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Watch: we asked people at Reading 2025 what the most metal thing they’ve ever done at a festival was

From hellacious moshpits to getting piercings in a tent, artists and attendees at Reading festival tell us some of their most metal tales

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Rebel Wilson joins The Kooks on Reading Festival stage

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The Independent UK

Major Hollywood star joins The Kooks on Reading stage in last-minute surprise

Hollywood star Rebel Wilson joined The Kooks on stage at Reading Festival for a surprise performance on Friday, 22 August.

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Chappell Roan, Reading Festival review – pop’s biggest breakout star should have headlined

5/5 Versatile artist defied muddy speakers to stun crowd with extraordinary main stage performance that should have been top billing

The Independent UK

Rebel Wilson says surprise performance with The Kooks was planned overnight

The Australian actres joined the rock band during their Friday set at Reading Festival.

Evening Standard

Chappell Roan at Reading Festival review: simply femininomenal

4/5 The singer delivered a high-camp, high-kicking dance party for her Reading Festival set

Evening Standard

Rebel Wilson joins The Kooks for Gangsta's Paradise cover at Reading Festival

Rebel Wilson made a surprise appearance alongside The Kooks at Reading Festival on Friday (22.08.25) as they covered Coolio's hit Gangsta's Paradise together.

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“My rig broke on live TV. I started hitting it as hard as I could, but the bass would not break… so I threw it in the ocean”: L7’s Jennifer Finch on touring with Nirvana, gigging with Courtney Love and donating her Ghost bass to the Punk Rock Museum

The athletic low-end of Sub Pop’s only Los Angeles band signing, Finch reflects on how picking up an instrument sparks disruption, that iconic Reading Festival 1992 set and loaning Krist Novoselic her storied Ghost bass

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“The crowd got ugly – they were just being assholes, throwing mud at us the whole set, hitting us hard on our bodies and on our guitars”: Donita Sparks tells the story of L7’s infamous set at 1992’s Reading Festival

Sparks recalls dealing with lost equipment and a series of technical issues on stage – alongside a crowd that was throwing mud at the band – which ultimately led to her then-controversial response

Guitar World

Reading Festival 2024 review, Saturday: Lana Del Rey and Fred Again battle sound clashes between stages

Reading proves its culture-leading spirit is alive and kicking, even if any subtlety and intimacy conjured by Lana Del Rey’s piano ballad quietude is obliterated by rave thumps

The Independent UK

‘Appalling’ conviction rate for over 100 sexual offences reported at Leeds and Reading festivals

Campaigners say police must do more as figures show just four cases at summer events since 2018 led to prosecutions

The Guardian - UK

What time is Raye on stage at Leeds and Reading Festival?

The Brit award-winning singer will take to the stage on Saturday and Sunday

Evening Standard

"For a while I was bummed out about the fuss it caused because I was worried my mum would find out:" the story behind L7's Pretend We're Dead

L7’s 1992 hit Pretend We're Dead led to a UK TV ban and permanent notoriety at the Reading Festival

Louder

No sleep, meltdowns and Billie Eilish: my first music festival as an autistic person

I took the plunge at this year’s Reading festival, where sensory overload and mobility issues posed problems. Could I make it to the headline acts?

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Reading Festival 2023 showed that when Matty Healy tones down his nonsense, The 1975 remain a top tier live band

Low on controversy and high on great songs, this is the kind of 1975 set we need in our lives

Evening Standard

Reading Festival 2023 review: from Billie Eilish to Rina Sawayama, the kick-ass Barbies outshine the dull Kens

It still has its gender imbalance issues but the women on the bill this year were the ones not to miss

The National (Scotland)

The 1975’s Matty Healy pays tribute to Lewis Capaldi at Reading Festival

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy paid tribute to Lewis Capaldi during the band’s headline set at Reading Festival on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Reading Festival review, day two: The Killers deliver one of the great Reading headline sets

Despite a guest drummer who struggles to keep up, The Killers are back to full bombastic pelt and slaying harder by the minute

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The Independent UK

Reading Festival 2023 review, day one: Foals give us that Friday fever, with help from Yard Act and Wet Leg

On one of Reading’s strongest opening days in years, no one drops the ball

Evening Standard

Train strikes this bank holiday weekend to hit Notting Hill Carnival and Reading Festival

Warning train strikes could cause ‘chaos’ for revellers flocking to Notting Hill Carnival and Reading Festival

Evening Standard

Reading Festival 2023: Set times and how to watch acts on TV

Reading Festival 2023 will see the likes of Billie Eilish, Foals and The 1975 take to the main stage

Louder

"If you haven’t been ripped off, you haven’t been in the music business”: How personal tragedy, the demands of touring and the pressure to make money destroyed Alex Harvey

In 1977, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band played the Reading Festival. Harvey was being acclaimed as a punk pioneer and the future looked bright. But it was to be their last ever gig…

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Remembering the crazy time 50 Cent got bottled off stage in 20 minutes at Reading Festival

That moment 50 Cent and G Unit were sent packing thanks to an onslaught of bottles, cups and...er...camping chairs

Daily Mirror

Amanda Holden confiscates 16-year-old daughter's 'skimpy' clothes and wears them herself

Amanda Holden, 51, wasn't too pleased when her daughter Lexi tried to wear a 'skimpy' outfit to Reading Festival

Daily Mirror

Teen severely burned after being hit by 'exploding aerosol can' at Reading Festival

WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS. Leone Cook, from Maidstone, Kent, was left screaming in pain after what is thought to be an aerosol can exploded in front of the 18-year-old as Reading Festival descended into chaos with tents being set alight

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