Convey Me The Horizon lined Oasis‘ ‘Wonderwall’ and introduced a fan on stage throughout a towering headline set at Studying Pageant on Saturday evening.
The Sheffield steel band first performed on the pageant in 2008 and co-headlined alongside Arctic Monkeys in 2022, however they stepped out on their very own this time round on Saturday evening (August 23).
“Studying, how the fuck are we feeling tonight,” frontman Oli Sykes requested the group throughout opener ‘DArkSide’. “We’re Convey Me The Horizon and we’re gonna rock your fucking world,” he added, earlier than the band erupted into the commercial, metallic riffage of ‘MANTRA’.
Halfway via the set, they performed the rocket-speed model of ‘Wonderwall’ that they launched in January – a canopy that prompted Liam Gallagher to say: “I fucking LOVE it”.
When NME caught up with BMTH on the BRITs this yr, Sykes stated he was stunned that Liam “didn’t slag it off to the excessive heavens”. Drummer Mat Nicholls added: “We had been anticipating [Liam] to utterly rinse us, however he stated some really good issues! It was cool and I believe it went down pretty much as good as we wished it might.”
Anyway, here is ‘Wonderwall’@bmthofficial x @oasis pic.twitter.com/1n0DQRxT63
— Andrew Trendell (@AndrewTrendell) August 23, 2025
BMTH headlining on the Studying Pageant 2025 pic.twitter.com/ddkohd3pRT
— bmthstanforlyfe.2 (@bmthstanforlife) August 23, 2025
Convey Me the horizon performing Wonderwall is wild #Studying
— Ian G (@nuthall1862) August 23, 2025
Convey me the horizon overlaying wonderwall simply when i believed their efficiency could not get higher
— PUSB 🏴 (@ccfc_07) August 23, 2025
BMTH smashing it at Studying. MGS throwback was superb. Even the duvet of Wonderwall was genius. Adore it!
— Pablo (@pabloscouse) August 23, 2025
Convey me the horizon exhibiting how a headliner efficiency is finished at Studying fest 😍😍
— hollie (@hollieteaches) August 23, 2025
Rattling, Convey Me The Horizon are such reside band.
🔥 🔥 🔥 #ReadingandLeedsFestival
— Stefan (@steftweetshere) August 23, 2025
I’m Sorry, however how fucking good are Convey Me The Horizon?!
— Brett Hayter (@BrettHayter93) August 23, 2025
Elsewhere, Sykes goaded the group into forming an infinite moshpit throughout ‘Joyful Tune’, whereas throughout ‘AmEN!’, the massive display screen augmented actuality results confirmed Sykes remodeling his method via a rogue’s gallery of characters.
The acquainted faces from the band’s Nex Gen saga populated the present, and afterward the band picked out an enthusiastic fan named Lily from the entrance of the group to sing lead vocals on ‘Antivist’.
As they left the stage after an encore that includes ‘Drown’ and ‘Throne’, the band bid farewell to the group whereas waving Palestinian flags.
Convey Me The Horizon wave Palestinian flags throughout efficiency at Studying & Leeds Pageant.
Picture credit score to @sophiiieporter pic.twitter.com/XhONI8etLF
— State of the Scene (@SOTSPodcast) August 23, 2025
These headline exhibits are the one dates that the band will play within the UK in 2025, and Sykes advised that it is likely to be the final time followers see the band earlier than they “go away for perhaps fairly a while”.
UK readers can discover the complete set on the BBC iPlayer right here.
Convey Me The Horizon performed:
‘DArkSide’
‘MANTRA’
‘Joyful Tune’
‘Teardrops’
‘AmEN!’
‘Kool-Help’
‘Shadow Moses’
‘Wonderwall’
‘Kingslayer’
‘Antivist’
‘Comply with You’
‘LosT’
‘Can You Really feel My Coronary heart’
‘Doomed’
‘Drown’
‘Throne’
Different headliners at Studying & Leeds 2025 embrace Hozier, who made an impassioned and prolonged speech in Studying on Friday wherein he spoke out in assist of Palestine Motion, Kneecap, free speech and equality.
Chappell Roan additionally performed a energetic, hits-packed set on Friday in Studying. In a five-star assessment, NME wrote: “All through the efficiency, there’s a sense of camaraderie and group within the crowd. Strangers grow to be new acquaintances, the ‘Sizzling To Go’ dance unites everybody in clumsily attempting to recollect the strikes and in the precise order, and earlier than ‘Pink Wine Supernova’, everybody raises pink cowboy hats and pink bandanas aloft. It appears like tens of hundreds of like-minded individuals who’ve all obtained the identical memo and have been introduced along with the identical intentions.”
Pageant organiser Melvin Benn additionally advised NME on website that he has already booked two of the three nights for subsequent yr’s instalment of Studying & Leeds.
Followers watching Studying & Leeds from dwelling can comply with the NME’s liveblog right here. Additionally learn the way to observe and pay attention on TV and radio right here.
