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The 31 most-read bands based in Leicester, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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31 bands are ranked in Leicester. 1 entered the top 50 this month. The biggest move was The Bomb Party, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Kasabianalternative rock, indie rock | 53,070 | 0 |
02 | Showaddywaddyglam rock | 9,927 | 0 |
03 | Cornershopdance | 6,764 | 0 |
04 | Familyprogressive rock, psychedelic rock | 4,064 | NEW |
05 | Black Widowhard rock, occult rock | 1,903 | 0 |
06 | hard lifeindie pop | 1,459 | -2 |
07 | Blitzkriegheavy metal, nwobhm | 1,331 | -1 |
08 | Gaye Bykers on Acidgrebo, neo-psychedelia | 777 | -1 |
09 | Maybeshewillpost-rock, instrumental | 427 | -1 |
09 | Springprogressive rock | 427 | 0 |
11 | Diesel Park Westalternative rock, americana | 403 | -1 |
12 | Crazyheadgrebo | 302 | -1 |
13 | The Dallas Boyspop | 261 | +4 |
14 | Chrome Mollyhard rock | 257 | -2 |
15 | Rabidpunk | 229 | -2 |
16 | The Bomb Partypost-punk, grebo | 187 | +5 |
17 | The Kings of Frog Islandrock, stoner rock | 167 | -3 |
18 | Yeah Yeah Nohalternative rock | 163 | +1 |
19 | ISANelectronic, electronica | 156 | -1 |
20 | Vibronicsdub, reggae | 150 | +5 |
21 | Perfumebritpop, indie rock | 148 | +2 |
22 | The Chrysanthemumsart rock | 137 | -6 |
23 | Her Name Is Callapost-rock, electronic | 130 | 0 |
24 | Just Kiddinelectronic | 100 | -9 |
25 | The Juniperspsychedelic pop | 93 | -3 |
26 | The Disco Zombiespost-punk, punk | 71 | +1 |
27 | The Hunters Clubgrebo | 51 | -1 |
28 | Pacific Ocean Fireamericana | 29 | 0 |
29 | Out Of Karmaalternative rock | 24 | 0 |
30 | Lazarus Clamppunk rock | 14 | -10 |
31 | Fire Next Timenew wave | 8 | -1 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.