Reading and Leeds Festival have announced the first batch of headliners due to take to the stage for next year and it might be even better than last year.
After a blockbuster 2024 edition that saw Liam Gallagher, Lana Del Rey, Fred Again.., Blink-182, Catfish & The Bottlemen, and Gerry Cinnamon top the bill, the twin-site festival will next year see four headliners above a raft of other huge names and rising talent. Good Luck Babe hitmaker Chappell Roan is set to headline the festival alongside US rapper Travis Scott and rock band Bring Me The Horizon.
Irish singer-songwriter Hozier will also play at the festival after the raging success of his hit single Too Sweet over the summer. Taking place across the August bank holiday weekend from the 21-24, the festival will once again be held at Richfield Avenue in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds. Sharing the announcement the festival wrote: ‘THE LINEUP OF SUMMER 2025 HAS JUST LANDED I KNOW you don’t wanna miss out on the biggest weekend of the year.’ Quoting Chappell’s catchphrase they added: ‘See you at your favorite artist’s favorite festival next summer’.
More artists are expected to be released in the coming weeks after tickets have gone on sale on Monday at noon with Presale starting on Sunday. This year’s festival was headlined by Liam Gallagher, Blink 182, Fred Again, and Lana Del Rey. However, Reading Festival organizers were forced to apologize to Lana Del Rey fans on Instagram after they cut her headline set short on Saturday night. The festival shared a statement revealing that the singer’s performance was cut short by five minutes ‘due to production error’.
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It read: ‘Reading. Due to an error by the Reading production team, we accidentally cut Lana Del Rey’s incredible set short by 5 minutes; we apologize unreservedly to Lana and her fans.’ However, her set was not smooth sailing as she also suffered sound issues during her performance at the Festival which saw some fans leave after just four tracks. The Summertime Sadness songstress, who arrived on stage 15 minutes late, also drew complaints about her ‘depressing’ setlist. She opened her slot with Norman F****** Rockwell, before going into Arcadia, Without You, and West Coast.
Lana battled technical difficulties when she was drowned out by ‘techno’ music coming from another stage. The crowd was heard chanting ‘Turn it up, turn it up!’ as they struggled to hear the musician’s ‘quiet’ singing. According to some reports, ‘She looked amazing and the set was a castle theme but unfortunately it was so quiet we could barely hear and the base from the other stage drowned her out. ‘She asked at one point, ‘Can you hear me over that techno?’ The crowd was chanting, ‘Turn it up, and a lot left by four songs in. ‘She went onto lie down on the stage for a song or two and no one could see her and most of her songs were depressing and not right for the festival vibe.’
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