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It's still early days with only 19 bands announced, but wow those headliners are poor IMO... Couldn't think of a better cure for insomnia than a Sharon van Etten headline set, and the less said about Self Esteem the better 😐 Caribou would have been a very good headliner in the early 10s but hasn't really done anything great since Swim.   The undercard is decent though - Emma-Jean Thackray, Geordie Greep, Goat, John Maus and Mohammad Syfkhan all get a thumbs up from me. Hopefully Geordie and/or Goat will be topping the Garden Stage so I can watch those instead of the Woods Stage headliners.

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.

Roskilde is shaping up quite nicely. They’ve still got a couple of headliners to go so I’m interested to see who they book