Singer Lewis Capaldi has hit back at critics who told him he wasn’t 'festival material' after he was announced as one of the Leeds Fest 2023 headliners.
The Leeds Fest team has revealed its first acts for the popular rock and roll event at Bramham Park. Lewis was named as one of the big acts crowds can expect to see next year along with Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, The Killers, Imagine Dragon, and more.
The Scottish ‘Someone You Loved’ singer took to Twitter to share his excitement as stated “dreams come true” while hitting back at his critics. The singer tweeted: “Reading and leeds is a ROCK festival what the f*ck is Lewis capaldi doing there’ ‘Lewis capaldi isn’t festival material ’F*ck ye. Dream come true to be one of the headliners for @OfficialRandL next year, see ye there x”
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He also joked: “It’s mad I’m gonna save rock and roll when I headline reading and Leeds wtf.”
Meanwhile, Melvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic, which oversees Leeds and Reading Fest, believes his team have curated a great line up. He said: “We are delighted to return to Reading’s Richfield Avenue and Leeds’ Bramham Park in 2023 with another epic six headline artists, and an incredible, genre-defying line up that features some of the very best in modern music.
“Once again Reading and Leeds is set to be the ultimate bank holiday festival weekend - we can’t wait to be back.” You find about more about today's big Leeds Festival line up announcement by visiting our live blog.
Tickets
If you’d love to go to Leeds Festival 2023 general tickets will be back on sale at 9am on December 12. You will be able to buy tickets through Ticketmaster and the Leeds Festival website.
You can catch up with all the highlights from Leeds Festival 2022 by visiting our recap blog and if you’d like to share stories, photos and videos from your experience at Bramham Park you can visit our dedicated Leeds Festival Facebook group. We'll bring you call the big news for next year's event when we get it.
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