Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1994 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 78 acts for Reading & Leeds 1994 across 3 stages. Headliners were Cypress Hill, Primal Scream and Red Hot Chili Peppers. 58 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

78acts
3stages
74%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Cypress Hill
The Lemonheads Frank Black Pavement Hole Gang Starr Transglobal Underground The Verve The Flaming Lips
Collapsed Lung The Wedding Present Lush Sebadoh The Auteurs Sleeper Velocity Girl Honky Smudge Drugstore dEUS The Tea Party Jo Brand Martin Coyote John Otway Attila the Stockbroker
Saturday
Primal Scream
Ice Cube Manic Street Preachers Radiohead Pulp Terrorvision Senseless Things Fun-Da-Mental Kitchens of Distinction
Rev. Horton Heat Luscious Jackson Madder Rose Elastica Compulsion Shed Seven Superchunk Tiny Monroe Gene Lotion Salad Jale Possum Dixon Scarce Shootyz Groove Mark Thomas Frank Sidebottom John Thomson Kevin Day
Sunday
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Therapy? Rollins Band Senser The Afghan Whigs The Wildhearts Helmet The Jesus Lizard Stabbing Westward
Cop Shoot Cop Tindersticks American Music Club They Might Be Giants Cud Echobelly Morphine Jeff Buckley Archers of Loaf Scrawl Dig Cellophane Candlebox Eddie Izzard Phil Davey Lee Hurst

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Cypress Hill
  2. 2The Lemonheads
  3. 3Frank Black
  4. 4Pavement
  5. 5Hole
  6. 6Gang Starr
  7. 7Transglobal Underground
  8. 8The Verve
  9. 9The Flaming Lips
  10. 10Collapsed Lung

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1The Wedding Present
  2. 2Lush
  3. 3Sebadoh
  4. 4The Auteurs
  5. 5Sleeper
  6. 6Velocity Girl
  7. 7Honky
  8. 8Smudge
  9. 9Drugstore
  10. 10dEUS
  11. 11The Tea Party

Comedy stage

  1. 1Jo Brand
  2. 2Martin Coyote
  3. 3John Otway
  4. 4Attila the Stockbroker

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Primal Scream
  2. 2Ice Cube
  3. 3Manic Street Preachers
  4. 4Radiohead
  5. 5Pulp
  6. 6Terrorvision
  7. 7Senseless Things
  8. 8Fun-Da-Mental
  9. 9Kitchens of Distinction
  10. 10Rev. Horton Heat
  11. 11Luscious Jackson

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Madder Rose
  2. 2Elastica
  3. 3Compulsion
  4. 4Shed Seven
  5. 5Superchunk
  6. 6Tiny Monroe
  7. 7Gene
  8. 8Lotion
  9. 9Salad
  10. 10Jale
  11. 11Possum Dixon
  12. 12Scarce
  13. 13Shootyz Groove

Comedy stage

  1. 1Mark Thomas
  2. 2Frank Sidebottom
  3. 3John Thomson
  4. 4Kevin Day

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Red Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2Therapy?
  3. 3Rollins Band
  4. 4Senser
  5. 5The Afghan Whigs
  6. 6The Wildhearts
  7. 7Helmet
  8. 8The Jesus Lizard
  9. 9Stabbing Westward
  10. 10Cop Shoot Cop

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Tindersticks
  2. 2American Music Club
  3. 3They Might Be Giants
  4. 4Cud
  5. 5Echobelly
  6. 6Morphine
  7. 7Jeff Buckley
  8. 8Archers of Loaf
  9. 9Scrawl
  10. 10Dig
  11. 11Cellophane
  12. 12Candlebox

Comedy stage

  1. 1Eddie Izzard
  2. 2Phil Davey
  3. 3Lee Hurst
On this bill

Their festival histories

Red Hot Chili Peppers 21 appearances · headlined 19× The Flaming Lips 19 appearances · headlined 1× Radiohead 15 appearances · headlined 12× Primal Scream 12 appearances · headlined 2× Manic Street Preachers 11 appearances · headlined 3× Pulp 11 appearances · headlined 4× Cypress Hill 9 appearances · headlined 1× Pavement 9 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1994

Cypress HillPrimal ScreamRed Hot Chili PeppersThe Afghan WhigsCollapsed LungFrank Black and the CatholicsFun-Da-MentalHelmetHoleIce CubeLuscious JacksonPulpRadioheadThe Reverend Horton HeatStabbing WestwardTerrorvisionTransglobal UndergroundThe VerveThe WildheartsArchers of LoafAttila the StockbrokerThe AuteursCandleboxCellophaneCompulsionCuddEUSDigDrugstoreEchobellyElasticaGeneHonkyJaleJeff BuckleyKevin DayLee HurstLotionLushMark Thomas+18 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. John Otwaylast played Reading & Leeds in 19886 years
  2. The Wedding Presentlast played Reading & Leeds in 19904 years
  3. American Music Clublast played Reading & Leeds in 19913 years
  4. Gang Starrlast played Reading & Leeds in 19913 years
  5. Jo Brandlast played Reading & Leeds in 19913 years

Other festivals in 1994

Glastonbury 1994 13 sharedLollapalooza 1994 4 sharedNewport Folk 1994
Next yearReading & Leeds 1995The Smashing Pumpkins · Björk · Neil YoungSee the lineup →

Questions about Reading & Leeds 1994

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1994?

Cypress Hill, Primal Scream and Red Hot Chili Peppers were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1994. 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 1994 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 78 acts for Reading & Leeds 1994 across 3 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1994?

58 acts on the 1994 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Cypress Hill, Primal Scream, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Afghan Whigs and Collapsed Lung.

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.