Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1986 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 31 acts for Reading & Leeds 1986. Headliners were Killing Joke, Saxon and Hawkwind. 29 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

31acts
1stages
94%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Killing Joke
Dr & the Medics The Mission Balaam & the Angel Fields of the Nephilim March Violets Twenty Flight Rockers The Bolshoi Larry Miller
Dog 'Ouse
Saturday
Saxon
Outlaws John Waite & the No Brakes Band Rough Cutt Ruby Turner Buddy Curtess & the Grasshoppers Graham Parker & the Fact FM It Bites
Outside Edge Skagarack
Sunday
Hawkwind
The Lords of the New Church Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction New Model Army The Enid Cherry Bombz Dumpy's Rusty Nuts Thrashing Doves Well Well Well
Cardiacs

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Killing Joke
  2. 2Dr & the Medics
  3. 3The Mission
  4. 4Balaam & the Angel
  5. 5Fields of the Nephilim
  6. 6March Violets
  7. 7Twenty Flight Rockers
  8. 8The Bolshoi
  9. 9Larry Miller
  10. 10Dog 'Ouse

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Saxon
  2. 2Outlaws
  3. 3John Waite & the No Brakes Band
  4. 4Rough Cutt
  5. 5Ruby Turner
  6. 6Buddy Curtess & the Grasshoppers
  7. 7Graham Parker & the Fact
  8. 8FM
  9. 9It Bites
  10. 10Outside Edge
  11. 11Skagarack

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Hawkwind
  2. 2The Lords of the New Church
  3. 3Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction
  4. 4New Model Army
  5. 5The Enid
  6. 6Cherry Bombz
  7. 7Dumpy's Rusty Nuts
  8. 8Thrashing Doves
  9. 9Well Well Well
  10. 10Cardiacs
On this bill

Their festival histories

The Enid 7 appearances Hawkwind 5 appearances · headlined 3× New Model Army 4 appearances Doctor and the Medics 3 appearances Fields of the Nephilim 3 appearances The Mission 3 appearances · headlined 2× Cardiacs 2 appearances Dumpy's Rusty Nuts 2 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1986

Killing JokeSaxonBalaam & the AngelThe BolshoiBuddy Curtess & the GrasshoppersCardiacsCherry BombzDoctor and the MedicsDog 'OuseDumpy's Rusty NutsFields of the NephilimFMGraham Parker & the FactIt BitesJohn Waite & the No Brakes BandLarry MillerThe Lords of the New ChurchMarch VioletsThe MissionNew Model ArmyOutlawsOutside EdgeRough CuttRuby TurnerSkagarackThrashing DovesTwenty Flight RockersWell Well WellZodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Hawkwindlast played Reading & Leeds in 19779 years
  2. The Enidlast played Reading & Leeds in 19833 years

Other festivals in 1986

Glastonbury 1986 1 sharedNewport Folk 1986
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1986

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1986?

Killing Joke, Saxon and Hawkwind were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1986. 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 1986 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 31 acts for Reading & Leeds 1986. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1986?

29 acts on the 1986 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Killing Joke, Saxon, Balaam & the Angel, The Bolshoi and Buddy Curtess & the Grasshoppers.

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.