Editing Reading and Leeds Festivals (section)

===1990s===
In 1991, [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] made the first of their two appearances at Reading, midway down the bill. The following year, in 1992, they played what would be their last UK concert, which was released as a live album/DVD ''[[Live at Reading]]'' in November 2009. Singer [[Kurt Cobain]] came onstage in a wheelchair pushed by music journalist [[Everett True]] and wearing a medical gown, parodying speculations about his mental health.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/alternative-rock/nirvana-headline-reading-festival/|title=BBC – Seven Ages of Rock – Events – Nirvana headline Reading Festival|last=BBC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315203807/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/alternative-rock/nirvana-headline-reading-festival/|archive-date=15 March 2013}}</ref> The 1992 festival was hit by extreme weather, with a thunderstorm on the Saturday drenching the site, leaving it ankle-deep in mud, and blowing away the Comedy Tent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archivedmusicpress.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/reading-festival-special-cover-of-the-melody-maker-12th-september-1992/|title=Reading Festival Special cover of the Melody Maker, 12th September 1992 |date=6 April 2009 }}</ref>

====Festival expansion====
By the mid-1990s, the festival had begun to regain its former status as the popularity of UK outdoor festivals increased. [[Britpop]] and indie began to appear on the bill alongside the traditional rock and metal acts, and [[hip hop music|rap]] acts such as [[Ice Cube]] began to appear regularly on the main stage, to mixed receptions. [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] headlined the second day of the 1992 festival. [[Beastie Boys]] were about halfway down the bill for day three.

In 1996, [[the Stone Roses]] played the last gig before their break-up at the festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A963489|title=h2g2 – The Stone Roses – 'The Stone Roses' – Edited Entry|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826043346/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A963489|archive-date=26 August 2007}}</ref>

In 1998, the Reading Festival absorbed the failed [[Phoenix Festival]], resulting in an on-stage dispute between [[Beastie Boys]] and [[the Prodigy]] over the song "Smack My Bitch Up".<ref name=autogenerated1 />

In 1999, the festival added a second venue at [[Temple Newsam]] in [[Leeds]],<ref>[http://justcantbeatthat.com/index.php/lifestyle/playlists/reading-99 Reading 1999 – FC Luzern In English] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007214302/http://www.justcantbeatthat.com/index.php/lifestyle/playlists/reading-99 |date=7 October 2011 }}. Justcantbeatthat.com. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref> the site of [[V Festival]] in 1997 and 1998, due to increasing demand.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xSzqY7tD2UUC&dq=leeds+festival+1997+history+temple+newsam&pg=PA366 Festival and Events Management – Google Boeken]. Books.google.com. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref> In the first year, all bands performed at the Leeds site the day after they played Reading, with the Reading Festival running from Friday to Sunday and the Leeds Festival running from Saturday to Monday. However, in 2001, the festival moved to the current format, wherein the Reading line-up plays at Leeds the following day, with the opening day line-up from Leeds playing the final day in Reading (with the exceptions of 2009 and 2010 when the bands playing Leeds played Reading the following day, and the bands on the opening day of Reading closed Leeds).