Micah Richards was spotted at Reading Festival over the weekend, joining former Manchester City teammate Joleon Lescott at the front of the crowd as Lescott performed a DJ set, according to 90min.
The two defenders, who shared considerable success together at City during a trophy-laden period in the club's history, were reunited in rather different circumstances than those that first brought them together. Richards, now a familiar presence on television punditry, was filmed dancing and chanting as Lescott worked the decks — a scene that 90min described as Richards partying hard in the front row.
Lescott has developed a secondary career as a DJ since retiring from professional football, and Reading Festival provided a prominent platform for that pursuit. The event, one of the longest-running music festivals in the country, draws significant crowds each summer, and a former Premier League centre-back on the line-up is precisely the sort of crossover moment the festival circuit tends to generate.
For Richards, the appearance offered a rare glimpse of the man away from the studio. His broadcasting work has made him one of the more recognisable faces in the game's media landscape, and his evident enthusiasm at Lescott's set — dancing, chanting, visibly enjoying himself — will do little to diminish that reputation for warmth and energy.
Whether Lescott's festival appearances expand further into the calendar remains to be seen. For now, the image of two former City teammates sharing a moment at Reading — one behind the decks, one in the crowd — stands as a pleasant footnote to careers that were built rather more quietly on defending.