Reading! Set! Go!: Festival Republic sets the stage for a bold new era at Reading & Leeds

Andre Paine

Ahead of sets from Dave, Charli XCX and Fontaines DC, Festival Republic MD Melvin Benn talks stage revamps, a refreshed team and stadium competition 

WORDS: ANDRE PAINE
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Festival Republic MD Melvin Benn has told Music Week that the refreshed team at the promoter will take Reading & Leeds into the “next 25 years”.

The festival will return on the Bank Holiday weekend of August 27-30 with headliners Charli XCX, Florence + The Machine, Raye, Dave, Fontaines DC and ...

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