The 1975 replace RATM at Reading & Leeds Festivals

Reading Festival 2022

Friday 26th to Sunday 28th August 2022
Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8EQ, England MAP
£257.20 each weekend and early entry incl fees

Daily capacity: 105,000

The 1975 have been announced as the latest headliners for Reading and Leeds Festival 2022. They will now co-headline the festival (Reading — Sunday, Leeds — Friday) alongside award-winning pop innovator Halsey.

Reading and Leeds Festival had previously announced that Rage Against the Machine would headline, however they have had to cancel their European Tour after frontman's Zack de la Rocha Injury. The band stated that medical guidance advised that the August and September 2022 UK and European leg of their tour could not proceed, and it was with great disappointment that the band had to announce the cancellation of their headline slot. eFestivals was kind of hoping for a triumphant return of Daphne & Celeste covering the debut RATM in full, but instead returning to the main stage at both sites with be The 1975.

A statement from the festival said: "This will be fans’ first chance to see the band live in the UK since 2020, with their last headline slot at Reading & Leeds heralded “a politically-charged and empowering triumph for Britain’s biggest band”. The band, made up of Matty Healy, George Daniel, Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald are no strangers to surprise announcements. The Manchester four-piece have been drip-feeding teasers of their upcoming 5th album ‘Being Funny in a Foreign Language’ over the last few weeks - released Friday 14th October via Dirty Hit and available to pre-order now at the1975.com - culminating in the release of singles ‘Part Of The Band’ and ‘Happiness’. Their upcoming Reading and Leeds headline slot reaffirms their status as the leader of the alternative music movement and showcases their evolution in the run-up to the release of their new album."

With hundreds of acts set to play, Reading & Leeds returns as the ultimate festival weekend of the summer - defining and celebrating the sounds of modern ground-breaking music, as well as a world-class comedy line up.

Acts include Arctic Monkeys , Dave, Halsey, Bring Me The Horizon, and more, for the details as available, please see the line-up page for Reading, or the line-up page for Leeds .

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3-day tickets including camping and early entry pass: £257.20 each

Children under 13 (12 and under) are admitted free but MUST be accompanied by a ticket holding adult. Please note there is no separate children's area at this event, and eFestivals considers this an event not really suitable for small children.

Note: Tickets will not be on sale at the gate. There will be no box office of any kind. All tickets will be sent out to customers. Overseas customers will need to pick up tickets from The Hexagon.

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