Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 2003 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 141 acts for Reading & Leeds 2003 across 5 stages. Headliners were Linkin Park, Blur and Metallica. 97 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

141acts
5stages
69%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Linkin Park
Blink-182 Placebo The Darkness Staind The Datsuns Less Than Jake Finch Bowling for Soup
InMe The Polyphonic Spree Elbow Interpol Electric Six Ladytron Mull Historical Society Alien Ant Farm OK Go Saves the Day Young Heart Attack Violent Delight Death in Vegas Richard Fearless Blackalicious DM & Jemini Amon Tobin Scissor Sisters Buck 65 My Computer Evan Dando Sparta The Black Keys Mclusky The Hiss Vue Jackson Bell X1 Rocket Science Razorlight +4 more
Saturday
Blur
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Beck Doves The Streets The Libertines Junior Senior Cave In The Sleepy Jackson
AFI Hundred Reasons The Cooper Temple Clause The Mars Volta The Thrills The Kills The Rapture Jet My Morning Jacket Stellastarr The Futureheads 2 Many DJs Audio Bullys Adam F The Spooks Photek Free*land Gold Chains Outlandish Majesticons Zongamin Pennywise Lagwagon The Ataris Alkaline Trio Mad Caddies Turbonegro Boysetsfire The Movielife Poison the Well +17 more
Sunday
Metallica
System of a Down Sum 41 Primal Scream Good Charlotte The Used The All-American Rejects Biffy Clyro Sugarcult
The Music Yeah Yeah Yeahs Grandaddy Hot Hot Heat Hell Is for Heroes The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster Radio 4 The Raveonettes Serafin Kinesis The Applicators Futureshock Lamb Mixologists and MC Trip Squarepusher Aphrodite Just Jack FC Kahuna Blak Twang Fat Truckers British Sea Power Manitoba Hope of the States Har Mar Superstar Longview Calla Instruction Winnebago Deal The Stills Keane +3 more

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Linkin Park
  2. 2Blink-182
  3. 3Placebo
  4. 4The Darkness
  5. 5Staind
  6. 6The Datsuns
  7. 7Less Than Jake
  8. 8Finch
  9. 9Bowling for Soup
  10. 10InMe

Radio 1 stage

  1. 1The Polyphonic Spree
  2. 2Elbow
  3. 3Interpol
  4. 4Electric Six
  5. 5Ladytron
  6. 6Mull Historical Society
  7. 7Alien Ant Farm
  8. 8OK Go
  9. 9Saves the Day
  10. 10Young Heart Attack
  11. 11Violent Delight

Smirnoff Dance Arena

  1. 1Death in Vegas
  2. 2Richard Fearless
  3. 3Blackalicious
  4. 4DM & Jemini
  5. 5Amon Tobin
  6. 6Scissor Sisters
  7. 7Buck 65
  8. 8My Computer

Carling stage

  1. 1Evan Dando
  2. 2Sparta
  3. 3The Black Keys
  4. 4Mclusky
  5. 5The Hiss
  6. 6Vue
  7. 7Jackson
  8. 8Bell X1
  9. 9Rocket Science
  10. 10Razorlight
  11. 11Franz Ferdinand
  12. 12Billy Talent
  13. 13The Blueskins
  14. 14Colour of Fire

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Blur
  2. 2Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  3. 3Beck
  4. 4Doves
  5. 5The Streets
  6. 6The Libertines
  7. 7Junior Senior
  8. 8Cave In
  9. 9The Sleepy Jackson

Radio 1 stage

  1. 1AFI
  2. 2Hundred Reasons
  3. 3The Cooper Temple Clause
  4. 4The Mars Volta
  5. 5The Thrills
  6. 6The Kills
  7. 7The Rapture
  8. 8Jet
  9. 9My Morning Jacket
  10. 10Stellastarr
  11. 11The Futureheads

Smirnoff Dance Arena

  1. 12 Many DJs
  2. 2Audio Bullys
  3. 3Adam F
  4. 4The Spooks
  5. 5Photek
  6. 6Free*land
  7. 7Gold Chains
  8. 8Outlandish
  9. 9Majesticons
  10. 10Zongamin

The Concrete Jungle stage

  1. 1Pennywise
  2. 2Lagwagon
  3. 3The Ataris
  4. 4Alkaline Trio
  5. 5Mad Caddies
  6. 6Turbonegro
  7. 7Boysetsfire
  8. 8The Movielife
  9. 9Poison the Well
  10. 10Thrice
  11. 11King Prawn
  12. 12Funeral for a Friend

Carling stage

  1. 1Billy Bragg
  2. 2Brendan Benson
  3. 3The Bandits
  4. 4The Buff Medways
  5. 5Soledad Brothers
  6. 6The Sights
  7. 7The Sons
  8. 8Ima Robot
  9. 9The Revs
  10. 10The Sun
  11. 11Whirlwind Heat
  12. 12The Go
  13. 13The Agenda
  14. 14The Real

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Metallica
  2. 2System of a Down
  3. 3Sum 41
  4. 4Primal Scream
  5. 5Good Charlotte
  6. 6The Used
  7. 7The All-American Rejects
  8. 8Biffy Clyro
  9. 9Sugarcult

Radio 1 stage

  1. 1The Music
  2. 2Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  3. 3Grandaddy
  4. 4Hot Hot Heat
  5. 5Hell Is for Heroes
  6. 6The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
  7. 7Radio 4
  8. 8The Raveonettes
  9. 9Serafin
  10. 10Kinesis
  11. 11The Applicators

Smirnoff Dance Arena

  1. 1Futureshock
  2. 2Lamb
  3. 3Mixologists and MC Trip
  4. 4Squarepusher
  5. 5Aphrodite
  6. 6Just Jack
  7. 7FC Kahuna
  8. 8Blak Twang
  9. 9Fat Truckers

Carling stage

  1. 1British Sea Power
  2. 2Manitoba
  3. 3Hope of the States
  4. 4Har Mar Superstar
  5. 5Longview
  6. 6Calla
  7. 7Instruction
  8. 8Winnebago Deal
  9. 9The Stills
  10. 10Keane
  11. 11White Light Motorcade
  12. 12Cardia
  13. 13The Prosaics
On this bill

Their festival histories

The Black Keys 25 appearances · headlined 7× Beck 22 appearances · headlined 3× Interpol 22 appearances · headlined 1× Franz Ferdinand 21 appearances · headlined 1× My Morning Jacket 20 appearances · headlined 1× The Kills 20 appearances Billy Bragg 18 appearances Biffy Clyro 17 appearances · headlined 1×

First time at Reading & Leeds in 2003

Linkin ParkThe All-American RejectsThe DarknessGood CharlotteInMeJunior SeniorThe Sleepy JacksonSugarcultThe UsedAdam FAdam FreelandAFIThe AgendaAlkaline TrioAmon TobinAphroditeThe ApplicatorsThe AtarisAudio BullysThe BanditsBell X1Billy TalentThe Black KeysBlackaliciousThe BlueskinsBoysetsfireBrendan BensonBuck 65The Buff MedwaysCallaCardiaCaribouColour of FireDanger MouseElectric SixFat TruckersFC KahunaFranz FerdinandFuneral for a FriendThe Futureheads+57 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Billy Bragglast played Reading & Leeds in 19967 years
  2. Death in Vegaslast played Reading & Leeds in 19976 years
  3. Metallicalast played Reading & Leeds in 19976 years
  4. Lagwagonlast played Reading & Leeds in 19985 years
  5. Blurlast played Reading & Leeds in 19994 years

Other festivals in 2003

Coachella 2003 14 sharedGlastonbury 2003 19 sharedLollapalooza 2003 4 sharedAustin City Limits 2003 1 sharedNewport Folk 2003Splendour in the Grass 2003 8 shared
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 2003

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 2003?

Linkin Park, Blur and Metallica were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 2003. 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 2003 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 141 acts for Reading & Leeds 2003 across 5 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 2003?

97 acts on the 2003 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Linkin Park, The All-American Rejects, The Darkness, Good Charlotte and InMe.

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.