The legendary festival returns with a sell-out crowd of 90,000, following an enforced break in 2020. \n\nThe first major headliner of the weekend is Stormzy, one of the UK’s most inspiring and influential cultural figures. As well as being a hugely successful and award winning artist, he also recently unveiled his own figure at the famous London waxwork museum.\n\nSince his game-changing Glastonbury 2019 performance, where he became the first British rapper to headline the festival, he has released a platinum-selling album Heavy is the Head and cemented his status as a once-in-a-generation artist.\n \nThis is his long-awaited live return in front of a massive crowd, so expect many of his biggest songs and the biggest of productions.
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Liam Gallagher headlines the final night of the Reading Festival, which returns with a capacity crowd of 90,000 after an enforced break in 2020.\n \nLiam is a fan of giving the ...
29-08-2021
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2021: Stormzy
The legendary festival returns with a sell-out crowd of 90,000, following an enforced break in 2020. \n\nThe first major headliner of the weekend is Stormzy, one of the UK&rsquo ...
28-08-2021
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2022: Dave @ Reading & Leeds 2022
South London’s award-winning rapper, songwriter, producer and actor Dave headlines the first night of the 2022 Reading & Leeds Festivals, becoming the youngest ever solo a ...
27-08-2022
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2014 - Highlights
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30-08-2014
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2014 - Maverick Sabre & Clean Bandit
London-born and Irish-bred Michael Stafford aka singer, songwriter and rapper Maverick Sabre makes his Festival debut. From the Radio 1 NME stage comes pop maestros Clean Bandit.
24-08-2014
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2014 - The Kooks & You Me At Six
Highlights from the Kooks who, with a new line-up and some new tunes, perform on the Radio 1 NME stage. Reading Festival veterans You Me at Six return on the Main Stage.
24-08-2014
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2014 - Blink 182 & Disclosure
On the Main Stage, headline act Blink 182 close the final day, while Disclosure, one of the world's hottest dance acts, headline and close proceedings on the R1 NME stage.
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2023: The Killers
Las Vegas's finest rock ‘n’ roll band, The Killers, return to the legendary Reading Festival to headline for the second time, having first graced the top spot back i ...
06-12-2024
BBC 3
2024: Fred Again..
Musician, producer and DJ Fred again.. takes to the Reading Festival stage for his first ever UK headline performance. The Grammy winner has had a meteoric rise to fame to becom ...
24-08-2024
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2023: Billie Eilish
Global superstar Billie Eilish returns to Reading Festival, this time to headline the Main Stage East, where on a sunny afternoon in 2019, she drew arguably the biggest crowd of ...
29-08-2023
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