Reading Festival 2024: Here’s everything RAYE played
nme.comRAYE performed at Reading Festival earlier today (August 24). Check out her full setlist below.It was the singer’s first time performing at the festival, and she’ll play Leeds tomorrow (August 25) at 5:50pm.After stepping onto the main stage in a brown, sequined floor-length dress, RAYE opened with ‘Flip A Switch’ from her 2023 debut album ‘My 21st Century Blues‘ — which dissolved into a jazz-inflected version of ‘Decline’.
She later played her latest single ‘Genesis’.“It’s always been a dream to play this festival and I didn’t think we would start off on the mainstage with all these people here,” she told the crowd. “So this is fucking crazy.”It’s not her first time on the festival’s grounds though, she was sure to let the crowd know: “Listen, I’ve done it.
I came to reading when I was 16, when I finished my GCSEs,” she laughed. “Oh yes, I was in the deep end, I was in the dance tent living my life.”Raye performing “Flip A Switch.” at Reading Festival tonight.
pic.twitter.com/tWB6l2XBVr— RAYE Updates (@RayeUpdate) August 24, 2024Elsewhere, the singer used her set to highlight sexual assault in the music industry.
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