Charli xcx, Fontaines D.C. and Florence + The Machine have been announced among the big-name headliners for next year’s Reading and Leeds Festival.
The festival, which takes place in both cities over the course of the August bank holiday, is one of the biggest dates in the British summer calendar, and sees hundreds of thousands sixteen year olds (and adults) descend upon Bramham Park and Little John’s Avenue for a weekend of partying and listening to great music.
This year, they’ve announced that their line up will be platforming an exclusively British and Irish set of headliners for the first time in 25 years – with Dave, Chase & Status and Raye also taking to the Big Stage over the course of the weekend.
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Many of them will only be appearing here, including Charli xcx, for whom Reading and Leeds will be her only UK festival performance next year.
In addition to the Brat hitmaker, next year’s festival will also see UK-exclusive performances from Florence + The Machine (making her first appearance at the festival since 2012), Fontaines D.C. and Raye.
“You know what: listen guys, I’ve done it,” Raye said, when she made her first headline appearance at the festival in 2024.
“I came to Reading & Leeds when I was 16, when I finished my GCSE’s. I was in the dance tent living my life… you know what I mean. I had a dream, and look at me now, it’s all possible.”
Leeds will also be beefing out its Thursday programming by welcoming performers to the Big Stage for the first time ever – which means that Kasabian will be kicking off the weekend of big name performances when they appear on Thursday evening.
In addition to the six headliners, there’ll be performances from Skepta, Sombr, Role Model, Jade, Josh Baker, Kneecap, Kettama and Skye Newman, while Chris Stussy will appear at Reading only.
Tickets for the festival presale via PayPal have now gone live, as of 9am, and will be live for 48 hours. There’ll also be a larger festival presale, which goes live for 24 hours from 9am December 2, with sign-up opening here for Reading and here for Leeds.
Finally, the general sale will open at 12pm on December 3, giving everybody the chance to grab a couple of tickets for next summer.
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