'Selling my ticket for 17p... cause that's all the line-up is worth!': Furious rock fans rush to sell their £220 Reading and Leeds festival passes after rap and grime stars top the bill

• Reading and Leeds Festival published their 2018 line-up on Twitter this morning 
• Headliners include rockers Kings of Leon and rappers Post Malone and Skepta
• Thousands of fans have reacted in fury branding it the 'worst line-up of all time'  

Furious rock fans are rushing to sell their £220 Reading and Leeds festival tickets after the line-up released earlier today revealed a horde of rap and pop stars.   

Festival Republic published the bill for the August Bank Holiday weekend event on Twitter this morning.  

With Glastonbury cancelled this year, thousands stumped up the £205 ticket price along with a £16.50 booking fee to attend the event.

But many have been left feeling short-changed after the alternative festival's line-up announced American rapper Kendrick Lamar as the headline act. 

Within minutes, ticket holders posted to Twitter putting their festival passes up for sale.

Social media user Lea joked: 'I'm putting my ticket up for sale for 17pence because that's all the line-up is worth.' 

Another said: 'Waited so long for Reading line up and it’s rubbish. I'm selling my ticket.' 

While one man wrote: 'Selling my Reading ticket and early access, direct message me for offers.' 

The decision to sell their tickets has been blamed on the bill for the 2018 festival. 

As well nostalgic rock bands such as Sum 41, Kings of Leon and Fall Out Boy, organisers have invested in bringing in pop acts like New Rules singer Dua Lipa.

One woman wrote: 'What’s Dua Lipa doing at Reading?'   

Another said: For a V festival line up maybe, Dua Lipa should be nowhere near Reading Festival.'

And a man added: 'Reading and Leeds line up is shocking. Instead of Kasabian, Paramore, and Foo Fighters they get Dua Lipa, Wretch 32, and Kendrick Lamar. Pretty sure it's not T4 on the beach.'

The rest of the artists booked for the three-day event - held in two separate sites in West Yorkshire and Berkshire - are a mixture of nostalgic banks like Fall Out Boy and Sum 41 and an array of grime and rap artists. 

Upset festival goers have fumed on Twitter, with one ticket buyer writing: 'I can't believe I've paid £220 for this ****!' 

And other adding: 'Can't believe I've waited over a month for this line-up after buying my ticket. This is worse than finding out you're adopted.' 

The fallout echoes the furore the year Jay Z topped the Glastonbury bill in 2008.      

Stateside rockers Fall Out Boy and Kings of Leon will also headline, with rappers Post Malone and British grime artist Skepta playing key slots on the Friday and Sunday.   

A handful of fans on Twitter said it was 'great' to see more grime artists performing. 

Another enthused that Kendrick Lamar would be playing on British soil.  

While one described the line-up as a 'BTEC version of Wireless festival', in reference to the college-equivalent of a A Level qualification.

While another person simply wrote: 'Music is officially DEAD. A festival like Reading and Leeds so well known for its rock music is mostly rap. What the **** is going on?'

Carl Knott added: 'Imagine pre-paying for Reading and Leeds festival after last years festival, and seeing today's line up! Worst line up I've seen.'

Many pointed out the lineup's nostalgic feel with punk poppers Sum 41, popular with teenagers in the early noughties, down to play on Sunday. 

A wry person wrote: 'This marks the death of music as we know it. Most of the bands on here are at least ten years old. The industry is in crisis.'

One music fan with a good memory pointed out headliner's Kings of Leon had better prepare themselves for the audience this year. 

The Nashville natives previously played Reading Festival in 2009 with bandmates taking to Twitter afterwards to criticise the fans, who booed throughout their set.

Frontman Caleb Followill actually apologised a year later in an interview with NME, calling it his 'Kurt Cobain moment'. He admitted they took out their 'unhappiness on the crowd'.

The Twitter user wrote: 'Kings of Leon are definitely going to be ****** off this year when a bunch of wannabe roadmen there aren't joining into any of their songs and only two of their tracks get sung along to.' 

Organisers Festival Republic have been contacted by MailOnline for comment.  

Reading and Leeds Festival runs this year from Friday, August 24, until Sunday, August 25. 

Reading is one of the longest running events in the UK, with a history dating back to the 1950s.

Since moving to its Berkshire site in the 1970s, the annual extravaganza has seen the likes of The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, The Jam and The Who perform over the years. 

As of 2011, the capacity for the Reading site was 87,000 and Leeds 75,000.