Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1990 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 61 acts for Reading & Leeds 1990 across 2 stages. Headliners were The Cramps, Inspiral Carpets and Pixies. 51 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records. 1 other billed act cancelled.

61acts
2stages
84%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
The Cramps
Faith No More Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Mudhoney An Emotional Fish Mega City Four
Tom Robinson Band Macavity's Cat Luka Bloom Half Man Half Biscuit Skint Video Frank Tovey The Penny Candles All Because The Lady Loves Keziah Jones Lost T-Shirts
Saturday
Inspiral Carpets
The Wedding Present Buzzcocks Billy Bragg Ride The Young Gods Wire Psychic TV Ned's Atomic Dustbin
The Black Velvet Band Martin Stephenson and the Daintees Furniture Man From Delmonte The Fatima Mansions The Railway Children Andy Pawlak Milltown Brothers The Trash Can Sinatras The Liberties Peter Blegvad Shawn Colvin Jinsky
Sunday
Pixies
The Fall Jesus Jones Tackhead Loop Living Colour Stereo MCs The Telescopes Thee Hypnotics
Senseless Things Jonathan Richman Oysterband The Band of Holy Joy Ruby Blue The Bridewell Taxis Summerhill The Katydids Fat and Frantic McDermott's Two Hours Andrew Cunningham Pat Orchard Dr Millar & The Cute Hoors Dave Robb

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Cramps
  2. 2Faith No More
  3. 3Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  4. 4Mudhoney
  5. 5Jane's Addiction (No Show)
  6. 6An Emotional Fish
  7. 7Mega City Four

Mean Fiddler stage

  1. 1Tom Robinson Band
  2. 2Macavity's Cat
  3. 3Luka Bloom
  4. 4Half Man Half Biscuit
  5. 5Skint Video
  6. 6Frank Tovey
  7. 7The Penny Candles
  8. 8All Because The Lady Loves
  9. 9Keziah Jones
  10. 10Lost T-Shirts

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Inspiral Carpets
  2. 2The Wedding Present
  3. 3Buzzcocks
  4. 4Billy Bragg
  5. 5Ride
  6. 6The Young Gods
  7. 7Wire
  8. 8Psychic TV
  9. 9Ned's Atomic Dustbin
  10. 10The Black Velvet Band

Mean Fiddler stage

  1. 1Martin Stephenson and the Daintees
  2. 2Furniture
  3. 3Man From Delmonte
  4. 4The Fatima Mansions
  5. 5The Railway Children
  6. 6Andy Pawlak
  7. 7Milltown Brothers
  8. 8The Trash Can Sinatras
  9. 9The Liberties
  10. 10Peter Blegvad
  11. 11Shawn Colvin
  12. 12Jinsky

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Pixies
  2. 2The Fall
  3. 3Jesus Jones
  4. 4Tackhead
  5. 5Loop
  6. 6Living Colour
  7. 7Stereo MCs
  8. 8The Telescopes
  9. 9Thee Hypnotics
  10. 10Senseless Things

Mean Fiddler stage

  1. 1Jonathan Richman
  2. 2Oysterband
  3. 3The Band of Holy Joy
  4. 4Ruby Blue
  5. 5The Bridewell Taxis
  6. 6Summerhill
  7. 7The Katydids
  8. 8Fat and Frantic
  9. 9McDermott's Two Hours
  10. 10Andrew Cunningham
  11. 11Pat Orchard
  12. 12Dr Millar & The Cute Hoors
  13. 13Dave Robb
On this bill

Their festival histories

Billy Bragg 18 appearances Pixies 12 appearances · headlined 3× Shawn Colvin 9 appearances Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 8 appearances The Fall 7 appearances Ride 5 appearances Senseless Things 5 appearances The Wedding Present 5 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1990

The CrampsInspiral CarpetsPixiesAn Emotional FishThe Black Velvet BandBuzzcocksFaith No MoreLiving ColourMega City FourMudhoneyNed's Atomic DustbinNick Cave and the Bad SeedsPsychic TVRideSenseless ThingsStereo MC'sThe TelescopesThee HypnoticsWireThe Young GodsThe Band of Holy JoyThe Bridewell TaxisDave RobbDr Millar & The Cute HoorsFat and FranticThe Fatima MansionsFrank ToveyFurnitureHalf Man Half BiscuitJinskyJonathan RichmanThe KatydidsKeziah JonesThe LibertiesLost T-ShirtsLuka BloomMacavity's CatMan From DelmonteMartin Stephenson and the DainteesMcDermott's Two Hours+11 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Tom Robinson Bandlast played Reading & Leeds in 197812 years
  2. The Falllast played Reading & Leeds in 19873 years

Other festivals in 1990

Glastonbury 1990 1 sharedNewport Folk 1990 1 shared
Next yearReading & Leeds 1991Iggy Pop · James · The Sisters of MercySee the lineup →

Questions about Reading & Leeds 1990

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1990?

The Cramps, Inspiral Carpets and Pixies were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1990. 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 1990 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 62 acts for Reading & Leeds 1990 across 2 stages; 1 of them cancelled. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1990?

51 acts on the 1990 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including The Cramps, Inspiral Carpets, Pixies, An Emotional Fish and The Black Velvet Band.

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.