Festivals Reading & Leeds 27th - 30th August 2026

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rat Boy & Hinds for Reading & Leeds 2016

The first ten acts have been confirmed for next year’s August Bank Holiday Weekender.

4th December 2015

Reading & Leeds are making a line-up announcement next week

The August bank holiday bash is ready to break cover.

27th November 2015

Swim Deep relive Reading & Leeds 2015 with new tour video

Follow the group’s scrappy VHS journey through the August fests.

11th September 2015

Watch Foals, Wolf Alice, Bring Me The Horizon & more play Reading & Leeds

Catch up on all the Bank Holiday Weekend action.

31st August 2015

Against Me! feel right at home on the Reading main stage

“We stand against all the things that punk rock should stand against.”

30th August 2015

Reading 2015 closes with The Libertines, Kendrick Lamar, Spring King & more

Festival goes out with a bang thanks to The Maccabees, The Cribs and The Big Moon.

30th August 2015

Spector on their Reading 2015 set: “It was what the Italians would describe as a crescendo.”

“It’s the closest we’ve got to hits, really,” says Fred Macpherson after the set.

30th August 2015

Frank Carter talks his Reading return: “There’s no stage better to have us on”

Carter and his new outfit The Rattlesnakes have already convinced Leeds: now it’s time to return to his old haunt.

30th August 2015

Bastille give ‘Bad Blood’ the Main Stage send-off it deserves at Reading 2015

Their early evening slot is a satisfying end to the first chapter of their career.

29th August 2015

Bring Me The Horizon become future headliners in the making at Reading 2015

Complete with circle pits and carnage, there’s no doubt that the five-piece will be back to top the bill soon.

29th August 2015

Foals floor Reading 2015 with last-minute set

Showcasing ​‘What Went Down’, they give more fuel to their headliner status.

29th August 2015

Alvvays talk second albums and crate karting bros ahead of playing Reading Leeds 2015

Expect guinea pig airings of brand new songs in the Canadian band’s evening slot.

29th August 2015