This article was published in 2013.

Organisers of the annual Futuresound competition have this week confirmed which 60 bands will battle it out for one of six slots at the Reading and Leeds Festival 2013.

The 60 bands were whittled down from hundreds of hopeful entrants, and will now play in one of 15 dates during June and July.

Those heats in full:

HEAT 1 - MONDAY 24TH JUNE
Campfires
Other Peoples Lives
Richard Petch
Two Trick Horse

HEAT 2 - TUESDAY 25TH JUNE
Charlie Straw
Good Moves
The Covelles
We Are Carnivores

HEAT 3 - WEDNESDAY 26TH JUNE
Boy On A Pedestal
Super Luxury
Take Turns
The Oreoh!s

HEAT 4 - THURSDAY 27TH JUNE
Allusondrugs
Battle Lines
Humans As Ornaments
Modo Stare

HEAT 5 - TUESDAY 2ND JULY
Jade Helliwell
Monster Killed By Laser
Tay Cousins
The Wind-Up Birds

HEAT 6 - WEDNESDAY 3RD JULY
Bad Ideas
Jordan Allen
Kamara
Little Victories

HEAT 7 - THURSDAY 4TH JULY
Georgia Thursting
Lockstep
Opie Deino
Quentins Basement

HEAT 8 - MONDAY 8TH JULY
Born Thief
Dirty Green Vinyl
The Incredible Magpie Band
Witch Hunt

HEAT 9 - TUESDAY 9TH JULY
Cut Yourself In Half
Koala
Lower Lands
Waking Theo

HEAT 10 - WEDNESDAY 10TH JULY
Glass Caves
Illusory Centre
Invisible Hands
Jack's Attic

HEAT 11 - THURSDAY 11TH JULY
...And The Hangnails
Icarus
State Of Error
The Great Argument

HEAT 12 - MONDAY 15TH JULY
Electric Clowns
The Beaus
The Grand
Yannick

HEAT 13 - TUESDAY 16TH JULY
Dukes Of Bevington
Hearts And Souls
Jen Armstrong
The Michael Ainsley Band

HEAT 14 - WEDNESDAY 17th JULY
Andy Doonan
Party Club
Red Chevrons
The King's Parade

HEAT 15 - THURSDAY 18TH JULY
City Of Lights
Michael Reeve
The Concetines
Tokyo Corner