were due to play on the Melody Maker stage on the Sunday but were replaced by Theaudience at short notice. 1999 Main stage Radio 1 Evening Session stage Carling Premier stage Liberty 37 (unknown position) Also included Big Leaves, Black Box Recorder, Cha Cha Cohen, Chicks, Cube, Cyclefly, Dark Star, Dawn of the Replicants, Experimental Pop Band, The Jellys, Jim's Super Stereo World, Linoleum, Llama Farmers, Medal, Mercedes, The Motorhomes, Muse, Peeps Into Fairyland, Quasi, Rico, The Rocking Horses, Rosita, Seafood, Silt, Sonia Fariq, Stroke, Venni, The Webb Brothers, Witness Dance stage Vans Warped Tour stage Notes Orgy were due to open the Main Stage Reading Sunday/Leeds Monday, but pulled out days before the event. Lit filled in their spot. 2000 Main stage Radio 1 Evening Session stage Dance stage Carling Premier stage Notes Rage Against the Machine played their last UK gig at Reading before their break-up. They played their last gig three weeks later. Originally booked play on the mainstage Eminem had to pull out a few weeks prior due to legal reasons in America. Elastica pulled out of their Leeds appearance. 2001 Main stage Radio 1 Evening Session stage The End Dance stage The Concrete Jungle stage Carling stage Notes This was the year that the Concrete Jungle Stage made its debut. Weekend tickets cost £80, day tickets £35. The Strokes were moved from the Radio One stage to the Main Stage. 2002 Main stage Radio 1 Evening Session stage Third stage Carling stage Notes Guns N' Roses played only in Leeds as they had a prior touring commitment in London on the day of the Reading event. In Reading they were replaced by Raging Speedhorn who appeared much lower on the bill. A weekend ticket cost £90, a day ticket was £39. Reel Big Fish pulled out of Leeds for undisclosed reasons. Antipop Consortium cancelled their Dance Stage appearance after they disbanded earlier that month. Feeder were invited by Melvin Benn to headline the main stage on the first day at Reading and the second day at Leeds. They later turned this down, as they did not want to play such a high-profile slot so soon after the death of their drummer Jon Lee in January of that year. As a result, Feeder would instead headline the Radio 1 Evening Session Stage. 2003 Main stage Radio 1 stage Smirnoff Dance Arena The Concrete Jungle stage Carling