Reading and Leeds Festivals 2023: How to buy tickets

Billie Eilish is set to become the youngest solo artist to headline Reading and Leeds Festivals.

The 20-year-old American star will top the bill alongside The Killers, Lewis Capaldi, Sam Fender, Foals and Imagine Dragons.

Tickets for the three-day sister events, which take place August 25-27, go on sale at 9am on Monday, with further acts to be announced.

Eilish will return after attracting one of the biggest crowds the festival has seen in 2019.

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Scottish singer-songwriter Capaldi, whose second album Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent is due out next year, makes his headline debut at the festival.

He said: “I am so excited to be one of the headline acts for Reading & Leeds Festival. Unreal that the last time we played was to a small crowd in 2018. I can’t wait to see everyone next year.”

Brit Award winner Fender will headline after attending the festival as a teenager.

He said: “I first went to Leeds Festival with Dean when we were teenagers. 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 damn intergalactic! See you in front.”

Oxfordshire band Foals return to headline for the first time since 2016, with frontman Yannis Philippakis saying they are “so excited”.

He added: “We’ll never forget the rush to headline Leeds in the absolute pouring rain in 2016, a show that was one of our most intense ever, or in 2008 at Reading feeling possessed, going up on the rigging and launching myself headfirst into the crowd.

“We’ve always had an amazing and wild time playing here, one of the biggest festivals in the world. It’s so special to be given a place in the title and we’re going to rock it. Oh, and we might throw in a surprise or two. See you in the pit.”

The line-up also includes indie and rock acts Wet Leg, Declan McKenna and Inhaler alongside rappers Slowthai, Tion Wayne, Trippie Redd and Central Cee.

The dance music will be with Becky Hill, Bicep Live and MK.

Elsewhere, there will be sets from Scottish rockers The Snuts, drum and bass band Shy FX and top act You Me At Six.

Melvin Benn, CEO of organizers Festival Republic, said: “We’re delighted to be back… in 2023 with six more epic artists and an incredible, genre-defying line-up featuring some of the best in modern music.

“Once again, Reading & Leeds is shaping up to be the best Bank Holiday festival weekend ever – we can’t wait to come back!”

The three-day festivals return to their usual venues – Reading’s Richfield Avenue and Leeds’ Bramham Park.

General sale tickets are available online from 9am on Monday.

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