BBC Introducing Stage line-up announced for Reading & Leeds Festivals 2019

joining Foo Fighters, The 1975, Twenty One Pilots, Post Malone, & more

By Neil Greenway | Published: Tue 9th Jul 2019

Reading Festival 2019 - Marsicans
Photo credit: Trevor Eales

Reading Festival 2019

Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th August 2019
Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8EQ, England MAP
£205 weekend tickets - all tickets sold out
Daily capacity: 105,000

More has been announced for the dual Reading & Leeds Festivals which takes place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire respectively, with both events happening over the four days of Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th August 2019.

The BBC Introducing Stage is headlined by the Leeds upbeat indie-pop of Marsicans, raspy-voiced rock artist Lion, and grunge rock three-piece The Mysterines, while the full day-by-days look like this:-
Reading Friday / Leeds Saturday - Marsicans, Olivia Nelson, Blackwaters, Do Nothing, Inka Upendo, Spinn, Caswell, Hyphen, R0yls, Swimming Girls.
Reading Saturday / Leeds Sunday - Lion, Larkins, HMD, Le Boom, Feet, Alfie Templeman, Charlotte, Ishani.
Reading Sunday / Leeds Friday - The Mysterines, Kid Kapichi, Balcony, Kofi Stone, The Extons, Lavz, VC Pines, Prima, Talkboy.

For Leeds only, local record label Dance to The Radio bring a line-up of Easy Life, whenyoungIndoor PetsBilk, and DJ Jacky P for the Thursday night, while the Piccadilly Party has the lads from TPD TV to DJ on the Thursday night.

Also added across various stages are American singer-songwriter Two Feet, YouTube sensation Poppy, London DJ Amy Becker, Communion signed Allan Rayman, indie favourites Vistas. For Reading only there's also Cassia, and Mantra.

Reading & Leeds Festivals features acts including Foo Fighters, The 1975, Twenty One Pilots, Post Malone, Bastille, Juice Wrld, Blossoms, Royal Blood, The Distillers, You Me At Six, Pale Waves, Enter Shikari, Billie Eilish, CHVRCHES, and many more.  For all the details including day and stage splits please see the Reading Festival line-up page or the Leeds Festival line-up page.

Reading & Leeds will be using recycled plastic water bottles (rPET) this year and aims to be single use plastic free by 2021.  It is also recommended that festival goers bring their own refillable bottle as there are numerous free water points around the festival.  We have advised that festival goers say no to single use plastic and buy a good tent that can be taken home and reused, as an average tent is the equivalent to 8750 plastic straws or 250 plastic pint cups. Free festival merchandise, or 2020 festival tickets are up for grabs by using the Nifty Bin Recycling Points in the campsites and the Greenpeace Deposit Return Points give £1 for every 10 pint cups or rPET water bottles returned. As well as this it is encouraged that festival goers travel by coach or train to reduce their carbon footprint.

Saturday and Sunday day tickets have sold out for Reading Festival, weekend tickets and limited Friday Day tickets are currently still available for Reading Festival as are very few tickets for Leeds Festival.

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Tickets are priced as follows:-
weekend: £205
Wednesday early entry: £20
car parking: £10
campervans: £75




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