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Reading & Leeds boss submits plans for new three-day festival in Luton - www.nme.com
nme.com
22.01.2024

Reading & Leeds boss submits plans for new three-day festival in Luton

Reading & Leeds has submitted plans for new three-day festival in Luton this May.Festival Republic manager director Melvin Benn is applying for to stage a new event in Stockwood Park, according to Luton Today.The festival promoter, whose company is also behind festivals like Wireless, Latitude and Wilderness, has applied to the borough council for the grant of a premises licence for the event, which would take place over the spring bank holiday weekend from May 25-27.Permission is being sought for the license – which would allow live music, recorded performances – from 12pm to 11:30pm GMT on Friday, May 24 and from 9:30am to 10:30pm on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26.Organisers are also seeking permission for the sale of alcohol from 12pm to 11pm on Friday, May 24 and from 9:30am to 10:30pm GMT on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26.The local authority’s licensing panel is due to consider the application at a town hall meeting today (January 22).According to Benn’s application, the form also references a “funfair and sponsor activations” for the event, along with system sound checks ahead of each day and rehearsals on Thursday, May 23.One resident has raised concerns to the licensing service of noise disruption and anti-social behaviour around the festival site.

Reading & Leeds boss tells us about “groundbreaking” new stage The Chevron - www.nme.com
nme.com
15.02.2024

Reading & Leeds boss tells us about “groundbreaking” new stage The Chevron

Reading & Leeds have unveiled details of a huge and “groundbreaking” new stage, with The Chevron debuting at the festival this summer. Check out video above, with photos and an exclusive interview with festival boss Melvin Benn below.Speaking to NME last year, Festival Republic boss Benn teased that “stage changes” were on the way – potentially seeing an end to the two main stage format of recent years.

Liam Gallagher to play Oasis’ ‘Definitely Maybe’ in full at Reading & Leeds 2024 - www.nme.com
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24.11.2023

Liam Gallagher to play Oasis’ ‘Definitely Maybe’ in full at Reading & Leeds 2024

Reading & Leeds have confirmed that Liam Gallagher will be playing Oasis‘ seminal ‘Definitely Maybe’ in full when he returns to headline the festival in 2024.Gallagher was one of six headliners announced for next year’s edition of R+L earlier tonight (Thursday November 23), topping the bill alongside Lana Del Rey, Blink-182, Fred Again.., Gerry Cinnamon and Catfish & The Bottlemen, with Raye, Skrillex, Spiritbox and Digga D also confirmed to perform.With the former Oasis frontman touring to celebrate 30 years of the band’s seminal 1994 debut ‘Definitely Maybe‘ throughout the year, the festival have revealed that he will be doing the same at Reading & Leeds.As well as confirming the news on Twitter, Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn said in a statement: “The iconic Liam Gallagher will return to play an all-time classic album ‘Definitely Maybe’ – which will be a special moment indeed.”did we mention it's Definitely Maybe in full?

Reading and Leeds Festival announce Gerry Cinnamon as headline act and fans go wild - www.dailyrecord.co.uk - Britain - Scotland - USA
dailyrecord.co.uk
23.11.2023

Reading and Leeds Festival announce Gerry Cinnamon as headline act and fans go wild

Scots singer Gerry Cinnamon will join Liam Gallagher, Fred Again and Lana Del Rey among the artists set to headline Reading and Leeds Festivals 2024, it has been announced.

Duran Duran announced as headliners of Latitude Festival 2024 - www.nme.com - Britain - Birmingham - county Suffolk
nme.com
05.11.2023

Duran Duran announced as headliners of Latitude Festival 2024

Latitude Festival have announced that Duran Duran will headline their 2024 edition.The festival will return to Henham Park, Suffolk, from July 25-28, 2024. You can purchase tickets here. More lineup announcements are soon to follow.The Birmingham four-piece recently released their Halloween album ‘Danse Macabre’, a mixture of original material, remixes, and covers.

Why are there two main stages at Reading and Leeds Festival 2023? - www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
24.08.2023

Why are there two main stages at Reading and Leeds Festival 2023?

Thousands of music fans will be heading to Reading and Leeds Festival as it returns this year with a stacked lineup of bands taking to the stage over three days. Headliners Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, The Killers and The 1975 will join the hundreds of acts on the bill.

Leeds Festival steps up security to “weed out” drug dealers - www.nme.com - county Camp
nme.com
17.08.2023

Leeds Festival steps up security to “weed out” drug dealers

Reading & Leeds festival have announced that they have increased security to “weed out” drug dealers operating at the site.The new measures have been introduced following the death of a teenager at the festival last year, an inquest has heard.16-year-old David Celino fell ill after taking ecstasy at the 2022 edition of the festival at Leeds, which his group of friends purchased from a dealer in the Camping Plus area of the site. He was later taken to a hospital, where he died on August 28.In an inquest into his son’s death, Celino’s father, Gianpiero, shared his concerns that the festival was not safe for under-18s, and pushed for a bar on 16 and 17-year-olds from attending the live music event.Now Melvin Benn, the managing director of Festival Republic, has told Celino’s parents of the “genuine sorrow” he felt after their son’s death.

Brit Beat: Reading & Leeds Festival Boss Talks Rage Against the Machine, Maneskin Dropouts - variety.com
variety.com
31.08.2022

Brit Beat: Reading & Leeds Festival Boss Talks Rage Against the Machine, Maneskin Dropouts

Mark Sutherland As the touring business continues its uneven return after nearly two years of lockdown, one major bright spot has been the famed U.K. festival sector, which came back with a bang this summer. Reading & Leeds Festival, the traditional finale to the season, took place last weekend and was completely sold out well in advance, contributing to what Festival Republic managing director Melvin Benn calls his “best year ever.” Festival Republic staged events including Wireless, Latitude, Gunnersbury Park and huge outdoor shows from the likes of Liam Gallagher, Sam Fender and George Ezra. But Reading & Leeds remains the jewel in the crown with another hugely successful year, despite one headliner, Rage Against the Machine, pulling out 10 days before the event, due to frontman Zack de la Rocha’s leg injury.

Tickets for Reading & Leeds 2023 go on sale tomorrow - www.nme.com
nme.com
31.08.2022

Tickets for Reading & Leeds 2023 go on sale tomorrow

Reading & Leeds 2023 are set to go on sale tomorrow (August 31) following the wrap-up of the 2022 festivals.Megan Thee Stallion, Dave, Arctic Monkeys, Bring Me The Horizon, The 1975 and Halsey topped the bill at this year’s twin weekenders, which saw the events boast six headliners for a second year.Tickets for next year’s Reading & Leeds festivals will be made available via Ticketmaster at 12pm tomorrow. The 2023 edition will take place between August 25-27.

Reading & Leeds boss: “We’ve booked three and a half headliners for 2023” - www.nme.com
nme.com
30.08.2022

Reading & Leeds boss: “We’ve booked three and a half headliners for 2023”

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has confirmed to NME that “three and a half” out of six main stage headliners have already been booked for 2023’s festival – as well as revealing his highlights of this year’s event.This past weekend’s edition of the twin-site iconic festival at Bramham Park in Leeds and Little John’s Farm in Reading was the second year of having two main stages and six headliners – with Arctic Monkeys, Megan The Stallion, Bring Me The Horizon, Dave, The 1975 and Halsey all topping the bill, alongside performances from the likes of Wolf Alice, Fontaines D.C., Run The Jewels, Pale Waves, Charli XCX, Polo G and many more.Speaking to NME backstage on the final day of the event, Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn said that significant progress had already been made securing many of 2023’s big acts.“We’ve booked three and a half headline acts,” he said. “Three are booked and one is pretty close to finishing.

The 1975 say UK tour news is coming next week - www.nme.com - Britain - Manchester - Japan
nme.com
25.08.2022

The 1975 say UK tour news is coming next week

The 1975 have said that news about an upcoming UK tour will arrive in the coming week.The 1975 are gearing up to release their fifth studio album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, which is set to arrive on October 14 via Dirty Hit. They’ve already previewed the record with the singles ‘Part Of The Band’ and ‘Happiness’.Now, taking to Instagram, the band gave an update about when fans can expect to hear more about a UK tour.Matty Healy and co said: “UK tour news, 1 week” and asked fans to sign up via a link here.You can see the post below:A post shared by The1975 (@the1975)Meanwhile, the Manchester band will headline Reading & Leeds festival this weekend, having stepped in at the last minute to replace Rage Against The Machine.

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn calls The 1975 “one of the most extraordinary things to happen to the festival” - www.nme.com - Manchester - Japan
nme.com
24.08.2022

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn calls The 1975 “one of the most extraordinary things to happen to the festival”

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has hailed The 1975 as “one of the most extraordinary things to happen to the festival”.The Manchester band will headline the dual event this weekend, having stepped in at the last minute to replace Rage Against The Machine. Matty Healy and co.

Download bosses talk festival improvements and tease 2023 headliners - www.nme.com
nme.com
14.04.2022

Download bosses talk festival improvements and tease 2023 headliners

Download have spoken to NME about the major improvements coming for this year’s event – as well as revealing that all three headliners have already been booked for the 2023 festival.The legendary Donington rock bash has seen a two-year hiatus due to COVID – aside from 2021’s smaller scale Download Pilot to show that festivals could go on during the pandemic – and will return in its full form this June with headline performances from KISS, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro.“It’s just over 50 days until we open the gates to the campsite, and there are many, many people counting down every single one of those days,” Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn told NME. “Also, it’s been nearly 1,100 days between Tool closing in 2019 and Heriot opening in 2022.

Reading & Leeds reveal date of 2022 line-up announcement - www.nme.com
nme.com
03.12.2021

Reading & Leeds reveal date of 2022 line-up announcement

Reading & Leeds has confirmed that the first line-up announcement for 2022 will come next week.The dual event will take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend (26-28), with R&L boss Melvin Benn previously telling NME that “three of next year’s six headliners are in place”.As speculation continues to grow, organisers have revealed today (December 3) that the first wave of names will be unveiled on Wednesday (December 8).

Reading & Leeds 2022 to make first line-up announcement “in early December” - www.nme.com
nme.com
16.11.2021

Reading & Leeds 2022 to make first line-up announcement “in early December”

Reading & Leeds organisers have announced that the festival will be announcing line-up news for its 2022 event early next month.“Are you ready for some #RandL22 lineup news? Coming early December!” the festival wrote on Twitter today (November 16), teasing an incoming announcement.It comes after Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn told NME back in August that three of the six headliners for next year’s event had already been booked.

Tickets for Reading & Leeds Festival 2022 go on sale today - www.nme.com
nme.com
01.09.2021

Tickets for Reading & Leeds Festival 2022 go on sale today

Reading & Leeds Festival 2022 will be released later today (September 1).While there is still no news about who will be playing the 2022 events, organiser Melvin Benn has told NME that “three of the six headliners are in place”, adding that “some of them have guitars” and one of them has definitely headlined before.“We started as a rock festival but we didn’t stay there,” said Benn. “We will always intend to be relevant to an incredible audience.

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn: “Three of next year’s six headliners are in place” - www.nme.com
nme.com
31.08.2021

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn: “Three of next year’s six headliners are in place”

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has told NME that three of the six headliners for 2022’s event have been booked, as well as hinting at what the line-up could look like and reflecting on safely putting on a festival in the time of COVID-19.This weekend saw R+L 2021 headlined by Liam Gallagher, Post Malone, Stormzy, Disclosure, Biffy Clyro and Catfish + The Bottlemen, with other huge performances from the likes of Slowthai, Wolf Alice, Gerry Cinnamon, Sigrid, Baebadoobee, Yungblud, AJ Tracey,

Punters arrive at Latitude for first major UK festival following ‘freedom day’ - www.nme.com - Britain
nme.com
22.07.2021

Punters arrive at Latitude for first major UK festival following ‘freedom day’

Latitude Festival, the UK’s first major festival to be held following ‘freedom day’.The 35,000-capacity event, set to be headlined by Bastille, Bombay Bicycle Club, Wolf Alice and The Chemical Brothers, had already been given the green light before the lifting of COVID restrictions as festival organiser Melvin Benn announced in June it was part of the government’s Event Research Programme (ERP).In order to gain entry to the festival, which runs until Sunday (July 25), ticketholders will be asked

This weekend’s Download pilot is “100% evidence” that festivals can go ahead - www.nme.com
nme.com
21.06.2021

This weekend’s Download pilot is “100% evidence” that festivals can go ahead

Download pilot event is “100 per cent” evidence that festivals can go ahead this summer, according to organiser Melvin Benn.The 10,000-capacity event held over the weekend (June 18-20), saw Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Bullet For My Valentine and Enter Shikari headline as the legendary rock festival made a small-scale return for a three-day camping pilot as part of ongoing research into the safe return of live music.Benn, director of Download promoter Festival Republic, called the event

Latitude Festival adds Supergrass, Sons Of Kemet and more to 2021 lineup - www.nme.com - Britain
nme.com
19.06.2021

Latitude Festival adds Supergrass, Sons Of Kemet and more to 2021 lineup

Latitude Festival has announced a host of new acts to its 2021 lineup, after confirming that it will go ahead next month.Earlier this week, festivals boss Melvin Benn has said he’s “very confident” that the festival will go ahead this year, making it the first major UK festival to take place following the removal of all lockdown restrictions.The four-day event, which is set to be headlined by Bastille, Bombay Bicycle Club, Wolf Alice and The Chemical Brothers, is scheduled to take place at

Latitude Festival boss: “We’re very excited – it’s really happening” - www.nme.com - county Suffolk
nme.com
18.06.2021

Latitude Festival boss: “We’re very excited – it’s really happening”

Latitude Festival boss Melvin Benn has said he’s “very confident” that the festival will go ahead this year.The four-day event, which is set to be headlined by Bastille, Bombay Bicycle Club, Wolf Alice and The Chemical Brothers, is scheduled to take place at Henham Park in Suffolk from July 23 – four days after the government expects to do away with all lockdown measures.Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced earlier this week (June 14) that the easing of coronavirus restrictions – originally

Reading & Leeds boss: “I think the festival season really can happen” - www.nme.com
nme.com
06.05.2021

Reading & Leeds boss: “I think the festival season really can happen”

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has offered up fresh hope that festival season will be able to go ahead this summer as planned.Speaking to NME just after the gates opened at last weekend’s Sefton Park COVID pilot gig in Liverpool (where all entrants where tested for coronavirus before being allowed in), the Festival Republic Managing Director revealed what the event could mean for the coming summer of live music.“This is a pilot event and I’ve been pushing to create something like this for a

Festival insurance remains “single biggest worry” as government is urged to back up events - www.nme.com - city Boomtown
nme.com
20.04.2021

Festival insurance remains “single biggest worry” as government is urged to back up events

Reading and Leeds Festivals boss Melvin Benn have called on the government to offer festival insurance against coronavirus, after the lack of financial protection caused a line of events to cancel their 2021 editions.Boomtown and Barn On The Farm have both confirmed their cancellation in the last week, with both festivals stating that they faced a huge financial risk if COVID was to prevent them from going ahead in any capacity without insurance.“For an independent event as large and complex as

New podcast looking at music’s response to the climate emergency launches - completemusicupdate.com
completemusicupdate.com
07.04.2021

New podcast looking at music’s response to the climate emergency launches

A new podcast has launched looking at efforts to make the music industry more environmentally sustainable. ‘Sounds Like A Plan’ is hosted by Savages drummer Fay Milton and music journalist Greg Cochrane.Episode one sees Milton discuss the Music Declares Emergency project that she co-founded.

Reading & Leeds Festival will “almost certainly” require a Covid-vaccine passport system - www.nme.com - Britain
nme.com
30.03.2021

Reading & Leeds Festival will “almost certainly” require a Covid-vaccine passport system

Reading & Leeds Festival will “almost certainly” have a COVID-vaccine passport system in place for this year’s festivals, according to organiser Melvin Benn.The twin festivals are currently due to go ahead as planned from August 27-29, with the likes of Stormzy, Post Malone and Liam Gallagher all set to play.Speaking to the BBC earlier today (March 30), Benn said that he was still confident that both Reading and Leeds would take place this summer with the UK currently on course to lift

Reading & Leeds boss tells parliament “festivals can go ahead with adequate testing” - www.nme.com - Britain
nme.com
08.09.2020

Reading & Leeds boss tells parliament “festivals can go ahead with adequate testing”

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has told the UK Parliament that “festivals can go ahead safely with adequate testing”.Benn, the Managing Director of Festival Republic, took part in today’s (September 8) Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) hearing, where he was asked whether next summer’s festivals could go ahead with social distancing measures in place.“The answer is no. You can’t have festivals with social distancing,” he replied.

Reading & Leeds boss says “everyone will be tested” for coronavirus at next year’s festival - www.nme.com
nme.com
01.09.2020

Reading & Leeds boss says “everyone will be tested” for coronavirus at next year’s festival

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has revealed that “everyone will be tested” for coronavirus at next year’s festival.After this year’s edition was cancelled due to COVID-19, the first names on the line-up for Reading & Leeds 2021 were announced last night – with Stormzy, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Post Malone, Disclosure, Liam Gallagher and Queens Of The Stone Age all topping the bill at the event’s first run at having two main stages and six headliners.Speaking to NME last week before the

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn: “Next year we’ll have two main stages and six headliners” - www.nme.com
nme.com
28.08.2020

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn: “Next year we’ll have two main stages and six headliners”

Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn wistfully tells NME on the eve of what would have been one of the loudest weekends of the year. Oh, what we’d give to be up at Bramham Park or down at Little John’s Farm right now to see a little more musical history being made.

Reading & Leeds boss proposes coronavirus testing plan to reopen venues and pubs as alternative to social distancing - www.nme.com - Britain - county Republic
nme.com
04.06.2020

Reading & Leeds boss proposes coronavirus testing plan to reopen venues and pubs as alternative to social distancing

Festival Republic MD Melvin Benn says 'The Full Capacity Plan' is "very achievable with good organisation"

Reading & Leeds boss proposes coronavirus testing plan to reopen venues and pubs as alternative to social distancing - www.nme.com - Britain - county Republic
nme.com
03.06.2020

Reading & Leeds boss proposes coronavirus testing plan to reopen venues and pubs as alternative to social distancing

Festival Republic MD Melvin Benn says 'The Full Capacity Plan' is "very achievable with good organisation"

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