Liam Gallagher live at Terminal 5 in NYC (Paul Bachmann / Live4ever)
Reading/Leeds remains one of the UK’s biggest live events.
Organisers of the Reading/Leeds twin festivals appear to have confirmed their intention to go ahead this year.
Part, of course, of the entire cancellation of the UK’s summer festival season in 2020, as one of the last major events on the UK calendar, Reading & Leeds finds itself in a more favourable position than that of Glastonbury, and it would seem Melvin Benn is prepared to take the Tories at face value in their promise to have most restrictions lifted by June.
“Following the government’s recent announcement, we can’t wait to get back to the fields this summer,” a post on social media reads.
As early as September last year, organisers were making big plans for the upcoming August bank holiday weekend, announcing no fewer than six main stage headliners – Stormzy, Liam Gallagher, Post Malone, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Disclosure and Queens Of The Stone Age.
“After an absence of a year we are delighted to announce the 2021 return to Reading’s Richfield Avenue and Leeds’ Bramham Park in 2021 with our most epic plan yet,” Benn said at the time.
“Two main stages, six headliners, the best line up of acts 2021 will see and 200,000 fans are going to celebrate the best music in the best music festivals in Britain.”
Reading and Leeds 2021 📣 Following the government’s recent announcement, we can’t wait to get back to the fields this summer 🎉 LET’S GO 🍻 #RandL21https://t.co/se3B02oFyj pic.twitter.com/EzBLKr3S9T
— Reading & Leeds Fest (@OfficialRandL) February 24, 2021