See Reading & Leeds’ epic new Chevron stage in action
nme.comReading & Leeds saw the festival debut the Chevron stage — a brand-new addition to the music bash. Check it out in action below.The Chevron boasts the world’s first outdoor floating LED video sky canopy and was created especially to host dance music, pop and hip-hop acts.
This year, the stage will be headlined by The Prodigy, Sonny Fodera and Skrillex, as well as hosting performances from the likes of Nia Archives, Denzel Curry, Barry Can’t Swim and Kenny Beats.
The stage will also see the return of the biggest silent disco to R&L.The 40,000-capacity open-air venue’s video canopy is made up of hundreds of thousands of programmable LED lights, “turning the sky into a dazzling, reactive display” and boasted as “a feat of engineering, as the LEDs will appear to be hovering in the air.”Voodoo. @the_prodigy @OfficialRandL pic.twitter.com/WSBNSSbQ3N— Andrew Trendell (@AndrewTrendell) August 23, 2024Videos of The Prodigy’s heading set at the Chevron last night (August 23) showed the LED canopy displaying the electronic dance band’s eclectic video projections and images while performing.In a four-star review of The Prodigy’s performance, NME wrote about the stage and shared: “Reading & Leeds’ new Chevron dance stage, replete with a canopy that glitches, flickers and pulses with flashing lights and even the band’s insidious insect logo, is the perfect platform for their return a festival that, Howlett told NME, has always felt like home.
The stage, meanwhile, is like a steam-punk serial killer’s basement from David Fincher’s nightmares: the aesthetic grey and rusted-looking, with analogue numbers counting down and ominous, oversized figures lurking in the background.”Speaking to NME, Reading & Leeds festival boss Melvin Benn.
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