Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1992 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 68 acts for Reading & Leeds 1992 across 3 stages. Headliners were The Wonder Stuff, Public Enemy and Nirvana. 56 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

68acts
3stages
82%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
The Wonder Stuff
The Charlatans Public Image Ltd. PJ Harvey Mega City Four Milltown Brothers The Fatima Mansions Redd Kross
Levitation Cardiacs Cracker Lunachicks Midway Still The God Machine Cop Shoot Cop Leatherface Some Have Fins The Hair and Skin Trading Company DF118 Frank Sidebottom
Saturday
Public Enemy
Ride EMF Manic Street Preachers The Farm The Smashing Pumpkins Rollins Band Thousand Yard Stare Buffalo Tom
Therapy? BAD II Suede Sunscreem The Sultans of Ping FC Natural Life The Heart Throbs Finitribe Shonen Knife Spitfire Wire Train The Stairs Urge Overkill Senser The Doug Anthony Allstars
Sunday
Nirvana
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Mudhoney Teenage Fanclub L7 Beastie Boys Björn Again Pavement Screaming Trees
Melvins The Rockingbirds Catherine Wheel Eat Dr. Phibes and the House of Wax Equations Revolver Scorpio Rising Pele Eugenius Power of Dreams 25 May Pop's Cool Love Sweet Jesus Tabitha Zu Frank Skinner

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Wonder Stuff
  2. 2The Charlatans
  3. 3Public Image Ltd.
  4. 4PJ Harvey
  5. 5Mega City Four
  6. 6Milltown Brothers
  7. 7The Fatima Mansions
  8. 8Redd Kross

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Levitation
  2. 2Cardiacs
  3. 3Cracker
  4. 4Lunachicks
  5. 5Midway Still
  6. 6The God Machine
  7. 7Cop Shoot Cop
  8. 8Leatherface
  9. 9Some Have Fins
  10. 10The Hair and Skin Trading Company
  11. 11DF118

Comedy stage

  1. 1Frank Sidebottom

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Public Enemy
  2. 2Ride
  3. 3EMF
  4. 4Manic Street Preachers
  5. 5The Farm
  6. 6The Smashing Pumpkins
  7. 7Rollins Band
  8. 8Thousand Yard Stare
  9. 9Buffalo Tom
  10. 10Therapy?

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1BAD II
  2. 2Suede
  3. 3Sunscreem
  4. 4The Sultans of Ping FC
  5. 5Natural Life
  6. 6The Heart Throbs
  7. 7Finitribe
  8. 8Shonen Knife
  9. 9Spitfire
  10. 10Wire Train
  11. 11The Stairs
  12. 12Urge Overkill
  13. 13Senser

Comedy stage

  1. 1The Doug Anthony Allstars

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Nirvana
  2. 2Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  3. 3Mudhoney
  4. 4Teenage Fanclub
  5. 5L7 (special guests)
  6. 6Beastie Boys
  7. 7Björn Again
  8. 8Pavement
  9. 9Screaming Trees
  10. 10Melvins

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1The Rockingbirds
  2. 2Catherine Wheel
  3. 3Eat
  4. 4Dr. Phibes and the House of Wax Equations
  5. 5Revolver
  6. 6Scorpio Rising
  7. 7Pele
  8. 8Eugenius
  9. 9Power of Dreams
  10. 1025 May
  11. 11Pop's Cool Love
  12. 12Sweet Jesus
  13. 13Tabitha Zu

Comedy stage

  1. 1Frank Skinner
On this bill

Their festival histories

Manic Street Preachers 11 appearances · headlined 3× Pavement 9 appearances PJ Harvey 9 appearances · headlined 1× The Smashing Pumpkins 9 appearances · headlined 3× Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 8 appearances Senser 8 appearances The Charlatans 8 appearances · headlined 1× Frank Sidebottom 6 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1992

Public EnemyBeastie BoysBjörn AgainBuffalo TomThe CharlatansEMFThe FarmL7Manic Street PreachersMelvinsPavementPJ HarveyPublic Image Ltd.Redd KrossRollins BandScreaming TreesThe Smashing PumpkinsTherapy?Thousand Yard Stare25 MayBig Audio DynamiteCatherine WheelCop Shoot CopCrackerDF118The Doug Anthony AllstarsDr Phibes & The House Of Wax EquationsEatEugeniusFinitribeFrank SkinnerThe God MachineThe Hair and Skin Trading CompanyThe Heart ThrobsLeatherfaceLevitationLunachicksMidway StillNatural LifePele+16 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Cardiacslast played Reading & Leeds in 19866 years
  2. The Wonder Stufflast played Reading & Leeds in 19893 years
  3. Mega City Fourlast played Reading & Leeds in 19902 years
  4. Mudhoneylast played Reading & Leeds in 19902 years
  5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seedslast played Reading & Leeds in 19902 years

Other festivals in 1992

Glastonbury 1992 8 sharedLollapalooza 1992Newport Folk 1992
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1992

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1992?

The Wonder Stuff, Public Enemy and Nirvana were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1992. 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 1992 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 68 acts for Reading & Leeds 1992 across 3 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1992?

56 acts on the 1992 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Björn Again, Buffalo Tom and The Charlatans.

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.