Kasabian’s Leeds Festival headlining slot under threat as bosses send urgent warning to ‘take cover’
KASABIAN’S Leeds Festival headlining slot is under threat as bosses have sent an urgent warning to “take cover”.
The annual festival kicked off it’s four-day extravaganza today, with revellers expected to turn up in their thousands to see their favourite acts perform live.
Iconic rock band Kasabian, which consists of members Sergio Pizzorno, Chris Edwards, Ian Matthews and Tim Carter, are set to perform tonight at on The Grid stage from 9:20 to 10:50pm.
However, it’s been revealed that a thunderstorm is going to happen in Leeds and it could derail the highly-anticipated performance.
The organisers took to Instagram to share a statement for those attending the festival today.
They penned: “Weather update. There will be a thunderstorm in Leeds today.
“Please take cover where you can including in your camping tents and avoid sheltering under trees.”
Festival-goers took to the comments section to share their thoughts as they urged bosses not to cancel acts because of the weather.
One person wrote: “I better see no acts cancelled because of this weather.”
Another reveller commented: “Is this a joke.”
Somebody else said: “Please don’t do what you did last time and shut the stages down. Hopefully the stages aren’t affected much.”
Yet another joked: “It wouldn’t be Leeds Festival without rain!!”
The iconic event began at 10am this morning and will be running until Sunday evening.
Other stars set to perform over the next few days are Charli XCX, Chase and Status, Dave, Florence + The Machine and Raye.
As well as this, sombr, Skepta, Jade and Declan McKenna will also be crooning to some of their biggest tracks.
The iconic event is taking place at Bramham Park, which is located between Leeds and York.