Metallica, Jamie T and Run The Jewels are among the first batch of acts to be announced for next year's Reading and Leeds festival.
Following their acclaimed slots at Glastonbury and Sonisphere last year, hard rock heroes Metallica will be returning to the top the bill at R+L next year - headlining for the fourth time in their career.
Also among the first names are Jamie T, Wilkinson, Refused, Run The Jewels and Manchester Orchestra.
"We are obviously beyond thrilled to be returning to headline the magnificent and mighty double shot at Reading & Leeds for the fourth time," said Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. "We are practically the house band. Bring it!"
Festival organiser Melvin Benn added: "I’m excited to be able to announce Metallica as the first headliner for Reading & Leeds 2015. Their amazing live show promises to be a favourite with rock, metal and genuine music fans at the UK's most important music festival, perfectly topping a bill of brilliant acts from across the genres.
"I’m looking forward to revealing the rest of the Festival line up, which will feature the absolute best of rock, indie, dance and hip hop and will only add to the amazing atmosphere that make Reading & Leeds so special."
As for the other headliners, rumours include Mumford and Sons, Kasabian, The Libertines, Florence + The Machine and Kanye West.
"We've been active about next year's line-up for the last three months, really since just before Glastonbury this year, and we continue to be active," Melvin Benn told Gigwise at the festival this year. "It's our passion in a way for the line-up, it's the same as the kids have. That is the nature of what we do. We spend all of our time talking about it."
When we asked him if any acts booked were headliners, he replied: "There's one booked, there's one booked at least. We're just waiting for them to decide which nights they want to play Reading and which night they want to play Leeds. One's done, the other two will follow."
As for clues, Melvin told us: "It's definitely not a Reading regular. It's not who you think it might be."
Reading Festival takes place at Little Johns Farm on Richfield Avenue, will Leeds Festival takes place at Branham Park - both during the Bank Holiday weekend of 28-30 August. For tickets and more information, visit Gigwise Tickets.
