Singer Lola Young has surprised fans with a secret set at Reading Festival a year after pulling out of the event due to scheduling conflictsThe 25-year-old, wearing a Vivienne Westwood bodysuit with her signature statement earrings, appeared on the main Grid stage on Sunday for a performance which was originally labelled for a “special guest”.“I am backstage, the cat is out of the bag and I am going to be performing so see you at 14:15 at the Grid stage,” she posted on her Instagram story moments before.“Can’t wait to see you there!”The pop star also had to cancel a string of shows after she collapsed on stage in September 2025.The incident took place while she was performing at the All Things Go music festival at Forest Hills Stadium in New York.Festivalgoers during Reading Festival (PA)The pop star cancelled all upcoming performances and told fans she was “going away for a while” in order to “come back stronger”, making her return to the stage in February 2026.During her set, she sang some of her top hits, including Messy, One Thing and Conceited.Young wore green tracksuit culottes and a black top with long black acrylic nails and joined a star-studded Sunday line-up which includes Florence and the Machine, Loyle Carner, Role Model and Kneecap.The set comes weeks after Young completed a brief six-date UK tour including shows in Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow before finishing with two dates in London.The singer rose to fame following the release of her number one song Messy.Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon MusicSign up now for a 30-day free trial. Terms apply.Try for freeADVERTISEMENT. If you sign up to this service we will earn commission. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.Earlier this year, she took home her first Grammy award, winning Best Pop Solo Performance for her 2024 hit track and also took home the Brit Award for Breakthrough Act.Also headlining the final day of the festival were drum and bass duo Chase & Status, known for hits such as 2023’s Baddadan and 2017’s All Goes Wrong.London indie rock stalwarts Florence + The Machine also took to the main stage earlier in the evening, with singer Florence Welch serenading the crowd with songs such as Everybody Scream, Shake It Out and You Got The Love, with Idles’ Mark Bowen on guitar.Closing their set, Kneecap performed THE RECAP, their 2025 track which confronts the media scrutiny and political backlash the band faced for their pro-Palestine stance and police investigations.