Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1971 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 35 acts for Reading & Leeds 1971. Headliners were Arthur Brown, East of Eden and Colosseum. 26 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

35acts
1stages
74%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Arthur Brown
Daddy Longlegs Warm Dust Bell & Arc Ricotti/Albuquerque Armada Accrington Stanley Anno Domini
Saturday
East of Eden
Sha Na Na Lindisfarne Ralph McTell Hardin & York Wishbone Ash Terry Reid Stud Renaissance
Audience Genesis Gillian McPherson Universe
Sunday
Colosseum
Rory Gallagher Al Kooper Iain Matthews Medicine Head Van Der Graaf Generator Osibisa Stray Demick & Armstrong
Clark Hutchinson Storyteller Country Jug Colonel Bagshot Steel Mill

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Arthur Brown
  2. 2Daddy Longlegs
  3. 3Warm Dust
  4. 4Bell & Arc
  5. 5Ricotti/Albuquerque
  6. 6Armada
  7. 7Accrington Stanley
  8. 8Anno Domini

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1East of Eden
  2. 2Sha Na Na
  3. 3Lindisfarne
  4. 4Ralph McTell
  5. 5Hardin & York
  6. 6Wishbone Ash
  7. 7Terry Reid
  8. 8Stud
  9. 9Renaissance
  10. 10Audience
  11. 11Genesis
  12. 12Gillian McPherson
  13. 13Universe

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Colosseum
  2. 2Rory Gallagher
  3. 3Al Kooper
  4. 4Iain Matthews
  5. 5Medicine Head
  6. 6Van Der Graaf Generator
  7. 7Osibisa
  8. 8Stray
  9. 9Demick & Armstrong
  10. 10Clark Hutchinson
  11. 11Storyteller
  12. 12Country Jug
  13. 13Colonel Bagshot
  14. 14Steel Mill
On this bill

Their festival histories

Lindisfarne 5 appearances Rory Gallagher 4 appearances · headlined 3× Terry Reid 4 appearances Wishbone Ash 4 appearances · headlined 1× Arthur Brown 3 appearances · headlined 1× East of Eden 3 appearances · headlined 1× Genesis 3 appearances · headlined 1× Osibisa 3 appearances · headlined 1×

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1971

Arthur BrownAccrington StanleyAl KooperAnno DominiArmadaBell & ArcColonel BagshotCountry JugDemick & ArmstrongGenesisGillian McPhersonIain MatthewsMedicine HeadOsibisaRalph McTellRenaissanceRicotti/AlbuquerqueRory GallagherSha Na NaSteel MillStorytellerStrayStudTerry ReidUniverseWarm Dust

Other festivals in 1971

Glastonbury 1971 2 shared
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1971

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1971?

Arthur Brown, East of Eden and Colosseum were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1971. 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 1971 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 35 acts for Reading & Leeds 1971. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1971?

26 acts on the 1971 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Arthur Brown, Accrington Stanley, Al Kooper, Anno Domini and Armada.

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.