Yes, comments section, we see you, so let’s say it together now: ‘Reading is not a metal festival!’ However, the annual rock and pop gathering had a particularly heavy year in 2025, with Bring Me The Horizon headlining and Limp Bizkit and Enter Shikari also enjoying prominent spots on the bill.
As a result, we sent a correspondent to Little John’s Farm to ask the 80,000-plus post-GCSE attendees (and a handful of artists) what the most metal thing they’ve ever done is. The answers ranged from the expected – such as moshpits – all the way to the ludicrous – mainly, getting a very intimate piercing in a tent. You can see the full array of answers in the TikTok video we’ve embedded below.
