{"id":2498400,"date":"2026-07-12T00:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2498400"},"modified":"2026-07-12T00:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:55:15","slug":"reading-festival-applies-to-extend-main-stage-music-to-thursdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/reading-festival-applies-to-extend-main-stage-music-to-thursdays\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Festival applies to extend main stage music to Thursdays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Reading Festival organisers have applied for a licensing change that would allow music on the main stage on a fourth day of the event.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">More than 100,000 people attend the festival each year, with the Wednesday and Thursday seen as warm-up days, where people with camping tickets can arrive ahead of the main event days of Friday, Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Festival Republic has applied for amplified music to be added to the licence for Thursdays, on the main stage only, from 17:00 BST until midnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Any change to the events licenses require approval from Reading Borough Council and, if granted, would come into effect from 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Additionally, the organisers have applied to extend the hours alcohol can be sold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The festival has already undergone some changes since restarting after the coronavirus pandemic in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">From that year until 2023, the site had two main stages, until the dual main stage format was replaced with the Chevron Stage in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">British stars Charli XCX, Dave and Raye will headline this year&#8217;s festival and its sister event in Leeds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Irish rock band Fontaines DC, electronic duo Chase &amp; Status and band Florence + The Machine will also top the bill at both events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The events will take place at Reading&#8217;s Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park in Leeds between 27 to 30 August, with artists rotating the days they perform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.bbc.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Festival organisers have applied for a licensing change that would allow music on the main stage on a fourth day of the event. 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