The south London singer-songwriter took to the stage at 3. 15pm, after announcing the performance just a few hours earlier today. “I’m so happy to be here, thank you for coming,” she told the main stage crowd.
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Young’s set drew from her 2024 second album ‘This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway’ and last year’s follow-up, ‘I’m Only F**king Myself’. Early in the mid-afternoon set, she dropped ‘Wish You Were Dead’ and ‘Big Brown Eyes’ as the crowd in front of the stage continued to grow.
During ‘Conceited’, the star left the stage, singing to the camera from the side of stage area, before making her way back in front of her fans. For ‘Post Sex Clarity’, the screens either side of the stage were bathed in a sepia tone, remaining under that filter until the end of ‘Spiders’.
Prior to the final song of the set – a version of her hit song ‘Messy’ – Young took a moment to address the audience. “If you leave with anything from this set, try not to give a fuck,” she advised them.
Making the most of the last moments of her set, fans climbed onto their friends’ shoulders to sing along to ‘Messy’, with the track eliciting a huge reaction from the sprawling crowd.
Young’s set completes a trilogy of “secret” performances at Reading 2026, following “surprise” appearances from Jamie T – who opened the main stage on Friday (August 28) – and Royal Blood, who performed at The Gallery on the same day.
In May, Young shared her first piece of new music since the release of ‘I’m Only F**king Myself’ with the James Blake collaboration, ‘From Down Here’. She gave the song its live debut days later at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Sunderland.
Reading 2026 conclui hoje com apresentações de Chase & Status, Florence + The Machine, Westside Cowboy, Loyle Carner, Violet Grohl, Role Model e mais.
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