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"Reading and Leeds festival boss Melvin Benn has promised &amp;quot;terrific&amp;quot; headline acts for next year&amp;#039;s event. Benn, who is the managing director of Festival Republic, revealed that the bookings he has already made are &amp;quot;very exciting&amp;quot;. He told BBC Newsbeat: &amp;quot;I couldn&amp;#039;t be happier overall with where we&amp;#039;re going with all the festivals.&amp;quot; Benn&amp;#039;s music festival company also look after other major events including Latitude and The Big Chill. He added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve just had a brilliant conversation about an act I was desperate to play Latitude and now I&amp;#039;m pretty sure will play Latitude.&amp;quot; Reading and Leeds 2012 will take place over the weekend August 24-26. The 2011 event was headlined by Muse, My Chemical Romance, Pulp and The Strokes back in August. &amp;gt; Reading Festival 2011 pictures: My Chemical Romance, Beady Eye, Pulp, Muse, more Watch Muse perform &amp;#039;Knights Of Cydonia&amp;#039; at Reading Festival 2011 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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