Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 2008 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 173 acts for Reading & Leeds 2008 across 7 stages. Headliners were Rage Against the Machine, The Killers and Metallica. 108 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

173acts
7stages
62%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Rage Against the Machine
Queens of the Stone Age The Fratellis The Enemy Biffy Clyro Serj Tankian Dizzee Rascal Taking Back Sunday Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Anti-Flag Babyshambles The Wombats Vampire Weekend MGMT Jack Peñate One Night Only The Duke Spirit Be Your Own Pet Blood Red Shoes Pete & The Pirates Future of the Left Dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip Does It Offend You, Yeah? Late of the Pier The Teenagers Friendly Fires Ida Maria Aimee Braines Esser White Denim Florence and the Machine Fighting with Wire These New Puritans Jubilee TeenagersInTokyo Less Than Jake Pennywise Goldfinger Tiger Army +7 more
Saturday
The Killers
Bloc Party The Raconteurs Editors We Are Scientists Dirty Pretty Things The Subways British Sea Power The Automatic
The Blackout Manic Street Preachers Bullet for My Valentine Justice Foals Seasick Steve The Ting Tings Mystery Jets Santigold Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong Kids in Glass Houses Bombay Bicycle Club Elliot Minor The Audition Los Campesinos! All Time Low You Me at Six Black Kids Louis XIV White Lies Twisted Wheel Club Fight Like Apes Black Acid Lovvers Collapsing Cities Gallows Alkaline Trio Thrice Flogging Molly MxPx +6 more
Sunday
Metallica
Tenacious D Feeder Avenged Sevenfold Dropkick Murphys Plain White T's Alexisonfire Mindless Self Indulgence Bring Me the Horizon
The Cribs The Last Shadow Puppets Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Pendulum The Music Hadouken! Lightspeed Champion Cajun Dance Party Adam Green Yeasayer The Metros The Kills Wiley Glasvegas Cage the Elephant The Rascals Emmy the Great Johnny Foreigner Black Tide In Case of Fire Wild Beasts Natty CSS Digitalism Simian Mobile Disco Chromeo Crystal Castles Lethal Bizzle Holy Fuck The Whip +3 more
Henry Rollins Jeffrey Lewis Phill Jupitus Michael McIntyre Robin Ince doktor cocacolamcdonalds Attack Attack! The Bacchae The Cherry Cob Cartel Darlins Be The SplitScreen Dinosaur Pile Up Eureka Machines Fangs FFERS Flashguns Fox Cubs General Fiasco The Humour Hungry Ghosts: Concur Ipsum Facto The Joy Formidable Kid ID The Last People on Earth Loqui The Maybes The New York Fund Out of Animals Our Fold Pulled Apart by Horses +10 more

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Rage Against the Machine
  2. 2Queens of the Stone Age
  3. 3The Fratellis
  4. 4The Enemy
  5. 5Biffy Clyro
  6. 6Serj Tankian
  7. 7Dizzee Rascal
  8. 8Taking Back Sunday
  9. 9Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
  10. 10Anti-Flag

Radio 1/NME Stage

  1. 1Babyshambles
  2. 2The Wombats
  3. 3Vampire Weekend
  4. 4MGMT
  5. 5Jack Peñate
  6. 6One Night Only
  7. 7The Duke Spirit
  8. 8Be Your Own Pet
  9. 9Blood Red Shoes
  10. 10Pete & The Pirates
  11. 11Future of the Left

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1Dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip
  2. 2Does It Offend You, Yeah?
  3. 3Late of the Pier
  4. 4The Teenagers
  5. 5Friendly Fires
  6. 6Ida Maria
  7. 7Aimee Braines
  8. 8Esser
  9. 9White Denim
  10. 10Florence and the Machine
  11. 11Fighting with Wire
  12. 12These New Puritans
  13. 13Jubilee
  14. 14TeenagersInTokyo
  15. 15Biffy Clyro (Reading Only – Live Lounge special)

Radio 1 Lock-Up Stage

  1. 1Less Than Jake
  2. 2Pennywise
  3. 3Anti-Flag
  4. 4Goldfinger
  5. 5Tiger Army
  6. 6The Unseen
  7. 7H2O
  8. 8Frank Turner
  9. 9The Briggs
  10. 10The Loved Ones
  11. 11Blackhole
  12. 12Hexes

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Killers
  2. 2Bloc Party
  3. 3The Raconteurs
  4. 4Editors
  5. 5We Are Scientists
  6. 6Dirty Pretty Things
  7. 7The Subways
  8. 8British Sea Power
  9. 9The Automatic
  10. 10The Blackout

Radio 1/NME Stage

  1. 1Manic Street Preachers
  2. 2Bullet for My Valentine
  3. 3Justice
  4. 4Foals
  5. 5Seasick Steve
  6. 6The Ting Tings
  7. 7Mystery Jets
  8. 8Santigold
  9. 9Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong
  10. 10Kids in Glass Houses
  11. 11Bombay Bicycle Club

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1Elliot Minor
  2. 2The Audition
  3. 3Los Campesinos!
  4. 4All Time Low
  5. 5You Me at Six
  6. 6Black Kids
  7. 7Louis XIV
  8. 8White Lies
  9. 9Twisted Wheel Club
  10. 10Fight Like Apes
  11. 11Black Acid
  12. 12Lovvers
  13. 13Collapsing Cities

Radio 1 Lock-Up Stage

  1. 1Gallows
  2. 2Alkaline Trio
  3. 3Thrice
  4. 4Flogging Molly
  5. 5MxPx
  6. 6Cancer Bats
  7. 7The King Blues
  8. 8Fucked Up
  9. 9The Gaslight Anthem
  10. 10Hifi Handgrenades
  11. 11Random Hand

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Metallica
  2. 2Tenacious D
  3. 3Feeder
  4. 4Avenged Sevenfold (Leeds only)
  5. 5Dropkick Murphys
  6. 6Plain White T's
  7. 7Alexisonfire
  8. 8Mindless Self Indulgence
  9. 9Bring Me the Horizon

Radio 1/NME Stage

  1. 1The Cribs
  2. 2The Last Shadow Puppets
  3. 3Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
  4. 4Pendulum
  5. 5The Music
  6. 6Hadouken!
  7. 7Lightspeed Champion
  8. 8Cajun Dance Party
  9. 9Adam Green
  10. 10Yeasayer
  11. 11The Metros

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1The Kills
  2. 2Wiley
  3. 3Glasvegas
  4. 4Cage the Elephant
  5. 5The Rascals
  6. 6Emmy the Great
  7. 7Johnny Foreigner
  8. 8Black Tide
  9. 9In Case of Fire
  10. 10Wild Beasts
  11. 11Natty

The Dance Arena

  1. 1CSS
  2. 2Digitalism
  3. 3Simian Mobile Disco
  4. 4Chromeo
  5. 5Crystal Castles
  6. 6Lethal Bizzle
  7. 7Holy Fuck
  8. 8The Whip
  9. 9Robots in Disguise
  10. 10The Death Set
  11. 11The Shoes

Full lineup

Alternative stage

  1. 1Henry Rollins
  2. 2Jeffrey Lewis
  3. 3Phill Jupitus
  4. 4Michael McIntyre
  5. 5Robin Ince
  6. 6doktor cocacolamcdonalds

BBC Introducing Stage

  1. 1Attack Attack!
  2. 2The Bacchae
  3. 3The Cherry Cob Cartel
  4. 4Darlins
  5. 5Be The SplitScreen
  6. 6Dinosaur Pile Up
  7. 7Eureka Machines
  8. 8Fangs
  9. 9FFERS
  10. 10Flashguns
  11. 11Fox Cubs
  12. 12General Fiasco
  13. 13The Humour
  14. 14Hungry Ghosts: Concur
  15. 15Ipsum Facto
  16. 16The Joy Formidable
  17. 17Kid ID
  18. 18The Last People on Earth
  19. 19Loqui
  20. 20The Maybes
  21. 21The New York Fund
  22. 22Out of Animals
  23. 23Our Fold
  24. 24Pulled Apart by Horses
  25. 25Razzmatazz Lorry Excitement
  26. 26Situationists
  27. 27Skeletons
  28. 28Sole
  29. 29Islocus
  30. 30That Fucking Tank
  31. 31These Monsters
  32. 32Thomas Tantrum
  33. 33Tiger Shadow
  34. 34Tripwires
On this bill

Their festival histories

Foals 30 appearances · headlined 1× The Killers 26 appearances · headlined 18× Bloc Party 25 appearances Vampire Weekend 25 appearances · headlined 2× Cage the Elephant 24 appearances · headlined 1× Queens of the Stone Age 22 appearances · headlined 2× Florence and the Machine 21 appearances · headlined 9× The Wombats 21 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 2008

The BlackoutBring Me the HorizonMindless Self IndulgenceSerj TankianTenacious DAimee BrainesAll Time LowAttack Attack!The AuditionThe BacchaeBe The SplitScreenBlack AcidBlack KidsBlack TideBlackholeBlood OrangeBRIGGSCage the ElephantThe Cherry Cob CartelCollapsing CitiesConor Oberst and the Mystic Valley BandDarlinsThe Death SetDinosaur Pile-Updoktor cocacolamcdonaldsElliot MinorEmmy the GreatEsserEureka MachinesFangsFFERSFight Like ApesFighting with WireFlashgunsFlorence and the MachineFox CubsFriendly FiresFucked UpFuture of the LeftThe Gaslight Anthem+68 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Phill Jupituslast played Reading & Leeds in 199513 years
  2. MxPxlast played Reading & Leeds in 199810 years
  3. Rage Against the Machinelast played Reading & Leeds in 20008 years
  4. Robots in Disguiselast played Reading & Leeds in 20008 years
  5. Manic Street Preacherslast played Reading & Leeds in 20017 years

Other festivals in 2008

Coachella 2008 14 sharedGlastonbury 2008 40 sharedLollapalooza 2008 17 sharedAustin City Limits 2008 9 sharedOutside Lands 2008Newport Folk 2008Splendour in the Grass 2008 6 shared
Next yearReading & Leeds 2009Blood Red Shoes · Kings of Leon · Arctic MonkeysSee the lineup →

Questions about Reading & Leeds 2008

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 2008?

Rage Against the Machine, The Killers and Metallica were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 2008. 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 2008 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 173 acts for Reading & Leeds 2008 across 7 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 2008?

108 acts on the 2008 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including The Blackout, Bring Me the Horizon, Mindless Self Indulgence, Serj Tankian and Tenacious D.

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.