The Reading and Leeds music festivals will go ahead in late August, organisers have confirmed.

Stormzy, Post Malone and Liam Gallagher are confirmed acts to headline the twin events, which will run on the August Bank Holiday weekend from 27-29 August.

It follows the publication of England’s roadmap out of lockdown, which says the government plans to remove all legal limits on social contact by 21 June.

Reading and Leeds 2021 📣 Following the government's recent announcement, we can't wait to get back to the fields this summer 🎉 LET'S GO 🍻 #RandL21https://t.co/se3B02oFyj pic.twitter.com/EzBLKr3S9T

In a post on Reading and Leeds festivals’ official Twitter page, organisers said: “Following the government’s recent announcement, we can’t wait to get back to the fields this summer. LET’S GO.”

They also shared a short video showing festival-goers in previous years, enjoying fairground rides and gathered in large crowds dancing to the music.

Bosses have yet to confirm detailed plans for the events, or to what extent social distancing measures will figure in the organisation of performances.

The last time the festivals took place was in 2019 – with a capacity of over 100,000 people per day at the Reading site and tickets selling out a month before the event.

The festivals had an enforced fallow year in 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Although confirmation of the 2021 event has only just come, tickets have been on sale since last summer.

Other big acts at the three-day event include Catfish and the Bottlemen, Disclosure and Queens of the Stone Age.

In January, Europe’s largest live music event – Glastonbury – was cancelled for the second year running.

Organisers Michael and Emily Eavis said despite “efforts to move Heaven & Earth” the 2021 festival at Worthy Farm would not go ahead, and tickets would again roll over to next year.

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