Two stages at Leeds Festival have closed for the day due to high winds caused by Storm Lilian. Liam Gallagher is due to headline the music festival in Bramham Park on Friday evening, as Reading and Leeds Festivals get under way for three days of music over the Bank Holiday weekend. Strong winds of up to 80mph are forecast in northern parts of England and Wales on Friday – with travel disruption, flooding, power cuts, and dangerous conditions near coastal areas likely.
On X, organisers announced that both the BBC Radio 1 Stage and Aux Stage would be “lost” at the West Yorkshire festival, and added they “remain hopeful that everything else will continue as planned”. LEEDS WEATHER UPDATE ? We can see an end in sight to the high winds. We definitely won’t be opening the arena at 11am, but we are targeting as soon as possible after that and we will update you further.
However, we have definitely lost the BBC Radio 1 stage today, and there...
— Reading & Leeds Fest (@OfficialRandL) August 23, 2024 The post said: “We can see an end in sight to the high winds. “We definitely won’t be opening the arena at 11am, but we are targeting as soon as possible after that and we will update you further. “However, we have definitely lost the BBC Radio 1 stage today, and there will be no performances on it.
“We have also lost the Aux stage today, and there will be no performances on it. “We remain hopeful that everything else will continue as planned and that we will sti.