Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1970 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 48 acts for Reading & Leeds 1970 across 2 stages. Headliners were Jellybread, Family, Taste and Deep Purple. 33 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

48acts
2stages
69%first time at Reading & Leeds
Thursday
Jellybread
Fox Samuel Purdy Castle
Friday
Family
Steamhammer The Groundhogs Fat Mattress Rare Bird Audience Clark Hutchinson Patto Daddy Longlegs
Saturday
Taste
Hardin York Jackson Heights Black Sabbath Keef Hartley Peter Green East of Eden Granny's New Intentions Magna Carta
Strawbs Cat Stevens Fotheringay Gracious Made in Sweden The Chicago Climax Blues Band Quatermass Wild Angels Brethren T2
Sunday
Deep Purple
Juicy Lucy Yes Hard Meat Van Der Graaf Generator Colosseum Every Which Way Chris Barber Band Turley Richards
Incredible String Band Trevor Billmuss Matthews Southern Comfort Burnin' Red Ivanhoe Da-Da Wishbone Ash Caravan

Thursday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Jellybread
  2. 2Fox
  3. 3Samuel Purdy
  4. 4Castle

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Family
  2. 2Steamhammer
  3. 3The Groundhogs
  4. 4Fat Mattress
  5. 5Rare Bird
  6. 6Audience
  7. 7Clark Hutchinson
  8. 8Patto
  9. 9Daddy Longlegs

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Taste
  2. 2Hardin York
  3. 3Jackson Heights
  4. 4Black Sabbath
  5. 5Keef Hartley
  6. 6Peter Green
  7. 7East of Eden
  8. 8Granny's New Intentions
  9. 9Magna Carta
  10. 10Strawbs
  11. 11Cat Stevens
  12. 12Fotheringay
  13. 13Gracious
  14. 14Made in Sweden

Village stage

  1. 1The Chicago Climax Blues Band
  2. 2Quatermass
  3. 3Wild Angels
  4. 4Brethren
  5. 5T2

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Deep Purple
  2. 2Juicy Lucy
  3. 3Yes
  4. 4Hard Meat
  5. 5Van Der Graaf Generator
  6. 6Colosseum
  7. 7Every Which Way
  8. 8Chris Barber Band
  9. 9Turley Richards
  10. 10Incredible String Band
  11. 11Trevor Billmuss
  12. 12Matthews Southern Comfort
  13. 13Burnin' Red Ivanhoe

Village stage

  1. 1Da-Da
  2. 2Chris Barber Band
  3. 3Wishbone Ash
  4. 4Caravan
On this bill

Their festival histories

Chris Barber 9 appearances · headlined 3× Climax Blues Band 5 appearances Lindisfarne 5 appearances Steamhammer 4 appearances Wishbone Ash 4 appearances · headlined 1× Yes 4 appearances · headlined 1× Black Sabbath 3 appearances · headlined 2× East of Eden 3 appearances · headlined 1×

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1970

JellybreadAudienceBlack SabbathBurnin' Red IvanhoeCastleClark HutchinsonColosseumDaddy LonglegsEvery Which WayFotheringayFoxGraciousGranny's New IntentionsHardin & YorkJackson HeightsJuicy LucyMade in SwedenMatthews Southern ComfortPattoRare BirdSamuel PurdyTrevor BillmussTurley RichardsVan Der Graaf GeneratorYusuf / Cat StevensCaravanClimax Blues BandLindisfarneQuatermassT2Vinegar JoeWild AngelsWishbone Ash

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Peter Greenlast played Reading & Leeds in 19673 years
  2. Deep Purplelast played Reading & Leeds in 19682 years
  3. The Incredible String Bandlast played Reading & Leeds in 19682 years
  4. Tastelast played Reading & Leeds in 19682 years

Other festivals in 1970

Glastonbury 1970 1 shared
Next yearReading & Leeds 1971Arthur Brown · East of Eden · ColosseumSee the lineup →

Questions about Reading & Leeds 1970

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1970?

Jellybread, Family, Taste and Deep Purple were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1970. The source marks no headliners, so these are the first acts listed on the main stage each day.

How many acts are on the Reading & Leeds 1970 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 48 acts for Reading & Leeds 1970 across 2 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1970?

33 acts on the 1970 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Jellybread, Audience, Black Sabbath, Burnin' Red Ivanhoe and Castle.

Source: Wikipedia, "Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups" (revision 1381448680), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. This year's source marks no headliners, so the first act listed on the main stage each day is shown as the headliner. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.