Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1993 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 73 acts for Reading & Leeds 1993 across 3 stages. Headliners were Porno for Pyros, The The and New Order. 56 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records. 1 other billed act cancelled.

73acts
3stages
77%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Porno for Pyros
Rage Against the Machine Ned's Atomic Dustbin Butthole Surfers Babes in Toyland Stone Temple Pilots Bad Brains Gallon Drunk Tool
The Frank and Walters Chumbawamba Back to the Planet Adorable Leatherface The Doughboys The Flaming Lips Green Apple Quick Step Voodoo Queens Fenn Frank Sidebottom John Thomson Simon Day Mark Maler Ian Cognito John Mann Logan Murray John Maloney Jenny LeCoat Sean Med
Saturday
The The
Siouxsie and the Banshees Therapy? Ozric Tentacles Gary Clail's On-U Sound System with Bim Sherman & Adrian Sherwood Senseless Things Kingmaker EAT Madder Rose
Gigolo Aunts Blur Swervedriver Drop Nineteens The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Senser Credit to the Nation Bivouac Die Cheerleader I Mother Earth FMB The Cherrys Eddie Izzard
Sunday
New Order
Dinosaur Jr. The Lemonheads Fishbone The Breeders The Goats Alice Donut Primus The Jesus Lizard
Cop Shoot Cop Big Star The Boo Radleys Paul Westerberg The Family Cat The Juliana Hatfield Three Bettie Serveert The Pastels Trumans Water The Posies Magnapop Shampoo Oilseed Rape

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Porno for Pyros
  2. 2Rage Against the Machine
  3. 3Ned's Atomic Dustbin
  4. 4Butthole Surfers
  5. 5Babes in Toyland
  6. 6Stone Temple Pilots
  7. 7Bad Brains
  8. 8Gallon Drunk
  9. 9Tool

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1The Frank and Walters
  2. 2Chumbawamba
  3. 3Back to the Planet
  4. 4Adorable
  5. 5Leatherface
  6. 6The Doughboys
  7. 7The Flaming Lips
  8. 8Green Apple Quick Step
  9. 9Voodoo Queens
  10. 10Fenn

Comedy stage

  1. 1Frank Sidebottom
  2. 2John Thomson
  3. 3Simon Day
  4. 4Mark Maler
  5. 5Ian Cognito
  6. 6John Mann
  7. 7Logan Murray
  8. 8John Maloney
  9. 9Jenny LeCoat
  10. 10Sean Med

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The The
  2. 2Siouxsie and the Banshees
  3. 3Therapy?
  4. 4Ozric Tentacles
  5. 5Gary Clail's On-U Sound System with Bim Sherman & Adrian Sherwood
  6. 6Senseless Things
  7. 7Kingmaker
  8. 8EAT
  9. 9Madder Rose
  10. 10Gigolo Aunts

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Blur
  2. 2Radiohead (did not play due to illness, replaced by EAT)
  3. 3Swervedriver
  4. 4Drop Nineteens
  5. 5The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  6. 6Senser
  7. 7Credit to the Nation
  8. 8Bivouac
  9. 9Die Cheerleader
  10. 10I Mother Earth
  11. 11FMB
  12. 12The Cherrys

Comedy stage

  1. 1Eddie Izzard

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1New Order
  2. 2Dinosaur Jr.
  3. 3The Lemonheads
  4. 4Fishbone
  5. 5The Breeders
  6. 6The Goats
  7. 7Alice Donut
  8. 8Primus
  9. 9The Jesus Lizard
  10. 10Cop Shoot Cop

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Big Star
  2. 2The Boo Radleys
  3. 3Paul Westerberg
  4. 4The Family Cat
  5. 5The Juliana Hatfield Three
  6. 6Bettie Serveert
  7. 7The Pastels
  8. 8Trumans Water
  9. 9The Posies
  10. 10Magnapop
  11. 11Shampoo
  12. 12Oilseed Rape
On this bill

Their festival histories

The Flaming Lips 19 appearances · headlined 1× New Order 13 appearances · headlined 3× Blur 12 appearances · headlined 6× Rage Against the Machine 11 appearances · headlined 5× The Breeders 11 appearances Dinosaur Jr. 10 appearances Senser 8 appearances Tool 8 appearances · headlined 4×

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1993

Porno for PyrosThe TheAlice DonutBad BrainsThe BreedersFishboneGallon DrunkGary Clail's On-U Sound System with Bim Sherman & Adrian SherwoodGigolo AuntsThe GoatsThe Jesus LizardThe LemonheadsMadder RoseOzric TentaclesPrimusRage Against the MachineSiouxsie and the BansheesStone Temple PilotsToolAdorableBack To The PlanetBettie ServeertBig StarBivouacThe Boo RadleysThe CherrysChumbawambaCredit To The NationDie CheerleaderThe DoughboysDrop NineteensEddie IzzardFennThe Flaming LipsFMBThe Frank and WaltersGreen Apple Quick StepI Mother EarthIan CognitoJenny LeCoat+16 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Butthole Surferslast played Reading & Leeds in 19894 years
  2. New Orderlast played Reading & Leeds in 19894 years
  3. Babes in Toylandlast played Reading & Leeds in 19912 years
  4. Blurlast played Reading & Leeds in 19912 years
  5. Dinosaur Jr.last played Reading & Leeds in 19912 years

Other festivals in 1993

Glastonbury 1993 8 sharedLollapalooza 1993 8 sharedNewport Folk 1993
Next yearReading & Leeds 1994Cypress Hill · Primal Scream · Red Hot Chili PeppersSee the lineup →

Questions about Reading & Leeds 1993

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1993?

Porno for Pyros, The The and New Order were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1993. 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 1993 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 74 acts for Reading & Leeds 1993 across 3 stages; 1 of them cancelled. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1993?

56 acts on the 1993 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Porno for Pyros, The The, Alice Donut, Bad Brains and The Breeders.

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.