Hey all! As most of us are mostly disappointed, which is completely understandable with the names in the rumour mill compared to what was delivered..
However. many of us, due to friendship groups or other circumstances (such as myself, I live nearby Bramham Park so I go every single year.) Will still be going to Reading & Leeds Festivals in 2025.
To help you listen to the bands and artists top songs that you may already know, as well as help you discover the ones you haven't heard of before (there's a couple of really good ones that I like the sounds of and will be delving deeper into.) I have collated a playlist together on Spotify and I just wanted to give you guys access to this playlist as well.
There is at least 1 song from every single artist that has been announced so far for Reading & Leeds 2025, with the headliners having 2/3 songs in the playlist, as they're the main attractions.
Feel free to check it out, or recommend any songs that you would like me to add!
As a further note, this playlist will be kept FULLY up to date with each announcement. So feel free to download / stream the playlist and start getting in the mood, discover new bands, listen to classic hits and just have a good time! And as noted, it will be updated with each announcement.
Hope you enjoy!
It feels like this year's wrapped was a bit of a wet fart to me. Restricted to the app (I use the web version) and no wrapped playlist like previous years. I loved sharing wrapped playlists with friends and family to get a bit of flavour of their listening, and my listening this year was massively influenced by how much I loved my son's wrapped playlist from last year, hence apparently this year I listened to more Olivia Rodrigo than is healthy.
I guess it's so hard to be objective about these things. I loved the line-up this year... the headliners especially were a crazy clash fest. And now this... pretty much my three least favourite largish artists in the alternative music space, plus Caribou who I loved 15 years ago but for me have really lost it. I'm sure the undercard will be amazing as usual and I'm excited by Ela Minus, Lisa O'Neil and Throwing Muses... but other than Father John Misty (who I accept is popular but just don't get) I don't understand what any of these artists have done in recent years to merit being elevated to headliners.
Yeah I was in the tent that year - a real case of being booked for the wrong stage. from what i was told, they had to block the area off and inside it felt like they must’ve because people were getting crushed. a family (young girl - clearly a fan - and parents) had to leave halfway through over the barriers because they were struggling to cope. it was just two months after Heathens, so arguably the peak “buzz” they had