Here at Bring The Noise we love the festival season. It’s a chance to bathe in the (sometimes) warmer climate that the UK has to offer for a few months, all while donning the wellies and trudging across a field listening to the hottest bands for the weekend.
Reading and Leeds is no different. As one of the UK’s biggest festivals it attracts a substantial audience and huge acts year after year. Past headliners have included, Metallica, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Arctic Monkeys. 2025 is no exception – festival organisers have once again pulled the strings to create an incredible line up.
Featuring monster metallers Bring Me The Horizon who are no strangers to a headline show of this magnitude, pink pony princess Chappell Roan, and 2000’s indie sensations Bloc Party, the festival is sure to be a success.
Bring The Noise have compiled a Ones To Watch list to get you safely through the bank holiday weekend!
Enter Shikari
The rockers from St Albans are well used to the festival circuit by now, having first appeared on a festival stage back in 2009. Reading and Leeds Festival will familiar ground as Shikari have played both sites multiple times before. Famed for their adrenaline-fueled live performances, this is not one to miss.
Limp Bizkit
No introductions needed here. Fred Durst instantly recognisable by his red baseball cap, brings the iconic Nu-Metalers Limp Bizkit back to Reading and Leeds Festival. The set is likely to feature Limp Bizkit’s incredible back catalogue from years gone by. The only question will be the size of the pit…
Bloc Party
It would not be Reading and Leeds Festival without an appearance from an iconic indie band. With large dominance throughout the early 2000’s, Bloc Party cemented a place in indie-sleaze history with Silent Alarm and A Weekend In The City. In 2025 they finish a gigantic UK tour to come back to where it all began in 2009 at Reading and Leeds Festival. A must see for any indie fans out there.
Royel Otis
The Australian guitar-pop duo make the lengthy trip to the UK to impart there effortlessly catchy indie rhythms to a Reading and Leeds audience. Tunes like Oysters in My Pocket, Moody, and Sofa King have gone down a storm with fans and amassed them a loyal following on Spotify. Bring your best dance moves for this one.
Nieve Ella
Appearing for the first time at Reading and Leeds Festival, Nieve Ella’s arrival to one of the biggest festivals in the UK is filled with excitement. Having already supported rock band Inhaler and singer-singwriter Dylan on tour, Nieve Ella is fresh off her own Lifetime of Waiting headline shows. Nieve Ella also brings a bag full of hype along with her to Reading and Leeds Festival this year.
Check out the full line up below:
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