorted, we're just waiting for them to adorn the resplendent stage.
• Saturday 08:02pm: Vampire Weekend put on a storming show on the Radio 1 stage, but less should be said of Ezra's shorts, which showed off his womanly legs.
• Saturday 04:45pm: Slipknot have pulled out of their slot. To be replaced by "Bring Me the Horizon". Sort of like substituting a mansion with a porta-loo.
• Saturday 04:38pm: Biffy Clyro looking resplendent in matching blue jeans have just finished a main stage set. Highlights were who's got a match and 27.
• Saturday 02:46pm: frank turner has just finished an amazing set over on the lock up stage. One of the festival highlights so far.
• Saturday 02:43pm: Saturday afternoon the sun is shining and dizzee rascal entertains a packed out main stage.
• Friday 09:21pm: the kills are on stage. Not a huge crowd but they rock more than two metallicas.
• Friday 04:08pm: Hadouken just covered The Prodigy's "Firestarter". Verdict: not complete murder.
• Friday 03:00pm: Lightspeed Champion has just finished his set. He claimed that Slipknot offered him their set, but he wasn't man enough. Ended with the ...
• Friday 11:41am: Apparently. We're informed that 2 weeks of rain, add grass equals lots of mud. The campsites have become bobsleigh runs!
• Friday 10:04am: Welcome to day one of the Leeds Festival 2008. It's a bit muddy but things are looking up now, get ready for three days of awesome music.

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