Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1997 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 110 acts for Reading & Leeds 1997 across 4 stages. Headliners were Suede, Manic Street Preachers and Metallica. 75 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

110acts
4stages
68%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Suede
Cast James Stereolab The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Kenickie Fountains of Wayne Strangelove Scarfo
Jonathan Fire*Eater 16 Horsepower Jack Penthouse Dust Junkys Rialto Livingstone Formula One Tonic Carrie Spy 51 Period Pains The Boo Radleys Symposium Catatonia Silver Sun Cake Simon Warner Luna Earl Brutus Pecadiloes Mainstream Millencolin Down By Law Pennywise Sick of It All Limp Bizkit Royal Crown Revue Dance Hall Crashers Blink-182 +2 more
Saturday
Manic Street Preachers
The Orb Space The Lemonheads Super Furry Animals The Cardigans Republica Apollo 440 Stereophonics
Bentley Rhythm Ace Edward Ball Broadcast Adventures in Stereo Sussed The Hybirds Mulu Don LK The Dandys Silverjet Cube Proper Speedway Eels The Wannadies Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Death in Vegas Tiger Travis Puressence Royal Trux Goldblade You Am I Warm Jets Rude Club
Sunday
Metallica
Terrorvision Marilyn Manson Bush Dinosaur Jr. 3 Colours Red Descendents Dog Eat Dog Feeder
Radish Bis Cornershop DJ Hurricane Dweeb J Church Midget Posh Garageland theaudience Ultrasound Disco Pistol Girlfrendo Nightnurse The Verve Audioweb Asian Dub Foundation Embrace Subcircus Bennet Hurricane#1 Mogwai Snug Arnold Toaster Lower

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Suede
  2. 2Cast
  3. 3James
  4. 4Stereolab
  5. 5The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
  6. 6Kenickie
  7. 7Fountains of Wayne
  8. 8Strangelove
  9. 9Scarfo

Dr. Martens Stage

  1. 1Jonathan Fire*Eater
  2. 216 Horsepower
  3. 3Jack
  4. 4Penthouse
  5. 5Dust Junkys
  6. 6Rialto
  7. 7Livingstone
  8. 8Formula One
  9. 9Tonic
  10. 10Carrie
  11. 11Spy 51
  12. 12Period Pains

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1The Boo Radleys
  2. 2Symposium
  3. 3Catatonia
  4. 4Silver Sun
  5. 5Cake
  6. 6Simon Warner
  7. 7Luna
  8. 8Earl Brutus
  9. 9Pecadiloes
  10. 10Mainstream

Vans Warped Tour stage

  1. 1Millencolin
  2. 2Down By Law
  3. 3Pennywise
  4. 4Sick of It All
  5. 5Limp Bizkit
  6. 6Royal Crown Revue
  7. 7Dance Hall Crashers
  8. 8Blink-182
  9. 9A
  10. 10One Inch Punch

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Manic Street Preachers
  2. 2The Orb
  3. 3Space
  4. 4The Lemonheads
  5. 5Super Furry Animals
  6. 6The Cardigans
  7. 7Republica
  8. 8Apollo 440
  9. 9Stereophonics

Dr. Martens Stage

  1. 1Bentley Rhythm Ace
  2. 2Edward Ball
  3. 3Broadcast
  4. 4Adventures in Stereo
  5. 5Sussed
  6. 6The Hybirds
  7. 7Mulu
  8. 8Don LK
  9. 9The Dandys
  10. 10Silverjet
  11. 11Cube
  12. 12Proper
  13. 13Speedway

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Eels
  2. 2The Wannadies
  3. 3Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
  4. 4Death in Vegas
  5. 5Tiger
  6. 6Travis
  7. 7Puressence
  8. 8Royal Trux
  9. 9Goldblade
  10. 10You Am I
  11. 11Warm Jets
  12. 12Rude Club

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Metallica
  2. 2Terrorvision
  3. 3Marilyn Manson
  4. 4Bush
  5. 5Dinosaur Jr.
  6. 63 Colours Red
  7. 7Descendents
  8. 8Dog Eat Dog
  9. 9Feeder
  10. 10Radish

Dr. Martens Stage

  1. 1Bis
  2. 2Cornershop
  3. 3DJ Hurricane
  4. 4Dweeb
  5. 5J Church
  6. 6Midget
  7. 7Posh
  8. 8Garageland
  9. 9theaudience
  10. 10Ultrasound
  11. 11Disco Pistol
  12. 12Girlfrendo
  13. 13Nightnurse

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1The Verve
  2. 2Audioweb
  3. 3Asian Dub Foundation
  4. 4Embrace
  5. 5Subcircus
  6. 6Bennet
  7. 7Hurricane#1
  8. 8Mogwai
  9. 9Snug
  10. 10Arnold
  11. 11Toaster
  12. 12Lower
On this bill

Their festival histories

Super Furry Animals 13 appearances Blink-182 12 appearances · headlined 4× Feeder 12 appearances Metallica 12 appearances · headlined 12× James 11 appearances · headlined 1× Manic Street Preachers 11 appearances · headlined 3× Dinosaur Jr. 10 appearances Mogwai 10 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1997

MetallicaApollo 440BushDescendentsDog Eat DogFountains of WayneThe Jon Spencer Blues ExplosionMarilyn MansonThe OrbRadishRepublicaStereophonicsStrangelove16 HorsepowerAAdventures in StereoArnoldAsian Dub FoundationBentley Rhythm AceBlink-182CakeCarrieCornershopCubeDance Hall CrashersThe DandysDeath in VegasDisco PistolDJ HurricaneDon LKDown By LawDust JunkysEdward BallEelsEmbraceFormula OneGaragelandGirlfrendoGorky's Zygotic MynciHurricane #1+35 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Jameslast played Reading & Leeds in 19916 years
  2. Suedelast played Reading & Leeds in 19925 years
  3. Dinosaur Jr.last played Reading & Leeds in 19934 years
  4. The Lemonheadslast played Reading & Leeds in 19943 years
  5. Manic Street Preacherslast played Reading & Leeds in 19943 years

Other festivals in 1997

Glastonbury 1997 15 sharedLollapalooza 1997 3 sharedNewport Folk 1997
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1997

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1997?

Suede, Manic Street Preachers and Metallica were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1997. 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 1997 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 110 acts for Reading & Leeds 1997 across 4 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1997?

75 acts on the 1997 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Metallica, Apollo 440, Bush, Descendents and Dog Eat Dog.

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.