Full line-up announced for All Years Leaving 2015
East India Youth, Spring King and Speedy Ortiz are all playing the Birmingham two-dayer.
4th September 2015
Festivals
The Weeknd, The Chemical Brothers & more added to Apple Music Festival
New names join One Direction and Florence + The Machine at the Roundhouse residency.
3rd September 2015
Florence + The Machine to headline Open’er 2016
First name announced for next year’s festival in Poland.
3rd September 2015
Wavves, Ought, Ho99o9 join Le Guess Who? Festival line-up
Festival takes place 19th-22nd November.
3rd September 2015
Full Beacons Metro line-up announced, including Everything Everything and East India Youth
Metropolitan fest features four DIY Presents showcases at Headrow House.
1st September 2015
Autumn and winter festivals: where to go now the wellies are away
The traditional summer festival season ends with Bestival next weekend, but there’s still so much left to come
31st August 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
The Libertines return in smoky, shambolic style at Reading 2015
Talk of new chapters is swiftly pushed aside by Pete and Carl’s original fail-safe charms.
31st 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
Kendrick Lamar gives a headliner performance at Reading 2015
He might be second down the bill, but Kendrick — a storyteller and a true showman — is of the highest poster-topping caliber.
30th August 2015
The Maccabees prepare to play Reading 2015: “this festival has a place in my heart.”
Felix and Orlando talk pre-show warm-ups and that momentous number one album ahead of their Reading main stage show.
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
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
Azealia Banks silences the naysayers at Reading 2015
Her persistance in keeping full artistic control pays off tonight in the shedload.
30th 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
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
Alt-J prove they’ve got what it takes to make the final step at Reading 2015
From Festival Republic tent to second top on the main stage, against all the odds, Alt‑J could make that last jump work.
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
Alvvays bring new songs and ballroom dancing to Reading 2015
Festival Republic has transformed into a cider-fuelled version of Strictly Come Dancing.
29th August 2015
VANT: “It’s not every day you end up crowd-surfing at the end”
Mattie Vant looks back on a game-changing Reading set from yesterday.
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
Foals talk last-minute Reading set: “We’ll be back. It’d be a bummer if we weren’t.”
Early-afternoon show arrived one day on from ‘What Went Down’’s release.
29th August 2015
Wolf Alice prepare for Reading 2015: “this feels like a big one for us”
Capping off a momentous summer of festival milestones — with a massive headline tour fast approaching — Ellie and Theo swing by for a pre-set natter.
29th August 2015
Festival special! Featuring Wolf Alice, Kasabian, Lykke Li, Marmozets, Genesis Owusu and more.