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1st December 2025
11:15am GMT
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Reading and Leeds Festival has confirmed details of its huge lineup for the 2026 edition.
They've confirmed six headliners who will perform across the weekend on 27-30 August.
This includes Charli XCX, Chase & Status, Dave, Florence and the Machine, Fontaines D.C., and Raye in UK Festival exclusives.
While Kasabian will headline the Thursday night of Leeds Festival to kick the weekend off as part of their summer tour.
Other names revealed in the first wave include Skepta, Sombr, Role Model, Jade, Kneecap, Josh Baker, Skye Newman, Geese, Adéla, and Keo.
The Reading site will return to Little John’s Farm on Richfield Avenue, while Leeds will once again take over Yorkshire's Bramham Park.
This year saw headline sets from Bring Me The Horizon, Chappell Roan, Hozier and Travis Scott, but 2026 will return to a bumper lineup, featuring six headliners.
Ahead of Reading and Leeds tickets going on sale for 2026, you can find out everything you need to know below.
There are a number of ways for fans to get their hands on tickets across the week.
First up is an exclusive 48 hour PayPal presale which is now live here. To access this you need to purchase your tickets through your personal UK PayPal account.
The second is a mailing list presale, which starts at 9am on Tuesday, 2 December. You can sign up for Leeds Festival here and Reading Festival here. You'll receive a presale link in your inbox, so keep an eye out - including the junk folder.
The general sale will then take place from 12pm on Wednesday, 3 December via:
You can also pay a £20 deposit for your ticket through Ticketmaster, and then pay the ticket off across seven instalments.
The first ticket prices have been revealed for Reading and Leeds 2026, including weekend camping and day tickets:
This is the lineup for Reading and Leeds 2026 so far:
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