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Greatest Indie at Reading and Leeds!

Nathan Shepherd picks his favourite indie recorded live at Reading and Leeds Festivals from the BBC Archive. With music from Wolf Alice, Arctic Monkeys, Foals and many more.

Produced in Salford for BBC Radio 6 Music by We Are Grape.

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Sat 12 Sep 2026 23:00
BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever

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Music Played

  • HAIM

    The Wire (Reading Festival, 2013)

    • Polydor Records.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    R U Mine? (Reading Festival 2014)

  • Wolf Alice

    Moaning Lisa Smile (Reading Festival, 2018)

    • Dirty Hit.

  • Foals

    Mountain At My Gates (Reading Festival, 2016)

    • Warner Music UK Ltd..

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Ivy and Gold (Reading Festival, 2011)

    • Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company..

  • Gossip

    Standing In The Way Of Control (Reading Festival, 2009)

    • Kill Rock Stars.

  • The Strokes

    Last Nite (Reading Festival, 2011)

    • The Strokes.

  • Bloc Party

    Banquet (Reading Festival, 2007)

    • [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue.

  • Queens of the Stone Age

    No One Knows (Reading Festival, 2014)

    • Interscope Records.

  • Courteeners

    Are You In Love With A Notion? (Reading Festival, 2018)

    • V2 Music Limited.

  • Two Door Cinema Club

    Undercover Martyn (Reading Festival, 2024)

    • V2 Records International.

  • The 1975

    The Sound (Reading Festival 2019)

    • I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It.
    • 13.

  • The Last Dinner Party

    The Feminine Urge (Reading, 2024)

  • The Killers

    Mr Brightside (Reading Festival, 2023)

    • An Island Records Release.

Broadcasts

  • Friday 22:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music & BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever
  • Sat 12 Sep 2026 23:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever