The Story of Reading 2019 in Fifty Photos
27 August 2019, 08:47
Photography by
Burak Cingi
Big moments for The 1975, Foo Fighters and Billie Eilish as the post-GSCE kids head to Reading to lose their shit at one of the UK’s biggest musical weekends. Burak Cingi was there to witness the madness.
![The 1975 02](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/the_1975_02.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993057&s=de5a4bdde3138636bd749a47fea1bb09)
![The 1975 01](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/the_1975_01.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993058&s=1d16682de452f16be0840c71f1234091)
![Burak crowd04](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/Burak_crowd04.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993062&s=929242cad75c4909105e274e661cd6c2)
![Billie eilish01](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/billie_eilish01.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993065&s=33f0973be48935723f815ef4394429be)
![Billie eilish02](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/billie_eilish02.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993067&s=867bc2c47d8aabde693b8382a4970a53)
![Charli xcx portrait](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/charli_xcx_-_portrait.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993068&s=26f8eebbd36f51ab8fb92d44e7fce200)
![Charli xcx](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/charli_xcx.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993071&s=698b83d9a6717654f703106575471e6d)
![Burak crowd02](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/Burak_crowd02.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993073&s=f90fabad733f7ceb7c51e1d6da2500ad)
![Clairo](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/clairo.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993076&s=2f2ff109c566a2bb8032a9cac8047cdb)
![Post malone01](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/post_malone01.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993078&s=4dfcd0c0eaf913ecd6f47c008c8db813)
![Post malone02](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/post_malone02.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993081&s=9bb49eaf48996ee4a6f0d2f50d5bc96d)
![Bastille portrait](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/bastille_-_portrait.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993082&s=d3c5aaffd216c5f8ca14cbec38165b45)
![Chvurches](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/chvurches.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993084&s=fb4bc4329285d93894adb1e1698dda97)
![Burak crowd01](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/Burak_crowd01.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993085&s=3c2a3a378243e04644aa76e515c4f43b)
![Burak site01](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/Burak_site01.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993087&s=bf6d0fbf804190a3ee0293665a5d194c)
![Barny feltcher portrait](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/barny_feltcher_-_portrait.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993089&s=a86d92b5548a24bb9f2d4cb25f015714)
![Another sky portrait](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/another_sky_-_portrait.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993090&s=8bfdc0529e1fd4d85f086e0e4d6b3d58)
![Slowthai](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/slowthai.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993091&s=ec7b8c6cb6f3d927e9f03d4a5af13c6b)
![Kim petras](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/kim_petras.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993096&s=41a1dd97401ee62b0159a31e15b9c124)
![Burak site04](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/Burak_site04.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993097&s=a0a6abd10f1900cb6165afb0ef5374c9)
![Aj tracey](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/aj_tracey.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993099&s=bccf721d8835d1f6514b99886ceba79c)
![Jeremy zucker portrait](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/jeremy_zucker_-_portrait.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993100&s=11f8dd9a790ee3731d656c44f10853db)
![Mabel](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/mabel.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993102&s=27a7676e0c87706f73efeaafe8bf0d77)
![Lil baby](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/lil_baby.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993103&s=af910284ace948e8ce03b34306643773)
![Foo fighters01](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/foo_fighters01.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993104&s=2d952e2d845846d53739facefc450816)
![No rome portrait](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/no_rome_-_portrait.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993105&s=6ecfa292241b633c6d395f31edc4064d)
![Poppy](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/poppy.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993112&s=2deb2d7f796ab416f6dbab2a4b272193)
![Burak crowd05](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/Burak_crowd05.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993117&s=97ccf7d37aad16b48538e1ff18a4889b)
![Anderson paak](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/anderson_.paak.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993119&s=cdb9703faec752ff5d3e51cf0109c66c)
![Royls portrait](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/royls_-_portrait.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993120&s=1587d3637040eb3ca8689ca001844aeb)
![Dreamers](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/dreamers.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993123&s=f47710fc4de6f2376c87022b27f41f00)
![Hobo johnson portrait](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/hobo_johnson_-_portrait.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993127&s=892d6ddec901833c9fb2edbe24c5e77c)
![Reading uniform](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/reading_uniform.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993128&s=fbf71aaf14c1815efb7b3c7cb156591b)
![Love fame tragedy](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/love_fame_tragedy.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993130&s=0850be1b72523a6e2105920e37c8fb97)
![Pvris](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/pvris.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993132&s=0539c54f94d24085924d3b1c47aeebe1)
![Frank carter abnd the rattlesnakes](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/frank_carter_abnd_the_rattlesnakes.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993135&s=c513241d60d967937c77875b3221b7f0)
![Laura jane grace](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/laura_jane_grace.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993139&s=4f4d3799bb3afc42d11ec01268747b72)
![Mini mansions portrait](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/mini_mansions_-_portrait.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993142&s=7b6b7d49bc95313498397c3cc4766dba)
![Swmrs portrait](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/swmrs_-_portrait.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993143&s=1acc45998d2bc91383fc743c96581b52)
![Sports team portrait](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/sports_team_-_portrait.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993144&s=8cf3dad6700ab44b7290ebc9e595e016)
![Sports team](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/sports_team.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993145&s=2585d8778071f0c6e3ed04d91b60d0df)
![Ten tonnes](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/ten_tonnes.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993146&s=fd9c5b19435057c19442ffa9f7814f61)
![The distillers](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/the_distillers.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993149&s=0a705663a20ea303244a90d2b6ac1b0f)
![Zuzu](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/zuzu.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993151&s=2b00ef978ed4a165060417c39276ffc6)
![Burak site03](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/Burak_site03.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993153&s=f4622811e93b0de3b76111604168c1de)
![Twenty one pilots](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2019/reading-festival-2019-fifty-photos/twenty_one_pilots.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1647993155&s=9cefc56f58d21971e07acefc08a6bdf1)
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