How To Stay Up To Date With The Latest From Reading & Leeds
Reading and Leeds Festival is back in 2021! After Coronavirus led to the event being cancelled in 2020, this August Bank Holiday Weekend (Friday 27th - Sunday 29th August) will see three days of performances from the most exciting artists around in front of tens of thousands of fans.
Find out how you can keep up with everything going on at Reading and Leeds on the BBC...
1. Watch on iPlayer
If you want to live the Reading + Leeds weekend in real time from your own sofa, head to BBC iPlayer where the dedicated Reading + Leeds channel will be streaming back to back performances from 3pm until late every day.
iPlayer will also be the place to see stand out tracks from across the weekend and 20 performances from some of the biggest artists performing at the festival.
And in case you need reminding of the sights and sounds of Reading Festival, you'll be able to watch a special highlights programme featuring some of the best performances from the last 5 years ahead of the festival getting started on Friday.
2. Listen On Sounds
There's hours of Reading + Leeds history on BBC Sounds right now. Whether you're a fan of Pop Bops, Festival Bars or Mosh Energy, there's a throwback mix of classic Reading performances for you including live tracks from Dua Lipa, Travis Scott, Arctic Monkeys, Billie Eilish, YUNGBLUD and loads more.
Once the weekend is over there will be a selection of specially curated music mixes with all of the most massive tracks from this year's festival.
Listen to Reading Throwback Pop Bops, Festival Bars and Mosh Energy now.
3. Tune in to the radio
Over on BBC Radio 1, Katie Thistleton and Jack Saunders will be hitting Reading Festival from Friday to Sunday from 11am, bringing you closer to the action with live tracks, interviews and much more the festival site.
On Saturday at 7pm, DJ Target and Kenny Allstar are getting together to bring you a taste of the Reading Festival with live tracks and chat from the BBC Radio 1Xtra stage
4. Watch Headline Performances on TV
Make sure you're watching BBC One on Saturday and Sunday nights where there will be extended highlights of Stormzy and Liam Gallagher's sets.
You'll be able to watch tracks from Stormzy's headline performance on Saturday night at 11:55pm.
On Sunday, there's a chance to see the best bits of Liam Gallagher closing the festival on the main stage at 11:35pm.
5. Get involved on socials!
Keep up with all the action on social media by using the #RANDL21 hashtag to let us know how you're getting into the spirit of things!
