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Stormji, formerly Glastonbury’s headline, was to perform at Reading and Leeds this year
The Reading and Leeds Festival returns next year, with six headliners distributed at each site in two main stages.
The program, which looks to work between Reading and Leeds, was supposed to take place last weekend, but was called off due to a coronavirus epidemic.
Now the headliners of 2021 will be Stromzy, Liam Gallagher, Post Malone, Catfish and The Bottleman, Queen of Revelation and the Stone Age.
More than 200,000 fans are expected at next year’s event – August 27-29.
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Liam Gallagher seems to be very happy to be back on stage next year
Melvin Benn, head of Festival Republic, the event’s promoter, said it was his “most epic plan ever.”
“Two main stages, six headliners, will see the act’s best line-up in 2021 and 200,000 fans are going to celebrate the best music,” he added.
Regarded as the second live music fan in the UK’s annual music calendar after Glastonbury, the event will feature AJ Tracy, Doja Cat, Lewis Capaldi, Mabel and the Two Door Cinema Club, as well as rappers Ashniko, Dabby and Fever 333.
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Rapper Sturmji and former Aussie frontman Gallagher were able to retain the services of the British superstars for the 2020 events, as well as the rock band Rag Against the Machine – and the organizers.
Gallagher said: “Yes brothers and sisters, I have brought the good news … you really have the Reading and Leeds 2021 headline. Yes you know. LG”
Catfish and the Bottleman, which will be headlining the festival for the first time, told BBC Radio 1 that it was a great honor to have the bill topped.
“We have always had this in mind because we played the BBC introductory stage [in 2013], “Said Van McCain, the band’s frontman.
“It’s great to be able to come back now and get those numbers.
“We’ll probably talk about some new songs.”
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Administrators hope fans will still enjoy joining – although it won’t look like that next year
However, some on social media complained about the lack of artists in next year’s headliners, all of whom are men.
Robert accused the management of “misogyny”, while another tweeted that the headlines were being taken out by the women in the 2021 line-up, but apparently did not “fit the headline”. Was gone.
The festival will still be held at public venues – in Redfield Avenue in Reading and Bradham Park in Leeds. Tickets purchased for this summer will remain valid, with refunds available, organizers said.
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Reading and Leeds are both one of the longest running and largest music programs in the UK. The audience with reading capacity is 105,000 music fans, while Leeds can carry 75,000.
The Reading Festival itself dates back to the 1960s, and was best known as a rock festival, but over the years it added another different line-up, with Leeds becoming the second site in 1999.
Last year’s headliners included 1975, Post Malone, Twenty One Pilots and Fu Fighter. Other works included Billy Ilish, Bastille, Bloom, Youngblood, Pale Wave and The Distiller.
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