Reading & Leeds boss teases headliner and “stage changes” for 2024

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NME about the success of Reading & Leeds 2023 – as well as teasing the line-up and site changes for next year’s edition of the event.This year’s twin-site festival saw massive headline performances from Foals, Sam Fender, The 1975, The Killers, Imagine Dragons and Billie Eilish, alongside sets from the likes of Sleep Token, Steve Lacy, Central Cee, Wet Leg and many more.

Check out all the action as it happened in the NME liveblog.Speaking to NME backstage on the closing day at Reading, R&L boss Benn said: “I’m very pleased with how it’s gone this weekend.

We’re sat here talking while Rina [Sawayama] is on the main stage. That has been one of the notable things about this weekend – how well a lot of the female acts have gone down and become a core of the festival.“Mimi Webb pulled a huge crowd and had a great stage presence, MUNA put on a fantastic show and you’ll see the same of Becky Hill.”Asked about the overall mood at Reading & Leeds 2023, Benn replied: “We’ve got a quite broad spectrum of a line-up that hasn’t been dominated by any particular music theme or genre, and that’s been a real strength – especially for the women on the bill and in the audience.

There’s been a coming together in that sense. It felt really palpable.“I was at the Boygenius show in Gunnersbury Park and that felt like a moment.