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

Spice Girls will be headlining Glastonbury 2023. The pop band burst onto the music scene almost three decades ago, forming in 1994 and going on to achieve worldwide success. Consisting of Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown (Mel B), Melanie Chisholm (Mel C), Emma Bunton, and Geri Halliwell, the group became one of the most successful girl groups of all time, selling millions of albums and even bagging their own movie.

Luke Bryan, Kane Brown and Chris Stapleton are set to headline the three-night fest, which runs April 28-30, 2023 at Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. Festival passes will go on sale Friday, Sept. 16 at 10 a.m.

Bring Me The Horizon have spoken about their storied history with Reading & Leeds festival in an interview with NME – check out the video below.The Sheffield band made their thrilling debut headline appearance at R&L last month, having first played the dual event way back in 2008.Talking to NME as part of their recent Big Read cover interview, BMTH’s Oli Sykes and Jordan Fish took us on a chronological journey through all of their Reading & Leeds visits to date.Recalling the ’08 edition of the festival, Sykes told NME: “First time we played Reading, it was probably the worst gig ever. Slipknot had pulled out for some reason, and we got asked if we wanted to go on the main stage… not to replace them but just to fill the gap.“We kind of knew it was a death sentence but we were like, “Well, we’ve gotta do it’.

Halsey has shared exclusive footage from their stellar headline sets at Reading & Leeds last weekend – as well as giving fans the chance to win signed setlists and deluxe versions of latest album, ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’. Check out the footage and see competition details below.Despite suffering from food-poisoning at Leeds festival, Halsey emerged triumphant and then completed their victory lap with an epic and visceral five-star performance at Reading days later – headlining alongside Bring Me The Horizon, Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, Megan Thee Stallion and Dave.A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine)In an exclusive interview with NME ahead of the festival, the artist explained how their road naturally led to R+L.“The way this tour came together [means] that my performance style has evolved into a space that’s really true to the sentiment of what Reading and Leeds are as festivals,” they explain.

, Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) got into some real hot girl sh*t — featuring a special cameo from Megan Thee Stallion herself!The case of the week found Jen defending her scummy ex-colleague, Dennis Bukowski (Drew Matthews), who found himself catfished by a shape-shifting Asgardian elf pretending to be Megan in disguise. After doing her best to take Dennis' claims seriously, Jen/She-Hulk has a triumphant day in court, capped off by an appearance from the real Megan, who proudly celebrates from the back of the courtroom: «That's right! There's only one Megan Thee Stallion!»The mid-credits scene provides fans with even more of the fun cameo, as Megan signs on to work with Jen, declaring, «You're way more fun than my last lawyer!»And as the pair twerk to celebrate their partnership, She-Hulk overzealously declares, «I would kill for you, Megan Thee Stallion!»«It was the best day of my life,» Maslany raved to ET about getting to work with the rapper. «It was so great.

Arctic Monkeys‘ headline show at Leeds Festival last Sunday (August 28) – see the footage below.As BBC Look North reports, Zak and Emily – who have been together for eight years – were watching AM close out the northern edition of Reading & Leeds 2022 when Zak got down on one knee.Emily had previously asked Zak if she could get up on his shoulders during the Monkeys’ performance of ‘505’, which ended their main set ahead of a three-track encore. “It just felt like, for me, that was the right moment,” Zak explained.Recalling the proposal, Emily added that it was “amazing”.

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.

Pale Waves set to headline. Other names on the bill include Working Men’s Club, Baby Queen, Sea Power, Will Joseph Cook and Palace.Today (August 31), LAL organisers have confirmed over 80 more artists for the festival.

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 2022 over the weekend (August 26-28).Festival-goers at both the Richfield Avenue site in Reading and Leeds’ Bramham Park reported alleged incidents of spiking by injection.Two teenage girls were reportedly injected with unknown substances at Leeds. One of the girls, 17, said she felt a throbbing pain in her thigh while waiting in a crowd on Saturday (August 27), according to the Daily Mail.

Reading & Leeds festival sites over the weekend.Over the Bank Holiday weekend, tens of thousands of music fans flocked to Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds to see performances from the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Megan Thee Stallion, The 1975, Bring Me The Horizon, Halsey, Dave and many more.Footage from both sites was shared on social media showing tent-burning across both sites, with other reports of objects being thrown and other incidents of disorder.This is next to my tent.

know by now that what happens in Cabo, never stays in Cabo. The spring break episodes of the popular MTV reality series that chronicled the lives of Laguna Beach, California, teenagers were certainly some of the show's most notorious. In their Dear Media podcast,, exes and co-stars Kristin Cavallari and Stephen Colletti have been rewatching and recapping the series that skyrocketed them to fame, and this week's episode was all about their first on-camera Cabo trip in season 1. The duo admitted that they'd been dreading covering the Cabo trip, which they split into two episodes of the podcast.

Megan Thee Stallion has performed her set at Reading Festival this evening (August 26) and invited two groups of fans on stage to dance with her.At the start of the set, Stallion said security wouldn’t let any fans on stage. Later, she brought a security guard on stage and told fans he was going to help get her “hotties” on stage.Before they arrived, Stallion said there were “rules” for when they are on stage.

Alex Turner has spoken about what to expect from Arctic Monkeys‘ upcoming headline performances at Reading & Leeds 2022.The Sheffield band, who announced their seventh album ‘The Car’ today (August 24), will top the bill at the dual festival this weekend as part of their current European tour.Recent gigs have seen the Monkeys dust off ‘Potion Approaching’ for the first time since 2011 and play ‘That’s Where You’re Wrong’ for the first time since 2013. ‘AM’ ballad ‘I Wanna Be Yours’ has also made an unexpected return.Last night, Turner and co.

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.

Alex Turner has shared the first details on Arctic Monkeys‘ forthcoming seventh album ‘The Car’, revealing that the band have adopted a “louder” sound this time around.As announced today (August 24), the Sheffield group will release the 10-track record on Friday, October 21 via Domino (pre-order here). It was produced by James Ford and recorded at Butley Priory in Suffolk, La Frette in Paris, and RAK Studios in London.The eagerly-awaited full-length project follows on from 2018’s divisive ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’, which featured space-age-inspired lyrics over avant-garde and largely piano-led instrumentals.Speaking in a new interview with the Big Issue, frontman Turner explained: “On this record [‘The Car’], sci-fi is off the table.

Reading & Leeds 2022. Check them out below.The twin site festival returns this weekend (August 26-28) with headliners including Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, Halsey, Dave, Megan Thee Stallion, Bring Me The Horizon and more across two main stages.In recent weeks, The 1975 were announced as last-minute headliners for Reading & Leeds 2022 after Rage Against The Machine were forced to pull out.Last week (August 11) saw RATM cancel their upcoming UK and European headline tour due to frontman Zack de la Rocha’s ongoing leg injury.