THE 1975 confirmed to replace Lewis Capaldi as headliners at Reading and Leeds Festival 2023
THE 1975 will step in to replace Lewis Capaldi to headline Reading and Leeds Festival this year. The band will deliver a “10th anniversary performance” of their 2013 debut album.
THE 1975 will be replacing Lewis Capaldi at Reading and Leeds Festival 2023 next month, it has been confirmed today.
While headlining at TRNSMT Festival at weekend there, frontman Matty Healy revealed mid-performance that not only will the band be taking over Capaldi’s slot at the dual event, but they will also be performing their 2023 self-tilted debut album in its entirety to mark its 10th anniversary.
Healy said onstage at TRNSMT Festival: “So, on Saturday at Reading and Sunday at Leeds in celebration of 10 years of our debut album, The 1975 will be playing that album in full in support of our good friend Lewis Capaldi. If you’ve got tickets, good for you. If you haven’t, go and get them. We’ll see you there.
Today (July 10th) it was confirmed by Reading and Leeds on their social media, sharing a updated version of its 2023 line-up poster which includes The 1975 in the position left vacant by Lewis Capaldi. Additionally, Knucks has joined the bill in the slot prior to the group.
Sharing the new artwork on Twitter, The 1975 said that they’ll be delivering a “1oth Anniversary Performance” of their first record. See the tweets below:
Any remaining tickets for this year’s Reading and Leeds Festival next month are available here: Other headliners for this year’s festival include… FOALS, Billie Eilish, The Killers, Sam Fender and Imagine Dragon. Other acts on the line-up include… Wet Leg, Slowthai, Bicep, Becky Hill, Steve Lacy, Central Cee, MUNA, The Snuts, Tion Wayne and more.
The 1975 notably however did headline last year’s festival alongside Arctic Monkeys, Megan Thee Stallion, DAVE, Bring Me The Horizon and Halsey.
The 1975’s replacement of Capaldi comes after previous announcement that Capaldi would be taking a break from all live performances including Reading and Leeds festival next month - For the time being following his Glastonbury performance to focus on his mental and physical health.
During that Glastonbury performance Capaldi struggled to continue singing after his Tourettes ‘ticks’ began while he was onstage.
Following his announcement, Organisers for Reading and Leeds then took to social media to announce that they were working on finding a replacement for the artist, following his withdrawal. “We’re gutted that Lewis Capaldi won’t be performing at Reading and Leeds this year, but health comes first and we wish him a speedy recovery” the update then read “We’re working hard to book a replacement, stay tuned”.