Thousands of music lovers will attend Reading and Leeds Festival this weekend (August 26 to 28) to see a whole host of acts perform. Taking place at Reading’s Richfield Avenue and Leeds’s Bramham Park, festival goers will see the likes of Artic Monkeys, Dave and The 1975 take to the stages over the jam-packed weekend.
Earlier this month it was announced that rock band The 1975 will now headline Reading and Leeds Festival after stepping in to replace Rage Against The Machine. The band, fronted by Matty Healy, will be taking the vacant headline slot for both events over the weekend.
Rage Against the Machine were forced to withdraw earlier this week due to frontman Zack de la Rocha suffering a leg injury. It will be The 1975 fans' first chance to see the band live in the UK since 2020.
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Unfortunately tickets for this years’ festivals have sold out, but luckily you can still catch the acts perform from the comfort of your own home.
Certain TV channels are streaming the performances live for free for viewers to enjoy. Here is all the info you need:
How to watch Reading Festival
BBC One will show two performances from Reading's main stage, including Dave's headlining set from 11:50pm on Saturday, August 27 and Arctic Monkeys' set at 11:30pm on Sunday, August 28.
There will be wider coverage of both festivals available to stream across the weekend on BBC iPlayer between 2:30 and 11:30pm on Friday, August 26, 2pm to 11:30pm on Saturday, August 27 and 1:20pm to 11:30pm on Sunday, August 28.
Radio One will also provide coverage of the festival across the three days starting at 11am on Friday.
How to watch Leeds Festival
There will be one live televised performance of Leeds Festival with BBC Four set to air the headline act on Saturday, August 27 from 10pm.
There will be wider coverage of the festival available on BBC iPlayer. You can stream the festival on BBC Four, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1 Xtra from BBC iPlayer or the BBC Sounds app.
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