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==List of headliners== {{more citations needed|date=February 2018|reason=2008 & earlier all unreferenced}} *2025: [[Travis Scott]], [[Bring Me the Horizon]], [[Hozier]], [[Chappell Roan]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stages |url=https://www.readingfestival.com/lineup/#poster |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Rockstar Energy presents Reading Festival |language=en-GB}}</ref> *2024: [[Blink-182]], [[Fred Again]], [[Liam Gallagher]], [[Lana Del Rey]], [[Catfish and the Bottlemen]], [[Gerry Cinnamon]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stages |url=https://www.readingfestival.com/lineup/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Rockstar Energy presents Reading Festival |language=en-GB}}</ref> *2023: [[Sam Fender]], [[Foals (band)|Foals]], [[The Killers (band)|the Killers]], [[The 1975]] (replacing [[Lewis Capaldi]]), [[Billie Eilish]], [[Imagine Dragons]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingfestival.com/news/your-first-2023-line-up-announcement-is-here/|date=9 December 2022|access-date=14 December 2022|title=Your First 2023 Lineup Announcement Is Here!|website=readingfestival.com }}</ref> *2022: [[Dave (rapper)|Dave]], [[Megan Thee Stallion]], [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[Bring Me the Horizon]], [[the 1975]] (replacing [[Rage Against the Machine]]), [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/08/reading-and-leeds-festival-2022-announce-lineup-with-arctic-monkeys-dave-and-more|date=8 December 2021|access-date=22 March 2022|title=Reading and Leeds festival 2022 announce lineup with Arctic Monkeys, Dave and more |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] }}</ref> *2021: [[Liam Gallagher]], [[Biffy Clyro]] (replacing [[Queens of the Stone Age]]), [[Stormzy]], [[Catfish and the Bottlemen]], [[Post Malone]], [[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]]<ref name="beaumont">{{cite news|work=The Guardian|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/31/reading-and-leeds-festival-announces-2021-lineup|date=31 August 2020|access-date=3 September 2020|title=Reading and Leeds festival announces 2021 lineup}}</ref> *2020 (cancelled): [[Liam Gallagher]], [[Rage Against the Machine]], [[Stormzy]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/festivals/reading-and-leeds/third-headliner-2020/|title=Stormzy announced as Reading and Leeds Festival 2020 third headliner|work=RadioX News|date=11 February 2020|access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> *2019: [[The 1975]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Post Malone]]/[[Twenty One Pilots]] <small>(Co-headline)</small><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46286744|title=Reading and Leeds: Foo Fighters, The 1975, Post Malone to headline|work=BBC News|date=12 November 2018|access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref> *2018: [[Fall Out Boy]], [[Kendrick Lamar]]/[[Panic! at the Disco]] <small>(Co-headline)</small>, [[Kings of Leon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OfficialRandL/status/963319719158779904|title=Reading & Leeds Fest on Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220063322/https://twitter.com/OfficialRandL/status/963319719158779904|archive-date=20 February 2018}}</ref> *2017: [[Eminem]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[Kasabian]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2017|title=Reading Festival 2017|last=lcarter@festivalrepublic.com|date=6 October 2017|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102352/https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2017|archive-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> *2016: [[Foals (band)|Foals]]/[[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]] <small>(Co-headline)</small>, [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Biffy Clyro]]/[[Fall Out Boy]] <small>(Co-headline)</small><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2016|title=Reading Festival 2016|last=astrid.ferguson@festivalrepublic.com|date=4 October 2016|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102739/https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2016|archive-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> *2015: [[Mumford & Sons]], [[Metallica]], [[the Libertines]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2015|title=Reading Festival 2015|last=hroberts|date=6 October 2015|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223103001/https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2015|archive-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> *2014: [[Queens of the Stone Age]]/[[Paramore]]<small> (Co-headline)</small>, [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[Blink-182]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2014|title=Reading Festival 2014|last=bfraserharding@festivalrepublic.com|date=3 September 2014|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223160501/https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2014|archive-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> *2013: [[Green Day]], [[Eminem]], [[Biffy Clyro]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2013|title=Reading Festival 2013|last=kate.sullivan@Festivalrepublic.com|date=16 January 2014|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223160442/https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2013|archive-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> *2012: [[The Cure]], [[Kasabian]], [[Foo Fighters (band)|Foo Fighters]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2012|title=Reading Festival 2012|date=28 November 2013|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102853/https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2012|archive-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> *2011: [[My Chemical Romance]], [[the Strokes]]/[[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] <small>(Co-headline)</small>, [[Muse (band)|Muse]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2011|title=Reading Festival 2011|date=28 November 2013|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102805/https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2011|archive-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> *2010: [[Guns N' Roses]], [[Arcade Fire]], [[Blink-182]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2010|title=Reading Festival 2010|date=28 November 2013|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102636/https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2010|archive-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> *2009: [[Kings of Leon]], [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[Radiohead]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2009|title=Reading Festival 2009|date=28 November 2013|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102607/https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-2009|archive-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> *2008: [[Rage Against the Machine]], [[the Killers]], [[Metallica]] *2007: [[Razorlight]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Smashing Pumpkins]] *2006: [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[Pearl Jam]] *2005: [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Iron Maiden]] *2004: [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]], [[the White Stripes]], [[Green Day]] *2003: [[Linkin Park]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Metallica]] *2002: [[The Strokes]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Guns N' Roses]] <small>(Leeds)</small>, [[the Prodigy]] *2001: [[Travis (band)|Travis]], [[Manic Street Preachers]], [[Eminem]] *2000: [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], [[Stereophonics]] *1999: [[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] *1998: [[Jimmy Page & Robert Plant]], [[Beastie Boys]], [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-1998|title=Reading Festival 1998|date=28 November 2013|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102716/https://www.readingfestival.com/history/reading-festival-1998|archive-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> *1997: [[Suede (band)|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 (band)|New Order]] *1992: [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[the Wonder Stuff]], [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] *1991: [[Iggy Pop]], [[James (band)|James]], [[the Sisters of Mercy]] *1990: [[The Cramps]], [[Inspiral Carpets]], [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] *1989: [[New Order (band)|New Order]], [[the Pogues]], [[The Mission (band)|the Mission]] * 1988: [[Iggy Pop]], [[Starship (band)|Starship]], [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] * 1987: [[The Mission (band)|The Mission]], [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[Alice Cooper]] * 1986: [[Killing Joke]], [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]], [[Hawkwind]] * 1985: No festival held * 1984 (cancelled): [[Hawkwind]], [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], [[Marillion]] * 1983: [[The Stranglers]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Thin Lizzy]] * 1982: [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[the Michael Schenker Group]] * 1981: [[Girlschool]], [[Gillan (band)|Gillan]], [[the Kinks]] * 1980: [[Rory Gallagher]], [[UFO (band)|UFO]], [[Whitesnake]] * 1979: [[The Police]], [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] (replacing Thin Lizzy), [[Peter Gabriel]] * 1978: [[The Jam]], [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[Patti Smith]] * 1977: [[Golden Earring]], [[Thin Lizzy]], [[Alex Harvey (musician)|Alex Harvey]] * 1976: [[Gong (band)|Gong]], [[Rory Gallagher]], [[Osibisa]] * 1975: [[Hawkwind]], [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Wishbone Ash]], [[Supertramp]] * 1974: [[The Sensational Alex Harvey Band]], [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]], [[Focus (band)|Focus]] * 1973: [[Rory Gallagher]], [[Faces (band)|Faces]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] * 1972: [[Curved Air]], [[Faces (band)|Faces]], [[Quintessence (English band)|Quintessence]] * 1971: [[Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown]], [[East of Eden (rock band)|East of Eden]], [[Colosseum (band)|Colosseum]] * 1970: [[Family (band)|Family]], [[Taste (Irish band)|Taste]], [[Deep Purple]] * 1969: [[Pink Floyd]], [[the Who]], [[the Nice]] * 1968: [[The Herd (UK band)|The Herd]], [[the Nice]], [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] * 1967: [[Small Faces]], [[the Nice]], [[Cream (band)|Cream]] * 1966: [[Small Faces]], [[the Who]], [[Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames]] * 1965: [[The Yardbirds]], [[Manfred Mann]], [[the Animals]] * 1964: [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Chris Barber]] Band, [[Kenny Ball |Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen]] * 1963: [[Chris Barber |Chris Barber's Jazz Band]], [[Acker Bilk |Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band]] * 1962: [[Chris Barber |Chris Barber's Jazz Band]], [[Kenny Ball |Kenny Ball's Jazzmen]] * 1961: [[Chris Barber |Chris Barber's Jazz Band]], [[Ken Colyer |Ken Colyer's Jazzmen]]
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