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Official Reading & Leeds 2026


Chad888

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Foo Fighters are back on the road later this year, I can see them headlining next year. I'd say they are due to come back especially if they are fulfilling the festival dates they cancelled/postponed in Europe

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3 hours ago, tomjfx said:

Foo Fighters are back on the road later this year, I can see them headlining next year. I'd say they are due to come back especially if they are fulfilling the festival dates they cancelled/postponed in Europe

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Yeah I've got no doubt they will be headlining it next year now. I wouldn't be surprised if they came earlier in the year as well to make up for Nova Rock and do RAR again.

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On 18/05/2025 at 09:15, jj200 said:

Friday: the 1975


I'm probably among the biggest 75 fans on this forum so while I would love this, let's be sensible please. 
 

after the back-to-back fill in spots they're not playing R+L for a good few years. Will be on album after the next before they're back. 

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18 hours ago, Alex Winstone said:

Sam Fender, Fontaines D.C, Myles Smith

 

Olivia Rodrigo, Wolf Alice, Kneecap

 

Foo Fighters, Royal Blood, Turnstile


Could see something very similar to this. Think Fontaines may want to headline outright too. WA also depending on how the arena tour sells but I can’t see that selling out tbh so think sub is good enough for them. 

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3 hours ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Don’t think Wolf Alice are ever headlining R&L. The NME have been touting them future headliners since 2015 but they seemed to reach a ceiling quite early on. Will be interesting to see how this tour sells.

If this tour sells well, they’re a headliner. 

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On 20/05/2025 at 20:15, Andre91 said:

If this tour sells well, they’re a headliner. 

Not 100% sure on that (im terms of R&L at least). I feel they're definitely aiming for 'major festival headline status' for their next album cycle and becoming a bit more pallatable in the mainstream. Signed to Columbia and working with Greg Kurstin. It's a logical direction for them to try and make that 'next step'. The new single is definitely a poppier take without sounding like sellouts. They've always been 'future headliners' and I still think they'll get there some day. Even though it is plausible they could do it in 2026, I just think R&L could get away with booking them as a sub, even if this tour sells well. Would love to see them get the nod as headliners though. Maybe they'd headline APE instead?

 

My prediction;

 

FF or LP, mgk, Architects

Sam fender, wolf alice, beabadoobee

Kendrick, little Simz, Turnstile

 

New Turnstile is so f**king good BTW!

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1 hour ago, non-attendee said:

Not 100% sure on that (im terms of R&L at least). I feel they're definitely aiming for 'major festival headline status' for their next album cycle and becoming a bit more pallatable in the mainstream. Signed to Columbia and working with Greg Kurstin. It's a logical direction for them to try and make that 'next step'. The new single is definitely a poppier take without sounding like sellouts. They've always been 'future headliners' and I still think they'll get there some day. Even though it is plausible they could do it in 2026, I just think R&L could get away with booking them as a sub, even if this tour sells well. Would love to see them get the nod as headliners though. Maybe they'd headline APE instead?

 

My prediction;

 

FF or LP, mgk, Architects

Sam fender, wolf alice, beabadoobee

Kendrick, little Simz, Turnstile

 

New Turnstile is so f**king good BTW!


Don’t think Architects will take 3rd down. Can imagine them subbing Download. 

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On 20/05/2025 at 16:19, andyrhodes24 said:

Don’t think Wolf Alice are ever headlining R&L. The NME have been touting them future headliners since 2015 but they seemed to reach a ceiling quite early on. Will be interesting to see how this tour sells.

No they aren't. They have tickets very easy to get for their tour and are only selling standing tickets at £45/49 a go depending on London. You're struggling to get an academy band worth the relevance in 2025 for that amount. They pulled APE before these too.

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1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

Paramore sub to no one at R&L. 

Their festival stock in general is not high/a current mystery; last played a festival in UK over 10 years ago as a co-headliner to QOTSA. Its a mystery that they haven't done the rounds of Glasto, IOW, BST, etc or their own outdoor thing since then.

 

I'd love for them to headline and think their recent albums are their best work but are they a big ticket seller in the UK anymore to shift R&L numbers?

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Paramore won't sub at Reading but they likely won't be booked. There has been two prime opportunities since 2014 when they last played and it hadn't happened.

 

@FrogLobster I'll be shocked if LP do this with their tour dates. They can't add anything in June that weekend now without it being Download and still be able to play. I think if they weren't playing they'd have probably booked Munich on separate nights. I'm not sure why a current Reading fest, especially looking at the fact BMTH, LB and Shikari hasn't sold out, not that I'd have booked that anyway, over a festival that has a big record or booking them.

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4 minutes ago, Steve G said:

Foo Fighters 

Sam Fender 

Wolf Alice/ Benson Boone 

 

Foo Fighters

Sabrina/Olivia

Kendrick

 

Would be a current guess.

 

I don't see how Wolf Alice are headlining Reading at all, they have very easy to buy standing tickets at £51 at The 02 and their best seats are £56 with loads left which must be by farvthe cheapest arena tickets for any band. They also cancelled their APE show.

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8 minutes ago, northernangel said:

 

Foo Fighters

Sabrina/Olivia

Kendrick

 

Would be a current guess.

 

I don't see how Wolf Alice are headlining Reading at all, they have very easy to buy standing tickets at £51 at The 02 and their best seats are £56 with loads left which must be by farvthe cheapest arena tickets for any band. They also cancelled their APE show.

When was the cancelled APE show? I don't remember that being announced.

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2 hours ago, FrogLobster said:

Their festival stock in general is not high/a current mystery; last played a festival in UK over 10 years ago as a co-headliner to QOTSA. Its a mystery that they haven't done the rounds of Glasto, IOW, BST, etc or their own outdoor thing since then.

 

I'd love for them to headline and think their recent albums are their best work but are they a big ticket seller in the UK anymore to shift R&L numbers?

Their stock has literally never been higher. They’re bigger now than they ever have been and that’s only going up again when the next album arrives. They will play stadiums of their own on the next run. If they’re get booked for R&L, they headline, hands down, 100% no questions asked. Same for Download. They will headline both festivals in future. 

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1 hour ago, northernangel said:

 

Foo Fighters

Sabrina/Olivia

Kendrick

 

Would be a current guess.

 

I don't see how Wolf Alice are headlining Reading at all, they have very easy to buy standing tickets at £51 at The 02 and their best seats are £56 with loads left which must be by farvthe cheapest arena tickets for any band. They also cancelled their APE show.

What are you even on about? They haven’t cancelled any APE show. 
 

If they sell two nights at the O2 well, as well as other arena dates, they’re headlining. No doubt about it. Again, their stock is about to be higher than it ever has been. 
 

Also, yeah, f**k them for making arena shows affordable for fans. The constant moving of goalposts is astounding. 

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