Guns n' Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink 182 have been confirmed as the headliners for this year's Reading and Leeds Festival.

The events, which run simultaneously across the August Bank Holiday weekend, announced many of the top acts ahead of tickets going on sale.

Other names on the bill include the reformed Libertines, Paramore and festival favourites Queens of the Stone Age.

Held at Little John's Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds, a spokesman for the festival said the bill was shaping up to be the best ever.

"The Ultimate Rock and Roll Weekend that is the Reading and Leeds Festival returns bigger, better and jam packed with the finest music talent ever," he said.

On the NME/Radio One stage, the headliners LCD Soundsystem, Pendulum and Klaxons.

The full lineup announced so far is:

Friday Reading / Sunday Leeds
Main Stage:
Guns n' Roses
Queens of the Stone Age
Biffy Clyro
Lostprophets
NOFX
Gogol Bordello
Billy Talent

NME / Radio 1 Stage:
LCD Soundsystem
Phoenix
Mumford & Sons
Delphic
Yeasayer
The Big Pink
Two Door Cinema Club

Saturday Reading / Friday Leeds
Main Stage:
Arcade Fire
The Libertines
Dizzee Rascal
The Cribs
The Maccabees
Modest Mouse
The Gaslight Anthem

NME / Radio 1 Stage:
Pendulum
Enter Shikari
Crystal Castles
Frank Turner

Sunday Reading / Saturday Leeds
Main Stage:
Blink 182
Paramore
Weezer
Cypress Hill
Limp Bizkit
You Me At Six
All Time Low

NME / Radio 1 Stage
Klaxons
We Are Scientists
Foals
Band of Horses
Kele Okereke
The Drums

Tickets for the festival, priced £180 for the weekend and £75 each day, plus booking fee, are available from www.readingfestival.com and www.leedsfestival.com.