By Mark Sutherland
Declan McKenna – Brazil (Reading 2021)
The Reading and Leeds festivals always make for one of the wildest weekends in the UK, but this year the event was even more of a one-off than usual.
Lana Del Rey’s performance (pictured above) was cut short by organizers, who later apologized. Reneé Rapp walked off stage after getting soaked when rainwater was blown off the stage roof (which prompted another apology). And then there was the small matter of the Oasis reunion actually being announced at the end of Liam Gallagher’s set.
But if it was stormy on stage, it was even stormier off it — literally. Storm Lilian hit the festival on Friday morning (23 August), meaning the Leeds leg had to scrap its BBC Radio 1 and Aux stages for the duration of the event, while the new Chevron stage at the North end was also temporarily closed.
