List of Headliners
- 2012: The Cure, Kasabian, Foo Fighters
- 2011: My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, Pulp, Muse
- 2010: Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire, Blink-182
- 2009: Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead
- 2008: Rage Against The Machine, The Killers, Metallica
- 2007: Razorlight, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins
- 2006: Franz Ferdinand, Muse, Pearl Jam
- 2005: Pixies, Foo Fighters, Iron Maiden
- 2004: The Darkness, The White Stripes, Green Day
- 2003: Linkin Park, Blur, Metallica
- 2002: The Strokes, Foo Fighters, Guns N' Roses, The Prodigy
- 2001: Travis, Manic Street Preachers, Eminem
- 2000: Oasis, Pulp, Stereophonics
- 1999: The Charlatans, Blur, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- 1998: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, Beastie Boys, Garbage
- 1997: Suede, Manic Street Preachers, Metallica
- 1996: The Prodigy, Black Grape, The Stone Roses
- 1995: Smashing Pumpkins, Björk, Neil Young
- 1994: Cypress Hill, Primal Scream, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- 1993: Porno For Pyros, The The, New Order
- 1992: Nirvana, The Wonder Stuff, Public Enemy
- 1991: Iggy Pop, James, The Sisters of Mercy
- 1990: The Cramps, Inspiral Carpets, Pixies
- 1989: New Order, The Pogues, The Mission
- 1988: Ramones, Starship, Squeeze
- 1987: The Mission, Status Quo, Alice Cooper
- 1986: Killing Joke, Hawkwind, Saxon
- 1984 and 1985: No festival these years
- 1983: The Stranglers, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy
- 1982: Budgie, Iron Maiden, The Michael Schenker Group
- 1981: Girlschool, Gillan, The Kinks
- 1980: Rory Gallagher, UFO, Whitesnake
- 1979: The Police, The Scorpions, Peter Gabriel
- 1978: The Jam, Status Quo, Patti Smith
- 1977: Golden Earring, Thin Lizzy, Alex Harvey
- 1976: Gong, Rory Gallagher, Osibisa
- 1975: Hawkwind, Yes, Wishbone Ash
- 1974: Alex Harvey, 10cc, Traffic
- 1973: Rory Gallagher, The Faces, Genesis
- 1972: Curved Air, The Faces, Ten Years After
- 1971: Arthur Brown, East of Eden, Colosseum
- 1970: The Groundhogs, Cat Stevens, Deep Purple
- 1969: Pink Floyd, The Who, The Nice
- 1968: T. Rex, Jethro Tull, The Nice
- 1967: The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Cream
- 1966: The Who, The Yardbirds, Cream
- 1965: The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, The Animals
- 1964: The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, The Rolling Stones
- 1963: The Rolling Stones, Long John Baldry, Muddy Waters
- 1962: Humphrey Lyttelton, Kenny Ball
- 1961: Roger Damen, John Frodsham, Dick Charlesworth, Charlie Barnes, Tubby Hayes, Ken Colyer, Clyde Valley Stompers
Historical line-up posters can be seen on the individual official festival websites:
- Official Reading Festival website - dates from 1972, but some years missing
- Official Leeds Festival website - dates from 1999
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