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Reading & Leeds 2025: The most magical moments from summer’s last big party
From rock heroes to pop icons via the best new talent, R+L 25 proved to one for all time. Here are NME’s best bits from the year’s final major festival
Travis Scott live at Reading 2025: superstar rapper unveils his apocalyptic vision
The 34-year-old closed the festival with an hour of inspired malevolence
Amyl & The Sniffers live at Reading 2025: the feel-good party band for a bar-room brawl
Little John’s Farm, Sunday August 24: You should definitely be doing this – this is what this stage was built for
Bring Me The Horizon live at Reading 2025: a sci-fi blockbuster where every song is played like the finale
Little John’s Farm, Saturday August 22: From being bottled to throwing a petrol bomb, the Sheffield metallers’ mind-blowing spectacular crowns them as R+L kings
Limp Bizkit live at Reading 2025: the nu-metal giants keep the hits rollin’ in
Little John's Farm, August 22: Fred Durst and co. take us back to ’99, and prove that not even three decades of live shows can dull their intensity
Hozier live at Reading 2025: outspoken stomp-clap king wins over the crowd
The finger-pickin' good troubadour brings the noise and speaks his mind
Chappell Roan live at Reading 2025: pop’s new queen of the castle proves she’s here to reign
Little John's Farm, August 22: 14 months after her major breakthrough moment, the pop star is still riding her stratospheric high – and more than justifying her position
Sault, Cleo Sol and Chronixx live at All Points East 2025: a dizzying, confusing marathon
August 15, Victoria Park, London: For five hours, Sault's mysterious collective take over east London with theatrical interludes and cameo appearances from Sol, Chronixx and Yasiin Bey
Jin live in London: a refreshing, charisma-filled concept that’s not without spectacle
The O2, August 5: The BTS singer’s first solo tour puts him in the role of variety show host, delivering emotionally rich performances between fun and games
Wilderness Festival 2025 review: Wet Leg triumph at blissed-out bonanza
July 31-August 3, Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire: This eclectic weekender has cross-generational appeal, as blistering dance tunes go head-to-head with Britpop revivalism and cutting-edge indie
President live in London: a brief but commanding inaugural address from rock’s latest mystery
The Garage, July 30: The divisive anonymous band meet the online noise with a triumphant debut headline show – though they might need more songs to sustain their hype
Kendrick Lamar and SZA live in London: a sometimes jarring, often unmissable clash of worlds
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, July 22: The Grand National tour brings fire, ballads and animatronic ants to London – but a disjointed format mars this genre-defining spectacle