BBC Introducing line-up at Reading & Leeds Festival announced

Today is a good day. We can now announce the line-up for the BBC Introducing Stage at Reading & Leeds Festival which takes place from August 24th-26th 2012.

Celebrating its fifth year at the festival, the stage has previously seen debut performances from Pulled Apart By Horses (who will make their Main Stage debut this year), Two Door Cinema Club (NME/Radio 1 Stage second headliner 2012) and Don Broco, who move onto the Festival Republic Stage this year after their amazing performance in 2011 on the BBC Introducing Stage.

The bands that play are chosen through a combination of the BBC's countrywide Introducing shows, Leeds promoters Futuresound, festival promoters Festival Republic and Martin House's Centre Stage competition.

Here's the list of bands in alphabetical order. The breakdown of the days at both festivals can be found on the Reading & Leeds line-up page.

Attention Thieves

Backyards

Bearfoot Beware

Black Moth

Crooked Tongues

Cut Ribbons

Danica Hunter

Deaf Club

Dear Prudence

Dingus Khan

Empror & Duppy Beatz

Escape To New York

Escapists

The Establishment

Family of the Year

Fish Tank

Glassbody

Hawk Eyes

Hildamay

Ifan Dafydd

Lady Lykez

Marmozets

Marsicans

Max Raptor

Mikill Pane

Park Bench Society

Proxies

Rachel Sermanni

RIO

Samoans

Sarah Williams White

Seasfire

Vengeance and the Panther Queen

Wet Nuns

We Walk On Ice

We Were Frontiers

Plus more to be announced...

As always, we will bring you highlights from the Introducing Stage across the weekend including videos, photos and updates on Twitter. Details of the full Festival line-up as it stands can be found on the BBC's Reading & Leeds Festival website which is where you'll also be able to see sets from Foo Fighters, The Cure, Kasabian and many more over the weekend.

Read all about how bands are selected for BBC Introducing stages at festivals.