Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1998 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 134 acts for Reading & Leeds 1998 across 6 stages. Headliners were Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Beastie Boys and Garbage. 92 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

134acts
6stages
69%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Ash Mansun Deftones The Afghan Whigs Symposium Rocket from the Crypt Monster Magnet Headswim
Super Furry Animals Mogwai Kenickie 60ft. Dolls Arab Strap Lodger Yo La Tengo Grandaddy The Delgados The Soundtrack of Our Lives Disco Pistol Gomez Scott 4 Grand Drive Formula One Sunhouse Spearmint Medal Flight 14 Stroke Fungus The Wasp Factory The Reviver Gene Gel Bad Religion The Specials CIV Lagwagon No Fun at All Unsane +6 more
Saturday
Beastie Boys
Prodigy Supergrass Foo Fighters Echo & the Bunnymen Lee "Scratch" Perry Rancid Asian Dub Foundation Money Mark
Jurassic 5 Bis Travis Bentley Rhythm Ace Warm Jets Unbelievable Truth The Montrose Avenue Jonathan Fire*Eater Idlewild Campag Velocet Snug Addict Llama Farmers Seafood Cognac Alabama 3 Dawn of the Replicants Earl Brutus Laptop Sleater-Kinney Elliott Smith Gay Dad Hefner Electric Sound of Joy Clinic Superior El Niño PH Family Toploader Ten Benson +7 more
Sunday
Garbage
New Order The Bluetones Shed Seven The Divine Comedy Monaco Audioweb Drugstore Girls Against Boys
Spiritualized Ultrasound Theaudience Royal Trux Soul Coughing Smash Mouth Urusei Yatsura Dust Junkys Six by Seven Carrie A The Dandys The Interpreters Fu Manchu The Pecadiloes Regular Fries Mover Satellite Beach NT The Six Backyard Babies One Lady Owner Ooberman Regurgitator Merz Huckleberry Vyvyan Bentley Rhythm Ace DeeJay Punk-Roc Monkey Mafia +5 more

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  2. 2Ash
  3. 3Mansun
  4. 4Deftones
  5. 5The Afghan Whigs
  6. 6Symposium
  7. 7Rocket from the Crypt
  8. 8Monster Magnet
  9. 9Headswim

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Super Furry Animals
  2. 2Mogwai
  3. 3Kenickie
  4. 460ft. Dolls
  5. 5Arab Strap
  6. 6Lodger
  7. 7Yo La Tengo
  8. 8Grandaddy
  9. 9The Delgados
  10. 10The Soundtrack of Our Lives
  11. 11Disco Pistol

Dr. Martens Stage

  1. 1Gomez
  2. 2Scott 4
  3. 3Grand Drive
  4. 4Formula One
  5. 5Sunhouse
  6. 6Spearmint
  7. 7Medal
  8. 8Flight 14
  9. 9Stroke
  10. 10Fungus
  11. 11The Wasp Factory
  12. 12The Reviver Gene
  13. 13Gel

Vans Warped Stage

  1. 1Bad Religion
  2. 2The Specials
  3. 3CIV
  4. 4Lagwagon
  5. 5No Fun at All
  6. 6Unsane
  7. 7Pitchshifter
  8. 8Cherry Poppin' Daddies
  9. 9Liberator
  10. 10MxPx
  11. 11The Smooths
  12. 12Unwritten Law

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Beastie Boys
  2. 2Prodigy
  3. 3Supergrass
  4. 4Foo Fighters
  5. 5Echo & the Bunnymen
  6. 6Lee "Scratch" Perry
  7. 7Rancid
  8. 8Asian Dub Foundation
  9. 9Money Mark
  10. 10Jurassic 5
  11. 11Bis

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Travis
  2. 2Bentley Rhythm Ace
  3. 3Warm Jets
  4. 4Unbelievable Truth
  5. 5The Montrose Avenue
  6. 6Jonathan Fire*Eater
  7. 7Idlewild
  8. 8Campag Velocet
  9. 9Snug
  10. 10Addict
  11. 11Llama Farmers
  12. 12Seafood

Dr. Martens Stage

  1. 1Cognac
  2. 2Alabama 3
  3. 3Dawn of the Replicants
  4. 4Earl Brutus
  5. 5Laptop
  6. 6Sleater-Kinney
  7. 7Elliott Smith
  8. 8Gay Dad
  9. 9Hefner
  10. 10Electric Sound of Joy
  11. 11Clinic
  12. 12Superior
  13. 13El Niño
  14. 14PH Family
  15. 15Toploader
  16. 16Ten Benson

Full Evolve Stage

  1. 1Roni Size Reprazent
  2. 2Freestylers
  3. 3DJ's Frost and Bryan Gee
  4. 4Bill Ryley
  5. 5J-Raqs
  6. 6More Rockers
  7. 7Flynn and Flora

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Garbage
  2. 2New Order
  3. 3The Bluetones
  4. 4Shed Seven
  5. 5The Divine Comedy
  6. 6Monaco
  7. 7Audioweb
  8. 8Drugstore
  9. 9Girls Against Boys

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Spiritualized
  2. 2Ultrasound
  3. 3Theaudience (see notes)
  4. 4Royal Trux
  5. 5Soul Coughing
  6. 6Smash Mouth
  7. 7Urusei Yatsura
  8. 8Dust Junkys
  9. 9Six by Seven
  10. 10Carrie
  11. 11A
  12. 12The Dandys
  13. 13The Interpreters

Dr. Martens Stage

  1. 1Fu Manchu
  2. 2The Pecadiloes
  3. 3Regular Fries
  4. 4Mover
  5. 5Satellite Beach
  6. 6NT
  7. 7The Six
  8. 8Backyard Babies
  9. 9One Lady Owner
  10. 10Ooberman
  11. 11Regurgitator
  12. 12Merz
  13. 13Huckleberry
  14. 14Vyvyan

Big Beat Boutique

  1. 1Bentley Rhythm Ace
  2. 2DeeJay Punk-Roc
  3. 3Monkey Mafia
  4. 4Justin Robertson
  5. 5Lo Fidelity DJs
  6. 6Les Rhythmes Digitales
  7. 7DJ Touche
  8. 8Cut La Roc
On this bill

Their festival histories

Foo Fighters 24 appearances · headlined 16× Ash 20 appearances · headlined 1× Spiritualized 16 appearances New Order 13 appearances · headlined 3× Super Furry Animals 13 appearances The Prodigy 13 appearances · headlined 1× Gomez 12 appearances Deftones 10 appearances · headlined 1×

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1998

Jimmy Page, Robert PlantDeftonesEcho & the BunnymenHeadswimJurassic 5Lee "Scratch" PerryMonacoMoney MarkRancidSupergrassAddictArab StrapBackyard BabiesBad ReligionBill RyleyCampag VelocetCherry Poppin' DaddiesCIVClinicCognacCut La RocDawn of the ReplicantsDeeJay Punk-RocThe DelgadosDJ's Frost and Bryan GeeDJ ToucheEl NiñoElectric Sound of JoyElliott SmithFlight 14Flynn and FloraFreestylersFu ManchuFungusGay DadGelGomezGrand DriveGrandaddyHefner+52 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Beastie Boyslast played Reading & Leeds in 19926 years
  2. New Orderlast played Reading & Leeds in 19935 years
  3. The Afghan Whigslast played Reading & Leeds in 19944 years
  4. The Bluetoneslast played Reading & Leeds in 19953 years
  5. Foo Fighterslast played Reading & Leeds in 19953 years

Other festivals in 1998

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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1998

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1998?

Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Beastie Boys and Garbage were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1998. 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 1998 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 134 acts for Reading & Leeds 1998 across 6 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1998?

92 acts on the 1998 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Deftones, Echo & the Bunnymen, Headswim and Jurassic 5.

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.