Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 2002 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 136 acts for Reading & Leeds 2002 across 6 stages. Headliners were The Strokes, Foo Fighters and Guns N' Roses. 93 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

136acts
6stages
68%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
The Strokes
Pulp Jane's Addiction Weezer The White Stripes The Dandy Warhols Mercury Rev The Soundtrack of Our Lives The Moldy Peaches
Feeder The Breeders The Electric Soft Parade The Vines New Found Glory Guided by Voices Fenix TX The Bellrays The Von Bondies Finch Aphex Twin Luke Vibert Lo Fidelity Allstars UNKLE Sound Decks and Effects Ladytron Peaches Dot Allison Dog Freq Nasty Erol Alkan Curley and Sherman DJs The Polyphonic Spree Bobby Conn The Reindeer Section Cody Chesnutt Princess Superstar British Sea Power The Kennedy Soundtrack The Datsuns Interpol +4 more
Saturday
Foo Fighters
Muse Ash Sum 41 The Hives A Less Than Jake Andrew W.K. Vex Red
Sahara Hotnights Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Jimmy Eat World Blues Explosion The Cooper Temple Clause Rival Schools Alec Empire The Icarus Line Goldfinger Midtown The Libertines The Pattern Sick of It All No Use for a Name Saves the Day Face to Face The Get Up Kids Spunge The Bouncing Souls Dashboard Confessional Thursday Hot Rod Circuit The Anniversary Lightyear Jesse James Ikara Colt The Parkinsons The (International) Noise Conspiracy Span Vendetta Red +9 more
Sunday
Guns N' Roses
The Prodigy The Offspring Slipknot Incubus NOFX Puddle of Mudd Hundred Reasons Amen
Raging Speedhorn The Dillinger Escape Plan Spiritualized ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Cornershop Haven Six by Seven Reel Big Fish The Shining Sparta Capdown Hoggboy Death Cab for Cutie The Streets The Herbaliser Blade People Under The Stairs Blak Twang Fallacy and Fusion New Flesh Andy C First Rate DJ DJ Noise DJ Maley The Music Alpinestars Easyworld Maximum Roach Minuteman Biffy Clyro +6 more

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Strokes
  2. 2Pulp
  3. 3Jane's Addiction
  4. 4Weezer
  5. 5The White Stripes
  6. 6The Dandy Warhols
  7. 7Mercury Rev
  8. 8The Soundtrack of Our Lives
  9. 9The Moldy Peaches

Radio 1 Evening Session stage

  1. 1Feeder
  2. 2The Breeders
  3. 3The Electric Soft Parade
  4. 4The Vines
  5. 5New Found Glory
  6. 6Guided by Voices
  7. 7Fenix TX
  8. 8The Bellrays
  9. 9The Von Bondies
  10. 10Finch

The Boutique Stage

  1. 1Aphex Twin
  2. 2Luke Vibert
  3. 3Lo Fidelity Allstars
  4. 4UNKLE Sound Decks and Effects
  5. 5Ladytron
  6. 6Peaches
  7. 7Dot Allison
  8. 8Dog
  9. 9Freq Nasty
  10. 10Erol Alkan
  11. 11Curley and Sherman DJs

Carling stage

  1. 1The Polyphonic Spree
  2. 2Bobby Conn
  3. 3The Reindeer Section
  4. 4Cody Chesnutt
  5. 5Princess Superstar
  6. 6British Sea Power
  7. 7The Kennedy Soundtrack
  8. 8The Datsuns
  9. 9Interpol
  10. 10The Kills
  11. 11Longwave
  12. 12Simple Kid
  13. 13Pretty Girls Make Graves

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Foo Fighters
  2. 2Muse
  3. 3Ash
  4. 4Sum 41
  5. 5The Hives
  6. 6A
  7. 7Less Than Jake
  8. 8Andrew W.K.
  9. 9Vex Red
  10. 10Sahara Hotnights

Radio 1 Evening Session stage

  1. 1Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  2. 2Jimmy Eat World
  3. 3Blues Explosion
  4. 4The Cooper Temple Clause
  5. 5Rival Schools
  6. 6Alec Empire
  7. 7The Icarus Line
  8. 8Goldfinger
  9. 9Midtown
  10. 10The Libertines
  11. 11The Pattern

Concrete Jungle Stage

  1. 1Sick of It All
  2. 2No Use for a Name
  3. 3Saves the Day
  4. 4Face to Face
  5. 5The Get Up Kids
  6. 6Spunge
  7. 7The Bouncing Souls
  8. 8Dashboard Confessional
  9. 9Thursday
  10. 10Hot Rod Circuit
  11. 11The Anniversary
  12. 12Lightyear
  13. 13Jesse James

Carling stage

  1. 1Ikara Colt
  2. 2The Parkinsons
  3. 3The (International) Noise Conspiracy
  4. 4Span
  5. 5Vendetta Red
  6. 6Ben Kweller
  7. 7The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
  8. 8Cave In
  9. 9The Beatings
  10. 10The D4
  11. 11Millionaire
  12. 12Serafin
  13. 13Vue
  14. 14The Cognition

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Guns N' Roses (Leeds)
  2. 2The Prodigy
  3. 3The Offspring
  4. 4Slipknot
  5. 5Incubus
  6. 6NOFX
  7. 7Puddle of Mudd
  8. 8Hundred Reasons
  9. 9Amen
  10. 10Raging Speedhorn (Reading)
  11. 11The Dillinger Escape Plan

Radio 1 Evening Session stage

  1. 1Spiritualized
  2. 2...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
  3. 3Cornershop
  4. 4Haven
  5. 5Six by Seven
  6. 6Reel Big Fish
  7. 7The Shining
  8. 8Sparta
  9. 9Capdown
  10. 10Hoggboy
  11. 11Death Cab for Cutie

Dance Stage

  1. 1The Streets
  2. 2The Herbaliser
  3. 3Blade
  4. 4People Under The Stairs
  5. 5Blak Twang
  6. 6Fallacy and Fusion
  7. 7New Flesh
  8. 8Andy C
  9. 9First Rate DJ
  10. 10DJ Noise
  11. 11DJ Maley

Carling stage

  1. 1The Music
  2. 2Alpinestars
  3. 3Easyworld
  4. 4Maximum Roach
  5. 5Minuteman
  6. 6Biffy Clyro
  7. 7Hell Is for Heroes
  8. 8Jetplane Landing
  9. 9Dragpipe
  10. 10Trik Turner
  11. 11Tetra Splendour
  12. 12ThisGirl
On this bill

Their festival histories

Foo Fighters 24 appearances · headlined 16× The Strokes 23 appearances · headlined 17× Interpol 22 appearances · headlined 1× Muse 21 appearances · headlined 14× Ash 20 appearances · headlined 1× The Kills 20 appearances Biffy Clyro 17 appearances · headlined 1× Spiritualized 16 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 2002

Guns N' RosesAndrew W.K.The Dillinger Escape PlanThe HivesIncubusJane's AddictionNOFXPuddle of MuddRaging SpeedhornSahara HotnightsSum 41The White StripesAlec EmpireAndy CThe AnniversaryAphex TwinThe BeatingsThe BellraysBen KwellerBlack Rebel Motorcycle ClubBladeBlak TwangBobby ConnThe Bouncing SoulsBritish Sea PowerCave InCody ChesnuTTThe CognitionCurley and Sherman DJsThe D4Dashboard ConfessionalThe DatsunsDeath Cab for CutieDJ MaleyDJ NoiseDogDragpipeThe Eighties Matchbox B-Line DisasterErol AlkanFace to Face+53 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. The Breederslast played Reading & Leeds in 19939 years
  2. Weezerlast played Reading & Leeds in 19966 years
  3. Cornershoplast played Reading & Leeds in 19975 years
  4. The Prodigylast played Reading & Leeds in 19984 years
  5. The Soundtrack of Our Liveslast played Reading & Leeds in 19984 years

Other festivals in 2002

Coachella 2002 8 sharedGlastonbury 2002 19 sharedAustin City Limits 2002Newport Folk 2002Splendour in the Grass 2002 1 shared
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 2002

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 2002?

The Strokes, Foo Fighters and Guns N' Roses were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 2002. 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 2002 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 136 acts for Reading & Leeds 2002 across 6 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 2002?

93 acts on the 2002 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Guns N' Roses, Andrew W.K., The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Hives and Incubus.

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.