Leeds Festival have issued a statement to fans as extreme weather from Storm Lilian has caused several stages to shut down for the event’s opening day.
Earlier this morning (August 23), the festival’s social accounts posted that “We can see an end in sight to the high winds. We definitely won’t be opening the arena at 11am, but we are targeting as soon as possible after that and we will update you further. However, we have definitely lost the BBC Radio 1 stage today, and there will be no performances on it. We have also lost the Aux stage today, and there will be no performances on it. We remain hopeful that everything else will continue as planned and that we will still have an amazing weekend. Please await further information.”
The BBC Radio 1 Stage would have featured performances from Destroy Boys, Ashnikko and stage headliner beabadoobee who wrote “this is so sad, i had a whole outfit planned, well i’ll see u guys at reading!!! i’ll b back in leeds soon i hope sorry about this guys i love you !!!!”
Reading Festival kicks off today as planned with a headline performance from blink-182 and main stage sets from Neck Deep and Spiritbox.