Mean Fiddler will find out next week if they will be given a licence for the Leeds end of the Carling Weekender. They were refused a licence by Leeds City Council because of problems at last year’s event. At the time Mean Fiddler boss Melvin Benn told the NME "I've never failed to put a festival on in the past, and I don't intend to start this year. If you have tickets, hold on to them, if you want to buy tickets, buy them. I'm 100% certain that the Leeds festival will take place this year. It's a great bill and a fantastic weekend. As ever the young people of Great Britain are having to stand up and prove themselves against adversity." Mean Fiddler say they will go to the Crown Court if they lose the appeal, but that they have a standby site to use as a last resort.
Meanwhile Guns n Roses, one of the headliners at the Leeds Festival, have announced a second date while they’re in the country. The Leeds performance will be the band’s first UK concert since 1993. They now plan to follow it up with a second date at London Arena on the August Bank Holdiay (6 Aug). Singer Axl Rose and keyboard player Dizzy Reed are the only members who remain in the band from the old line-up.