Who could be brought on stage as a surprise act at Reading and Leeds Festival 2025?
Fans are trying to guess who might be the secret sets at Leeds Festival 2025(Image: PA)
Reading and Leeds Festivals are taking place this weekend with performances from Travis Scott, Bring Me The Horizon, Chappell Roan, and Hozier among more major names.
Leeds Festival, which takes place at Bramham Park in West Yorkshire, is set to see around 75,000 people attend, whereas Reading, located in Richfield Avenue, is set to host around 87,000 music lovers.
Ahead of the events over bank holiday weekend, fans have taken to social media to speculate over potential secret acts that could be brought on stage over the weekend.
@VanillaBoiChris took to Reddit to share which artists they think could be announced as secret performers at this year’s festival. They wrote: “I’m going to be speaking about who I think could do a secret set at Reading or Leeds this year;
“Lewis Capaldi, As he was meant to preform back in 2023, I feel as though he could return this year. His performance at Glasto shows how popular he is. Also, with him going on tour, I feel as though it would be great to see him as a secret half an hour set at Reading or Leeds.
Last year saw performances from RAYE, Blink-182, Liam Gallagher and Lana Del Rey among other big names(Image: PA)
“The Ting Tings, with bangers such as ‘That’s Not My Name’ and ‘Shut Up and Let Me Go’, there has been huge speculation that they could be performing a secret set. I feel as though this would be a great vibe. Also, with their new album having dropped this year, it would be a great way to promote themselves onto a younger audience.
“Wolf Alice, They have been gaining huge popularity this year. They have performed and R&L before. With their new album dropping the week of the festival, I feel as though a secret set would be a great way of promoting it.
“Paramore/Biffy Clyro, A very rogue shout but I feel as though they always have a chance. With both bands being such a staple of R&L festival in the past, seeing either of these bands return for a secret set would be huge and a great vibe.
“Pulp, Would be amazing if this came to light. Having performed a secret set at Glasto and having headlined their local festival Tramlines, I feel as though Pulp isn’t to bad of a shout. Having release a new album this year, they are still such a huge new with younger audiences and would be a missed opportunity not have them perform a secret set.”
Other artists the Reddit user suggested including Rizzle Kicks who performed at Tramlines Festival, and US pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo whose friend Conan Gray is on the line up.
Chappell Roan is headlining the UK festivals this weekend(Image: WireImage)
They finished by asking: “What do we think about these shouts?”
Reddit user @Robotdogdoo replied: “I’ve been thinking wolf alice will have a secret set since they announced the album, I would happily take that as they’re not coming to my city on their tour so I’m not seeing them.”
Wolf Alice fans commented: “If Wolf Alice did a secret set I think I’d keel over, although knowing my luck it’d clash with one of the handful of bands I’m really excited for. Ironically I missed Pendulum’s secret set in 2022 because I was watching Wolf Alice.”
And another fan of the rock band said: “If Wolf Alice plays, I’m gonna sob happy tears. I’ve adored them for yearssssss.”
@Intrepid_Ad commented: “I’m PRAYING for rizzle kicks.”