Reading & Leeds Festival 2019: dates, tickets, headliners, line-up & more

29 August 2018, 14:17 | Updated: 22 July 2019, 13:52

The Main Stage at Reading 2012
The Main Stage at Reading 2012. Picture: Simone Joyner/Getty Images

As Reading completely sells out with one month to go, find out everything you need to know about the twin festivals including headliners, lineup and more.

Reading & Leeds revealed their four headliners for 2019, an epic line-up, and have now confirmed that tickets have fully sold out.

Find out everything you need to know about the famous festivals, which take place at Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park respectively.

What date does Reading & Leeds take place?

Reading and Leeds always takes place during the August Bank Holiday Weekend, so this year's event will fall on 23-25 August 2019.

Can you buy tickets for Reading & Leeds Festival?

The tickets for Reading Festival 2019 have now officially completely sold out.

You can still buy very limited tickets for Leeds festival from the official Reading & Leeds website now.

Who is headlining Reading & Leeds festival?

Foo Fighters and The 1975 are headlining the festival alongside Post Malone and Twenty One Pilots.

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters 2018
Foo Fighters 2018. Picture: RCA Press/Brantley Gutierrez

Dave Grohl and the Learn To Fly Rockers will return to headline the festival for the fourth time, most likely planning a career-spanning set sprinkled with tracks from their 2017 Concrete and Gold album.

The 1975

The 1975
The 1975. Picture: Press

The Matt Healy-fronted four piece are on the cusp of releasing their third studio album, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships, and will headline the festival for the very first time.

Post Malone

Post Malone performs in concert during the inaugural Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 17, 2018 in Houston, Texas
Post Malone performs in concert during the inaugural Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 17, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Picture: Gary Miller/Getty Images

The US rapper - whose real name is Austin Richard Post - has so far released two albums in Stoney (2016) and Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018), but he's become a huge name already, thanks to his blending of musical genres and introspective lyrics.

Twenty One Pilots

Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots performs at the Forum on November 10, 2018 in Inglewood, California
Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots performs at the Forum on November 10, 2018 in Inglewood, California. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

The musical duo from Columbus, Ohio have got plenty of albums under their belt and they've certainly earned their stripes at the festival, playing an outstanding set in 2016.

Who else is playing the festival?

Hundreds of acts are set to play the festivals, including the likes of Billie Eilish, Bastille, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Pale Waves, Royal Blood, Chvrches, Blossoms, The Wombats and more.

See their most up to date line-up here:

Reading Festival 2019 line-up poster
Reading Festival 2019 line-up poster. Picture: Press/ Reading & Leeds Festival

What will the weather be like at Reading & Leeds Festival?

It is too soon to give an accurate prediction of what the weather will be like, but accuweather.com has so far believes it will be mostly sunny with highs of 21 degrees and lows of 11 degrees in Reading and a shower or thunderstorm on the Sunday night of the festival.

The weather forecast website also predicts that the festival weekend in Leeds will have highs of 20 degrees and lows if 11 degrees with clouds, showers and thunderstorms.

See the full Reading line-up and stages here

See the full Leeds line-up and stages here

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