{"id":93602,"date":"2025-08-24T13:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/93602\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T13:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:29:07","slug":"the-nu-metal-giants-keep-the-hits-rollin-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/93602\/","title":{"rendered":"the nu-metal giants keep the hits rollin\u2019 in"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the majority of the crowd at Reading 2025<\/a>, the nu-metal heyday was something before their time. But while they may not have been there for Fred Durst\u2019s now-iconic red cap sparking its own fashion trend or the Ben Stiller-starring music video for \u2018Rollin\u2019\u2019 dominating MTV, when Limp Bizkit<\/a> rock up to the main stage tonight (August 23), the \u201990s giants fulfil their promise of taking us back to 1999.<\/p>\n

Seeing as they\u2019ve been more or less touring nonstop since the release of 2021\u2019s \u2018Still Sucks\u2019, it comes as no surprise that their set at Reading tonight is technically seamless. After walking out to Oasis<\/a>\u2019 \u2018Roll With It\u2019 \u2013 backed by an odd, seemingly AI-generated image of Liam<\/a> and Noel Gallagher<\/a> giving them a thumbs up \u2013 the band prove that they have the formula to whip thousands into a feral frenzy with little effort required. \u201cThis is so much fun \u2013 and let\u2019s hear it for this beautiful weather,\u201d Durst quips, looking out into the looming grey clouds as the audience find any excuse to break into another mosh pit.<\/p>\n

\"\"Limp Bizkit at Reading 2025. CREDIT: Andy Ford For NME<\/p>\n

Musically, this is Limp Bizkit on top form. Guitarist Wes Borland, clad in his elaborate Day Of The Dead mask and matching suit, delivers his usual blend of sonically rich riffs. Durst\u2019s unmistakable vocals and tongue-in-cheek comments lock the crowd in the palm of his hand as classics like \u2018Nookie\u2019, \u2018Break Stuff\u2019 and \u2018Full Nelson\u2019 dominate the setlist.<\/p>\n

If you want to see the nu-metal pioneers doing what they do best, this is the place. There is no mistaking that the energy the band harness during their hour-long set has been meticulously perfected over the years to make this the most quintessential \u2018Limp Bizkit show\u2019 possible. Their set may not have all the bells and whistles of headliners Bring Me The Horizon<\/a>. But between cheeky interludes of Metallica<\/a> and Pantera <\/a>classics, a surprisingly heartfelt cover of The Who<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Behind Blue Eyes\u2019, and inviting a young one fan to rip through a \u2018Full Nelson\u2019 duet<\/a>, this is still one of the most engaging sets of the night.<\/p>\n

While others this weekend, like Hozier<\/a>, Enter Shikari<\/a>\u00a0and Soft Play<\/a>, have used their Reading sets to deliver impassioned speeches on political issues, for Limp Bizkit the aim is much more straightforward: \u201cWe have to party like it\u2019s 1999 in this motherfucker.\u201d Whether you\u2019ve been there from the start or only just jumped on the bandwagon, the band can still recapture the intensity they had at the turn of the millennium and have no intention of losing steam anytime soon.<\/p>\n

\"\"Limp Bizkit at Reading 2025. CREDIT: Andy Ford For NME<\/p>\n

Limp Bizkit\u2019s Reading setlist was:<\/p>\n

\u2018Break Stuff\u2019
\u2018My Generation\u2019
\u2018Hot Dog\u2019
\u2018Rollin\u2019
\u2018Nookie\u2019
\u2018Full Nelson\u2019
\u2018Dad Vibes\u2019
\u2018Behind Blue Eyes\u2019
\u2018My Way\u2019
\u2018Take A Look Around\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the majority of the crowd at Reading 2025, the nu-metal heyday was something before their time. But…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341,6923],"class_list":{"0":"post-93602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-nu-metal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}