{"id":600663,"date":"2026-08-30T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/600663\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T14:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:02:10","slug":"heres-everything-raye-played-in-her-reading-2026-headline-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/600663\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s everything RAYE played in her Reading 2026 headline set"},"content":{"rendered":"

RAYE<\/a> headlined Reading Festival<\/a> for the first time in her career tonight \u2013 see the full setlist and footage below.<\/p>\n

The South London singer took to the festival\u2019s main stage \u2013 now known as The Grid \u2013 at Little John\u2019s Farm tonight (August 29), following\u00a0Dave\u2019s co-headline performance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RAYE played at Reading for the first time ever two years ago,\u00a0earning a five-star review from\u00a0NME\u00a0at the time<\/a>, and she opened her first headline set with her breakout 2022 single \u2018Escapism\u2019, to huge singalongs from the crowd.<\/p>\n

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 \u2018My 21st Century Blues<\/a>\u2018 and \u2018This Music May Contain Hope<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n

An emotional performance of \u2018I Know You\u2019re Hurting\u2019 saw her lead the crowd in a chant of \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be alright\u201c, before tapping into the house energy of her early career with \u2018Secrets\u2019 and \u2018You Don\u2019t Know Me\u2019.<\/p>\n

She brought out her sisters Amma and Absolutely for a rousing version of \u2018Joy\u2019 before bringing the curtain down with a huge rendition of \u2018Where Is My Husband?\u2019<\/p>\n

RAYE\u2019s Reading 2026 setlist was:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Escapism\u2019
\u2018Beware\u2026The South London Lover Boy\u2019
\u2018Skin & Bones\u2019
\u2018Worth It\u2019
\u2018The WhatsApp Shakespeare\u2019
\u2018Oscar Winning Tears\u2019
\u2018Winter Woman\u2019
\u2018I Know You\u2019re Hurting\u2019
\u2018Click Clack Symphony\u2019
\u2018Secrets \/ You Don\u2019t Know Me\u2019
\u2018Life Boat \/ Prada\u2019
\u2018Joy\u2019 (with Amma and Absolutely)
\u2018Where Is My Husband?\u2019<\/p>\n

RAYE released her second album, the Mercury-nominated<\/a> \u2018This Music May Contain Hope<\/a>\u2019 in March, and it includes contributions from\u00a0Hans Zimmer<\/a>,\u00a0Al Green\u00a0<\/a>and her sisters Amma and Absolutely.<\/p>\n

In a five-star review of the album<\/a>,\u00a0NME\u00a0wrote: \u201c\u2018This Music May Contain Hope\u2019 is RAYE firing on all cylinders \u2013 and then some.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0showstopping musical maximalism at its grandest, while still being grounded in relatable experiences and unbridled emotions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgain, it\u2019s admittedly a lot to take in \u2013 but that\u2019s also why it\u2019s so glorious, every theatrical flourish and stylistic detour a declaration from RAYE that she is finally making music for herself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tonight\u2019s headline performance came two years after RAYE\u00a0made her Reading debut with a heartwarming main-stage set<\/a>. That appearance followed her\u00a0record-breaking success at the 2024 BRIT Awards<\/a>, where she became the first artist to win six prizes in a single year.<\/p>\n

Earlier this summer, she\u00a0brought out Alicia Keys and Mark Ronson during a special performance marking the 60th anniversary of Montreux Jazz Festival<\/a>. Ronson joined her for \u2018Uptown Funk\u2019 and their collaboration \u2018Suzanne\u2019, while Keys performed \u2018If I Ain\u2019t Got You\u2019 and \u2018Oscar Winning Tears\u2019 with her.<\/p>\n

Outside music, RAYE is also set to\u00a0make her acting debut in Yann Demange\u2019s forthcoming crime thriller\u00a0<\/a>Lineage<\/a>, which also stars Jason Bateman and Jude Law.<\/p>\n

Check back at\u00a0<\/a>NME\u00a0<\/a>here<\/a>\u00a0for the latest news, reviews, photos, interviews and much more from Reading & Leeds 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RAYE headlined Reading Festival for the first time in her career tonight \u2013 see the full setlist and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409,875],"class_list":["post-600663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music","tag-pop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}