Fontaines D.C. and Charli XCX Headline 2026 Reading Festival
Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C. and pop artist Charli XCX delivered contrasting headline sets at the 2026 Reading Festival, drawing mixed but widely noted reviews from critics. The performances highlighted the festival’s blend of indie rock resurgence and contemporary pop spectacle.
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Charli xcx, Reading Festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit. But Nietzsche would have loved it
Reading Festival There’s not much time to dig into her deep catalogue of future-facing pop, but she satisfies the hardcore “Time itself is a circle,” as the rock’n’roll philosopher Nietzsche once said, accurately foreshadowing Charli xcx’s only UK festival appearance this summer. Like her performance on Glastonbury’s Other Stage last year – a pyrotechnic farewell to the puke-green reign of Brat – Charli’s Reading and Leeds appearance is a not-quite-headline slot that also follows a rowdy set ...
By Chal Ravens
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Grian Chatten and co deliver a headline debut that leaves it all on the field despite a set cut short The post Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026: an emotional coronation for the modern indie kings appeared first on NME.
By Andrew Trendell
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