Bring Me The Horizon live at Leeds Festival: Britain’s biggest rock band reign supreme

It’s the final day of Leeds Festival and the sea of fans decked out in black eye make-up and dyed hair are proof that Bring Me The Horizon are the main attraction before things draw to a close for another year.

After 20 years as a band, the Sheffield metallers are the ultimate proof of what it’s like to play the long game and win. They may have started life as un underground metal proposition, but they are now Brit Award winning titans. 2024’s Post Human: NeX GEn received critical acclaim and they now enter Leeds as one of the most popular metal bands in the world. 

Though shows in 2025 have been relatively scarce, there’s a real sense of occasion that greets their headline set and they show that by offering up a futuristic stage design which fits the aesthetic of their album. Gaming-inspired animation clips ace sprinkled throughout, while an avatar host provides commentary and appears on the two stage monitors at selective intervals, alongside sharp, laser-like lighting effects, pyrotechnics and fireworks.

Standout moments are in double digits, including ‘Teardrop’, a gigantic moment in the dystopian extravaganza. “Do you know how to jump? Oli Sykes asks, whiles the hugely thunderous ‘AmEN’ is a chance to go wild. A young fan’s dream to perform with her favourite band becomes reality, when she is invited on stage to sing ‘Antivist’.

The band recently decided to cover Oasis’ ‘Wonderwall’, and it’s given a live outing here. Amped up, for sure, but skilfully reimagined.

And as they close the event with the thunderous ‘Throne’, the Leeds crowd sing every word back. It’s very much job done for this Yorkshire homecoming.

There’s the sense that a break is on the horizon after these shows, an opportunity to take stock, and come back even stronger. With nothing to prove, ambition might still push them even further. Stadiums could be the next step.