Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1996 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 107 acts for Reading & Leeds 1996 across 3 stages. Headliners were Rage Against the Machine, Black Grape and The Stone Roses. 80 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

107acts
3stages
75%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Rage Against the Machine
The Prodigy The Offspring Terrorvision Weezer Ice-T Butthole Surfers Downset. Collapsed Lung
Seaweed Rocket from the Crypt Sebadoh Bis 60 Ft. Dolls Drugstore Social Distortion Placebo Sparklehorse Urusei Yatsura New Kingdom Goldblade The Divine Comedy Geneva The Gyres Soul Coughing Scheer Sense Field Symposium The Driven Biddle Nut Alone Feeder Chest The Pin-Ups
Saturday
Black Grape
Garbage Julian Cope Dodgy Billy Bragg Marion Super Furry Animals Moloko Ruby
Kula Shaker Dubstar Northern Uproar Space Catatonia Salad My Life Story China Drum The Brotherhood Ben Folds Five Tiger Jack Dweeb Rare Mansun Octopus Embassy Kenickie Jocasta Monkfish 22-Pistepirkko Bennet Rude Club The Supernaturals Posh Supermodel Subcircus Davey
Sunday
The Stone Roses
Sonic Youth Ash Gene Reef The Wedding Present Moby Compulsion The Posies
Audioweb Underworld The Flaming Lips Babybird Lionrock Tortoise Vent 414 Girls Against Boys 3 Colours Red Scarfo Linoleum Earl Brutus The Raincoats AC Acoustics Bawl Quickspace Laxton's Superb Alabama 3 Broadcast 12 Rounds Tunic Brassy The Daisies Dirty Three Rehab Pallet

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Rage Against the Machine
  2. 2The Prodigy
  3. 3The Offspring
  4. 4Terrorvision
  5. 5Weezer
  6. 6Ice-T
  7. 7Butthole Surfers
  8. 8Downset.
  9. 9Collapsed Lung
  10. 10Seaweed

NME stage

  1. 1Rocket from the Crypt
  2. 2Sebadoh
  3. 3Bis
  4. 460 Ft. Dolls
  5. 5Drugstore
  6. 6Social Distortion
  7. 7Placebo
  8. 8Sparklehorse
  9. 9Urusei Yatsura
  10. 10New Kingdom
  11. 11Goldblade

Dr. Martens Stage

  1. 1The Divine Comedy
  2. 2Geneva
  3. 3The Gyres
  4. 4Soul Coughing
  5. 5Scheer
  6. 6Sense Field
  7. 7Symposium
  8. 8The Driven
  9. 9Biddle
  10. 10Nut
  11. 11Alone
  12. 12Feeder
  13. 13Chest
  14. 14The Pin-Ups

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Black Grape
  2. 2Garbage
  3. 3Julian Cope
  4. 4Dodgy
  5. 5Billy Bragg
  6. 6Marion
  7. 7Super Furry Animals
  8. 8Moloko
  9. 9Ruby
  10. 10Kula Shaker

NME stage

  1. 1Dubstar
  2. 2Northern Uproar
  3. 3Space
  4. 4Catatonia
  5. 5Salad
  6. 6My Life Story
  7. 7China Drum
  8. 8The Brotherhood
  9. 9Ben Folds Five
  10. 10Tiger
  11. 11Jack
  12. 12Dweeb

Dr. Martens Stage

  1. 1Rare
  2. 2Mansun
  3. 3Octopus
  4. 4Embassy
  5. 5Kenickie
  6. 6Jocasta
  7. 7Monkfish
  8. 822-Pistepirkko
  9. 9Bennet
  10. 10Rude Club
  11. 11The Supernaturals
  12. 12Posh
  13. 13Supermodel
  14. 14Subcircus
  15. 15Davey

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Stone Roses
  2. 2Sonic Youth
  3. 3Ash
  4. 4Gene
  5. 5Reef
  6. 6The Wedding Present
  7. 7Moby
  8. 8Compulsion
  9. 9The Posies
  10. 10Audioweb

NME stage

  1. 1Underworld
  2. 2The Flaming Lips
  3. 3Babybird
  4. 4Lionrock
  5. 5Tortoise
  6. 6Vent 414
  7. 7Girls Against Boys
  8. 83 Colours Red
  9. 9Scarfo
  10. 10Linoleum
  11. 11Earl Brutus

Dr. Martens Stage

  1. 1The Raincoats
  2. 2AC Acoustics
  3. 3Bawl
  4. 4Quickspace
  5. 5Laxton's Superb
  6. 6Alabama 3
  7. 7Broadcast
  8. 812 Rounds
  9. 9Tunic
  10. 10Brassy
  11. 11The Daisies
  12. 12Dirty Three
  13. 13Rehab
  14. 14Pallet
On this bill

Their festival histories

Ash 20 appearances · headlined 1× The Flaming Lips 19 appearances · headlined 1× Billy Bragg 18 appearances Super Furry Animals 13 appearances The Prodigy 13 appearances · headlined 1× Weezer 13 appearances · headlined 1× Feeder 12 appearances Rage Against the Machine 11 appearances · headlined 5×

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1996

Black GrapeThe Stone RosesAudiowebDodgyDownset.GarbageIce-TJulian CopeKula ShakerMobyMolokoThe OffspringThe ProdigyRubySeaweedWeezer12 Rounds22-Pistepirkko3 Colours RedAlabama 3AloneBabybirdBawlBen Folds FiveBennetBiddleBisBrassyBroadcastThe BrotherhoodCatatoniaChestThe DaisiesDaveyDirty ThreeThe Divine ComedyThe DrivenDubstarDweebEarl Brutus+40 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Tigerlast played Reading & Leeds in 197719 years
  2. Billy Bragglast played Reading & Leeds in 19906 years
  3. Sonic Youthlast played Reading & Leeds in 19915 years
  4. Butthole Surferslast played Reading & Leeds in 19933 years
  5. The Posieslast played Reading & Leeds in 19933 years

Other festivals in 1996

Lollapalooza 1996 5 sharedNewport Folk 1996
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1996

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1996?

Rage Against the Machine, Black Grape and The Stone Roses were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1996. 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 1996 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 107 acts for Reading & Leeds 1996 across 3 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1996?

80 acts on the 1996 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Black Grape, The Stone Roses, Audioweb, Dodgy and Downset..

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.