Frank Turner, an iconic British troubadour, notches up a decade of rocking at Reading Festival.

After breaking the record for consecutive appearances at Reading & Leeds last year with his ninth straight set, the festival hero is set to make it a decade of singalongs and heart-on-your-sleeve performances this summer. Frank with his catalogue of distinctively British anthems will open the Main Stage this year.

Frank said: “I'm very happy to be making my tenth annual return to Reading and Leeds Festival this summer. That's the record, by miles, and I'm proud of it. They've always been supportive of my career, loyal to me, and I'm more than happy to repay that in kind. It's the best festival in the UK.”

Reading has added even more names to the Bank Holiday weekend mecca of music, with more than 70 names across six stages. Revered grime kingpin Kano cemented his reputation with his comeback album Made In The Manor; a collection of his classic rhymes and British flow, which he’ll be bringing to an electric headline set on the BBC 1Xtra Stage this year.

New York hip-hop royalty, Nas, will be bringing his catalogue of defining anthems in a UK Festival Exclusive. Responsible for one of the most influential albums of all time; Illmatic, his heavy-hitting rhymes have kept him at the top for more than 25 years. This true pioneer of hip-hop perfroms on the BBC Radio 1/NME Stage.

Reading & Leeds have a strong history of musical icons taking the stages by storm and this year pop-punk trailblazers Good Charlotte will be returning to headline the intimate Lock Up Stage. Coheed And Cambria are set for a mammoth return on the Main Stage whilst Mastodon bring their heavy tectonic rhythms to The Pit with a hugely anticipated headline performance.

Good Charlotte said: "For us there's no better way to celebrate the GC comeback than to come do it at Reading and Leeds. Everyone's favourite festival. It will be a highlight for sure.”

Bringing together genres, generations and game-changers the festival welcomes a roaring coliseum from the artists on the BBC RADIO 1/NME STAGE incluing Jack Ü, Two Door Cinema Club and The 197. Australian rock morphers Tonight Alive; fresh from releasing their soundscape-filled third LP Limitless earlier in the year, joint hte line up along with Mancunion buzz-rockers Spring King, the swirling pop of Sunset Sons, translucent movers Haelos and the roaring heavy punch of Black Foxxes. 

Jenna McDougall of Tonight Alive said: "We're over the moon to be returning to our favourite rock festival this year! We're coming back for our second round of Reading and Leeds, introducing the 'Limitless’ era.”

Black Foxxes said: “Reading and Leeds were always big festivals for us and we can’t believe we’ve gone from opening the smallest tent to the second stage in a year! Words can’t describe how stoked we are!!”

Tarek Musa of Spring King said: "We’re ready for another wild year at Reading and Leeds Festival! It’s gonna be immense to play alongside some of our favourite bands!"

Sunset Sons said: "Reading and Leeds was our first taste of an iconic UK festival. We will always love playing it and are stoked to be back this year!"

Haelos said: "Reading and Leeds were the first festivals we all went to as teenagers... Feels good to be playing this year."

The festival Republic Stage has headliners Maximo Park, along with Australian euphoric dreamers The Temper Trap who’ll be ushering in the next phase of their acclaimed career with third LP Thick As Thieves. Also headlining the stage is Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon And The Crowes who’ll be bringing his emotionally charged debut solo release Painkillers to the festivals. Sungazing, psychedelica, pin-up BØRNS will bring his Electro Love, whilst the hotly tipped Americana-soaked Clean Cut Kid will also touch down. Eagulls and Pulled Apart by Horses are destined to tear down the tent.

Other names include VANT, The Magic Gang, Blaenavon, The Hunna, LANY, The Sherlocks, DMA’s, Rationale, Beach Baby, Transviolet, Isaac Gracie, Lewis Del Mar, LUH, Otherkin, Anteros, The Beach, The Vyrll Society, Area 52 and Tibet.

Brian Fallon said: "Very excited and honoured to be apart of Reading and Leeds this year in celebration of my first solo album. See you all there! Stay in love with everything!”

Pulled Apart By Horses said: "We're pretty god damn excited about coming back this year. We're geared up with new album material to play and can't think of a better place to road-test it than at Leeds and Reading Festival!"

Blaenavon are looking forward to the weekend, saying: "Reading and Leeds were the festivals we grew up with. I remember seeing At The Drive-In in 2012 and having my face utterly melted. We've only played Leeds before, so we're very stoked to have a proper go at both this year - the Festival Republic tent is probably our favourite stage as well. We'll have some new music out too, so it'll be wicked to try it out in a proper, frenzied festival scenario: abject dirt."

Eagulls said: "Us Eagulls love fests and Reading and Leeds. To us, it’s got to be up there as one of the most important fests. "

The Sherlocks said: "Big love for Reading and Leeds! We hope that the tents are pegged down properly because we are going to blow the roof off! We'd urge everyone to get down extra early, last year the tents were rammed, this year it is going to be absolute carnage!!! We'd hate for anyone to miss our set, it's going off!"

THE PIT/LOCK-UP STAGE  has an incredible array of names from across the rock world, it's the go-to home of all things heavy. Californian rock pioneers Thrice will return with a hotly anticipated set filled with classics and fresh cuts alike. Hacktivist, Nothing More and the grunge kicks of Milk Teeth are destined to steal the stage.

In a seismic coming together of rock icons, supergroup Giraffe Tongue Orchestra will make a landmark appearance at the festivals as members of Alice in Chains, Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dethklok and The Mars Volta combine.  The brash rhymes of MGK, Heck, ROAM, Beach Slang, SWMRS, Superheaven, Big Spring and Waterparks combine on The Pit/Lock-Up Stage.

Thrice drummer Riley Breckenridge said: “It’s always an honor to be a part of a festival as steeped in tradition as Reading and Leeds. We’ve had some memorable shows in front of some incredible (and massive) crowds at both sites over the span of our career, and we can’t wait to get over there and do it all over again.”

Heck’s Matt Reynolds said: "Reading and Leeds fest is like the holy grail of the festival circuit to us. It's a festival we've grown up going to every year and last time we played was probably one of our favourite shows to date. To be asked back to wreak our awful racket once again is an absolute honour."

Hacktivist co-frontman Ben Marvin said: "We're so hyped about playing again this year! It’s our third time playing but this time we have our debut album out so it's gonna be the most rowdy yet. See you in the pit."

Matt Roskilly of ROAM says: "It really is a huge honour to be invited to play Reading and Leeds festivals this year. I've attended Reading festival for the last 5 years and it has always been mine and my friends favourite festival every time. Having the chance to play a stage, where over the years I have witnessed some of my favourite bands play is beyond exciting. This is a huge deal for me and the band, and is definitely one to cross off of the bucket list!"

Superheaven said: "It's been a dream of ours to play this festival for some time now. It's exciting to get the opportunity to play."

Waterparks said: “These festivals have been on my bucket list for years and it’s surreal that we actually get to be a part of it. See y’all there.”

BBC 1XTRA STAGE brings together the hottest names from both sides of the atlantic, the BBC 1Xtra Stage is set for its biggest lineup to date, with Kano, Travi$ Scott and G-Eazy headlining  and new additions include teenage slacker-rap sensation Yung Lean, underground US wordsmith Hoodie Allen, the soulful tones of Maverick Sabre and Metro Boomin, the in-demand producer responsible for revered hip-hop tracks from Drake, Kanye West and Future .

Recently named in Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’, the influential tales and torments of Little Simz will take to the BBC 1Xtra Stage stage, whilst the unmistakable rise of grime continues with Fekky, Geko and Manchester’s finest Bugzy Maloneall dropping in. US star Logic will be bringing his very own slant to proceedings alongside appearances from K.Flay, Franko Fraize and Radio 1’s Clara Amfo; making it a huge hip-hop take over.

Franko Fraize said: "Absolutely buzzin’ to be part of Reading and Leeds this year! I've always had a proper good do as a punter so I'm proper excited to be the other side now and be the one bringing the party!"

BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage will be full of electronic boundary-pushers including PC Music titan SOPHIE; Danny L Harle will also bring the tectonic beats, with the deep blues and soul of Brighton’s Rag’n’Bone Man serenading the stage with his gritty blue-eyed charm. Dark bass honcho Friction will take to the decks over the bank holiday weekend, with further drum and bass takedowns set from Fred V & Grafix and Delta Heavy.

After recently supporting The 1975 on their world tour, the hotly tipped electro-soul soother The Japanese House will give an emotional masterclass. The Girl Is Mine chart supremos 99 Souls are set to bring the sunshine, with experimental-house heavyweight Redlight and neo-soul groovers Lion Babe, Zac Samuel, Tkay Maidza, Hermitude, Lemaitre, Low Steppa, Draper and James Organover ring out from the BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage this year. Chart supremos 99 Souls said: "Can't wait to be back at Reading and Leeds... If you look at the vids on our social media, Reading was our craziest crowd of 2015... We're hoping to do an even bigger set and have an even bigger reaction this year!"

Draper says: "Reading and Leeds is going to be awesome and an amazing opportunity to perform what I've been working so hard on! Can't wait!"

Redlight said: "Love playing at Reading and Leeds. Always a sick one. Can't wait to come and have a party..."

Lemaitre says: "Excited to play our first festivals in the UK at these two legendary festivals alongside some of our favourite artists."

Rag’n’Bone Man said: "I'm really excited to play Reading and Leeds. I actually always wanted to go as a punter but never got the chance, now I get to go as a performer, it's gonna be a banger!"

On joining the line up Tkay Maidza said: "Reading and Leeds is one of my bucket list festivals that I wanted to play before I had even released a song. It's also the first festival I'll play in the UK so I'm super excited!"

Friction says: "Reading and Leeds! As well as historically being one of the greatest festivals on the planet, it has a vibe like no other. So pleased to be back again for this year!"

Reading & Leeds 2016 boasts five headliners across three days of the August Bank Holiday.

Tickets are on sale now.

Weekend tickets are £205 + £8 booking fee = £213 total Day tickets are £59.50 + £7 booking fee Instalment Tickets: If you pay your first instalment on or before January 31st, your subsequent payment dates will be March 1st (£50.00), April 1st (£50.00) & May 3rd (£55.00 +£6.50 postage) Early entry permits - £20 (No booking fee) Campervan permits - £75 (No booking fee) Lockers - £16 (No booking fee) Reading car park - £10 (No booking fee)