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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Vicky Jessop

Reading and Leeds Festival announces Charli xcx among headliners for 2026

Charli XCX performing on The Other Stage during Glastonbury - (Ben Birchall/PA)

Charli xcx, Fontaines D.C. and Florence + The Machine have been announced among the big-name headliners for next year’s Reading and Leeds Festival.

The festival, which takes place in both cities over the course of the August bank holiday, is one of the biggest dates in the British summer calendar, and sees hundreds of thousands sixteen year olds (and adults) descend upon Bramham Park and Little John’s Avenue for a weekend of partying and listening to great music.

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