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Reading & Leeds 2012 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 137 acts for Reading & Leeds 2012 across 5 stages. Headliners were The Cure, Kasabian and Foo Fighters. 65 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

137acts
5stages
47%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
The Cure
Paramore Bombay Bicycle Club You Me at Six Crystal Castles Angels & Airwaves Coheed and Cambria Cancer Bats Deaf Havana
The Maccabees Foster the People The Courteeners Graham Coxon Passion Pit The Blackout The Hives Spector Friends Hadouken! Future of the Left Sleigh Bells The Subways Veronica Falls Bastille Niki & the Dove Alt-J Lucy Rose We Are Augustines JEFF the Brotherhood Savages Fidlar Palma Violets O'Brother Funeral Suits Social Distortion Anti-Flag Every Time I Die The Bouncing Souls Saves the Day +7 more
Saturday
Kasabian
Florence and the Machine The Vaccines Enter Shikari The Shins OFWGKTA Mystery Jets Blood Red Shoes Los Campesinos!
At the Drive-In The Cribs Mastodon Billy Talent Miike Snow Santigold Dry The River Twin Atlantic Pure Love Post War Glamour Girls Green Day Bassnectar Feeder Young Guns Lower Than Atlantis We Are the In Crowd Dog Is Dead Jake Bugg Don Broco Oberhofer The Knux Citizens! Theme Park The Minutes Metronomy Katy B Carl and the Drug Squad Azealia Banks Jaguar Skills Modestep +6 more
Sunday
Foo Fighters
The Black Keys Kaiser Chiefs Bullet for My Valentine All Time Low The Gaslight Anthem Eagles of Death Metal Band of Skulls Pulled Apart by Horses
Justice Two Door Cinema Club The Horrors SBTRKT Mark Lanegan Band The Joy Formidable Tribes Django Django Howler Of Monsters and Men The View The Futureheads Benjamin Francis Leftwich King Charles 2:54 Zulu Winter S.C.U.M Alberta Cross Iceage DZ Deathrays Toy Deap Vally The Cast of Cheers L.A. Less Than Jake Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Gallows Turbonegro Trash Talk Good Riddance +7 more

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Cure
  2. 2Paramore
  3. 3Bombay Bicycle Club
  4. 4You Me at Six
  5. 5Crystal Castles
  6. 6Angels & Airwaves
  7. 7Coheed and Cambria
  8. 8Cancer Bats
  9. 9Deaf Havana

NME/Radio 1 Stage

  1. 1The Maccabees
  2. 2Foster the People
  3. 3The Courteeners
  4. 4Graham Coxon
  5. 5Passion Pit
  6. 6The Blackout
  7. 7The Hives
  8. 8Spector
  9. 9Friends
  10. 10Hadouken!
  11. 11Future of the Left

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1Sleigh Bells
  2. 2The Subways
  3. 3Veronica Falls
  4. 4Bastille
  5. 5Niki & the Dove
  6. 6Alt-J
  7. 7Lucy Rose
  8. 8We Are Augustines
  9. 9JEFF the Brotherhood
  10. 10Savages
  11. 11Fidlar
  12. 12Palma Violets
  13. 13O'Brother
  14. 14Funeral Suits

Lock-Up

  1. 1Social Distortion
  2. 2Anti-Flag
  3. 3Every Time I Die
  4. 4The Bouncing Souls
  5. 5Saves the Day
  6. 6Touche Amore
  7. 7A Wilhelm Scream
  8. 8Ceremony
  9. 9Random Hand
  10. 10Dead To Me
  11. 11Star Fucking Hipsters
  12. 12Pettybone

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Kasabian
  2. 2Florence and the Machine
  3. 3The Vaccines
  4. 4Enter Shikari
  5. 5The Shins
  6. 6OFWGKTA
  7. 7Mystery Jets
  8. 8Blood Red Shoes
  9. 9Los Campesinos!

NME/Radio 1 Stage

  1. 1At the Drive-In
  2. 2The Cribs
  3. 3Mastodon
  4. 4Billy Talent
  5. 5Miike Snow
  6. 6Santigold
  7. 7Dry The River
  8. 8Twin Atlantic
  9. 9Pure Love
  10. 10Post War Glamour Girls
  11. 11Green Day (Secret set, Reading only)

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1Bassnectar (DJ Set)
  2. 2Feeder
  3. 3Young Guns
  4. 4Lower Than Atlantis
  5. 5We Are the In Crowd
  6. 6Dog Is Dead
  7. 7Jake Bugg
  8. 8Don Broco
  9. 9Oberhofer
  10. 10The Knux
  11. 11Citizens!
  12. 12Theme Park
  13. 13The Minutes

Dance Stage

  1. 1Metronomy
  2. 2Katy B
  3. 3Carl and the Drug Squad
  4. 4Azealia Banks
  5. 5Jaguar Skills
  6. 6Modestep
  7. 7Feed Me
  8. 8Grimes
  9. 9Japanese Popstars
  10. 10Clement Marfo & The Frontline
  11. 11Jagga
  12. 12DJ Zinc

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Foo Fighters
  2. 2The Black Keys
  3. 3Kaiser Chiefs
  4. 4Bullet for My Valentine
  5. 5All Time Low
  6. 6The Gaslight Anthem
  7. 7Eagles of Death Metal
  8. 8Band of Skulls
  9. 9Pulled Apart by Horses

NME/Radio 1 Stage

  1. 1Justice
  2. 2Two Door Cinema Club
  3. 3The Horrors
  4. 4SBTRKT
  5. 5Mark Lanegan Band
  6. 6The Joy Formidable
  7. 7Tribes
  8. 8Django Django
  9. 9Howler
  10. 10Of Monsters and Men

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1The View
  2. 2The Futureheads (A-Capella & Acoustic)
  3. 3Benjamin Francis Leftwich
  4. 4King Charles
  5. 52:54
  6. 6Zulu Winter
  7. 7S.C.U.M
  8. 8Alberta Cross
  9. 9Iceage
  10. 10DZ Deathrays
  11. 11Toy
  12. 12Deap Vally
  13. 13The Cast of Cheers
  14. 14L.A.

Lock-Up

  1. 1Less Than Jake
  2. 2Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
  3. 3Gallows
  4. 4Turbonegro
  5. 5Trash Talk
  6. 6Good Riddance
  7. 7The Skints
  8. 8Polar Bear Club
  9. 9This Is Hell
  10. 10Möngöl Hörde
  11. 11The Flatliners
  12. 12Apologies, I Have None
  13. 13Crowns
On this bill

Their festival histories

The Black Keys 25 appearances · headlined 7× Two Door Cinema Club 25 appearances Foo Fighters 24 appearances · headlined 16× Foster the People 24 appearances Florence and the Machine 21 appearances · headlined 9× Crystal Castles 20 appearances Kaiser Chiefs 20 appearances Alt-J 18 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 2012

Deaf Havana2:54Alt-JApologies, I Have NoneAzealia BanksBassnectarBastilleCarl and the Drug SquadThe Cast of CheersCeremonyCitizens!Clement Marfo & The FrontlineCrownsDead To MeDeap VallyDJ ZincDjango DjangoDog Is DeadDon BrocoDZ DeathraysEvery Time I DieFeed MeFidlarFriendsFuneral SuitsGallowsGrimesHowlerIceageJaggaJaguar SkillsJake BuggJapanese PopstarsJEFF the BrotherhoodKaty BKing CharlesThe KnuxL.A.Lower Than AtlantisLucy Rose+25 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. The Curelast played Reading & Leeds in 197933 years
  2. Social Distortionlast played Reading & Leeds in 199616 years
  3. At the Drive-Inlast played Reading & Leeds in 200012 years
  4. Good Riddancelast played Reading & Leeds in 200111 years
  5. The Black Keyslast played Reading & Leeds in 20039 years

Other festivals in 2012

Coachella 2012 20 sharedLollapalooza 2012 20 sharedAustin City Limits 2012 12 sharedOutside Lands 2012 5 sharedGovernors Ball 2012 3 sharedNewport Folk 2012 1 sharedHangout 2012 1 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2012 11 shared
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 2012

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 2012?

The Cure, Kasabian and Foo Fighters were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 2012. 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 2012 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 137 acts for Reading & Leeds 2012 across 5 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 2012?

65 acts on the 2012 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Deaf Havana, 2:54, Alt-J, Apologies, I Have None and Azealia Banks.

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.