Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1978 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 31 acts for Reading & Leeds 1978. Headliners were The Jam, Status Quo and Patti Smith. 27 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

31acts
1stages
87%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
The Jam
Ultravox Pirates Sham 69 Penetration Radio Stars New Hearts The Automatics Dennis O'Brien
Saturday
Status Quo
The Motors Spirit Lindisfarne The Greg Kihn Band Next Gruppo Sportivo The Business Jenny Darren
Speedometers
Sunday
Patti Smith
Tom Robinson Band Foreigner Chelsea Ian Gillan Band Paul Inder Albion Band John Otway Squeeze
Bethnal Pacific Eardrum After The Fire

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Jam
  2. 2Ultravox
  3. 3Pirates
  4. 4Sham 69
  5. 5Penetration
  6. 6Radio Stars
  7. 7New Hearts
  8. 8The Automatics
  9. 9Dennis O'Brien

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Status Quo
  2. 2The Motors
  3. 3Spirit
  4. 4Lindisfarne
  5. 5The Greg Kihn Band
  6. 6Next
  7. 7Gruppo Sportivo
  8. 8The Business
  9. 9Jenny Darren
  10. 10Speedometers

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Patti Smith
  2. 2Tom Robinson Band
  3. 3Foreigner
  4. 4Chelsea
  5. 5Ian Gillan Band
  6. 6Paul Inder
  7. 7Albion Band
  8. 8John Otway
  9. 9Squeeze
  10. 10Bethnal
  11. 11Pacific Eardrum
  12. 12After The Fire
On this bill

Their festival histories

Patti Smith 6 appearances · headlined 1× Squeeze 6 appearances · headlined 1× Lindisfarne 5 appearances Status Quo 5 appearances · headlined 2× John Otway 3 appearances Speedometers 2 appearances The Motors 2 appearances Tom Robinson Band 2 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1978

The JamPatti SmithAfter The FireAlbion BandThe AutomaticsBethnalThe BusinessChelseaDennis O'BrienForeignerThe Greg Kihn BandGruppo SportivoIan Gillan BandJenny DarrenJohn OtwayNew HeartsNextPacific EardrumPaul InderPenetrationPiratesRadio StarsSham 69SpeedometersSpiritSqueezeTom Robinson Band

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Lindisfarnelast played Reading & Leeds in 19735 years
  2. Status Quolast played Reading & Leeds in 19735 years

Other festivals in 1978

Glastonbury 1978
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1978

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1978?

The Jam, Status Quo and Patti Smith were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1978. 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 1978 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 31 acts for Reading & Leeds 1978. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1978?

27 acts on the 1978 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including The Jam, Patti Smith, After The Fire, Albion Band and The Automatics.

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.