Jamie T kicked off Reading 2026 with a last minute indie celebration of a set on the new main stage, The Grid. Check out photos, footage and the setlist below.
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After teasingly begging the festival to let him play before confirming his appearance last night, the London indie icon delivered his opening “33 minute and 10 second” performance (in honour of his new single ‘3310‘) to get things going on the Friday (August 28).
Jamie T live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME.
Admitting that he “felt like Bono out here” on the gangway laid out for tonight’s headliners Charli XCX and Fontaines D. C., before he offered: “Have you had a good time ladies and gentlemen.
You’re gonna have to shout louder than that…”.
A boisterous outing ‘Sticks N Stones’ got the best response of the set before a sing-along of ‘Zombie’ closed things out.
The next ‘secret’ surprise set will come from Royal Blood performing on The Gallery stage at 2pm. Neither Jamie T or the Brighton rock duo will be going on to perform a secret set at the sister site in Leeds, where Kasabian opened proceedings with the first ever Thursday night headline set.
Jamie T’s Reading appearance comes on the heels of a secret sold-out performance at London’s Scala last week – where he played at the venue for the first time in 20 years and previewed some currently unreleased songs from his new album.
Dates kick off on December 7 in Birmingham, and include stops in Newcastle, Leeds, Glasgow and more. Visit here for tickets.
Reading 2026 continues today with performances from Geese, Charli XCX, Fontaines D. C. and many more.
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