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Revision as of 12:40, 28 August 2021
The 2021 Reading and Leeds Festival took place between 27 and 29 August 2021 in Reading, Berkshire and Leeds, West Yorkshire over the August bank holiday weekend. The headliners were Liam Gallagher, Biffy Clyro (who replaced Queens of the Stone Age), Stormzy, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Post Malone and Disclosure. This was the first Reading and Leeds festival since the 2019 edition as the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[1]
| 2021 Reading and Leeds Festival | |
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| Date(s) | 27 August 2021 – 29 August 2021 |
| Location(s) | Reading, Berkshire and Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
| Website | www |
Changes for 2021 edition
For this year's edition, Reading & Leeds decided on hosting two main stages at each location, one to the west and one to the east. This was done by dropping the BBC Radio 1 stage. They would also combine both The Pit/The Lock Up stage, and the Festival Republic stage together. Each stage taking up one day of the festival.
Line-up
Once the second wave of artists were announced, 4 acts had to cancel due to 'circumstances out of their control'. These acts were Charli XCX, Da Baby, Doja Cat and 100 Gecs.[2]
On 28 July 2021, the festival announced that more artists were added to the line-up, and also that some more artists had to pull out. Most notably, one of the headliners, Queens of the Stone Age had to pull out. Although there was no specific COVID-19 reasoning, the band plus many more international artists had to pull out from appearing at the festival, possibly due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.[3] Other artists that had to pull out were Wallows, Denzel Curry, Madison Beer, Sofi Tukker, Oliver Tree, Tate McRae, Nation of Language, Super Whatever and MizorMac.
On 14 August 2021, more acts were announced along with some more drop outs which were Gallows, Surfaces, Cleopatrick, Ho99o9, Spritbox and 070 Shake. These were due to "various restrictions and logistics".[4]
On the week leading up to the weekend of the festival, Machine Gun Kelly had to pull out of the festival because of 'restrictions and logistics'. He was replaced by Blossoms.
The day before the festival, Fever 333 and Creeper both had to cancel their appearances for "circumstances out of their control - one of those being a COVID-19 protocol". With both bands performing simultaneously on The Pit, they were replaced by one act, that being Waterparks. Fever 333's other set on the Main Stage was replaced by You Me at Six.
Jxdn also pulled out of the festival, but the reason and place are unknown.
Main Stage East
Reading set times in Brackets in BST (British Summer Time) and headliners in Bold.
| Reading Friday | Reading Saturday | Reading Sunday |
| Leeds Saturday | Leeds Sunday | Leeds Friday |
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Main Stage West
| Reading Friday | Reading Saturday | Reading Sunday |
| Leeds Saturday | Leeds Sunday | Leeds Friday |
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BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage
| Reading Friday | Reading Saturday | Reading Sunday |
| Leeds Saturday | Leeds Sunday | Leeds Friday |
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The Lock Up/The Pit/Festival Republic Stage
| Reading Friday | Reading Saturday | Reading Sunday |
| Leeds Saturday | Leeds Sunday | Leeds Friday |
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BBC Radio 1Xtra Stage
| Reading Friday | Reading Saturday | Reading Sunday |
| Leeds Saturday | Leeds Sunday | Leeds Friday |
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BBC Music Introducing Stage
| Reading Friday | Reading Saturday | Reading Sunday |
| Leeds Saturday | Leeds Sunday | Leeds Friday |
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The Alternative Stage
| Reading Friday | Reading Saturday | Reading Sunday |
| Leeds Saturday | Leeds Sunday | Leeds Friday |
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References
- ^ "Richfield Avenue » 27 - 29 August 2021". Reading Festival. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Reading and Leeds announce new lineup additions as Charli XCX and Doja Cat drop out". The Independent. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Reading & Leeds: Biffy Clyro replace Queens of the Stone Age". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Reading & Leeds announce line-up replacements as Gallows, 070 Shake and more drop out". NME. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-28.