Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1988 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 27 acts for Reading & Leeds 1988. Headliners were Iggy Pop, Starship and Squeeze. 21 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

27acts
1stages
78%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Iggy Pop
The Ramones Fields of the Nephilim The Godfathers Ghost Dance The Wonder Stuff The Lover Speaks The Seers
Saturday
Starship
Meat Loaf Uriah Heep Bonnie Tyler Gene Loves Jezebel Quireboys Runrig Bonfire The Name
Sunday
Squeeze
The Smithereens John Hiatt Hothouse Flowers Deacon Blue Broken English Ranking Roger Roachford The Lucy Show
John Otway

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Iggy Pop
  2. 2The Ramones
  3. 3Fields of the Nephilim
  4. 4The Godfathers
  5. 5Ghost Dance
  6. 6The Wonder Stuff
  7. 7The Lover Speaks
  8. 8The Seers

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Starship
  2. 2Meat Loaf
  3. 3Uriah Heep
  4. 4Bonnie Tyler
  5. 5Gene Loves Jezebel
  6. 6Quireboys
  7. 7Runrig
  8. 8Bonfire
  9. 9The Name

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Squeeze
  2. 2The Smithereens
  3. 3John Hiatt
  4. 4Hothouse Flowers
  5. 5Deacon Blue
  6. 6Broken English
  7. 7Ranking Roger
  8. 8Roachford
  9. 9The Lucy Show
  10. 10John Otway
On this bill

Their festival histories

John Hiatt 9 appearances Hothouse Flowers 7 appearances Iggy Pop 6 appearances · headlined 2× Squeeze 6 appearances · headlined 1× The Wonder Stuff 5 appearances · headlined 1× Fields of the Nephilim 3 appearances John Otway 3 appearances The Godfathers 3 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1988

Iggy PopStarshipBonfireBonnie TylerBroken EnglishDeacon BlueGene Loves JezebelGhost DanceHothouse FlowersJohn HiattThe Lover SpeaksThe Lucy ShowMeat LoafNameRamonesRanking RogerRoachfordRunrigThe SeersThe SmithereensThe Wonder Stuff

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Uriah Heeplast played Reading & Leeds in 197711 years
  2. John Otwaylast played Reading & Leeds in 197810 years
  3. Squeezelast played Reading & Leeds in 197810 years

Other festivals in 1988

Newport Folk 1988
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1988

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1988?

Iggy Pop, Starship and Squeeze were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1988. 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 1988 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 27 acts for Reading & Leeds 1988. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1988?

21 acts on the 1988 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Iggy Pop, Starship, Bonfire, Bonnie Tyler and Broken English.

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.