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Stormzy, who has beforehand headlined Glastonbury, was because of to complete at Studying and Leeds this calendar year
Reading and Leeds Competition will be again following yr with 6 headliners split throughout two principal stages in each individual site.
The event, which sees functions rotate among Studying and Leeds, had been because of to happen very last weekend but was referred to as off thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
Now 2021’s headliners will be Stormzy, Liam Gallagher, Submit Malone, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Disclosure and Queens Of The Stone Age.
Up to 200,000 admirers are predicted at future year’s functions – from 27 to 29 August.
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Liam Gallagher looks very happy to be again on phase subsequent calendar year
The head of the event’s promoters Festival Republic, Melvin Benn, said it was their “most epic approach nevertheless”.
“Two principal stages, 6 headliners, the ideal line up of acts 2021 will see and 200,000 admirers are going to celebrate the finest new music,” he extra.
The party, regarded by quite a few are living audio supporters as 2nd only to Glastonbury in the annual British isles music calendar, will also involve AJ Tracey, Doja Cat, Lewis Capaldi, Mabel and Two Door Cinema Club, along with rappers Ashnikko, DaBaby and Fever 333.
Rapper Stormzy and former Oasis frontman Gallagher had been thanks to headline the 2020 functions – alongside with rock band Rage In opposition to The Equipment – and the organisers were being in a position to retain the products and services of both of those British superstars.
Gallagher explained: “Of course Brothers and Sisters, I come bearing very good news…Yours Truly is headlining Looking through & Leeds 2021. C’MON YOU KNOW. LG”
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The organisers are hoping enthusiasts will continue to love attending – even though it may not seem quite like this subsequent yr
The competition will continue to take spot at the typical venues – Richfield Avenue in Examining and Bramham Park in Leeds. Tickets acquired for this summer months will continue to be valid, even though refunds will also be out there, organisers have stated.
Looking at and Leeds are both of those among the the longest-working and biggest tunes events in Britain. Looking at has a potential audience of 105,000 music fans, though Leeds can get 75,000.
The Looking through Competition alone dates back again to the the 1960s, and used to be best-acknowledged as a rock pageant, but more than the years it has incorporated a extra varied line-up and extra Leeds as a 2nd internet site in 1999.
Last year’s headliners included The 1975, Submit Malone, 20 Just one Pilots and Foo Fighters. Other functions included Billie Eilish, Bastille, Blossoms, Yungblud, Pale Waves and The Distillers.
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