Leeds Festival live updates including traffic latest, set list times, bar prices and a first look around the main arena

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The first Leeds Festival acts have taken to the stage as fans look forward to seeing Friday night headliners The 1975.

For those yet to arrive, there is congestion on the A1(M) and M62 to be navigated but a closure on the A64 due to an earlier accident has now been lifted.

Follow our live blog below and refresh the page for the latest updates on the roads and from inside the festival.

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Welcome to the Yorkshire Evening Post’s Leeds Festival live blog where we’ll be sharing updates throughout the weekend.

A huge crowd of 75,000 music fans are heading to Bramham Park to see big names including headliners The 1975, Dave and Arctic Monkeys.

They’ll be joined by Charlie XCX, Halsey, Megan Thee Stallion, Bring me the Horizon and many more across the three-day event.

The keenest festivalgoers have been up on the site since Wednesday, with many more expected to arrived this morning.

Here’s everything you need to know:

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