Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 2016 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 191 acts for Reading & Leeds 2016 across 6 stages. Headliners were Foals and Disclosure. 109 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

191acts
6stages
57%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Foals Disclosure
Chvrches Boy Better Know Die Antwoord Lower Than Atlantis Nothing But Thieves Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes Frank Turner
Jack Ü Twenty One Pilots Crystal Castles The Neighbourhood The Internet Giggs Mura Masa Hinds Hælos Fickle Friends Oliver Heldens Hannah Wants Alunageorge Philip George Danny L Harle Tkay Maidza Lion Babe 99 Souls Hermitude Asking Alexandria Thrice Crossfaith Hacktivist Nothing More Dinosaur Pile-Up Citizen Superheaven Creeper FVK Swmrs +24 more
Saturday
Red Hot Chili Peppers Imagine Dragons Courteeners Eagles of Death Metal Slaves Parkway Drive Judas Skindred
Clutch Sundara Karma Two Door Cinema Club Nas Krept & Konan Jack Garratt Sigma Netsky Blossoms Whitney Highly Suspect Sunset Sons Duke Dumont Disciples My Nu Leng with DJ Oneman & Dread MC Riton Sophie Birdy Nam Nam Lemaitre Zac Samuel Rag'n'Bone Man The Japanese House Mastodon The Dillinger Escape Plan Kvelertak Giraffe Tongue Orchestra Milk Teeth HECK Ghost Town Dead! +25 more
Sunday
Biffy Clyro Fall Out Boy The Vaccines A$AP Rocky Five Finger Death Punch Sleeping With Sirens Coheed and Cambria The Virginmarys
State Champs The 1975 The Wombats Cage The Elephant Savages Rat Boy Half Moon Run Tonight Alive Deaf Havana Spring King Basement Black Foxxes DJ EZ David Rodigan MistaJam Friction Jauz Fred V & Grafix Redlight Low Steppa Delta Heavy James Organ Good Charlotte The King Blues Machine Gun Kelly Arcane Roots Modern Baseball Roam Beach Slang Waterparks +27 more

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Foals (Headlining Reading)
  2. 2Disclosure (Headlining Leeds)
  3. 3Chvrches
  4. 4Boy Better Know
  5. 5Die Antwoord
  6. 6Lower Than Atlantis
  7. 7Nothing But Thieves
  8. 8Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes
  9. 9Frank Turner

NME/Radio 1 Stage

  1. 1Jack Ü
  2. 2Twenty One Pilots
  3. 3Crystal Castles
  4. 4The Neighbourhood
  5. 5The Internet
  6. 6Giggs
  7. 7Mura Masa
  8. 8Hinds
  9. 9Hælos
  10. 10Fickle Friends

BBC Radio 1 Dance stage

  1. 1Oliver Heldens
  2. 2Hannah Wants
  3. 3Alunageorge
  4. 4Philip George
  5. 5Danny L Harle
  6. 6Tkay Maidza
  7. 7Lion Babe
  8. 899 Souls
  9. 9Hermitude

The Pit/Lock Up

  1. 1Asking Alexandria
  2. 2Thrice
  3. 3Crossfaith
  4. 4Hacktivist
  5. 5Nothing More
  6. 6Dinosaur Pile-Up
  7. 7Citizen
  8. 8Superheaven
  9. 9Creeper
  10. 10FVK
  11. 11Swmrs

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1Maxïmo Park
  2. 2Pulled Apart By Horses
  3. 3Rationale
  4. 4Luh
  5. 5Blaenavon
  6. 6The Sherlocks
  7. 7Lewis Del Mar
  8. 8Otherkin
  9. 9Anteros
  10. 10Transviolet
  11. 11Banners
  12. 12White Miles
  13. 13Area 52

Radio 1Xtra stage

  1. 1Wiley
  2. 2Protoje
  3. 3Little Simz
  4. 4Maverick Sabre
  5. 5Charlie Sloth
  6. 6Baauer
  7. 7Troyboi
  8. 8Mick Jenkins
  9. 9Lady Leshurr
  10. 10Geko
  11. 11K.Flay

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Red Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2Imagine Dragons
  3. 3Courteeners
  4. 4Eagles of Death Metal
  5. 5Slaves
  6. 6Parkway Drive (Reading only)
  7. 7Judas (Leeds only)
  8. 8Skindred
  9. 9Clutch
  10. 10Sundara Karma

NME/Radio 1 Stage

  1. 1Two Door Cinema Club
  2. 2Nas
  3. 3Krept & Konan
  4. 4Jack Garratt
  5. 5Sigma
  6. 6Netsky
  7. 7Blossoms
  8. 8Whitney
  9. 9Highly Suspect
  10. 10Sunset Sons

BBC Radio 1 Dance stage

  1. 1Duke Dumont
  2. 2Disciples
  3. 3My Nu Leng with DJ Oneman & Dread MC
  4. 4Riton
  5. 5Sophie
  6. 6Birdy Nam Nam
  7. 7Lemaitre
  8. 8Zac Samuel
  9. 9Rag'n'Bone Man
  10. 10The Japanese House

The Pit/Lock Up

  1. 1Mastodon
  2. 2The Dillinger Escape Plan
  3. 3Kvelertak
  4. 4Giraffe Tongue Orchestra
  5. 5Milk Teeth
  6. 6HECK
  7. 7Ghost Town
  8. 8Dead!
  9. 9Big Spring

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1Brian Fallon and The Crowes
  2. 2White Room
  3. 3Låpsley
  4. 4King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
  5. 5Palace
  6. 6Vant
  7. 7The Hunna
  8. 8Lany
  9. 9Seratones
  10. 10Inheaven
  11. 11Tuff Love
  12. 12The Beach
  13. 13Beach Baby

Radio 1Xtra stage

  1. 1Stormzy
  2. 2Section Boyz
  3. 3Logic
  4. 4DJ Semtex (Reading only)
  5. 5Bugzy Malone
  6. 6Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals
  7. 7The Range
  8. 8Metro Boomin
  9. 9Rejjie Snow
  10. 10Rude Kid
  11. 11Clara Amfo

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Biffy Clyro
  2. 2Fall Out Boy
  3. 3The Vaccines
  4. 4A$AP Rocky (Reading only)
  5. 5Five Finger Death Punch
  6. 6Sleeping With Sirens
  7. 7Coheed and Cambria
  8. 8The Virginmarys
  9. 9State Champs

NME/Radio 1 Stage

  1. 1The 1975
  2. 2The Wombats
  3. 3Cage The Elephant
  4. 4Savages
  5. 5Rat Boy
  6. 6Half Moon Run
  7. 7Tonight Alive
  8. 8Deaf Havana
  9. 9Spring King
  10. 10Basement
  11. 11Black Foxxes

BBC Radio 1 Dance stage

  1. 1DJ EZ
  2. 2David Rodigan
  3. 3MistaJam
  4. 4Friction
  5. 5Jauz
  6. 6Fred V & Grafix
  7. 7Redlight
  8. 8Low Steppa
  9. 9Delta Heavy
  10. 10James Organ

The Pit/Lock Up

  1. 1Good Charlotte
  2. 2The King Blues
  3. 3Machine Gun Kelly
  4. 4Arcane Roots
  5. 5Modern Baseball
  6. 6Roam
  7. 7Beach Slang
  8. 8Waterparks
  9. 9Greywind
  10. 10Strange Bones
  11. 11Fighting Caravans

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1The Temper Trap
  2. 2Third Eye Blind
  3. 3BØRNS
  4. 4DMA's
  5. 5Eagulls
  6. 6Clean Cut Kid
  7. 7Gnash
  8. 8Ezra Furman
  9. 9The Magic Gang
  10. 10The Vryll Society
  11. 11Will Joseph Cook
  12. 12Issac Gracie
  13. 13Tibet

Radio 1Xtra stage

  1. 1Kano
  2. 2Yung Lean
  3. 3Hoodie Allen
  4. 4Big Narstie
  5. 5Fekky
  6. 6Raleigh Ritchie
  7. 7Yungen
  8. 8Franko Fraize
  9. 9Kiko Bun
  10. 10Sneakbo
  11. 11Astroid Boys
On this bill

Their festival histories

Foals 30 appearances · headlined 1× The 1975 26 appearances · headlined 5× Two Door Cinema Club 25 appearances Cage the Elephant 24 appearances · headlined 1× Red Hot Chili Peppers 21 appearances · headlined 19× The Wombats 21 appearances Chvrches 20 appearances Crystal Castles 20 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 2016

ClutchFive Finger Death PunchJudasParkway DriveState ChampsAnderson .Paak & The Free NationalsAnterosArea 52Asking AlexandriaAstroid BoysBannersThe BeachBeach BabyBeach SlangBig NarstieBig SpringBirdy Nam NamBlaenavonBrian FallonBØRNSCharlie SlothCitizenClara AmfoClean Cut KidCreeperDanny L HarleDead!Delta HeavyDisciplesDJ EZDuke DumontEzra FurmanFickle FriendsFighting CaravansFranko FraizeFVKGekoGhost TownGiraffe Tongue OrchestraGnash+69 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Good Charlottelast played Reading & Leeds in 200313 years
  2. The Dillinger Escape Planlast played Reading & Leeds in 200412 years
  3. Kanolast played Reading & Leeds in 200511 years
  4. Red Hot Chili Pepperslast played Reading & Leeds in 20079 years
  5. Maxïmo Parklast played Reading & Leeds in 20097 years

Other festivals in 2016

Coachella 2016 18 sharedGlastonbury 2016 21 sharedLollapalooza 2016 23 sharedAustin City Limits 2016 12 sharedOutside Lands 2016 11 sharedGovernors Ball 2016 2 sharedNewport Folk 2016 1 sharedHangout 2016 6 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2016 11 shared
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 2016

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 2016?

Foals and Disclosure were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 2016.

How many acts are on the Reading & Leeds 2016 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 191 acts for Reading & Leeds 2016 across 6 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 2016?

109 acts on the 2016 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Clutch, Five Finger Death Punch, Judas, Parkway Drive and State Champs.

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. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.