Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1979 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 30 acts for Reading & Leeds 1979. Headliners were The Police, The Scorpions and Peter Gabriel. 28 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

30acts
1stages
93%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
The Police
The Tourists Motörhead Wilko Johnson The Cure Doll by Doll Punishment of Luxury The Jags Bite the Pillow
Saturday
The Scorpions
Inner Circle Cheap Trick Steve Hackett Gillan Bram Tchaikovsky The Movies Little Bo Bitch The Yachts
Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band
Sunday
Peter Gabriel
Whitesnake Nils Lofgren Climax Blues Band Molly Hatchet The Members Wild Horses Zaine Griff Speedometers
Terra Nova The Cobbers

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Police
  2. 2The Tourists
  3. 3Motörhead
  4. 4Wilko Johnson
  5. 5The Cure
  6. 6Doll by Doll
  7. 7Punishment of Luxury
  8. 8The Jags
  9. 9Bite the Pillow

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Scorpions
  2. 2Inner Circle
  3. 3Cheap Trick
  4. 4Steve Hackett
  5. 5Gillan
  6. 6Bram Tchaikovsky
  7. 7The Movies
  8. 8Little Bo Bitch
  9. 9The Yachts
  10. 10Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Peter Gabriel
  2. 2Whitesnake
  3. 3Nils Lofgren
  4. 4Climax Blues Band
  5. 5Molly Hatchet
  6. 6The Members
  7. 7Wild Horses
  8. 8Zaine Griff
  9. 9Speedometers
  10. 10Terra Nova
  11. 11The Cobbers
On this bill

Their festival histories

The Cure 12 appearances · headlined 11× Climax Blues Band 5 appearances Motörhead 4 appearances Gillan 3 appearances · headlined 1× Peter Gabriel 3 appearances · headlined 2× Cheap Trick 2 appearances Speedometers 2 appearances Steve Hackett 2 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1979

Peter GabrielThe PoliceThe ScorpionsBite the PillowBram TchaikovskyCheap TrickThe CobbersThe CureDoll by DollGillanInner CircleThe JagsLittle Bo BitchThe MembersMolly HatchetMotörheadThe MoviesNils LofgrenPunishment of LuxuryRoot Boy Slim and the Sex Change BandSteve HackettTerra NovaThe TouristsWhitesnakeWild HorsesWilko Johnson & Lew LewisThe YachtsZaine Griff

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Climax Blues Bandlast played Reading & Leeds in 19754 years

Other festivals in 1979

Glastonbury 1979 1 shared
Next yearReading & Leeds 1980Rory Gallagher · UFO · WhitesnakeSee the lineup →

Questions about Reading & Leeds 1979

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1979?

The Police, The Scorpions and Peter Gabriel were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1979. 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 1979 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 30 acts for Reading & Leeds 1979. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1979?

28 acts on the 1979 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Peter Gabriel, The Police, The Scorpions, Bite the Pillow and Bram Tchaikovsky.

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.