Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1980 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 28 acts for Reading & Leeds 1980. Headliners were Rory Gallagher, UFO and Whitesnake. 23 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

28acts
1stages
82%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Rory Gallagher
Gillan Krokus Nine Below Zero Fischer-Z Praying Mantis Hellions O1 Band Red Alert
Saturday
UFO
Iron Maiden Pat Travers Band Samson Grand Prix White Spirit Broken Home Writz Quartz
Trimmer and Jenkins
Sunday
Whitesnake
Def Leppard Slade Budgie Magnum Girl Tygers of Pan Tang Angel Witch Sledgehammer

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Rory Gallagher
  2. 2Gillan
  3. 3Krokus
  4. 4Nine Below Zero
  5. 5Fischer-Z
  6. 6Praying Mantis
  7. 7Hellions
  8. 8O1 Band
  9. 9Red Alert

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1UFO
  2. 2Iron Maiden
  3. 3Pat Travers Band
  4. 4Samson
  5. 5Grand Prix
  6. 6White Spirit
  7. 7Broken Home
  8. 8Writz
  9. 9Quartz
  10. 10Trimmer and Jenkins

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Whitesnake
  2. 2Def Leppard
  3. 3Slade
  4. 4Budgie
  5. 5Magnum
  6. 6Girl
  7. 7Tygers of Pan Tang
  8. 8Angel Witch
  9. 9Sledgehammer
On this bill

Their festival histories

Rory Gallagher 4 appearances · headlined 3× Budgie 3 appearances · headlined 1× Gillan 3 appearances · headlined 1× Iron Maiden 3 appearances · headlined 2× Magnum 3 appearances UFO! 3 appearances · headlined 1× Nine Below Zero 2 appearances Pat Travers Band 2 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1980

Angel WitchBroken HomeBudgieDef LeppardFischer-ZGirlGrand PrixHellionsIron MaidenKrokusMagnumNine Below ZeroO1 BandPraying MantisQuartzRed AlertSamsonSladeSledgehammerTrimmer and JenkinsTygers of Pan TangWhite SpiritWritz

Longest-awaited returns

  1. UFO!last played Reading & Leeds in 19755 years
  2. Pat Travers Bandlast played Reading & Leeds in 19764 years
  3. Rory Gallagherlast played Reading & Leeds in 19764 years
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1980

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1980?

Rory Gallagher, UFO and Whitesnake were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1980. 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 1980 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 28 acts for Reading & Leeds 1980. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1980?

23 acts on the 1980 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Angel Witch, Broken Home, Budgie, Def Leppard and Fischer-Z.

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.