Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda set for Reading and Leeds 2018

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda will play two sets at this year’s Reading and Leeds - Skindred, Black Peaks, The Used & more also confirmed

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Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda will play two exclusive sets at this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals.

The weekend of music will take place at Reading’s Richfield Avenue and Leeds’ Bramham Park on August 24-26, with Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Kings Of Leon and Kendrick Lamar confirmed as headliners.

Now, organisers have confirmed that the Linkin Park man will perform two solo sets, featuring old and new material including tracks from the Post Traumatic EP which will launch later this year.

Also confirmed today are bands including Skindred, Black Peaks, The Used, Royal Republic, Death From Above, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Man With A Mission, Otherkin and Shvpes.

Other bands of note previously confirmed are Papa Roach, Beartooth, Creeper, Hollywood Undead, Nothing But Thieves, Sum 41 and Wolf Alice.

Tickets are now on sale direct from the official website.

See a lineup poster below.

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.