Chase & Status and Dave dominate Reading Festival crowd ratings as GigPigeon reveals fan verdicts

Official festival-goer ratings and reviews crown the high-octane headliners, while a rained-out crowd relegates James Marriott to the bottom spot.

Following an explosive weekend of live music at Richfield Avenue, festival-goers have officially delivered their verdicts on who owned the stage, and who fell flat. According to crowd ratings compiled by live music tracking app GigPigeon, drum-and-bass heavyweights Chase & Status and British rap icon Dave delivered the defining performances of Reading Festival, while YouTuber-turned-musician James Marriott recorded the weekend’s lowest audience score.

The weekend’s top 5 shows

1. 1

   Chase & Status

   5.0 / 5.0

   Securing the weekend’s only flawless score, the electronic pioneers turned the arena into a muddy open-air rave, with one fan dubbing it “incredible… Disconnect and Blind Faith were massive highlights, so good!”

2. 2

   Dave

   4.75 / 5.0

   Rap titan Dave earned near-perfect marks for an emotional, high-energy spectacle, hailed by attendees as an “excellent set where the bangers banged” alongside a standout guest turn from Kano.

3. 3

   Royal Blood

   4.67 / 5.0

   Stealing the weekend with a packed secret set on the BBC Radio 1 stage, the rock duo were praised as “worth the entrance fee alone” and “what Reading festival is all about.”

4. 4

   Florence + The Machine

   4.38 / 5.0

   Delivering a theatrical, rain-soaked masterclass, Florence Welch enchanted the crowd as an “epic set with an amazing voice, not sure if she conjured the torrential rain, she might be a witch!”

5. 5

   Seb Lowe, RAYE & Kingfishr (three-way tie)

   4.25 / 5.0

   Oldham singer-songwriter Seb Lowe earned acclaim as “brilliant, punchy, political, Divine Comedy crossed with Three Daft Monkeys,” sharing fifth place with RAYE’s “superb cabaret of songs and styles” and Kingfishr’s “fantastic folk-rock crowd pleaser.”

The weekend’s toughest crowd: James Marriott (2.17 / 5.0)

At the opposite end of the spectrum, Brighton creator and musician James Marriott anchored the bottom of the table at 2.17 / 5.0.