#raye

#raye

Reading and Leeds 2026 Festival will feature headline performances from British artist Raye and certified queer icon Charli XCX. It's a strong follow-up after 2025's headliner, Chappell Roan, stunned festival goers with a tour de force performance. Organisers announced that, for the first time in 25 years, the headliners are exclusively British and Irish acts. Over this year's August bank holiday weekend, Irish rockers Fontaines DC, electronic duo Chase & Status and singer Florence + The Machine will also be playing.

The British star's upcoming tour first begins with an extensive UK and European leg in winter 2026. She'll make her way stateside for the tour's opening North American date in Sacramento on March 31st, followed by shows in cities like Vancouver, Seattle, Denver, Chicago, Toronto, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Nashville, Austin, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and many more. Along the way, RAYE will play some of her largest venues in the US yet, including stops at New York's Radio City Music Hall and Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

It's weekend two of All Points East, which means more reasons to head over to Victoria Park, with more music, and a brand new slate of headliners. This weekend, Barry Can't Swim is top billed for Friday August 22, the Maccabees will close the festival out on Sunday August 24, and former Time Out cover star RAYE will light up the stage on Saturday evening (August 23). The lineup for Saturday is stacked full of some of the most exciting up-and-coming pop girls, as well as some dance and rap artists.