"We are going to bring hands down the greatest show of our careers." Bring Me The Horizon will be headlining Reading and Leeds as their only UK shows in 2025

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Bring Me The Horizon have been announced among the headlining artists for next summer's Reading and Leeds festivals. They will play Reading festival on Saturday, August 23, and close the Leeds event on Sunday, August 24.

The Sheffield metalcore crew previously co-headlined the weekender in 2022.

Frontmn Oli Sykes says "We are beyond excited to be returning to Reading & Leeds for our first fully fledged headline slot. We are going to bring hands down the greatest show of our careers. It’s going to be our only UK performance next year and the final European show of the NEX GEN campaign before the band take time away, so if you want to see BMTH next year, this truly is your only chance. Can’t wait."

Oli Sykes' band will join first time headliners Hozier and Chappell Roan plus US hip-hop superstar Travis Scott as the four headliners on a stacked bill at the long-running festivals, which are scheduled to be held, as ever, over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Other acts announced tonight, December 5, by BBC Radio 1 DJ Jack Saunders include Enter Shikari, Amyl & The Sniffers, Soft Play, The Chats, The Linda Lindas, AJ Tracey, Lambrini Girls, High Vis, Mannequin Pussy, The Kooks, Wunderhorse, Bloc Party, Pale Waves and Courtney Love favourite Sofia Isella.

General tickets for the weekenders will go on sale at noon on Monday, December 9, with various pre-sales scheduled for the coming days.

You can secure your weekend ticket with a first instalment of £46.50 then pay nothing until Feb 1.

Go here for full details.

Reviewing Bring Me The Horizon on their UK arena tour in January, Metal Hammer's Emily Swingle wrote, "Change is good - and bold transformation is exactly what has allowed the metalcore collective to stay relevant over the years. Bring Me are going from strength to strength, with absolutely zero sign of slowing down any time soon."

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A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Born in the North of Ireland, Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal.