Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1972 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 32 acts for Reading & Leeds 1972. Headliners were Curved Air, Faces and Quintessence. 25 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

32acts
1stages
78%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Curved Air
Mungo Jerry Genesis Jackson Heights The Pretty Things Nazareth Steamhammer Cottonwood Good Habit
Saturday
Faces
Electric Light Orchestra Johnny Otis If Jericho Edgar Broughton Band Focus Linda Lewis Man
Solid Gold Cadillac Jonathan Kelly
Sunday
Quintessence
Ten Years After Mahatma Kane Jeeves Band Wizzard Stray Status Quo Vinegar Joe Stackridge Matching Mole
String Driven Thing Gillian McPherson Sutherland Brothers

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Curved Air
  2. 2Mungo Jerry
  3. 3Genesis
  4. 4Jackson Heights
  5. 5The Pretty Things
  6. 6Nazareth
  7. 7Steamhammer
  8. 8Cottonwood
  9. 9Good Habit

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Faces
  2. 2Electric Light Orchestra
  3. 3Johnny Otis
  4. 4If
  5. 5Jericho
  6. 6Edgar Broughton Band
  7. 7Focus
  8. 8Linda Lewis
  9. 9Man
  10. 10Solid Gold Cadillac
  11. 11Jonathan Kelly

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Quintessence
  2. 2Ten Years After
  3. 3Mahatma Kane Jeeves Band
  4. 4Wizzard
  5. 5Stray
  6. 6Status Quo
  7. 7Vinegar Joe
  8. 8Stackridge
  9. 9Matching Mole
  10. 10String Driven Thing
  11. 11Gillian McPherson
  12. 12Sutherland Brothers
On this bill

Their festival histories

Status Quo 5 appearances · headlined 2× Stackridge 4 appearances Steamhammer 4 appearances Ten Years After 4 appearances Edgar Broughton Band 3 appearances Genesis 3 appearances · headlined 1× Man 3 appearances Quintessence 3 appearances · headlined 1×

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1972

Curved AirFacesQuintessenceCottonwoodEdgar Broughton BandFocusGood HabitIfJeff Lynne's ELOJerichoJohnny OtisJonathan KellyLinda LewisMahatma Kane Jeeves BandManMatching MoleMungo JerryNazarethThe Pretty ThingsSolid Gold CadillacStackridgeStatus QuoString Driven ThingSutherland BrothersWizzard

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Ten Years Afterlast played Reading & Leeds in 19684 years
  2. Jackson Heightslast played Reading & Leeds in 19702 years
  3. Steamhammerlast played Reading & Leeds in 19702 years
  4. Vinegar Joelast played Reading & Leeds in 19702 years
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1972

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1972?

Curved Air, Faces and Quintessence were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1972. The source marks no headliners, so these are the first acts listed on the main stage each day.

How many acts are on the Reading & Leeds 1972 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 32 acts for Reading & Leeds 1972. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1972?

25 acts on the 1972 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Curved Air, Faces, Quintessence, Cottonwood and Edgar Broughton Band.

Source: Wikipedia, "Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups" (revision 1381448680), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. This year's source marks no headliners, so the first act listed on the main stage each day is shown as the headliner. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.