Relive Reading Festival 2024 with NME’s gallery of incredible live shots
All good things must come to an end – but in the case of Reading Festival, you can relive the magic right here with NME.
We were on the ground at Reading this past weekend catching the biggest sets, chatting with your favourite artists – and getting the best snaps as they took to the stage. Check out our photographer Andy Ford’s shots of The Prodigy, Fontaines D.C., Lana Del Rey, The Last Dinner Party and many more…
Loud and proud
Kneecap get the Reading mainstage off to a roaring start on Friday
Get amongst it
It’s not a Lambrini Girls set without quality time spent in the pit
Spiritbox have got their eye on you
We felt watched at Spiritbox’s set…
Forever firestarters
The Prodigy’s only plan at Reading 2024 was to jump on the new Chevron stage and “tear the place apart”, Liam Howlett told us – and they kept their word
- READ MORE: The Prodigy on Reading & Leeds 2024: “There’s only one plan – get on stage and tear the place apart”
Blink-182, a decade on
Fireworks for Blink-182’s return to Reading, ten years after the pop-punk lifers graced the site
- READ MORE: Blink-182 at Reading Festival 2024: a welcome return for the unfiltered pop-punk pioneers
The man and band of the moment
Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten embraces ‘Brat’ summer for his Reading look
All hail The Last Dinner Party
The Last Dinner Party bring stage presence (and a Sparks cover) to a grey Saturday at Reading
“Reading! Wake the fuck up, we’re Bleachers from America!”
Jack Antonoff was nervy for his first-ever Reading, but Bleachers did beautifully
- READ MORE: Jack Antonoff: “I’ve always felt really misunderstood – it’s like a driving, pounding feeling in me”
Jump around
Ian Shelton of Militarie Gun catches some air
Fred Again.. on top of the world
Fred Again.. starts his Saturday set on a B-stage among the lairy crowd
Heaven is a place on earth with you, Lana
Lana Del Rey is on stunning form as she tops the bill at Reading for the very first time
- READ MORE: Lana Del Rey live at Reading Festival 2024: a classic in the making – despite the “techno”
Reneé Rapp makes a short-lived appearance
The ever-charismatic Reneé Rapp makes the most of her brief appearance at Reading – which would be cut short by a deluge of rainwater
Ashnikko, absolutely “divalicious”
The “really fucking divalicious” Ashnikko, giving Reading a hell of a show
We’ve never known someone like you…
The incredible Beabadoobee celebrates her new album ‘This Is How Tomorrow Moves’ with Reading
Beautiful noise with Paris Paloma
Paris Paloma kicks off her shoes for a strong debut at Reading ahead of the release of her debut album ‘Cacophony’ this week
Put it in the Louvre
21 Savage’s Reading appearance was a work of art
Welcome back, Catfish and the Bottlemen
Three years after their last appearance at Reading – during a run of shows heavily rumoured to be their last – Catfish and the Bottlemen make a majestic return
- READ MORE: Catfish and the Bottlemen at Reading Festival 2024: soon-to-be stadium band lay their claim
C’mon you know: Liam Gallagher closes Reading 2024
What a night: Liam Gallagher closes Reading 2024 with a Beatles cover, a rendition of ‘Half The World Away’ dedicated to “Noel fucking Gallagher” – and an apparent teaser for the imminent Oasis reunion…
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