BBC Introducing Stage axed from Reading & Leeds festival after 18 years

Leeds Festival axes BBC Introducing stage as organisers reveal replacement

The BBC Introducing stage has been axed from this year’s Leeds Festival

Reading Festival stage that helped launch Ed Sheeran axed

A stage at Reading Festival which previously hosted up-and-coming musicians including Ed Sheeran and Florence + the Machine has been axed.

BBC Introducing Stage axed from Reading & Leeds festival after 18 years

BBC Introducing Stage axed from Reading & Leeds festival after 18 years. Florence + The Machine, Charli XCX, Dave and Raye have played it.

BBC Introducing Stage cut from Reading and Leeds

The BBC Introducing stage at Reading and Leeds Festivals has been axed after 18 years. Since its launch in 2008, the stage has hosted the likes of Ed Sheeran and The 1975, as well as this year’s headliners Florence + The Machine, Charli XCX, Dave, and Raye. Event organiser Festival Republic confirmed the stage overhaul and claims that it would mean that the festivals would now be open to a “much wider pool of emerging talent”. As part of the pla…