The Killers' potential Reading and Leeds Festival setlist ahead of performances

26 August 2023 , 12:00

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The Killers' potential Reading and Leeds Festival setlist ahead of performances

The Killers will perform to a sold-out crowd of 80,000 punters at Reading and Leeds Festivals this weekend.

The American group consisting of Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Ronnie Vannucci Jr. and Mark Stoermer last played the weekend event in 2008 and fans will be flocking in their thousands to see them. This year, they join fellow headliners Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, The 1975 and Imagine Dragons on the line-up, alongside the likes of Only The Poets and You Me At Six.

Festival bosses have finally confirmed the set times for each act and luckily, despite being co-headliners, The Killers and The 1975 do not clash. But what songs can fans expect to see? Their recent shows have consisted of similar setlists, so here are the tracks you need to practise ahead of their performances at Richfield Avenue in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds.

Setlist

Brandon Flowers and co will be hoping fans can smile like they mean it over the weekend (Getty Images)

• My Own Soul's Warning

• Enterlude

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• When You Were Young

• Jenny Was a Friend of Mine

• Smile Like You Mean It

• Shot at the Night

• Running Towards a Place

• Boy

• Somebody Told Me

• Spaceman

• For Reasons Unknown

• Runaways

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• Read My Mind

• Dying Breed

• Caution (with "Rut" Segue intro)

• All These Things That I've Done

• Human

• Mr. Brightside

However, this setlist is based on recent performances this week.

As the headline act, the lads will be performing at 9.50pm - 11.20pm on Main Stage East at Reading Festival (Saturday) and then taking to Main Stage West Leeds on Sunday between 9.20pm - 10.50pm. The full set times for the weekend can be found here.

The gates for the 2023 event opened on Wednesday as people headed to the fields to try and secure the best camp spot which would ensure they're close to all of the action. But as music lovers prepare for the headline artists to take to the various stages, bosses have now confirmed set times.

Before The Mirror heads to Leeds, we're here to bring you all you need to know in order to prepare yourself. This year, there are various safety measures put in place to protect festivalgoers with each campsite having a designated AIRS Hub (Assistance, Information and Response) which will work alongside the security and stewards.

This year, the BBC will be streaming Reading Festival via the Player platform for music lovers. Selected performances will be made available via the Reading Highlights channel on the platform from August 28. But before then, the service will have a designated Reading and Leeds channel which will show previous performances between August 21 and August 27.

Daniel Bird