Before three days of live music, thousands of festival-goers wearing bum bags and bucket hats poured at Reading Festival this morning.
Reading, along with its sister festival in Leeds, is one of the most well-known events on the music calendar and is anticipated to draw more than 100,000 guests over the course of the weekend.
This year’s concert will include a plethora of well-known chart-toppers, including rapper Dave, The 1975, Megan Thee Stallion, and Arctic Monkeys.
Before the first performances hit the stage this afternoon, many more fans arrived this morning than did earlier in the week, setting up camp in great locations on the campground.
Many people were seen sporting bucket hats and bum bags, which were popular in the 1990s because to the popularity of bands like Oasis and The Stone Roses.
Before three days of live music, thousands of revelers wearing bucket hats and bum bags arrived at the Reading Festival this morning.
Reading, one of the most well-known music festivals, is anticipated to draw more than 100,000 guests over the course of the weekend, together with its sister festival in Leeds.
This year’s performance will include a number of well-known chart-toppers, including rapper Dave, The 1975, Megan Thee Stallion, and Arctic Monkeys.
Before the first artists hit the stage this afternoon, many more fans entered the grounds this morning than did so earlier in the week when they arrived to set up camp in ideal locations.
Many people were seen sporting bucket hats and bum bags, which were popular in the 1990s because to the popularity of bands like Oasis and The Stone Roses.
In contrast to those who made an early trek to the concert field yesterday, who woke up to flooded tents and soaked shoes under a downpour of morning rain, festival-goers arriving today morning were greeted with sunshine and clear sky.
Young partygoers faced a rainy start to the celebration inside the camp site, where a sea of tents were seen barely held up on the soggy grass.
Yesterday’s rainfall followed a period of oppressive heat that saw drought declared across large portions of England, parched grass and struggling crops, streams drying up, low river, reservoir, and aquifer levels, and the introduction of hosepipe bans for millions of people as heatwaves increased demand for water.
Only 46% of the normal monthly rainfall for August has fallen in the whole United Kingdom as of Wednesday. It’s anticipated that the bank holiday will be mostly dry with pleasant sunny periods, while it could rain more in the North West.
According to the Met Office, depending on how the high pressure develops, temperatures might reach 30C (86F) or the mid-20s.
“We’ve shifted from the hot and dry regime to something that has rain in the forecast,” said spokesman Grahame Madge.
While the downpours will cause this month to “catch up a little” in terms of rainfall totals, he predicted that August would be dry across the UK.
And he said that from the middle of June until last week, certain places have not had any major rainfall.
It will require a stretch of above normal rain to make up for the lengthy period of below average precipitation, he said.
Just a few weeks before, Reading Festival was embroiled in controversy when headliners Rage Against The Machine announced they would not play.
In addition to canceling their 2022 European tour dates due to medical advice, the band said they will not be attending the event as scheduled. This includes their anticipated appearance at the Leeds Festival.
Along with The Arctic Monkeys, Dave, and Halsey, Rage Against The Machine, noted for their songs “Killing In the Name” and “Bulls on Parade,” was scheduled to perform as the opening act at Reading.
Later, the pop group The 1975 took the place of the rock band.
Who will be performing, how to get tickets, and everything else you need to know before the weekend at the Reading and Leeds Festival in 2022
The Reading and Leeds Festival is held when?
From August 26 to 28, both events will take place in Leeds’ Bramham Park and Reading’s Richfield Avenue.
Both locations’ campgrounds are accessible round-the-clock, and partygoers with early bird tickets may enter starting at noon on August 24.
On August 25, those with weekend tickets may come as early as 3am. The campgrounds will thereafter shut on August 29 at noon.
On Thursday, August 25, the Arena will be open from 5 p.m. till 3 a.m. For the remainder of the weekend, business hours will be between 11 am and 3 am.
A star-studded lineup awaits over 100,000 music fans as the festival prepares to welcome them once again. Here is everything you need to know about the weekend (Dave pictured)
What artists are the key ones?
There will be a total of six stages at the Reading and Leeds festival, including two major stages and the BBC Radio 1Xtra stage.
This year, a diverse variety of performers will take the stage at the twin events, featuring well-known acts like Dave, The 1975, Megan Thee Stallion, and Arctic Monkeys.
Several well-known chart-toppers, including Bastille, Bring Me The Horizon, Little Simz, and Halsey, will perform on stage.
Wolf Alice, D-Block Europe, Circa Waves, and All Time Low are also on the stellar lineup.
Six stages will be present at the Reading and Leeds festival, including two major stages and a BBC Radio 1Xtra stage (Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner is seen).
Line-up: A broad variety of performers, including well-known figures like Dave, The 1975, Megan Thee Stallion (above), and Arctic Monkeys, will play at the twin events this year.
The festival’s organizers said last week that they were “saddened” that Mneskin and Jack Harlow had withdrawn from the lineup and that AJ Tracey and Charli XCX would take their places.
When festival headliners Rage Against The Machine announced that they, too, would not perform, fans were enraged.
You can see the whole lineup here, along with a synopsis of each stage for both Saturday and Sunday.
The stage timings for each performance have been made available on the official Reading and Leeds website in advance of the festivals.
Dates: Both events take place at Leeds’s Bramham Park and Reading’s Richfield Avenue from August 26 to 28.
What kind of weather might we expect?
According to the Met Office, festival-goers should expect a reasonably bright weekend with a few overcast periods and light showers.
Leeds will reach a high of 22° and Reading will reach a maximum of 24°. Each location is expected to have some moderate wind and a soft breeze, with the heaviest rain expected on Thursday.
How do I purchase tickets?
Both Reading and Leeds festival tickets have already sold out.
On Ticketmaster, a limited number of resale tickets are accessible.
According to the Met Office, festival-goers can expect a weekend of mostly bright weather with a few overcast periods and light showers.
Concerning the Reading and Leeds Festival
The elder of the two festivals, Reading Event, is the oldest continuously running popular music festival in the whole world. Over the course of five decades, many of the greatest bands from the UK and across the world have performed at the event.
Rock, indie punk, and hip-hop have often been the three primary genres represented in the line-up since the current two-site arrangement was inaugurated in 1999.
Festival Republic, which was separated from Mean Fiddler Music Group, is in charge of organizing the events.
Due to the coronavirus epidemic, two of the most well-attended events on the music calendar had to postpone their 2020 editions, but they returned last year.