First names confirmed for Reading and Leeds Festival

Kendrick Lamar, Kings of Leon, Fall Out Boy and Panic! at the Disco to headline.

The first wave of names have been confirmed for Reading and Leeds Festival 2018, revealing Kendrick Lamar, Kings of Leon, Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco as this year’s headliners.

In total, organisers have today unveiled 54 names, taking to Richfield Avenue in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds over the August bank holiday weekend.

The headliners join Skepta, Wolf Alice, Annie Mac, Dua Lipa, J Hus, Diplo, Ms Banks, Wale Waves, Sigrid, Wretch 32, Yungen and many more.

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2018 marks the second time Kings of Leon headline the festival, celebrating an arsenal of seven albums. They’ll take to the festival’s main stage on the Sunday in Reading and the Friday in Leeds.

Currently on tour in the UK having dropped his music inspired by Black Panther, Kendrick Lamar will return to the festival with five Grammy Awards under his belt. He’ll be headlining the Saturday in Reading and the Sunday in Leeds, alongside Las Vegas co-headliner Panic! At The Disco.

Fall Out Boy round off the headline quartet, taking to Reading on the Friday and Leeds on the Saturday. With new album M A N I A released earlier this year, they’ll be bringing their classic hits and new tracks to both fields this August.

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