Bring Me The Horizon tell us about Reading & Leeds plans and their next chapter: “We need to go away for a bit”

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Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes has spoken to NME about what’s in store for their headline set at Reading & Leeds 2025, as well plans for new material and what the future holds.Last week, it was announced that the Sheffield metal pioneers would be returning to top the bill at the twin-site festival alongside Chappell Roan, Travis Scott, and Hozier.

While veterans of the festival, the band’s only headline appearance so far was for their stellar set back in 2022, when they shared top-billing with but played before Arctic Monkeys.Having already promised “hands down the greatest show of our careers”, Oli Sykes has spoken to NME about capping off the second era of their ‘Post Human’ series, following ‘Nex Gen‘ – named as one of NME‘s Best Albums Of 2024 – as well as why the band need to take a considerable amount of time off.

Check out our full interview below, where he also told some home truths about the evolution of festivals with the likes of Chappell Roan.NME: Hello Oli.

Christmas time is nearly here. Are you feeling festive? Oli Sykes: “Yeah. We’re in Argentina at the moment so it’s quite warm and not very Christmassy vibes at all.”Will you be going back to Sheffield for Christmas? “We’ll be in Brazil [country of his wife Alissa Salls, AKA Alissic].