Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1991 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 49 acts for Reading & Leeds 1991 across 3 stages. Headliners were Iggy Pop, James and The Sisters of Mercy. 39 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

49acts
3stages
80%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Iggy Pop
Sonic Youth Pop Will Eat Itself Dinosaur Jr. Chapterhouse Nirvana Silverfish Babes in Toyland The Honeythieves
American Music Club Guy Clarke & Townes Van Zandt Sweetmouth Thin White Rope Denis Leary Frank Sidebottom Richard Herring
Saturday
James
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine The Fall De La Soul Blur Teenage Fanclub Flowered Up The Fat Lady Sings Kingmaker
Mercury Rev Edwyn Collins The Milltown Brothers Five Thirty Power of Dreams The Real People Jerry Sadowitz
Sunday
The Sisters of Mercy
Ned's Atomic Dustbin The Godfathers Gang Starr Nitzer Ebb Senseless Things Kitchens of Distinction Swervedriver Screaming Target
The Family Cat The Blue Aeroplanes New Fast Automatic Daffodils The Cropdusters Fatima Mansions Sean Hughes Tommy Cockles Jo Brand

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Iggy Pop
  2. 2Sonic Youth
  3. 3Pop Will Eat Itself
  4. 4Dinosaur Jr.
  5. 5Chapterhouse
  6. 6Nirvana
  7. 7Silverfish
  8. 8Babes in Toyland
  9. 9The Honeythieves

Mean Fiddler stage

  1. 1American Music Club
  2. 2Guy Clarke & Townes Van Zandt
  3. 3Sweetmouth
  4. 4Thin White Rope

Comedy stage

  1. 1Denis Leary
  2. 2Frank Sidebottom
  3. 3Richard Herring

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1James
  2. 2Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
  3. 3The Fall
  4. 4De La Soul
  5. 5Blur
  6. 6Teenage Fanclub
  7. 7Flowered Up
  8. 8The Fat Lady Sings
  9. 9Kingmaker
  10. 10Mercury Rev

Mean Fiddler stage

  1. 1Edwyn Collins
  2. 2The Milltown Brothers
  3. 3Five Thirty
  4. 4Power of Dreams
  5. 5The Real People

Comedy stage

  1. 1Jerry Sadowitz

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Sisters of Mercy
  2. 2Ned's Atomic Dustbin
  3. 3The Godfathers
  4. 4Gang Starr
  5. 5Nitzer Ebb
  6. 6Senseless Things
  7. 7Kitchens of Distinction
  8. 8Swervedriver
  9. 9Screaming Target
  10. 10The Family Cat

Mean Fiddler stage

  1. 1The Blue Aeroplanes
  2. 2New Fast Automatic Daffodils
  3. 3The Cropdusters
  4. 4Fatima Mansions

Comedy stage

  1. 1Sean Hughes
  2. 2Tommy Cockles
  3. 3Jo Brand
On this bill

Their festival histories

Blur 12 appearances · headlined 6× James 11 appearances · headlined 1× Dinosaur Jr. 10 appearances Mercury Rev 9 appearances Sonic Youth 9 appearances · headlined 1× De La Soul 7 appearances The Fall 7 appearances Frank Sidebottom 6 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1991

JamesThe Sisters of MercyBabes in ToylandBlurCarter the Unstoppable Sex MachineChapterhouseDe La SoulDinosaur Jr.The Family CatThe Fat Lady SingsFlowered UpGang StarrThe HoneythievesKingmakerKitchens of DistinctionMercury RevNirvanaNitzer EbbScreaming TargetSilverfishSonic YouthSwervedriverTeenage FanclubAmerican Music ClubThe Blue AeroplanesDenis LearyEdwyn CollinsFive ThirtyGuy ClarkJerry SadowitzJo BrandNew Fast Automatic DaffodilsPower of DreamsThe Real PeopleRichard HerringSean HughesSimon DaySweetmouthThin White Rope

Longest-awaited returns

  1. The Godfatherslast played Reading & Leeds in 19883 years
  2. Iggy Poplast played Reading & Leeds in 19883 years
  3. The Cropdusterslast played Reading & Leeds in 19892 years
  4. Frank Sidebottomlast played Reading & Leeds in 19892 years
  5. Pop Will Eat Itselflast played Reading & Leeds in 19892 years

Other festivals in 1991

Lollapalooza 1991Newport Folk 1991
Next yearReading & Leeds 1992The Wonder Stuff · Public Enemy · NirvanaSee the lineup →

Questions about Reading & Leeds 1991

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1991?

Iggy Pop, James and The Sisters of Mercy were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1991. 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 1991 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 49 acts for Reading & Leeds 1991 across 3 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1991?

39 acts on the 1991 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including James, The Sisters of Mercy, Babes in Toyland, Blur and Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine.

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.