Next week, Reading & Leeds, the largest UK festival devoted to music will welcome 240,000 music fans in a celebration of live music with an era-defining line-up loaded with electrifying artists that reflect the dynamic tastes of current generations and tickets are due to sell out this weekend. 2024 will welcome two brand-new stages, The Chevron, featuring the world’s first floating video canopy, and The Aux stage, a first of its kind live stage for the UK’s digital content creators.
Melvin Benn, Managing Director of Festival Republic said, “We are delighted that weekend tickets for Reading & Leeds are expected to sell out in the coming days. Reading & Leeds is a pivotal moment in UK cultural calendar and we’re thrilled to mark a new chapter in the festival’s rich history: the debut of the groundbreaking 40,000-capacity Chevron Stage and the Aux Stage that welcomes some of the most popular content creators in the UK.”
The six stellar headliners topping the bill on the most prestigious main stage of all are: the extraordinarily talented Fred again… whose meteoric rise will see him perform his first festival headline show, one of this generation’s most iconic sounding artists Lana Del Rey and Brit-pop icon Liam Gallagher who will mark the 30th anniversary of Oasis’ all-conquering debut Definitely Maybe by performing the album in full at Reading & Leeds. Catfish and the Bottlemenwill be making their highly anticipated return, the original members of Blink-182, one the world’s biggest rock bands, will join forces, plus the UK’s biggest independent artist Gerry Cinnamon who has enjoyed one of contemporary music’s most extraordinary ascents to stardom.
Also performing is BRIT awards record breaker RAYE, London-born hip-hop star 21 Savage, UKR&B icon Jorja Smith and Pendulum, one of the biggest electronic rock crossover bands of all time.
Rock and indie acts announced include Ireland’s most intoxicating post-punk group Fontaines D.C.,indie trailblazers Two Door Cinema Club, fan favourites The Wombats and Wrexham’s finest pop-punk heroes, Neck Deep. Coming from across the pond are Bleachers led by Lana Del Rey collaborator Jack Antonoff, plus alternative indie pop talents Rachel Chinouriri, and the genre blending Hak Baker.
A cohort of some of Gen Z’s leading talents will be at Reading & Leeds, such as pop icon in-the-making and star of the new ‘Mean Girls: The Musical’ Reneé Rapp, guitar-pop hero Beabadoobee, alt hit maker Ashnikko and winners of the BBC Sound of Poll 2024, The Last Dinner Party, who have been taking the world by storm with their distinct indie sound.
Also, ready to take to the Reading & Leeds stages is BRIT Award-winning R&B group FLO, soulful singer taking the world by storm Teddy Swims, political punk upstarts Kid Kapichi, indie pop darling The Japanese House, joyous dance pop act Confidence Man and bassline innovator Bru-C.
Continuing its constant evolution, 2024 will see the spectacular debut of a ground-breaking new stage: The Chevron, which will feature iconic artists, The Prodigy, Sonny Fodera, Skrillex, Nia Archives, Barry Can’t Swim, Denzel Curry, Bou,Kenya Grace and many more.
Positioned in the main arena of both festival sites, The Chevron is an immense 40,000-capacity open-air venue featuring mammoth staging and the world’s first floating video canopy made up of hundreds of thousands of programmable LED lights. The new stage will also host the world’s biggest silent rave where fans can secure their tickets and headsets for £15 plus a refundable £20 deposit.
Reading & Leeds will also welcome an entirely new set of performers with the debut of The Aux, a first of its kind live stage for UK’s digital content creators. Acts include comedic personalities Max Balegde and George Clarke, both renowned for their podcast The Useless Hotline, Ash Holme will bring a live version of her podcast Antics with Ash, as will content creator and presenter Ayamé Ponderwith In Ayame we Trust. Chunkz & Filly, stars of the YouTube hit The Chunkz & Filly Show will bring plenty of laughs along with The M1Podcast will bring off-the-cuff freestyles plus many more.
On top of that, a plethora of emerging new artists including Halifax songstress Ellur, Hull’s electro-punk Jodie Langford and Reading rock club-kid Cameron Hayes and many more will all play the BBC Introducing Stage. A staple of Reading & Leeds festival since 2008, over 80% of the Reading & Leeds line up have been championed through BBC Introducing. Demonstrating the importance of giving up-and-coming artists a chance to expand their audiences on the most impactful stages in the country.
The fan favourite and Leeds exclusive LS23 stage returns – the 360° immersive rave experience, known for its incredible light design, will see festival goers packed together dancing until the early hours, deep within the forest. Newly announced for sets at the LS23 stage include Manchester-based producer Sota, and Nathan Dawe.
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