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So, now we know - The Libertines will be taking their place in history by completing the headliners for this year's Reading & Leeds festival. It's a most prestigious slot, one that usually marks an artist as having achieved true greatness. Don't believe us? Take a look through every single Reading & Leeds poster in history to see who's gone before them. 

From the greats of The Cure, Arctic Monkeys, New Order, Green Day and Manic Street Preachers to the now somewhat baffling choices like The Darkness and Razorlight, R&L have a very colourful history when it comes to headliners - and that's before we look at the rest of the bill. Glance further down and you'll see surprising slots once filled by the likes of Muse, Coldplay, Jeff Buckley and Rage Against The Machine. Yes, Reading & Leeds has seen them all. 

Here's all 26 years of Reading & Leeds posters in history - which year is your favourite? 

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