Here’s everything RAYE played in her Reading 2026 headline set

RAYE headlined Reading Festival for the first time in her career tonight – see the full setlist and footage below. READ MORE: RAYE – ‘This Music May Contain Hope’ review: musical maximalism at its grandest The South London singer took to the festival’s main stage – now known as The Grid – at Little John’s Farm tonight (August 29), following Dave’s co-headline performance. RAYE played at Reading for the first time ever two years ago, earning a five-star review from NME at the time, and she opened her first headline set with her breakout 2022 single ‘Escapism’, to huge singalongs from the crowd. Backed by her familiar horn and string sections and full band, she blended pop, soul, jazz and dance across a set drawn from her acclaimed albums ‘My 21st Century Blues‘ and ‘This Music May Contain Hope‘. An emotional performance of ‘I Know You’re Hurting’ saw her lead the crowd in a chant of “It’s gonna be alright“, before tapping into the house energy of her early career with ‘Secrets’ and ‘You Don’t Know Me’. She brought out her sisters Amma and Absolutely for a rousing version of ‘Joy’ before bringing the curtain down with a huge rendition of ‘Where Is My Husband?’ RAYE’s Reading 2026 set...