Reading & Leeds: Last News

Måneskin have today (August 9) announced that they’ve pulled out of this year’s Reading & Leeds festival due to “scheduling conflicts”.The band were due to perform at Reading & Leeds festival later this month.

Reading & Leeds has finalised the line-up for its 2022 festival – check out the full list of new additions below.The twin-site event is set to return to Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds on August Bank Holiday Weekend (August 26-28). Any remaining tickets are available from here (Reading) and here (Leeds).After introducing a double main stage set-up in 2021, this year’s R&L will once again welcome six headliners: Arctic Monkeys, Rage Against The Machine, Dave, Bring Me The Horizon, Halsey and Megan Thee Stallion.Elsewhere on the bill are the likes of Wolf Alice, Fontaines D.C. and Run The Jewels.

Reading & Leeds and Latitude, have signed a charter pledging to tackle sexual violence at their events.A charter first drawn up by the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) in 2017 has been updated for this year as the country prepares for its first uninterrupted summer of live music and events in three years.The charter, titled Safer Spaces, sees events promise that “all allegations of sexual harassment, assault and violence will be taken seriously, acted upon promptly and investigated,” and among the 103 signees are Cornish festival Boardmasters, Northamptonshire’s Shambala and more.Speaking to The Guardian, Kelly Bennaton of Rape Crisis England and Wales said: “Festival-goers deserve to know that if they report sexual assault they will be listened to and believed, and that those working on site are equipped to handle all reports with knowledge and empathy.“They also deserve to know that festivals are taking a proactive approach in preventing sexual assault, and that abusive behaviour will not be tolerated.”AIF’s Phoebe Rodwell added: “It’s important that we renew the Safer Spaces campaign in 2022 with up-to-date messaging, resources and practices, to prevent sexual violence and promote a survivor-led approach, helping festival organisers to fulfil their duty of care at events.”Find out more about Safer Spaces here.In 2018, research showed that two thirds of women were worried about sexual harassment at music festivals, while the following year a woman was subjected to a “serious sexual assault” at Latitude Festival.Meanwhile, reports of sexual assaults taking place in London’s clubs, bars, pubs and music venues rose were at their highest in six years in 2021, according to an investigative report published at the

Reading & Leeds has announced a wave of new additions for its 2022 festivals – check out the line-up below.The dual-site event will return to Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds on August Bank Holiday Weekend (August 26-28). Any remaining tickets are available from here (Reading) and here (Leeds).This year’s R&L will once again boast six headliners: Arctic Monkeys, Rage Against The Machine, Dave, Bring Me The Horizon, Halsey and Megan Thee Stallion.

Bring Me The Horizon have spoken to NME about what to expect from their upcoming headline set at Reading & Leeds 2022. Check out our video interview with frontman Oli Sykes above.The Sheffield metal titans were today confirmed to be topping the bill for the first time at the legendary twin-site event, along with fellow headliners Arctic Monkeys, Halsey, Dave, Megan Thee Stallion and Rage Against The Machine.

Reading & Leeds Festival 2022 will be released later today (September 1).While there is still no news about who will be playing the 2022 events, organiser Melvin Benn has told NME that “three of the six headliners are in place”, adding that “some of them have guitars” and one of them has definitely headlined before.“We started as a rock festival but we didn’t stay there,” said Benn. “We will always intend to be relevant to an incredible audience.

Fever 333 have cancelled their upcoming UK shows including scheduled performances at Reading & Leeds 2021.The Californian band made the announcement on social media today (August 26), writing “It is with great regret that we must inform you we will not be able to perform at Reading & Leeds Festival, nor will we be able to hold the scheduled headline demonstrations due to circumstances out of our control – one of those being COVID protocol.”They continued: “As eager as we are to see you all and get back to what we love, it has been made clear that there is nothing we can do at this time.Fever 333 directed ticketholders to contact their point of purchase to receive a refund, adding: “We look forward to seeing you as soon as possible.

Reading & Leeds 2021 is set to kick off with three days of live music tomorrow (August 27) – check out the latest weather forecast below.The first day at Reading will see the likes of Stormzy, Sam Fender and AJ Tracey descend on Richfield Avenue, while Leeds’ Bramham Park will welcome Liam Gallagher, Biffy Clyro, Wolf Alice and more.According to the Met Office, festivalgoers at both Reading and Leeds are likely to enjoy a dry weekend.

Sigrid has announced details of an intimate London show set for this August.The date, at the new Lafayette venue in Kings Cross, comes before the singer’s performances at Reading & Leeds festivals.“We’re playing a real life gig! in London!” Sigrid wrote on Twitter to announce the show, which is set for August 26.“It’s going to be a super cosy show, so tickets are very very limited. We’ve got new songs and some other surprises for you on the door.”Tickets for the show are available from 9am BST on July 7, and fans can sign up to get access here.we’re playing a real life gig! in London! it’s going to be a super cosy show, so tickets are very very limited.

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has offered up fresh hope that festival season will be able to go ahead this summer as planned.Speaking to NME just after the gates opened at last weekend’s Sefton Park COVID pilot gig in Liverpool (where all entrants where tested for coronavirus before being allowed in), the Festival Republic Managing Director revealed what the event could mean for the coming summer of live music.“This is a pilot event and I’ve been pushing to create something like this for a year now,” Benn told NME.

Reading & Leeds Festival will “almost certainly” have a COVID-vaccine passport system in place for this year’s festivals, according to organiser Melvin Benn.The twin festivals are currently due to go ahead as planned from August 27-29, with the likes of Stormzy, Post Malone and Liam Gallagher all set to play.Speaking to the BBC earlier today (March 30), Benn said that he was still confident that both Reading and Leeds would take place this summer with the UK currently on course to lift coronavirus-enforced restrictions in the coming months.“I’m taking the prime minister at his word that from June the legal restrictions will be off and as he and the culture secretary said: ‘We are looking forward to a summer of fun’,” Benn said.“If it is

Reading and Leeds Festival has confirmed that it will be going ahead this summer, after the government outlined plans for England to gradually exit lockdown by the end of June.Posting on social media, festival organisers told fans they “can’t wait to get back in the fields”, alongside a clip which shared footage of classic performances from past years.“Reading and Leeds 2021. Following the government’s recent announcement, we can’t wait to get back to the fields this summer.

Reading & Leeds Festival 2021 have announced the likes of The Wombats, Nova Twins, Gerry Cinnamon and Girl In Red as new additions to the bill – as well as revealing the day splits to the line-up and putting day tickets on sale.Having previously revealed that next year’s edition of the twin-city festival will feature two main stages and six headliners – as well as announcing that Stormzy, Liam Gallagher, Post Malone, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Disclosure and Queens Of The Stone Age will top the bill – now R&L have also confirmed that Gallows, Cinnamon, Girl In Red, Hot Milk, Ivorian Doll, KSI, Niko B, Nova Twins, Solardo, Sports Team and The Wombats will also perform.Both day tickets and weekend tickets are now on sale here, and the line-up

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has revealed that “everyone will be tested” for coronavirus at next year’s festival.After this year’s edition was cancelled due to COVID-19, the first names on the line-up for Reading & Leeds 2021 were announced last night – with Stormzy, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Post Malone, Disclosure, Liam Gallagher and Queens Of The Stone Age all topping the bill at the event’s first run at having two main stages and six headliners.Speaking to NME last week before the announcement, Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn discussed how R&L would be tackling the challenge of coronavirus next summer.“COVID has given us a year off, so the innovation for next year is testing – everybody will be tested,” Benn told NME.He

Reading & Leeds 2021 have been announced – see the full line-up so far below now.The twin festivals will return between August 27-29 2021 and will feature six headliners and, for the first time, two main stages.Stormzy and Catfish And The Bottlemen will headline the Friday night (August 27) in Reading and Saturday night in Leeds (28), following by Post Malone and Disclosure on the Saturday night in Reading (28) and Sunday night in Leeds (29).Liam Gallagher and Queens Of The Stone Age, meanwhile, will top the bill on Sunday night in Reading (29) and Friday night in Leeds (27).Over the course of the weekend, they will be joined by the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Two Door Cinema Club, AJ Tracey, DaBaby, Doja Cat and more.

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn wistfully tells NME on the eve of what would have been one of the loudest weekends of the year. Oh, what we’d give to be up at Bramham Park or down at Little John’s Farm right now to see a little more musical history being made.

Reading & Leeds Festival on the same weekend that the 2020 event should have been taking place.This year’s edition was set to be headlined by Stormzy, Liam Gallagher and Rage Against The Machine, but was ultimately cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.Now, it’s been confirmed that they’ll fill the gap over the August bank holiday weekend (August 28-30) by broadcasting a string of classic performances from the likes of Foo Fighters, Biffy Clyro, Billie Eilish, The 1975, Radiohead, Muse and many more.Foo Fighters’ 2019 headline set will broadcast from midnight to 2am on August 29 on BBC Four, while the other sets can be viewed on BBC iPlayer over the weekend.On the weekend that @OfficialRandL was due to take place, you'll be able to