Leeds and Reading Festival’s main music line-up gets underway tomorrow, with Dave, Megan Thee Stallion, Glass Animals and Little Simz among the acts set to play Reading on Friday. While Leeds and Reading share the same line-up playing on different days, almost all of the TV coverage will come from Reading, so if you’re watching along at home it’s only the Reading schedule you need to pay attention to – though some of the radio coverage may well come from Leeds too.
The BBC are providing live coverage with iPlayer streaming the main stages throughout the weekend. On Friday, you’ll be able to watch live from 2:30pm – with the live streams getting underway at 2pm on Saturday and 1:20pm on Sunday. And once they’re done, the full sets will be available to watch again in iPlayer for 30 days after the festival.
Click here to watch the live streams from Reading Festival once they get underway at 2:30pm Friday.
Just like with the BBC’s Glastonbury coverage, a few artists will take to the stage before the live stream starts each day, so it’s unlikely their sets will become available to watch online. But you’re not totally out of luck – radio coverage will begin at 11am each morning, so head to the official BBC Radio 1 stream on BBC Sounds to tune in.
If you’re here early, you can warm up with three highlight shows from last year. There’s Festival Bars, featuring Stormzy, AJ Tracey and more, Guitar Energy, with sets including Sam Fender and Wolf Alice and Pop Bops with artists including Mabel, Sigrid and Becky Hill.
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