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Festival-goers can now get cash back for returning their used tents after Leeds Festival

What a great intiative.

Clementine Hall Clementine Hall - 28th August 2026

Those heading to Leeds Fest this weekend could get some of their money back thanks to a new tent pledge.

And it's all in an attempt to stop festival waste.

Decathlon is encouraging festival-goers to ditch the ‘one and done’ approach to festival camping by offering refunds when used tents are returned. How class is that?

Under the tent pledge, customers can get 100% of the original purchase price back as a Decathlon gift card, or claim up to 50% back in cash, depending on the condition of their tent.

The offer is available on Decathlon’s QUECHUA tents until Sunday 6 September.

It comes as concerns continue to grow around the amount of waste left behind at UK festivals. According to Decathlon, UK festivals generate around 25,800 tonnes of waste every year, while as many as 250,000 tents are abandoned in fields each summer.

But instead of leaving your tent behind, Decathlon is asking campers to bring it back to one of its stores, along with proof of purchase. It really is as simple as that.

Returned tents in good condition will be assessed, cleaned and potentially resold through the retailer’s Second Life programme, giving them another lease of life rather than sending them to landfill.

Customers have got to be Decathlon Members to take part, although membership is free and the retailer says refunds can be transferred to customers’ bank accounts in as little as an hour.

“Our No Tent Life Behind scheme goes from strength to strength each year,” says Chris Allen, Sustainability Leader at Decathlon UK.

“What started as a small-scale initiative has become an important part of how we approach camping and festivals more broadly - encouraging customers to return used equipment, keep valuable materials in circulation, and give more products a second chapter through our Second Life programme.

"This year, we’re helping customers’ pockets as well as our planet. With our new one-hour bank transfer service, we’re providing the flexibility and value needed to turn unused gear into new adventures."

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Fontaines D.C. announce huge Leeds gig on new European tour

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson Fontaines D.C. are heading back to Leeds on their new European tour

Fontaines D.C. are coming to Leeds for a huge headline show as part of their biggest tour to date.

The wildly popular Irish rock band are set to play a whopping 20 arena shows across Europe and the UK this autumn, including a major gig at Leeds' First Direct Bank Arena.

The tour has been announced in celebration of their upcoming fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, which is set for release this October.

Fontaines D.C. will hit the road just five days after the album drops, kicking off their European tour in Lisbon on 21 October.

They'll then make their way over to the UK, with shows in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham and London.

The band are set to play the First Direct Bank Arena on Tuesday 24 November, giving Leeds fans the chance to see one of the biggest names in modern rock on their biggest headline tour yet.

The announcement comes as Fontaines D.C. prepare to headline Reading & Leeds Festival, where they'll take to the stage at one of the UK's biggest music events.

They've already released Marianne, the first single from their new album, and frontman Grian Chatten says of the record: "The album itself is a dopamine chamber. You step inside and we test these different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music on you."

The new record has been recorded between London, the English countryside, and Palermo, where Chatten recorded vocals in a makeshift booth built from mattresses and cushions.

He said: "There’s a poignant sense of us being on the brink of some other kind of form of humanity, or non-humanity."

Tickets will go on general sale at 10am on Thursday 3 September, with pre-sale live from 10am on Tuesday 1 September.

Fans who pre-order Dopamine Chamber from the official store by 6pm on Monday 31 August will gain access to the UK pre-sale.

Tickets will be available HERE.

Fontaines D.C. UK tour dates in full

  • Friday 20 November - Liverpool, UK - M&S Bank Arena
  • Saturday 21 November - Manchester, UK - AO Arena
  • Sunday 22 November - Glasgow, UK - OVO Hydro
  • Tuesday 24 November - Leeds, UK - First Direct Bank Arena
  • Wednesday 25 November - Birmingham, UK - Utilita Arena
  • Friday 27 November - London, UK - The O2 Arena

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Leeds Festival 2026 – drinks prices for beer, cider, wine, spirits and more

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Leeds Festival 2026 is officially underway and we've rounded up drinks prices at the bars on the festival site.

While many of us will be sipping on warm cans of cider and boxes of wine at the camp sites, you can't take any of your own alcohol into the arena (where all the stages are) itself.

So you'll need to budget for drinks over the course of the weekend if you want to watch the headliners with a pint in hand.

And with headline performances from the likes of Fontaines D.C., Raye, Florence and the Machine and Dave, there's masses of amazing live music on the horizon at Leeds Festival 2026.

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We're already on site at Leeds Festival ready to bring you all the action and updates from this massive weekend - staring with, importantly, drinks prices.

So, let's get into it...

This year you're looking at paying around £7 of beer and £7.50 £7.50 for a pint of cider.

Different for this year, is you'll get 10% off if paying with a Paypal debit card which you can get for free - which we think is pretty class and well worth your time.

You can take your own empty water bottles in to refill at water stations around the festival site.

You're also allowed to bring in sealed water/soft drinks which are 500ml or less.

And if you're taking your own booze into the campsites, remember that there's no glass allowed, so you'll need to decant anything into plastic bottles.

Here are all your drinks prices for Leeds Festival 2026

Beer and cider

  • Budweiser - £7 (£6.30 with Paypal discount)
  • Corona Extra - £7.50 (£6.75 with Paypal discount)
  • Kopparberg Crisp Apple - £7.50 (£6.75 with Paypal discount)
  • Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime - £7.70 (£6.93 with Paypal discount)

Wine and sparkling

  • Sauvignon Blanc - 175ml £10 / btl £35 (£9/£31.5 with Paypal discount)
  • Rose - 175ml £10 / btl £35 (£9/£31.5 with Paypal discount)
  • Italian sparkling - 200ml £10 (£9 with Paypal discount)

No and Low

  • Budweiser Zero - £5.80 (£5.22 with Paypal discount)
  • Water - £2.50 (£2.25 with Paypal discount)

And that should just about do you in terms of booze - as always, please drink responsibly and look after each other.

For all the other important information, you can consult our complete 2026 Leeds Festival guide down below.

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