Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1983 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 30 acts for Reading & Leeds 1983. Headliners were The Stranglers, Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy. 21 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

30acts
1stages
70%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
The Stranglers
Big Country Steel Pulse Man Hanoi Rocks Pallas Solstice Pendragon Auto da fé
Saturday
Black Sabbath
Marillion Stevie Ray Vaughan with Double Trouble Suzi Quatro Anvil Magnum Mama's Boys Heavy Pettin Lee Aaron
Fortune Crazy Angel
Sunday
Thin Lizzy
Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul Ten Years After Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Climax Blues Band The Enid Sad Cafe One the Juggler Twelfth Night
The Opposition

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Stranglers
  2. 2Big Country
  3. 3Steel Pulse
  4. 4Man
  5. 5Hanoi Rocks
  6. 6Pallas
  7. 7Solstice
  8. 8Pendragon
  9. 9Auto da fé

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Black Sabbath
  2. 2Marillion
  3. 3Stevie Ray Vaughan with Double Trouble
  4. 4Suzi Quatro
  5. 5Anvil
  6. 6Magnum
  7. 7Mama's Boys
  8. 8Heavy Pettin
  9. 9Lee Aaron
  10. 10Fortune
  11. 11Crazy Angel

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Thin Lizzy
  2. 2Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul
  3. 3Ten Years After
  4. 4Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
  5. 5Climax Blues Band
  6. 6The Enid
  7. 7Sad Cafe
  8. 8One the Juggler
  9. 9Twelfth Night
  10. 10The Opposition
On this bill

Their festival histories

Steel Pulse 8 appearances The Enid 7 appearances Climax Blues Band 5 appearances Ten Years After 4 appearances Black Sabbath 3 appearances · headlined 2× Magnum 3 appearances Man 3 appearances Marillion 3 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1983

The StranglersAnvilAuto da féBig CountryCrazy AngelFortuneHanoi RocksHeavy PettinLee AaronLittle Steven & The Disciples Of SoulMama's BoysOne the JugglerThe OppositionPallasPendragonSad CafeSolsticeSteel PulseSteve Harley & Cockney RebelStevie Ray Vaughan with Double TroubleSuzi Quatro

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Black Sabbathlast played Reading & Leeds in 197013 years
  2. Manlast played Reading & Leeds in 197211 years
  3. Ten Years Afterlast played Reading & Leeds in 197211 years
  4. Thin Lizzylast played Reading & Leeds in 19776 years
  5. Climax Blues Bandlast played Reading & Leeds in 19794 years

Other festivals in 1983

Glastonbury 1983 2 shared
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1983

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1983?

The Stranglers, Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1983. 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 1983 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 30 acts for Reading & Leeds 1983. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1983?

21 acts on the 1983 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including The Stranglers, Anvil, Auto da fé, Big Country and Crazy Angel.

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.