Reading And Leeds organiser Melvin Benn has dropped a major hint regarding a secret set at this year’s festival.

Benn was asked if he could provide any clues to what secret act might be playing this year. In response, he appeared to suggest that Foals would be the officially-unannounced band to perform, saying, “Wild horses wouldn’t let me be able to tell you who the secret guests are. You can take from that whatever you want”.

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Benn also spoke of his excitement to NME to have Kendrick Lamar on the bill: “We worked incredibly hard to get Kendrick. We were absolutely committed to it – for me, it was a perfect booking and the audience’s response has been insane. Our Reading And Leeds audience are as excited for Kendrick as they are Mumford and Metallica. That’s in itself is an incredible statement isn’t it?”

Reading And Leeds will take place next weekend, running simultaneously at Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park from August 28-30. Headliners for the 2015 event are Mumford and Sons, Metallica and The Libertines.

Organisers today issued a statement regarding possible issues affecting travel to the Reading leg. Planned strike action looks likely to affect First Great Western train services between Saturday August 29 through to and including Monday August 31, causing possible trouble for those traveling to and from the festival site. Ticket holders have been updated with travel advice should the strike go ahead as planned.

“It is estimated that 50 per cent of normal services operated by FGW will still operate and train services for Friday night/early hours of Saturday morning will largely be unaffected,” the statement reads.

Other acts announced for this year’s festival include The Cribs, The Maccabees, Palma Violets, A$AP Ferg, Azealia Banks, Django Django, Everything Everything, Slaves, Frank Turner, Peace, Swim Deep, Twin Atlantic, Parquet Courts, Spector, Charli XCX and more.

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