Sam Fender performing at Newcastle’s City Hall for the North East Homeless charity (Adam Hampton-Matthews for Live4ever)
Sam Fender will be topping the bill during the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Sam Fender, Lewis Capaldi, The Killers, Foals, Billie Eilish and Imagine Dragons have all been announced as headliners for next year’s Reading/Leeds Festival.
“I first went to Leeds Festival with Dean when we were teenagers,” Fender said. “We had a wild time, a rite of passage. Ten years later and we’re headlining. I’m so excited, it’s going to be fucking intergalactic! See you down the front.”
Loyle Carner and Wet Leg will both be performing before Fender on Main Stage East, while slowthai, Becky Hill and Inhaler are some of the confirmed artists.
“We’re so hyped to be back at Reading & Leeds,” Yannis Philippakis of Foals added.
“We’ll never forget the rush of headlining Leeds in the absolute pouring rain in 2016, a show that was one of our most intense ever, or back in 2008 at Reading feeling possessed, climbing the rigging and launching myself headfirst into the crowd.
“We’ve always had an amazing and feral time playing here, one of the greatest festivals in the world. It’s so special to be given a headline slot and we’re gonna rock it. Oh, and we might throw in a surprise or two.”