Leeds Festival 2023: First pictures from Bramham Park as Billie Eilish headlines - live updates

British rock band The Amazons are opening the Main Stage East. Next to grace the stage will be MUNA at 1.20pm, followed by Bakar, Rina Sawayama, Declan Mckenna and Steve Lacy,

21-year-old American superstar Billie Eilish will make history as Leeds Festival’s youngest ever headliner when she takes to the stage at 9.30pm tonight.

Early prices for those buying drinks from Bar One at Leeds Festival.

A shuttle bus to Leeds Festival is running from Sovereign Street, near Leeds station.

Final preparations are being made at Leeds Festival before the main area opens to the public at 11am.

The media tent at Leeds Festival is likely to become Charles’ home away from home for the duration of the event.

Festival goers will have plenty of options when it comes to food stalls with McDonald’s expected to be one of the most popular.

The Yorkshire Evening Post’s Leeds Festival reporter, Charles Gray, has completed perhaps his toughest job of the day - pitching his tent.

The father of a teenager who died after taking ecstasy at Leeds Festival has warned young people going to this year’s event of the risk of being “groomed” by people who are “only interested in selling you drugs”.

David Celino, 16, died after he was taken ill at the festival in August last year, an inquest heard earlier this month.

As thousands of people prepare to attend the event this weekend, David’s parents Nicola and Gianpiero Celino urged parents to talk to their children about drugs.

Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Mrs Celino said: “I think we were a little naive, you know, we’ve come from a background where we’ve not really experimented ourselves and it would have been good to have had more frank conversations with him about it.”

Mr Celino said: “If I could say one thing to (parents) it would be ‘Sit down and have that conversation’.

“But most people who go to these festivals go as a group. It’s really important that that group prepares for what might happen if things go wrong. In David’s case, what happens if you run out of alcohol? Are you going to be tempted?

“People are going to befriend you who seem like they’re cool festival people that you want to associate with but actually they’re trying to groom you, they’re only interested in selling you drugs and actually one of the most dangerous things you can do is to take that step.”

Leeds Festival 2023 kicks off properly today and campers are beginning to set up their tents.

The first night of Leeds Festival will be headlined by American megastar Billie Eilish – the youngest headliner in the festival’s history.

The 21-year-old Californian, who writes, records and performs with her brother Finneas O’Connell, will be the first headliner on the Main Stage East on Friday night.