The festival is set to take place from 21 August to 25 August 2024 at Reading’s Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park in Leeds and will follow this year’s festival, which included headliners The 1975, Imagine Dragons, Billie Eilish and The Killers.

American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey is set to make her long-anticipated Reading and Leeds debut, as will London-based singer and DJ Fred Again. Pop-punk icons Blink-182 will return to headline the famed twin-venue festival for the first time since 2014, while Catfish And The Bottlemen are also set to return, making their first appearance at the festival back in 2021. Another headliner who also featured at the festival in 2021 is Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Cinnamon.

Watch the music video for Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness” below:

Liam Gallagher is yet another headliner making a return to Reading and Leeds, having also featured at the 2021 edition. The former Oasis frontman is set to play the entirety of Definitely Maybe to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the acclaimed album, with his appearance at the festival to be preceded by a tour dedicated to the anniversary of said album.

Festival Republic managing director Melvin Benn, the main promoter of Reading and Leeds festival among others, has said of next year’s event, “We are thrilled to announce the first wave of artists for Reading & Leeds 2024. I am very proud that the biggest artists in the world choose to play Reading & Leeds and to have three incredible UK festival exclusives – the electrifying Fred again.., a true generational talent Lana Del Ray and the legendary Blink-182.

Ben continued, “The iconic Liam Gallagher will return to play an all-time classic album ‘Definitely Maybe’ which will be a special moment indeed. We pride ourselves on nurturing artists from the early stages in their career, so to see acts like Catfish & The Bottlemen rising through the festival to headline for the second time is very rewarding. 2023 was a hugely successful year for attendance and sensational audience feedback, and we are eager to build upon this success even further at the UK’s biggest and best music festival.”

Watch the music video for Blink-182’s “What’s My Age Again?” below:

Tickets for the 2024 edition of Reading and Leeds will go on general sale on Thursday 30 November at 8.30am and will be available to purchase here.

GERRY CINNAMON UK Tour update pic.twitter.com/FdvVIiGSHH

— GERRY CINNAMON (@GerryCinnamon) March 20, 2020

The tour begins at the Leeds Festival on the 27th of August 2021 and ends in Glasgow’s Hampden Park on Saturday the 16th of July 2022. Most of the venues on Cinnamon’s tour schedule are sold out, but there are still tickets available at some venues on the list.

All existing tickets will remain valid for those who booked before the tour cancellation due to Covid-19. Worldwide government guidelines in 2020 stated that no concerts could effectively take place to minimize the risk of spreading the Covid-19 virus, meaning that all music fans who had bought tickets before the pandemic had no choice but to wait until further notice. Cinnamon expressed gratitude to his fans on Instagram for their collective understanding.

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Cinnamon also stated in the same post that he would be giving away merchandise, bar tabs, signed albums, and other prizes to current ticket holders at random.

There will be special guests throughout the tour, which are yet to be confirmed.

See full UK and IRE tour dates below:

2021

27/08/21 – Leeds Festival – Leeds
29/08/21 – Reading Festival – Reading
03/09/21 – Neighbourhood Weekender – Warrington
05/09/21 – Brighton Centre – Brighton (Sold Out)
10/09/21 – Belsonic – Belfast (Sold Out)
11/09/21 – Belsonic – Belfast
18/09/21 – This is Tomorrow – Newcastle (Sold Out)
26/09/21 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham
29/09/21 – Alexandra Palace – London
30/09/21 – Sheffield Arena – Sheffield
01/10/21 – AO Arena – Manchester

2022

05/06/22 – Cardiff Castle – Cardiff (Sold Out)
14/06/22 – Inec Arena – Killarney (Sold Out)
15/06/22 – Musgrave Park – Cork (Sold Out)
19/06/22 – Malahide Castle – Dublin (Sold Out)
16/06/22 – Hampden Park – Glasgow (Sold Out)

GO GO GO! Tickets are now ON SALE for This Is Tomorrow! See @DermotKennedy , @GerryCinnamon and @samfendermusic plus many more!
Head to >>> https://t.co/5pGOmwLztg pic.twitter.com/B5CJKmO0O9

— This Is Tomorrow (@ThisIsNCL) May 27, 2021

Announced as the headline acts for this year’s event include Sam Fender, Gerry Cinnamon and Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy. Kennedy will headline the festival with its first day on Friday, along with Blossoms and British rapper Bugzy Malone. Cinnamon will headline on Saturday after performances from Tom Walker and ‘Naïve’ singers The Kooks. The festival’s final day will be closed by headliner Fender, Sunday also includes sets by Fontaines D.C. and Manchester rockers Pale Waves. Other acts to perform include singer Mahalia, Irish rock band Inhaler, Circa Waves, Nadine Shah and 2020’s one to watch act Billy Nomates. Dermot Kennedy also took to Twitter to announce his headline performance as well as express his excitement for his set.

I’m headlining @ThisIsNCL Festival in September!! Tickets are available from 10am this Thursday 27 May from https://t.co/wDXiHSQ1l9 pic.twitter.com/OkFPIMUODT

— Dermot Kennedy (@DermotKennedy) May 26, 2021

The festival was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has changed promoters since allegations of staff mistreatment. The festival was previously promoted by SSD Concerts who were involved in the claims made public on the company review site Glassdoor after their Instagram account was allegedly hacked, the claims stated that SSD Concerts were underpaying staff and making employees feel uncomfortable at their workplace. The festival is now promoted by one of the largest event promoters within the UK, Kilimanjaro Live.

CEO of Kilimanjaro Live, Stuart Galbraith had this to say about the return of This is Tomorrow.

“The pandemic has caused huge challenges for the live industry in 2020 and 2021 and when the opportunity came up for us to get involved with This Is Tomorrow it was a complete no brainer and a very easy decision for us to make, It’s a brilliant festival with huge potential in an area which has been traditionally over-looked as a music market. We’re delighted to be able to get this back in the diary and hope to see everyone in September for what promises to be one hell of a party.’’

The festival will also be putting on a free festival for NHS key workers as a thank you for their hard work throughout the COVID pandemic. The free festival will take place on the bank holiday Monday May 31st 2021 and will be held in Exhibition Park, headliners include Sam Fender, Gerry Cinnamon and celebrated British rockers Royal Blood. The one-off event will raise money for Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust and The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Tickets are now on sale for This Is Tomorrow as well as their This Is For The NHS event.

Click here to buy tickets.

New versions of the singles Kampfire Vampire and Fickle McSelfish will also be included in the re-release. Cinnamon noted on social-media that Ghost was written around the same time as the two previously released singles, in addition to the track Roll the Credits, and he is pleased they can all be together in this new version of the record.

The Glasgow artist began his cult-following in 2014 when he released his first debut single Hope Over Fear and performed it at a festival supporting the Referendum of Scottish Independence, inadvertently making him widely popular through the Yes campaign. After a string of successful festival gigs at T in the Park, he was awarded Best Live Act at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards in 2016.

Cinnamon remained unsigned throughout his career and still managed to headline a sold-out show at the O2 ABC venue in Glasgow. Shortly after he released his first full-length album in 2017 called Erratic Cinematic and produced by Chris Marshall.

The album reached #1 on the UK charts for singer-songwriters and briefly outsold Ed Sheeran before landing the #6 overall slot. In promotion for the album, 2 Barrowland Ballroom concerts were announced on the back on the Erratic Cinematic CD and sold-out immediately. This accomplishment had never been done by an unsigned artist and landed Cinnamon a spot in the Barrowland Ballroom Hall of Fame along with massive icons including David Bowie.

Among other accomplishments that the Scottish born artist has achieved, he has won The Great Scot Award for entertainment and broken the record for the most ever indoor attendance at a Scottish venue, with 15,000 audience members at the P&J Live Show in Aberdeen. He the went on to open for Liam Gallagher during his Australian national tour.

Cinnamon held a Scottish, English and Irish tour in 2018 which sold-out and continued onto many headlining shows, including Glastonbury, throughout 2019. This year the artist then released his second full-length album, The Bonny, which was met with tremendous critical praise.

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The original release of The Bonny went # 1 on the UK and Irish album charts and was the fastest selling vinyl record of 2020. The album was released under Cinnamon’s self-created label Little Runway.

Cinnamon had to reschedule all of his concerts, including opening for DropKick Murphy’s American tour, as well as all of his 2020 show dates. He has rescheduled these dates for 2021 due to safety concerns surrounding the global Covid-19 health crisis and will appear in multiple festivals in the coming year.

The re-release of Cinnamon’s second full-length album The Bonny will drop at midnight and will be available for download and on all streaming platforms. Tickets for Cinnamon’s upcoming concerts are available here. 

Gerry Cinnamon UK and Ireland Tour Dates:
28/05/2021 – Victoria Park – Warrington
30/05 – Cardiff Castle – Cardiff
01/06 – Alexandra Palace – London
04/06 – The Brighton Centre – Brighton
05/06 – A0 Arena – Manchester
06/06 – FlyDSA Arena – Sheffield
08/08 – Gleneagle INEC Arena – Kerry IE
09/06 – Ormeau Park – Belfast IE
11/06 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham
18/06 – Irish Independent Park – Cork IE
20/06 – Malahide Caste – Dublin IE
17/07 – Hampden Park National Stadium – Glasgow
26-29/08 – Bramham Park and Reading Festival – Reading and Leeds

Taking place in Warrington’s Victoria Park from 28th-30th May next year, the line-up for the new day will include headliner Gerry Cinnamon, Circa Waves, The Zutons, Jade Bird, and Orla Gartland. To obtain tickets, head to the official website on Friday 11th September from 9.30am (BST). If fans have already purchased weekend tickets prior to Sunday 6th September, they are eligible to gain exclusive access to tickets from today.

For the first time ever #NBHDWKND21 will expand across 3 days with a huge main stage Friday eve lineup including @GerryCinnamon @CircaWaves @ZutonsThe @jadebird & @orlagartland

If you’ve already purchased a weekend ticket you will have exclusive access to the pre-sale! pic.twitter.com/jwj3LjM2A3

— NBHD Weekender (@nbhdweekender) September 7, 2020

Alongside the new acts, the festival will also see the likes of Ian Brown, Sam Fender, and Easy Life on Saturday, and Catfish and the Bottlemen, The Wombats, Tom Walker, Sea Girls, and Sports Team on Sunday. Indie-rock band Circa Waves commented, “We will be playing Neighbourhood Weekender May 2021!! We can’t wait to be playing live again!!”

We will be playing @nbhdweekender May 2021!! We can’t wait to be playing live again!! pic.twitter.com/wcsjunjYuj

— (@CircaWaves) September 7, 2020

The 2020 festival was sadly cancelled in just its third year due to Covid-19 guidelines, so bands, fans, and organisers are all incredibly excited to begin holding live shows again. Organisers released a statement which said, “We are delighted that the vast majority of artists playing at the festival have confirmed they will return. Everyone involved in the festival and the artists that are playing are working really hard to give you the festival you wanted.”

Neighbourhood Weekender Festival began in 2018 in Warrington as an expansion of Manchester’s festal of the same name. Past years have seen acts such as George Ezra, Primal Scream, and Richard Ashcroft.

The Scottish singer/ song-writer, who was originally set to play the biggest show of his career, at Glasgow’s Hampden Park this summer, will now play the date, on July 17, 2021.

The Glasgow born singer had similar sized shows scheduled, in Belfast, at Cork’s Irish Independent Park and Belfast’s Belsonic festival, which will now take place on June 18 and 19, 2021. He also has a third show, at Dublin’s Malahide Castle, which is now set to take place on June 20, 2021.

Rescheduled dates for NI/IRE and Hampden.
Until next time. Stay safe. pic.twitter.com/pkULQVXkYk

— GERRY CINNAMON (@GerryCinnamon) April 28, 2020

Speaking after the announcement, Gerry said: “Anyone that know me knows all I care about is folk having a class night and getting home safe.” Cinnamon described the decision to move the tour dates as “a no brainer” which “pales in comparison to the s*** other folk are going through.”

The star revealed that all tickets purchased for this year’s show will remain valid for the new dates. The announcement of Cinnamon’s rescheduled dates comes after the release of his new album, ‘The Bonny’, which was released on April 24, 2020, and provided a much needed pick me up to the physical music market.

‘The Bonny’ shot to the top of the UK Album Charts, on Friday April 24, with 77% of its 28,945 sales made up of physical sales and digital downloads (via The Official Charts Company). The album is also the fastest-selling vinyl of the year with over 6,400 copies sold.

The Glaswegian artist reached the landmark after keeping to his word to deliver his record for fans at this difficult time – and they responded. Taking to social media, to thank fans, Cinnamon wrote: “Numbers mean nothing to me. Folk blasting the tunes and singing them like they mean it means everything. Had my back since day one. Only reason I stayed in this game. Shout out to all frontline staff.  Suns out. Look after the oldies. Cheers”

No1 album UK&IRE.
Numbers mean nothing to me. Folk blasting the tunes and singing them like they mean it means everything. Had my back since day one. Only reason I stayed in this game.
Shout out to all frontline staff.
s out. Look after the oldies. Cheers pic.twitter.com/hlUJmGMcc7

— GERRY CINNAMON (@GerryCinnamon) April 24, 2020

Speaking about the album, ‘The Bonny’, NME;s Damian Jones, said: “The outstanding ‘Where We’re Going’ reminds us of better times. A perfect partner to ‘Erratic Cinema’s ‘Sometimes’, this fist punching festival anthem in waiting is easily the best song on the album and the track that’ll constantly be on repeat on lockdown playlists

“Elsewhere, the menacing Spaghetti Western infused ‘Mayhem’, shows how far the Glaswegian’s song-writing skills have come. Opening with a lo-fi mariachi strum, the track bursts into a thumping widescreen banger.”

Gerry Cinnamon Rescheduled Scotland and Ireland Dates 2021:

17/07/2021 – Hampden Park – Glasgow
18/07 – Cork’s Irish Independent Park – Belfast
19/07 – Belsonic Festival – Belfast
20/07 – Malahide Castle – Dublin

Let’s dance x
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Tickets Fri 9am via links below
-https://t.co/GsY69PThIp
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IRE LINK https://t.co/81PFL43AAp pic.twitter.com/LkkRYAz2IA

— GERRY CINNAMON (@GerryCinnamon) November 26, 2018

The artist, who is well-known for his brutally honest lyricism, will be kicking off his tour on the 7th of March with a performance at the Belfast Ulster Hall and closing the headline tour with a performance at the O2 Institute in Birmingham on March 31.

He has had a huge success, and has been named Scotland’s “most successful independent artist”. Gerry has maintained a long running legacy of selling out shows, the question is, will his upcoming tour follow this legacy? His successes include being the first solo unsigned artist to sell out Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom, on multiple nights.

The Scottish star is currently the support act for the Courteeners on their winter tour, with all December dates sold out. Cinnamon has praised the music group for their “sound” personalities. Other recent performances by Cinnamon include his return as the first unsigned artist to take the main stage at TRNSMT festival, alongside one of his childhood favourites, Liam Gallagher.

Cinnamon’s album ‘Erratic Cinematic’, released in September 2017 can be found on Spotify and Google Music Play. The star is yet to announce some new music.

The March 2019 tour is said to be his biggest one yet. The tickets for Cinnamon’s headline tour go on sale this Friday (November 30) at 9am. The complete tour dates can be found below.

March 2019

7/3/2019 – Ulster Hall- Belfast
8/3/2019 – Olympia Theatre – Dublin
22/3/2019 – O2 Academy – Newcastle
23/3/2019 – The Mountford Hall – Liverpool
24/3/2019 – O2 Academy – Leeds
26/3/2019 – O2 Academy – Oxford
28/3/2019 – Tramshed – Cardiff
29/3/2019 – Forum O2 Kentish Town – London
30/3/2019 – O2 Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
31/3/2019 – O2 Institute – Birmingham