The band powered through technical difficulties and paid a brief tribute to fellow Welsh band Stereophonics during their second Reading headline set Catfish & The Bottlemen headlined Reading Festival tonight (August 25) – here’s everything they played. READ MORE: Reading & Leeds 2024 liveblog: all the action as it happens It’s the second time the Welsh band have headlined the festival. Tonight’s highly-anticipated performance followed their set at Leeds on Friday (August 23), which went off without a hitch despite Storm Lilian wreaking havoc elsewhere on the lineup .
This time, though, they weren’t so lucky. Things started well, when Van McCann and co entered the main stage to the sound of ‘Helter Skelter’ by The Beatles before breaking into ‘Longshot’ from their 2019 album ‘ The Balance ‘. By the second track, though, the band were subject to some technical difficulties during ‘Kathleen’.
It meant the song, and their set, were ultimately cut short. catfish power at reading cut out naahhhh — gee (@georgtiia) August 25, 2024 catfish played 1 and a half songs and got cut off reading 1-0 bella — bell 🔔 (@isabellaliily) August 25, 2024 They returned from a 15-minute break with McCann saying, “Can you hear us now? We don’t need no guitars and shit,” before – aptly – bursting into ‘Soundcheck’. Elsewhere, there was a cheeky, brief tribute to fellow Welsh band Stereophonics , as they played a snippet of ‘Bartender And The Thief’ dur.