Kendrick Lamar, Fall Out Boy and Kings of Leon announced as Reading and Leeds headliners

By The Newsroom
Published 13th Feb 2018, 07:48 BST
Updated 13th Feb 2018, 08:55 BST
Rapper Kendrick Lamar, who has been confirmed as one of the headliners for this year's Reading and Leeds festivals. Pic: PA.Rapper Kendrick Lamar, who has been confirmed as one of the headliners for this year's Reading and Leeds festivals. Pic: PA.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar, who has been confirmed as one of the headliners for this year's Reading and Leeds festivals. Pic: PA.
Kendrick Lamar, Fall Out Boy and Kings Of Leon are today among the first acts to be announced in the line-up for this year's Reading and Leeds festivals.

Other confirmed performers for the event, which takes place over the August bank holiday weekend, include Wolf Alice, Panic! At The Disco, Post Malone, Dua Lipa, Skepta, The Courteeners and The Wombats.

It will be the first headline stint at the music event for Humble hitmaker Lamar, who first played at Reading and Leeds in 2015.

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Fall Out Boy said: "There are very few places that can illustrate the growth of our band from its beginning. However, Reading and Leeds is one of them."

They added that it is an "honour to be able to headline a festival that we grew up playing and dreaming of that top spot".