Festival preview
Reading & Leeds
www.readingfestival.com
28th-30th August 2015,
Reading / Leeds
As well as being the home town of our wonderful editor Vicky, Reading is also the cohost of what is probably the most diverse
rock music festival in the U.K. Reading &
Leeds share the same line-up - with the days
of performance rotating to make it humanly
possible. The festival has an amazing history,
which is nostalgically displayed on the festi-
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val web pages, all the way back to Reading
Festival 1989 and Leeds Festival 1999. Even a
quick glance at these shows us that the festival has showcased some of the world’s finest
and most iconic Rock and Metal acts.
This years festival headliners are Metal veterans Metallica, Folk-Rockers Mumford & Sons
and Indie icons, The Libertines. The three dif-
fering headline artists are evidence enough
of the aforementioned diversity. Despite
being one of the greatest rock festivals
around, in recent years we have also seen
the introduction of new stages to showcase
Dance, Grime, Rap, Hip-Hop and so on.
There’s a lot of awesome things going on
this year. If you’re a fan of early Gallows and
haven’t heard Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes yet, this new incarnation is
not to be missed. Hardcore band Feed
The Rhino will be bringing carnage
upon the main stage, which has seen
performances in the past from Bring
Me The Horizon for example, who will
be re-visiting this year. You’ll find that
occasionally bands will play the main
stage almost unexpectedly - most of
your Hardcore, Metal and Punk can
be found at The Lock-Up Stage/The
Pit. If you do fancy getting to the main
stage early and have yet to discover JPop and Metal hybrid Babymetal, this
might be worth a watch.
Another glorious tradition is the mix
of breakthrough artists playing and
‘legacy’ artists, both of which practically guaranteed to thrown down
memorable sets. Two-piece artists
such as Royal Blood and Slaves have
attracted great popularity recently,
female fronted Marmozets will be returning to the festival, amongst many
other bands breaking through in their
respective musical arenas. Turbowolf
will be ready to showcase their new
album, as will Cancer Bats, even Atreyu
- who are amongst experienced bands
playing like New Found Glory, Alexisonfire,