BBC Introducing stage announced for Reading and Leeds Festival

Photo: GirlsOnDrugs // Credit: Chris Day 

With less than one month to go until the much anticipated Reading and Leeds festivals,with Reading already selling out, BBC introducing have announced another stellar line up, compromised of the finest up and coming talent.

BBC introducing herald a reputation for bringing the best new music to the festival foray, providing a stepping stone that has previously seen Jake Bugg, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Spector and Clock Opera break into the limelight. 

Friday at Reading and Saturday at Leeds sees the much hyped Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra London soul starlet Moko (check out her killer record 'Your Love' below) head the bill, with The Bullet Proof Bomb airing some alternative punk. Experimental rockers Broken Hands join them, flanked by the warm neo soul output of Lyves.

The soft vocal of Bombay Bicycle Club collaborator Rae Morris (below) is welcomed to the top of the line up on the Saturday at Reading and Sunday at Leeds. She is joined by the hotly tipped London slack rock trio Happyness along with Canadian indie pop group Hello Operator, the brainchild of ex General Fiasco brother’s Oh Volcano.

Switching up to the Sunday at Reading and Friday at Leeds sees synth pop trio Prides front the stage on the back of playing the Blink 182 warm up shows at Brixton Academy. Also look out for indie rock offerings from Crystal Seagulls, singer songwriter Adam French, Heavy Petting Zoo flaunting some punk and alt songwriter Jack Garratt.

Opening the hotbeds of talent are the runners up of the prestigious Futuresounds Competition with the winners taking centre stage on the Festival Republic Stage. First up is Black Keys and Nancy Sinatra influenced fusionists Crybabycry opening the stage on Friday at Reading and Saturday at Leeds, along with some post punk pop from Tabloids and slow burning grunge from Forever Cults.

The stage is bolstered by centre stage winners GirlsOnDrugs, a duo that boast deep bass synths and mesmeric chords spruced up with the wondrous vocal talents of Kat McHugh.

With all this on offer, it's worth visiting the BBC Introducing at some point during the Reading and Leeds festivals, with so many acts poised to break onto the main stages in future years and the promise of special guests along the way confirming another fine year for the BBC Introducing visionaries. Grab your Leeds tickets here. 

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