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Scotsman
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Our 13 'wildcard' choices for musicians who could appear at Leeds and Reading 2025
Friends, festival-goers – lend me your ears! The run-up to Leeds and Reading Festival 2025 continues! As the sun shines down on most of the United Kingdom this week (and hay fever once again kicks in), our minds turn to the weather over the August Bank Holiday weekend , the dates for both Leeds and Reading Festival, alongside Creamfields 2025 for the dance music enthusiasts among us. With a fantastic line-up of acts already confirmed, speculation is rife about potential surprise appearances at various festivals this year. Whispers on Reddit and cryptic posts on social media are fuelling the rumour mill, as is typical in the month preceding Glastonbury, the lead in to the many UK summer festivals annually. But who are the 'wildcards' that could make a sneaky appearance at Richfield Avenue or Bramham Park ? We've examined Ticketmaster and a number of concerts taking place around the dates of Leeds and Reading Festival 2025, alongside looking at album release dates which may lead to promotional activity close to the festival to bring you our 13 'wildcard' picks for potential surprise guests at Leeds and Reading Festival 2025. As always, take this as speculative - and with a healthy dose of salt. 1 . The Ting Tings The Ting Tings are dropping their latest album, Home, in June 2025 and despite their last announced UK shows also being in June, the duo's relatively simple setup could make a surprise festival appearance a tempting way to re-engage with fans and promote their new music. Imagine the infectious energy of That's Not My Name and the fresh sounds of "Home" igniting a smaller stage for an unexpected indie-pop party. It's a plausible way for them to make a memorable festival moment. | MARCEL VAN HOORN/AFP/GettyImages Photo Sales 2 . Khruangbin Known for their mesmerizing instrumental grooves that blend funk, soul, and psychedelic rock, Khruangbin have UK dates sandwiching the Leeds and Reading weekend, playing in London on August 15th and Halifax on August 24th. Could they carve out some time to treat festival-goers to a secret set of their unique, worldly sounds? | Provided Photo Sales 3 . Maribou State With UK dates surrounding the Leeds and Reading weekend (August 22nd - 24th, 2025), including a show in Cardiff on June 25th and Margate on August 24th, could electronic music aficionados Maribou State be tempted to drop a surprise set? Their atmospheric soundscapes and captivating live performances would be a perfect addition to a smaller stage, offering a different vibe from the main headliners. | Rory Dewar Photo Sales 4 . Tom Grennan With his album releasing just a week before the festival and his own tour not kicking off until September, Tom Grennan becomes a strong contender for a surprise appearance. He'd be in peak promotional mode and available. His energetic performances and popularity in the UK would make him a fantastic addition to a smaller stage, showcasing his new material alongside fan favourites. This is definitely one to watch! | Michael Boyd Photo Sales
Scotsman
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Our 13 'wildcard' choices for musicians who could appear at Leeds and Reading 2025
Friends, festival-goers – lend me your ears! The run-up to Leeds and Reading Festival 2025 continues! As the sun shines down on most of the United Kingdom this week (and hay fever once again kicks in), our minds turn to the weather over the August Bank Holiday weekend , the dates for both Leeds and Reading Festival, alongside Creamfields 2025 for the dance music enthusiasts among us. With a fantastic line-up of acts already confirmed, speculation is rife about potential surprise appearances at various festivals this year. Whispers on Reddit and cryptic posts on social media are fuelling the rumour mill, as is typical in the month preceding Glastonbury, the lead in to the many UK summer festivals annually. But who are the 'wildcards' that could make a sneaky appearance at Richfield Avenue or Bramham Park ? We've examined Ticketmaster and a number of concerts taking place around the dates of Leeds and Reading Festival 2025, alongside looking at album release dates which may lead to promotional activity close to the festival to bring you our 13 'wildcard' picks for potential surprise guests at Leeds and Reading Festival 2025. As always, take this as speculative - and with a healthy dose of salt. 1 . The Ting Tings The Ting Tings are dropping their latest album, Home, in June 2025 and despite their last announced UK shows also being in June, the duo's relatively simple setup could make a surprise festival appearance a tempting way to re-engage with fans and promote their new music. Imagine the infectious energy of That's Not My Name and the fresh sounds of "Home" igniting a smaller stage for an unexpected indie-pop party. It's a plausible way for them to make a memorable festival moment. | MARCEL VAN HOORN/AFP/GettyImages Photo Sales 2 . Khruangbin Known for their mesmerizing instrumental grooves that blend funk, soul, and psychedelic rock, Khruangbin have UK dates sandwiching the Leeds and Reading weekend, playing in London on August 15th and Halifax on August 24th. Could they carve out some time to treat festival-goers to a secret set of their unique, worldly sounds? | Provided Photo Sales 3 . Maribou State With UK dates surrounding the Leeds and Reading weekend (August 22nd - 24th, 2025), including a show in Cardiff on June 25th and Margate on August 24th, could electronic music aficionados Maribou State be tempted to drop a surprise set? Their atmospheric soundscapes and captivating live performances would be a perfect addition to a smaller stage, offering a different vibe from the main headliners. | Rory Dewar Photo Sales 4 . Tom Grennan With his album releasing just a week before the festival and his own tour not kicking off until September, Tom Grennan becomes a strong contender for a surprise appearance. He'd be in peak promotional mode and available. His energetic performances and popularity in the UK would make him a fantastic addition to a smaller stage, showcasing his new material alongside fan favourites. This is definitely one to watch! | Michael Boyd Photo Sales
The Guardian
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Maribou State review – UK duo turn darkness into light after existential crisis
Celebrating the chart success of new album Hallucinating Love, Chris Davids and Liam Ivory posted a question on social media last week: 'Who ever thought melancholy elevator music would make it in the Top 10?' This tongue-in-cheek description gets at certain truths about the Maribou State sound. It can glide past without making much impact, but leaves behind a feeling of pleasant sadness, a vapour trail of blue. Live, however, they are far punchier and dancefloor-focused. Not for nothing is the rhythm section – Jonny Cade on drums, Jonjo Williams on bass and percussion – positioned at the front of the stage. Davids and Ivory keep well back, the former mostly on guitar, the latter behind a bank of synths, drum pads and sample triggers. They open with Nervous Tics, perhaps the funkiest song ever written about emotional detachment. In its recorded version it is sung by its co-writer Holly Walker, whose aloof tones are one of the band's sonic signatures, but live vocals on this tour come from Talulah Ruby, who has a huge soul voice. Two songs, Steal and Midas, which she performs at what feels like close to her full power are met with answering roars from the crowd. Whenever she is off-stage, though – which is half the set – there is a drop in intensity and focus, and the mix of sampled and live singing can feel awkward. For All I Need, Ruby duets with the absent Andreya Triana, whose gospel-inflected hook is a highlight of the new album – but lacking that human dynamic, it falls a bit flat. A shame, because that song – and the rest of Hallucinating Love – has a powerful emotional register. Indeed, it feels like the committed performances of the musicians, and the strong audience reaction to them, are informed by the compelling backstory to this music. Maribou State have not toured for years in part due to Davids suffering and then recovering from a debilitating brain condition. The situation, while obviously difficult, has been a creative stimulus in that it gave them a theme and a mood: hope in dark times. That is felt most keenly in Blackoak, with its lyrics of healing and compassion, which brings the evening to a close on a beautiful redemptive note. Maribou State play O2 Academy, Bristol, 11 February; Manchester Academy, 12 February; Alexandra Palace, London, 14-16 February
BBC News
05-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Boomtown festival survives Winchester council licensing review
A festival has survived a review that followed the death of a man at the event in 2024, and complaints from people living City Council's licensing committee decided not to change the premises licence for alcohol and music for Boomtown, in Hampshire, that will run from 10 to 15 council decided to review the festival's license after Hampshire Constabulary applied to look at the running of the event, following the death of a 22-year-old man last police then withdrew their complaint before the sub-committee meeting and are in ongoing talks with organisers to resolve its concerns for this year's event, the committee heard. Councillors also heard 17 complains from local residents about the festival, which started in raised ranged from lack of sleep during the event, to concerns on the impact on local red listed bird populations.A festival organiser said they chose the site for Boomtown because of the beauty of the South Downs National Park, had no intention of destroying the environment and were looking to showcase it to visitors. Ecological concerns One objector, Terence Jones, said that between 200 and 250 hectares of the 444-hectare site used for camping and car parks were mowed, taking away habitats from ground nesting said his bird count after the event indicated this mowing impacted the birds' solicitor Matthew Phipps said they was no proof birds were Mathews objected to the noise during the event, especially music playing until 04:00 BST on a Friday and Saturday, adding that midnight would be more concerns were the impact of traffic and strobe lighting on unsuspecting the objections the licence was not performing this year include Maribou State, Sex Pistols and Sean is also planning to increase its capacity, with a separate application to the South Downs National Park Authority stating it wants to increase attendee numbers from 65,999 to 76,999. You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
