Reading & Leeds headliners by year
Every Reading & Leeds headliner in this archive, 1961–2026. Click a year for the full lineup.
| Year | Headliners | Acts |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kasabian · Charli XCX · Fontaines D.C. · Dave · Raye · Chase & Status Live · Florence + The Machine | 131 |
| 2025 | Hozier · Bring Me the Horizon · Travis Scott | 52 |
| 2024 | Blink-182 · Fred Again · Liam Gallagher | 50 |
| 2023 | Sam Fender · The Killers · Billie Eilish | 168 |
| 2022 | Dave · Arctic Monkeys · The 1975 | 133 |
| 2020 (cancelled) | Stormzy · Liam Gallagher · Rage Against the Machine | 102 |
| 2019 | Post Malone · Twenty One Pilots | 184 |
| 2018 | Fall Out Boy · Kendrick Lamar · Kings of Leon | 201 |
| 2017 | Kasabian · Eminem · Muse | 214 |
| 2016 | Foals · Disclosure | 191 |
| 2015 | Mumford & Sons · Metallica · The Libertines | 199 |
| 2014 | Queens of the Stone Age · Paramore | 198 |
| 2013 | Green Day · Eminem · Biffy Clyro | 194 |
| 2012 | The Cure · Kasabian · Foo Fighters | 137 |
| 2011 | The Strokes · Pulp | 129 |
| 2010 | Roots Manuva · Magnetic Man | 132 |
| 2009 | Blood Red Shoes · Kings of Leon · Arctic Monkeys · Radiohead | 175 |
| 2008 | Rage Against the Machine · The Killers · Metallica | 173 |
| 2007 | Razorlight · Red Hot Chili Peppers · Smashing Pumpkins | 137 |
| 2006 | Franz Ferdinand · Muse · Pearl Jam | 136 |
| 2005 | Pixies · Foo Fighters · Iron Maiden | 136 |
| 2004 | The Darkness · The White Stripes · Green Day | 136 |
| 2003 | Linkin Park · Blur · Metallica | 141 |
| 2002 | The Strokes · Foo Fighters · Guns N' Roses | 136 |
| 2001 | Travis · Manic Street Preachers · Eminem | 143 |
| 2000 | Oasis · Pulp · Stereophonics | 136 |
| 1999 | The Charlatans · Blur · Red Hot Chili Peppers | 138 |
| 1998 | Jimmy Page, Robert Plant · Beastie Boys · Garbage | 134 |
| 1997 | Suede · Manic Street Preachers · Metallica | 110 |
| 1996 | Rage Against the Machine · Black Grape · The Stone Roses | 107 |
| 1995 | The Smashing Pumpkins · Björk · Neil Young | 127 |
| 1994 | Cypress Hill · Primal Scream · Red Hot Chili Peppers | 78 |
| 1993 | Porno for Pyros · The The · New Order | 73 |
| 1992 | The Wonder Stuff · Public Enemy · Nirvana | 68 |
| 1991 | Iggy Pop · James · The Sisters of Mercy | 49 |
| 1990 | The Cramps · Inspiral Carpets · Pixies | 61 |
| 1989 | New Order · The Pogues · The Mission | 61 |
| 1988 | Iggy Pop · Starship · Squeeze | 27 |
| 1987 | The Mission · Status Quo · Alice Cooper | 30 |
| 1986 | Killing Joke · Saxon · Hawkwind | 31 |
| 1984 (cancelled) | Hawkwind · Jethro Tull · Marillion | 31 |
| 1983 | The Stranglers · Black Sabbath · Thin Lizzy | 30 |
| 1982 | Budgie · Iron Maiden · Michael Schenker Group | 32 |
| 1981 | Girlschool · Gillan · The Kinks | 29 |
| 1980 | Rory Gallagher · UFO · Whitesnake | 28 |
| 1979 | The Police · The Scorpions · Peter Gabriel | 30 |
| 1978 | The Jam · Status Quo · Patti Smith | 31 |
| 1977 | Golden Earring · Thin Lizzy · The Sensational Alex Harvey Band | 31 |
| 1976 | Gong · Rory Gallagher · Osibisa | 30 |
| 1975 | Hawkwind · Yes · Wishbone Ash | 23 |
| 1974 | The Sensational Alex Harvey Band · Traffic · Focus | 27 |
| 1973 | Rory Gallagher · Faces · Genesis | 35 |
| 1972 | Curved Air · Faces · Quintessence | 32 |
| 1971 | Arthur Brown · East of Eden · Colosseum | 35 |
| 1970 | Jellybread · Family · Taste · Deep Purple | 48 |
| 1969 | Pink Floyd · Bonzo Dog Band · Pentangle | 43 |
| 1968 | The Herd · The Nice · Traffic | 34 |
| 1967 | Small Faces · The Nice · Cream | 38 |
| 1966 | Small Faces · The Who · Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames | 32 |
| 1965 | The Yardbirds · Manfred Mann · The Animals | 31 |
| 1964 | The Rolling Stones · Chris Barber Band · Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen | 24 |
| 1963 | Chris Barber and his Jazz Band · Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band | 25 |
| 1962 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band · Kenny Ball's Jazzmen | 23 |
| 1961 | Alvin Roy's Saratoga Jazz Band | 27 |