Reading & Leeds 2026: Jamie T asks to join line-up “at last minute”

Jamie T may be planning a secret set at Reading & Leeds 2026 , telling organisers online that he wants to join the line-up as a “last minute” addition.

READ MORE: Reading & Leeds boss talks biggest-ever arena overhaul and “strength of UK and Irish music” on line-up: “We’re buzzing with ideas for the future” The gates to the 2026 edition of the dual festival open today (Thursday August 27), with Kasabian set to headline in Leeds tonight, and the main bulk of performances at both sites commencing tomorrow.

Already the festival has a stacked line-up for this year, with Charli XCX, Florence + The Machine , Fontaines D.C. , Dave , RAYE and Chase & Status , headlining, and other names on the line-up including Skepta , Sombr , Role Model , JADE , Kneecap , Geese , Skye Newman , Holly Humberstone , Gurriers , Westside Cowboy , Declan McKenna , Maisie Peters , Paris Paloma , Overpass and Duke Dumont .

Now, just hours before things kick off, Jamie T has hinted that he could be making a surprise appearance at Reading.

At time of writing, he isn’t on the bill, but has recently made a plea to festival organisers online, asking if he can join as a “last minute” addition.

View this post on Instagram “Reading Festival, do you think I can get on the bill at the last minute?” he said in a new Instagram video.

“Please? I’ll play any time, any stage, all I need is 33 minutes and 10 seconds.

That’s it.

Short and sweet.” If the slot does come together, it will come ahead of the indie icon dropping his new album, ‘Ghosts (100 Days of Morning)’, on October 9 via Polydor Records.

That album will mark the highly anticipated follow-up to his fifth album ‘ The Theory of Whatever ’ which dropped in 2022.

Ahead of the album’s release, he’s already shared the lead single ‘3310’ and previewed other new material during a last-minute, intimate gig at London’s Scala .

A potential R&L appearance would also come ahead of his 2026 UK tour kicking off in December – for which, tickets are on pre-sale now before going on general sale from 10am on Friday August 28 – See full dates here .

It would also mark another “secret set” planned for Reading & Leeds – with rock duo Royal Blood also set to make a last minute appearance tomorrow (Friday August 28).

For Royal Blood, the slot comes on the heels of them announcing their fifth album ‘Dead Company’ with the pummelling comeback single ‘Ten Over Ten ‘.