But I'm not gonna go sit and fucking like, pre-meditate or something. I was just kind of starting out the first time I played and it was a really important gig for me," says the Shangri La star. Weekend Tickets and Extras are on sale now. Below: Who else could headline Reading and Leeds festival 2014? Bringing the biggest crowd to the NME/Radio 1 Stage yet this weekend was Courteeners with their irresistible anthemic rock sound. Before them, Metronomy performed songs from their past albums and latest album, starting with ‘Holiday’ and getting sing-alongs to ‘Love Letters’ and ‘Heartbreaker’ among others.
Stumbling their way through a wonderfully chaotic performance, they’re a stellar live act and a lot of fun. Leeds Festival 2020 will take place 28 - 30th August 2020, bank holiday weekend. mit Arctic Monkeys, Blink-182, Queens Of The Stone Age Tickets GBP 210,00 A taxi from Leeds Bradford Airport to Leeds Railway Station should cost around £24. Everything we know about Reading + Leeds Festival 2014, With the announcement tonight, here's all there is to know so far, Further names added to Reading and Leeds Festival 2021 line-up, The Smashing Pumpkins share two new singles, Dream pop meets house on the new Luna Pines cut 'She Can't See Me', Connie Constance visits 'Costa del Margate' to announce new EP, Royal Blood are back with 'Trouble's Coming' - listen, Kurt Vile announces new EP with John Prine duet, Doves announce first album in eleven years with another sublime single, Album Review: Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death, South London's Sweat announce online venue + VR festival, Jake Bugg, Disclosure, Metronomy are more will be playing as well.
Blink 182 headline the opening night, Paramore and Queens Of The Stone Age are the double header on Saturday, and Arctic Monkeys close the festival on Sunday. Elsewhere, for a festival that once famously bottled off 50 Cent after only two songs, it’s remarkable what a strong showing Hip-Hop and R&B had this weekend.
So we've had the first major announcement for Reading and Leeds Festival 2014, and naturally there's a whirlwind of speculation about who will be on the rest of line-up. Leeds Festival | Gallery | Leeds Festival 2014 They're very clear about that and I think it was just an attitude problem - it wasn't a genre problem. last updated: Mon 1st Sep 2014. In Photos: Leeds Festival 2014.
Naturally, they will come through so strong. Kicking things off were hot up-n-comers The Wytches, who’ve been steadily building up their audience the old-fashioned way with a relentless touring schedule, a string of excellent doomy, psychedelic garage rock singles and a little dash of weirdness and mystique that’s becoming increasingly hard to find these days. Shambling on stage looking like a motley crew of tramps, drug dealers and burnouts, the band play a heady mix of nihilistic psychedelia with a twinge of Britpop thrown in, capturing that weird, sideways feeling of trying to listen to music whilst off your face at 4am. That only leaves one more thing to say about this weekend – thanks for coming! They haven't played Reading and Leeds since 2009, and would be welcomed back with open arms and pumping fists. Klaxons pulled off an awesome set topped off by their fantastic light effects. After a whole weekend of hearing artists tell everyone that “it’s such an honour to be here” and thanking everyone for coming along, it was refreshing to see a band really embrace the punk spirit, sticking their middle fingers up at the audience, chiding them for being “a much worse crowd than Reading” and encouraging people to kick lumps out of anyone who fell over in the mosh pit. Black Sabbath: Another strong rumour, especially as they perfectly fit the 'American and British' description of an act already booked.
Expect Disclosure to bring an almighty rave to Reading, while Metronomy's new material sounds mighty promising. "It’s our fourth time playing the festivals, and we’re very honoured. Don't expect to see any returning legends or old rock legacy acts on the reunion mill for the sake of it at R+L. All the action from the weekend’s northern half… © 2020 Festival Republic. Bramham Park is a huge country estate in Bramham, West Yorkshire. Reading and Leeds Festival.
With a brand new look and sound, their new material was the best they’ve sounded in years, and this was a very welcome re-introduction to a band that seemed like they’d run out of ideas. The dates for Leeds Festival 2014 are confirmed as on the bank holiday weekend, from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th August 2014 at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Leeds/Reading have always operated a bit like football teams, nurturing their own talent and steadily promoting them through the ranks, and artists know that strong performances here will see them rewarded with a loyal fanbase and a higher billing next year.