Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 2009 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 175 acts for Reading & Leeds 2009 across 6 stages. Headliners were Blood Red Shoes, Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys and Radiohead. 101 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

175acts
6stages
58%first time at Reading & Leeds
Thursday
Blood Red Shoes
Wild Beasts Bear Hands Airship Holy State
Friday
Kings of Leon
Kaiser Chiefs Placebo Fall Out Boy Deftones Funeral for a Friend New Found Glory Alexisonfire Madina Lake
Sonic Boom Six Faith No More Jamie T Friendly Fires Florence and the Machine Jack Peñate The Horrors Little Boots The Airborne Toxic Event The Virgins Manchester Orchestra Dananananaykroyd Billy Talent Anti-Flag The Bouncing Souls Leftöver Crack The Aggrolites Streetlight Manifesto Fake Problems Riverboat Gamblers The Flatliners The Ghost of a Thousand The Plight Marmaduke Duke Soulsavers with Mark Lanegan Black Lips Bombay Bicycle Club The Big Pink Fight Like Apes A Place to Bury Strangers +6 more
Saturday
Arctic Monkeys
The Prodigy Maxïmo Park Ian Brown The Courteeners Enter Shikari Eagles of Death Metal The Rakes Fightstar
Mariachi El Bronx Gossip Glasvegas White Lies The Maccabees You Me at Six Them Crooked Vultures Patrick Wolf Metric Spinnerette Delphic Dinosaur Pile-Up Rise Against Thursday Mad Caddies Rival Schools Set Your Goals Snuff Municipal Waste A Wilhelm Scream Chuck Ragan Polar Bear Club The Computers The Blackout Bring Me the Horizon Atreyu 65daysofstatic Go:Audio Hockey Middle Class Rut +6 more
Sunday
Radiohead
Bloc Party Yeah Yeah Yeahs Vampire Weekend Brand New The View The Living End Noah and the Whale Kids in Glass Houses
Lostprophets AFI Gallows The Gaslight Anthem Crystal Castles Passion Pit Metronomy Frank Turner Lethal Bizzle In Case of Fire Broadway Calls Deadmau5 Vitalic MSTRKRFT Chase & Status Lady Sovereign The Crystal Method The Qemists Das Pop Mixhell Chipmunk 3OH!3 Master Shortie L'Amour La Morgue La Roux Lightspeed Champion The Rumble Strips White Denim Golden Silvers The Hot Rats +7 more
Doug Stanhope Tim Minchin Brendon Burns Jack Whitehall Junior Simpson Sarah Millican Tom Stade Hugh Lennon MC Matt Read MC Martin Bigpig Steve Gribbin Kevin Bridges Holly Walsh Stephen Grant Markus Birdman Stuckey & Murray Jessica Delfino Dan Nightingale Gary Delaney Mark Olver Daniel Townes MC Dave Twentyman Joey Page Doc Brown Jamie Kilstein Joe Bor Tomb Aidan Moffat The PeteBox Kae Tempest +5 more

Thursday lineup

Dance to the Radio stage

  1. 1Blood Red Shoes
  2. 2Wild Beasts
  3. 3Bear Hands
  4. 4Airship
  5. 5Holy State

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Kings of Leon
  2. 2Kaiser Chiefs
  3. 3Placebo
  4. 4Fall Out Boy
  5. 5Deftones
  6. 6Funeral for a Friend
  7. 7New Found Glory
  8. 8Alexisonfire
  9. 9Madina Lake
  10. 10Sonic Boom Six

Radio 1/NME Stage

  1. 1Faith No More
  2. 2Jamie T
  3. 3Friendly Fires
  4. 4Florence and the Machine
  5. 5Jack Peñate
  6. 6The Horrors
  7. 7Little Boots
  8. 8The Airborne Toxic Event
  9. 9The Virgins
  10. 10Manchester Orchestra
  11. 11Dananananaykroyd

Lock Up Stage/Dance Arena

  1. 1Billy Talent
  2. 2Anti-Flag
  3. 3Alexisonfire
  4. 4The Bouncing Souls
  5. 5Leftöver Crack
  6. 6The Aggrolites
  7. 7Streetlight Manifesto
  8. 8Fake Problems
  9. 9Riverboat Gamblers
  10. 10The Flatliners
  11. 11The Ghost of a Thousand
  12. 12The Plight

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1Marmaduke Duke
  2. 2Soulsavers with Mark Lanegan
  3. 3Black Lips
  4. 4Bombay Bicycle Club
  5. 5The Big Pink
  6. 6Fight Like Apes
  7. 7A Place to Bury Strangers
  8. 8Jack's Mannequin
  9. 9The Temper Trap
  10. 10Amazing Baby
  11. 11Sweethead
  12. 12Single File
  13. 13Middleman

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Arctic Monkeys
  2. 2The Prodigy
  3. 3Maxïmo Park
  4. 4Ian Brown
  5. 5The Courteeners
  6. 6Enter Shikari
  7. 7Eagles of Death Metal
  8. 8The Rakes
  9. 9Fightstar
  10. 10Mariachi El Bronx

Radio 1/NME Stage

  1. 1Gossip
  2. 2Glasvegas
  3. 3White Lies
  4. 4The Maccabees
  5. 5You Me at Six
  6. 6Them Crooked Vultures
  7. 7Patrick Wolf
  8. 8Metric
  9. 9Spinnerette
  10. 10Delphic
  11. 11Dinosaur Pile-Up

Lock Up Stage/Dance Arena

  1. 1Rise Against
  2. 2Thursday
  3. 3The Bronx
  4. 4Mad Caddies
  5. 5Rival Schools
  6. 6Set Your Goals
  7. 7Snuff
  8. 8Municipal Waste
  9. 9A Wilhelm Scream
  10. 10Chuck Ragan
  11. 11Polar Bear Club
  12. 12The Computers

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1The Blackout
  2. 2Bring Me the Horizon
  3. 3Atreyu
  4. 465daysofstatic
  5. 5Go:Audio
  6. 6Hockey
  7. 7Middle Class Rut
  8. 8Marina and the Diamonds
  9. 9The Chapman Family
  10. 10Baddies
  11. 11Detroit Social Club
  12. 12Pulled Apart by Horses
  13. 13Skint And Demoralised

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Radiohead
  2. 2Bloc Party
  3. 3Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  4. 4Vampire Weekend
  5. 5Brand New
  6. 6The View
  7. 7The Living End
  8. 8Noah and the Whale
  9. 9Kids in Glass Houses

Radio 1/NME Stage

  1. 1Lostprophets
  2. 2AFI
  3. 3Gallows
  4. 4The Gaslight Anthem
  5. 5Crystal Castles
  6. 6Passion Pit
  7. 7Metronomy
  8. 8Frank Turner
  9. 9Lethal Bizzle
  10. 10In Case of Fire
  11. 11Broadway Calls

Lock Up Stage/Dance Arena

  1. 1Deadmau5
  2. 2Vitalic
  3. 3MSTRKRFT
  4. 4Chase & Status
  5. 5Lady Sovereign
  6. 6The Crystal Method
  7. 7The Qemists
  8. 8Das Pop (Reading Only)
  9. 9Mixhell (Leeds Only)
  10. 10Chipmunk
  11. 113OH!3
  12. 12Master Shortie
  13. 13L'Amour La Morgue

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1La Roux
  2. 2Lightspeed Champion
  3. 3The Rumble Strips
  4. 4White Denim
  5. 5Golden Silvers
  6. 6The Hot Rats
  7. 7Broken Records
  8. 8Grammatics
  9. 9Magistrates
  10. 10The Joy Formidable
  11. 11The xx
  12. 12Titus Andronicus
  13. 13Bear Hands

Full lineup

The Alternative stage

  1. 1Doug Stanhope (Comedy)
  2. 2Tim Minchin (Comedy)
  3. 3Brendon Burns (Comedy)
  4. 4Jack Whitehall (Comedy)
  5. 5Junior Simpson (Comedy)
  6. 6Sarah Millican (Comedy)
  7. 7Tom Stade (Comedy)
  8. 8Hugh Lennon (Comedy)
  9. 9MC Matt Read (Comedy)
  10. 10MC Martin Bigpig (Comedy)
  11. 11Steve Gribbin (Comedy)
  12. 12Kevin Bridges (Comedy)
  13. 13Holly Walsh (Comedy)
  14. 14Stephen Grant (Comedy)
  15. 15Markus Birdman (Comedy)
  16. 16Stuckey & Murray (Comedy)
  17. 17Jessica Delfino (Comedy)
  18. 18Dan Nightingale (Comedy)
  19. 19Gary Delaney (Comedy)
  20. 20Mark Olver (Comedy)
  21. 21Daniel Townes (Comedy)
  22. 22MC Dave Twentyman (Comedy)
  23. 23Joey Page (Comedy)
  24. 24Doc Brown (Comedy)
  25. 25Jamie Kilstein (Comedy)
  26. 26Joe Bor (Comedy)
  27. 27Tomb (Comedy)
  28. 28Aidan Moffat (Spoken Word)
  29. 29The PeteBox (Spoken Word)
  30. 30Kae Tempest (Spoken Word)
  31. 31Mik Artistik (Spoken Word)
  32. 32John Berkavitch (Spoken Word)
  33. 33Smash N' Grab (Late Night Entertainment)
  34. 34Swap-A-Rama (Late Night Entertainment)
  35. 35Transgressive Records (Late Night Entertainment)
On this bill

Their festival histories

Bloc Party 25 appearances Vampire Weekend 25 appearances · headlined 2× Kings of Leon 24 appearances · headlined 14× Arctic Monkeys 23 appearances · headlined 11× Florence and the Machine 21 appearances · headlined 9× Crystal Castles 20 appearances Kaiser Chiefs 20 appearances Manchester Orchestra 20 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 2009

AirshipBear HandsCourteenersHoly StateMadina LakeNoah and the Whale3oh!365daysofstaticA Place to Bury StrangersA Wilhelm ScreamThe AggrolitesAidan MoffatThe Airborne Toxic EventAmazing BabyAtreyuBaddiesThe Big PinkBlack LipsBrendon BurnsBroadway CallsBroken RecordsThe Chapman FamilyChase & StatusChipmunkChuck RaganThe ComputersThe Crystal MethodDan NightingaleDananananaykroydDaniel TownesDas Popdeadmau5DelphicDetroit Social ClubDoc BrownDoug StanhopeFake ProblemsThe FlatlinersGary DelaneyGo:Audio+61 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Faith No Morelast played Reading & Leeds in 199019 years
  2. Radioheadlast played Reading & Leeds in 199415 years
  3. Deftoneslast played Reading & Leeds in 20009 years
  4. Ian Brownlast played Reading & Leeds in 20009 years
  5. Snufflast played Reading & Leeds in 20018 years

Other festivals in 2009

Coachella 2009 14 sharedGlastonbury 2009 33 sharedLollapalooza 2009 19 sharedAustin City Limits 2009 8 sharedOutside Lands 2009Newport Folk 2009Splendour in the Grass 2009 6 shared
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 2009

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 2009?

Blood Red Shoes, Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys and Radiohead were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 2009. 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 2009 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 175 acts for Reading & Leeds 2009 across 6 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 2009?

101 acts on the 2009 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Airship, Bear Hands, Courteeners, Holy State and Madina Lake.

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.