Reading & Leeds Festival announce 36 bands
Reading & Leeds Festival have announced the first 36 bands for next year’s festival!
Following 2022’s festival, which saw the likes of ARCTIC MONKEYS, BRING ME THE HORIZON, THE 1975, MEGAN THEE STALION and tons more perform at the dual sites in Reading and Leeds, now, the first names have been confirmed for 2023’s festival!
Leading the charge in the first announcement is the six headliners as the dual main stage layout returns for 2023, meaning that there will be no clashes. BILLIE EILISH, SAM FENDER, FOALS, THE KILLERS, IMAGINE DRAGONS and LEWIS CAPALDI will all headline the main stage at next year’s festival in August. Also confirmed to perform is ANDY C, BABY QUEEN, BECKY HILL, BICEP LIVE, CENTRAL CEE, CHASE ATLANTIC, DECLAN MCKENNA, DON BROCO, ELIZA ROSE, GEORGIA, INHALER, LF SYSTEM, LIL TJAY, LOVEJOY, LOYLE CARNER, MEEKZ, MK, MUNA, NESSA BARRETT, NOTHING BUT THIEVES, SHY FX, SLOWTHAI, SONGER, STEVE LACEY, THE SNUTS, TION WAYNE, TRIPPIE REDD, WET LEG, YOU ME AT SIX and YUNG LEAN.
Speaking about performing at next year’s festival, SAM FENDER says, “I first went to Leeds Festival with Dean when we were teenagers. We had a wild time, a rite of passage. Ten years later and we’re headlining. I’m so excited, it’s going to be fucking intergalactic! See you down the front.” Yannis Philippakis of FOALS adds, “we’re so hyped to be back at Reading & Leeds. We’ll never forget the rush of headlining Leeds in the absolute pouring rain in 2016, a show that was one of our most intense ever, or back in 2008 at Reading feeling possessed, climbing the rigging and launching myself headfirst into the crowd. We’ve always had an amazing and feral time playing here, one of the greatest festivals in the world. It’s so special to be given a headline slot and we’re gonna rock it. Oh, and we might throw in a surprise or two. See you in the pit.”
Ronnie Vannucci, THE KILLERS says, “we have been hearing about Reading & Leeds since ever we can remember. Each time we return is a bigger mountain to climb. 2023 serves as no exception. See you at the top.” IMAGINE DRAGONS are incredibly excited about headlining, who says, “you never forget your first time playing a legendary festival like Reading & Leeds – there’s an energy like nowhere else on the planet. It’s an honour to come back and headline after all these years, and we plan to make it something we all remember.”
Reading & Leeds Festival takes place at Richfield Avenue in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds from 25th August 25th – 27th August 2023. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.
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