'Playing Reading Festival is full-circle moment'

A dance music duo who will be headlining a Reading Festival stage say the experience will be a "full-circle moment" for them.

In Parallel, made up of Staffordshire pair George Stevenson, from Hixon, and Harrison Baker, from Penkridge, will perform on the Smirnoff Stage at 22:00 BST on Saturday.

They formed the band just 10 months ago and have already played shows abroad, including touring Australia and New Zealand earlier this year.

Mr Stevenson, 20, said the nerves had "worn off a bit" and the main thing he was worried about was whether or not people would be there.

"Once you start playing and people are there, it's great," he told BBC Radio Stoke.

He said he had been to the event's sister festival in Leeds when he was a teenager, adding: "It's a bit of a full-circle moment."

The duo have played shows across the world since forming 10 months ago

The pair met after Mr Stevenson signed for Mr Baker's music label two years ago, and they realised they had the same postcodes.

They attended a number of writing camps with friends before forming In Parallel last October.

As well as their tour of Australia and New Zealand, the group have performed in front of about 8,000 people at Boardmasters in Cornwall, which Mr Baker, 23, said was a personal highlight.

"We were just sat there 10 minutes before the set and we could just see hundreds of people walking to the tent for our set," he added.

"That was a very special feeling - to know people were going specifically for your set."

'Just excited'

Mr Baker said it felt "pretty mad" to be playing at Reading Festival, particularly at the same time as chart-topping band Bring Me The Horizon.

"There's definitely going to be some people coming…I'm just excited to see how many people turn up to be honest," he said.

"I think it's going to be a bit mad walking out on stage to that many people."

The duo said they were confident they were going to "put on a really good show" and were looking forward to the reaction.

Mr Baker said they were expecting summer 2026 to be busy for them and hoped they could perform at Glastonbury in 2027.