Reading & Leeds Festival adds 80 new acts to 2025 line-up 

Reading & Leeds Festival has added 80 new acts to its 2025 line-up, which already includes huge headliners such as Chappell Roan, Travis Scott, Hozier, and Bring Me The Horizon. 

The festival - which takes place across the two cities between 21st to 24th August - has just announced a whole host of new names joining the bill. They include Leigh-Anne, Skye Newman, Waterparks, Demae, Still Woozy, Bartees Strange, Sunday (1994), Chloe Qisha (Leeds Only), Keo, Overpass, Nxdia, The Pill, Cliffords, Badger, and many more. 

R&L has also shared the first teaser of the line-up at the festival’s The Aux Stage, which includes Brittany Broski and JaackMaate’s Happy Hour. 

Reading & Leeds also hosts a BBC Introduding Stage, which offers a range of new talent for festival goers to enjoy. Acts playing the stage include the likes of Amie Blu, Ashley Singh, Chanel Yates, Cliffords, Déyyess, Girl Group, Jack Dean, Keo, Nxdia, Overpass, Phoebe Green, and The Pill. 

There are still many more names to be announced over the coming weeks. Tickets are on sale now and available here. 

You can find the full list of new announcements below: 

Main Stage: Waterparks - Demae

Chevron Stage: Leigh-Anne - Still Woozy - Charlotte Plank - late night drive home - LYVIA

The Aux Stage: Brittany Broski (in conversation with Max Balegde in Reading, Charley Marlowe in Leeds) - JaackMaate’s Happy Hour - Old & Bald (Harry Pinero and Darkest Man) - Josh & Moyo - Unplugged Sessions - The Rock Revival Takeover - Climate Live Takeover 

Festival Republic Stage: Skye Newman - Bartees Strange - Any Young Mechanic - Sunday (1994) 

Festival Republic Stage (Thursday - Leeds Only): Chloe Qisha, Freak Slug, Jo Hill, Ben Ellis 

BBC Introducing Stage: Amie Blu - Artio - Ashley Singh - Chanel Yates - Charles - Cliffords - Déyyess - Enna - EV - Eville - Finn Forster - Girl Group - Indoor Foxes - Jack Dean - JD Cliffe - Keo - lleo - Mcxxne - Mudi Sama - Niki Kini - Nxdia - Overpass - Phoebe Green - The Pill - unpeople - V.I.C - WENCH!

Reload Stage (Leeds): anaïs, P-RALLEL, Disrupta, [IVY], DJ Semtex, Riordan, T-Lex, DJ JACKUM, Dr Dubplate, Sophia Violet, SAINT LUDO, Omar +, Scruz, ESC, Daisy, Tommy Villiers, Gee Lee, CamUKG, Tomike, SHADEV, FUZION, Megan Wroe

Smirnoff Stage (Reading): ZERO, IN PARALLEL, Riordan, MEGRA, Disrupta, Lu.Re, Omar +, ANNABEL STOP IT, BVNQUET, Ordley, Stresshead, Charlie Boon, DJBE, SOFA, lleahdavies, DRIIA, Johnnie Hartmann, LILI, Ari Oke, Champion

Silent Disco Chevron (Reading): Badger, Charlie Tee, Millie Cotton, Jeremiah Asiamah, C100

Silent Disco Festival Republic (Reading): Swiftogeddon, Pop Never Dies, FACE DOWN, UPRAWR, Hun FM, Jay Knox’s Jams, Fuzz Club, For The Nightcrawlers

Silent Disco Chevron (Leeds): Badger, Lens, Millie Cotton, Jeremiah Asiamah, C100, Jae Depz

Piccadilly Party (Leeds): Swiftogeddon, Shit Indie Disco, UPRAWR, Danny Oliver, Bob Brazill, Dave Duracell, Doktored, Beefy Melons, Fuzz Club, LA Panch, Holland, Rachel Hume