Editing Reading and Leeds Festivals (section)

===1970s===
[[File:Reading Festival 1975 (6).jpg|thumb|right|Reading Festival 1975]]
After moving to Reading, the festival's line-up became primarily composed of [[progressive rock]], [[blues]] and [[hard rock]] during the early and mid 1970s,<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/aug/25/arts.pop | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=In praise of ... the Reading festival | date=25 August 2006 | access-date=30 June 2014 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205456/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/aug/25/arts.pop | archive-date=14 July 2014 }}</ref> and then became the first music festival to incorporate [[punk rock]] and [[New wave music|new wave]] in the late 1970s, when [[the Jam]], [[Sham 69]], and [[the Stranglers]] were among the headline acts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/reading-78.html|title=Reading Rock Festival.Reading 1978|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107030627/http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/reading-78.html|archive-date=7 January 2011}}</ref> The festival's attempts to cater for both traditional rock acts and punk and new wave bands occasionally led to clashes between the two sets of fans at the end of the 1970s, though the festival gradually became known for focusing on heavy metal and rock acts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/reading-79.html|title=Reading Rock Festival.Reading 1979|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310172708/http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/reading-79.html|archive-date=10 March 2008}}</ref>