Blink-182 will return to the Reading/Leeds festival for a headline appearance next year.
The band are the first headline act to be confirmed for 2014, and are joined by other early arrivals Jake Bugg, Disclosure, Metronomy, Of Mice & Men, I Am Legion and Wilkinson.
“I’m stoked to play Reading & Leeds 2014,” Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus says. “It’s our fourth time playing the festivals, and we’re very honoured. The new year will see us in the studio preparing new music, getting ready to rock the fine people of the UK. Prepare for the fury.”
Organiser Melvin Benn has launched a deposit scheme for the 2014 festival, with fans now able to pay a £50 fee upfront at the time of their ticket purchase, followed by three monthly installments of £53.50.
Benn has previously told NME both American and English bands have been lined up for next year’s August bank holiday weekend – Arctic Monkeys remain one of the strong favourites to join Blink-182 in due course.