Reading & Leeds 2025 announces 80+ new acts and brand new stages: Lineup & all you need to know 

Reading & Leeds 2025 has announced 80+ new acts as well as two new stages. The festival, which will run from August 21, 2025, to August 24, 2025, at Richfield Avenue in Reading, UK, and Bramham Park in Leeds, UK, made these announcements via a post on their official Instagram page on June 20, 2025.

Ticket sales for the festival are currently on sale. The tickets are accessible via the festival’s official website or Ticketmaster. Tickets are also available through payment plans of two installments and one down payment as of the writing of this article. There are one-day tickets available as well.

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Reading & Leeds new stage and new lineup

The two new stages are the Smirnoff Stage in the Reading part of the festival and the Reload Stage in the Leeds part of the festival. The festival is also set to return the Aux Stage and the Chevron Stage, and has added new acts to other stages. These are listed below, stage by stage, starting with the new stages:

Reading & Leeds Reload Stage in Leeds:

• Sophia Violet
• SAINT LUDO
• Omar +
• Scruz
• ESC
• Daisy
• Tommy Villiers
• Gee Lee
• CamUKG
• Tomike
• SHADEV
• FUZION
• Megan Wroe
• Anaïs
• P-RALLEL
• Disrupta
• [IVY]
• DJ Semtex
• Riordan
• T-Lex
• DJ JACKUM
• Dr Dubplate

Reading & Leeds Smirnoff Stage in Reading:

• BVNQUET
• Ordley
• Stresshead
• Charlie Boon
• DJBE, SOFA, Lleahdavies
• DRIIA
• Johnnie Hartmann
• LILI
• Ari Oke
• Champion
• ZERO
• IN PARALLEL
• Riordan
• MEGRA
• Disrupta
• Lu.Re, Omar +
• ANNABEL STOP IT

Chevron Stage:

• Leigh-Anne
• Still Woozy
• Charlotte Plank
• Late Night Drive Home
• LYVIA

Chevron Silent Disco Stage:

Reading:

• Badger
• Charlie Tee
• Millie Cotton
• Jeremiah Asiamah
• C100

Leeds:

• Badger
• Lens
• Millie Cotton
• Jeremiah Asiamah
• C100
• Jae Depz

Festival Republic Stage:

• Any Young Mechanic
• Bartees Strange
• Skye Newman
• Sunday (1994)

Leeds Only:

• Chloe Qisha
• Freak Slug
• Jo Hill
• Ben Ellis

Festival Republic Silent Disco Stage in Reading:

• Hun FM
• Jay Knox’s Jams
• Fuzz Club
• For The Nightcrawlers
• Swiftogeddon
• Pop Never Dies
• FACE DOWN,
• UPRAWR

Piccadilly Party Stage in Leeds:

• Bob Brazill
• Dave Duracell
• Doktored
• Beefy Melons
• Fuzz Club
• LA Panch
• Holland
• Rachel Hume
• Swiftogeddon
• Shit Indie Disco
• UPRAWR
• Danny Oliver

BBC Introducing stage:

• Mcxxne
• Mudi Sama
• Niki Kini
• Nxdia
• Overpass
• Phoebe Green
• The Pill
• Unpeople
• V.I.C
• WENCH!
• Amie Blu
• Artio
• Ashley Singh
• Chanel Yates
• Charles
• Cliffords
• Déyyess
• Enna
• EV
• Eville
• Finn Forster
• Girl Group
• Indoor Foxes
• Jack Dean
• JD Cliffe
• Keo
• Lleo

Main Stage:

• Waterparks
• Demae

Aux Stage:

• Old & Bald (Harry Pinero and Darkest Man)
• Josh & Moyo
• Unplugged Sessions
• The Rock Revival Takeover
• Climate Live Takeover
• Brittany Broski (in conversation with Max Balegde in Reading, Charley Marlowe in Leeds)
• JaackMaate’s Happy Hour

Previously, Reading & Leeds Festival announced headliners such as Hozier, Bring Me The Horizon, Chappell Roan, and Travis Scott, as well as acts like Limp Bizkit, Lola Young, Sea Girls, Lambrini Girls, and more.

In a press statement, quoted via NME’s article on June 20, 2025, Reading & Leeds festival organisers elaborated on the new stages, stating the following about the Smirnoff Stage in Reading:

"A platform for producers and DJs who are making massive moves and filling dancefloors around the globe – it’s a new communal space for electronic music fans that spotlights the here and now."

There was also a statement regarding the Aux Stage:

"With more to be announced, The Aux Stage is the creator’s playground to serve up a range of interactive shows and fans chance to get up close and personal to the stars they spend so much time with online."

Reading & Leeds is an annual festival that has previously featured performances by artists such as blink-182, Foo Fighters, The Cure, My Chemical Romance, and Manic Street Preachers, among others.