LIVERPOOL INDIE ROCKERS THE WOMBATS JOIN 2021 READING AND LEEDS FESTIVAL LINEUP
Reading and Leeds festival is one of the UKs biggest festivals, running across August Bank Holiday weekend. The three-day festival takes place on 27-29 August 2021, returning to Reading’s famous Richfield Avenue and Leeds’ legendary Bramham Park and next year it will be bigger and better than ever, seeing stage splits, with two main stages per festival site.
A further 15 acts were announced yesterday along with festival day tickets.
Liverpool’s legendary indie rockers The Wombats make a return to the Reading and Leeds stages, undoubtedly bringing a selection of their infectious, guitar-driven beats and hooks from across their 4 studio albums, including iconic indie bangers ‘Let’s Dance to Joy Division’ and ‘Moving To New York’, and some future pop licks from their latest album ‘Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life’.
Joining The Wombats are celebrated British hardcore punk band Gallows who are set to make an almighty return to Reading and Leeds, having last performed at the festivals in 2013. Having emerged from the underground punk scene in 2005 with the explosive albums ‘Orchestra of Wolves’, ‘Grey Britain’ and their most recent ‘Desolation Sounds’, the band will undoubtedly bring their confrontational, ferocious and anarchic live performance to the festivals’ stages.
Also announced are indie alt rock six-piece Sports Team. Following their stratospheric rise in 2020, the band are set for an explosive return to Reading and Leeds in 2021. Their dedicated legion of fans can be sure to expect hits from the band’s chart-topping Mercury Prize nominated debut album ‘Deep Down Happy’ and anticipate a highly electrifying live performance led by frontman Alex Rice.
They join festival headliners Stormzy, Liam Gallagher, Post Malone, Queens of the Stone Age, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Disclosure.
With hundreds of acts set to play, Reading and Leeds will return 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.
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Day tickets and full weekend tickets are on sale via https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/reading-and-leeds-festival
