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Reading & Leeds 1995 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 127 acts for Reading & Leeds 1995 across 4 stages. Headliners were The Smashing Pumpkins, Björk and Neil Young. 107 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

127acts
4stages
84%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
The Smashing Pumpkins
Green Day Hole Teenage Fanclub Beck dEUS Juliana Hatfield China Drum
Gene Menswear Stereolab Marion Guided by Voices Whale Moist Weknowwhereyoulive The Cardigans Heather Nova Flying Saucer Attack Prolapse Joyrider Understand Cable Ciafanes Speedway Solar Race Space Peepshow Eddie Izzard The Tracey Brothers Mike Pinder Sextet Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue Mark Hurst Ian Stone Paul Thorn Woody Bop Muddy Dermot Carmody Phil Davey
Saturday
Björk
Paul Weller The Boo Radleys Tricky Throwing Muses Shed Seven Corduroy Little Axe Skunk Anansie
James Hall Foo Fighters Echobelly Drugstore Electrafixion The Bluetones My Life Story Snuff 60 Ft. Dolls Powder Kaliphz Puressence Heavy Stereo Embassy Delicatessen Flinch AC Acoustics Pusherman Small Scarfo Spare Snare Hooker Coast Boutique Pillbox Hardbody Speedy Thomas Ribeiro Jerry Sadowitz Mark Steel +7 more
Sunday
Neil Young
Soundgarden Pavement Mudhoney Buffalo Tom Babes in Toyland White Zombie Blind Melon Pennywise
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine Monster Magnet These Animal Men Reef Ash Vent 414 Cast Paw Dub War Silverchair Geraldine Fibbers Animals That Swim The Mike Flowers Pops The Weekenders Thurman Elcka Longpigs Nyack Super Furry Animals Livingstone Pullover Star 69 Clockwork Dogs Nilon Bombers Crazy Gods of Endless Noise Frank Sidebottom Jeff Green Hattie Hayridge Matt Welcome Sean Meo +4 more

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Smashing Pumpkins
  2. 2Green Day
  3. 3Hole
  4. 4Teenage Fanclub
  5. 5Beck
  6. 6dEUS
  7. 7Juliana Hatfield
  8. 8China Drum

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Gene
  2. 2Menswear
  3. 3Stereolab
  4. 4Marion
  5. 5Guided by Voices
  6. 6Whale
  7. 7Moist
  8. 8Weknowwhereyoulive
  9. 9The Cardigans
  10. 10Heather Nova

Carlsberg stage

  1. 1Flying Saucer Attack
  2. 2Prolapse
  3. 3Joyrider
  4. 4Understand
  5. 5Cable
  6. 6Ciafanes
  7. 7Speedway
  8. 8Solar Race
  9. 9Space
  10. 10Peepshow

Comedy stage

  1. 1Eddie Izzard
  2. 2The Tracey Brothers
  3. 3Mike Pinder Sextet
  4. 4Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue
  5. 5Mark Hurst
  6. 6Ian Stone
  7. 7Paul Thorn
  8. 8Woody Bop Muddy
  9. 9Dermot Carmody
  10. 10Phil Davey

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Björk
  2. 2Paul Weller
  3. 3The Boo Radleys
  4. 4Tricky
  5. 5Throwing Muses
  6. 6Shed Seven
  7. 7Corduroy
  8. 8Little Axe
  9. 9Skunk Anansie
  10. 10James Hall

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Foo Fighters
  2. 2Echobelly
  3. 3Drugstore
  4. 4Electrafixion
  5. 5The Bluetones
  6. 6My Life Story
  7. 7Snuff
  8. 860 Ft. Dolls
  9. 9Powder
  10. 10Kaliphz
  11. 11Puressence
  12. 12Heavy Stereo
  13. 13Embassy

Carlsberg stage

  1. 1Delicatessen
  2. 2Flinch (Wrong Flinch hyper linked)
  3. 3AC Acoustics
  4. 4Pusherman
  5. 5Small
  6. 6Scarfo
  7. 7Spare Snare
  8. 8Hooker
  9. 9Coast
  10. 10Boutique
  11. 11Pillbox
  12. 12Hardbody
  13. 13Speedy
  14. 14Thomas Ribeiro

Comedy stage

  1. 1Jerry Sadowitz
  2. 2Mark Steel
  3. 3Alister McGowan
  4. 4John Mann
  5. 5Phill Jupitus
  6. 6Matthew Hardy
  7. 7Andre Vincent
  8. 8Terry Alderton
  9. 9Rich Hall

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Neil Young
  2. 2Soundgarden
  3. 3Pavement
  4. 4Mudhoney
  5. 5Buffalo Tom
  6. 6Babes in Toyland
  7. 7White Zombie
  8. 8Blind Melon
  9. 9Pennywise

Melody Maker stage

  1. 1Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
  2. 2Monster Magnet
  3. 3These Animal Men
  4. 4Reef
  5. 5Ash
  6. 6Vent 414
  7. 7Cast
  8. 8Paw
  9. 9Dub War
  10. 10Silverchair
  11. 11Geraldine Fibbers
  12. 12Animals That Swim

Carlsberg stage

  1. 1The Mike Flowers Pops
  2. 2The Weekenders
  3. 3Thurman
  4. 4Elcka
  5. 5Longpigs
  6. 6Nyack
  7. 7Super Furry Animals
  8. 8Livingstone
  9. 9Pullover
  10. 10Star 69
  11. 11Clockwork Dogs
  12. 12Nilon Bombers
  13. 13Crazy Gods of Endless Noise

Comedy stage

  1. 1Frank Sidebottom
  2. 2Jeff Green
  3. 3Hattie Hayridge
  4. 4Matt Welcome
  5. 5Sean Meo
  6. 6Bastard Son Of Tommy Cooper
  7. 7Ricky Grover
  8. 8Malcolm Hardy
  9. 9Will Durst
On this bill

Their festival histories

Foo Fighters 24 appearances · headlined 16× Beck 22 appearances · headlined 3× Ash 20 appearances · headlined 1× Super Furry Animals 13 appearances Green Day 12 appearances · headlined 8× Björk 9 appearances · headlined 4× Pavement 9 appearances The Smashing Pumpkins 9 appearances · headlined 3×

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1995

BjörkNeil YoungBeckBlind MelonChina DrumCorduroyGreen DayJames HallLittle AxePaul WellerPennywiseSkunk AnansieSoundgardenThrowing MusesTrickyWhite Zombie60 Ft. DollsAC AcousticsAlister McGowanAndre VincentAnimals That SwimAshBastard Son Of Tommy CooperThe BluetonesBoutiqueCableThe CardigansCastCiafanesClockwork DogsCoastCrazy Gods of Endless NoiseDelicatessenDermot CarmodyDub WarElckaElectrafixionEmbassyFlinchFlying Saucer Attack+67 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machinelast played Reading & Leeds in 19914 years
  2. Jerry Sadowitzlast played Reading & Leeds in 19914 years
  3. Buffalo Tomlast played Reading & Leeds in 19923 years
  4. Mudhoneylast played Reading & Leeds in 19923 years
  5. The Smashing Pumpkinslast played Reading & Leeds in 19923 years

Other festivals in 1995

Glastonbury 1995 8 sharedLollapalooza 1995 4 sharedNewport Folk 1995
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1995

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1995?

The Smashing Pumpkins, Björk and Neil Young were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1995. 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 1995 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 127 acts for Reading & Leeds 1995 across 4 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1995?

107 acts on the 1995 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Björk, Neil Young, Beck, Blind Melon and China Drum.

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.