Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 2018 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 201 acts for Reading & Leeds 2018 across 6 stages. Headliners were Fall Out Boy, Kendrick Lamar and Kings of Leon. 124 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

201acts
6stages
62%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Fall Out Boy
Travis Scott The Kooks The Wombats Post Malone Creeper Waterparks The Regrettes Big Shaq
Wolf Alice Nothing But Thieves MIST The Blaze IAMDDB The Front Bottoms Maggie Rogers Fickle Friends Bring Me the Horizon SWMRS Rae Morris Sounds Like A Storm Annie Mac Bicep Live Kölsch Elderbrook Shadow Child KDA Madam X Bülow Jimothy Lacoste Gengahr Underoath The Used La Dispute Royal Republic Trophy Eyes I The Mighty The Fever 333 The Xcerts +29 more
Saturday
Kendrick Lamar
Panic! at the Disco N*E*R*D Dua Lipa Sum 41 Mike Shinoda Skindred Protoje Trash Boat
Netsky b2b Jauz b2b Slushii Pendulum Deaf Havana Wizkid Rex Orange County Sigrid BROCKHAMPTON Alma Chase Atlantic West Thebarton Alan Walker TQD Fred V & Grafix Live Sonny Fodera Danny Howard Eli Brown Mason Maynard Hilltop Hoods Noname Now, Now Papa Roach Beartooth $uicideboy$ Black Peaks Blood Youth Nothing, Nowhere METZ Shvpes I Dont Know How but They Found Me Man with a Mission +26 more
Sunday
Kings of Leon
Courteeners The Vaccines J Hus Krept & Konan Shame Billy Talent The Joy Formidable Dinosaur Pile-Up
Diplo Slaves Don Broco Lil Pump Wilkinson Live DMA's NF Let's Eat Grandma Marsicans Twisted Wheel Hannah Wants My Nu Leng The Magician Jax Jones Live Riton & Kah-Lo A-Trak Mr Eazi Charlie Sloth AJR Monarchy Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly Hollywood Undead The Bronx Stray From The Path Scarlxrd Lowlives Black Foxxes Milk Teeth Normandie Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes +29 more

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Fall Out Boy
  2. 2Travis Scott
  3. 3The Kooks
  4. 4The Wombats
  5. 5Post Malone
  6. 6Creeper
  7. 7Waterparks
  8. 8The Regrettes
  9. 9Big Shaq (Reading only)

Radio 1 stage

  1. 1Wolf Alice
  2. 2Nothing But Thieves
  3. 3MIST
  4. 4The Blaze
  5. 5IAMDDB
  6. 6The Front Bottoms
  7. 7Maggie Rogers
  8. 8Fickle Friends
  9. 9Bring Me the Horizon (secret set)
  10. 10SWMRS
  11. 11Rae Morris
  12. 12Sounds Like A Storm

BBC Radio 1 Dance stage

  1. 1Annie Mac
  2. 2Bicep Live
  3. 3Kölsch
  4. 4Elderbrook
  5. 5Shadow Child
  6. 6KDA
  7. 7Madam X
  8. 8Bülow
  9. 9Jimothy Lacoste
  10. 10Gengahr

The Pit/The Lock Up

  1. 1Underoath
  2. 2The Used
  3. 3La Dispute
  4. 4Royal Republic
  5. 5Trophy Eyes
  6. 6I The Mighty
  7. 7The Fever 333 (Reading Only)
  8. 8The Xcerts
  9. 9The Faim
  10. 10Thunderpussy
  11. 11Petrol Girls

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1The Horrors
  2. 2Death from Above
  3. 3Bad Sounds
  4. 4Hudson Taylor
  5. 5Børns
  6. 6The Night Café
  7. 7Dream Wife
  8. 8Ten Tonnes
  9. 9King Nun
  10. 10Easy Life
  11. 11Touts
  12. 12Annabel Allum (Reading only)

BBC Radio 1 Xtra stage

  1. 1Nines
  2. 2Kojo Funds
  3. 3Fredo
  4. 4Belly
  5. 5Sheck Wes
  6. 6Ocean Wisdom
  7. 7Steel Banglez
  8. 8Ms Banks
  9. 9Skengdo & AM
  10. 10Suspect
  11. 11Fekky
  12. 12D-Block Europe
  13. 13Romzy
  14. 14Bobii Lewis

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Kendrick Lamar
  2. 2Panic! at the Disco
  3. 3N*E*R*D
  4. 4Dua Lipa
  5. 5Sum 41
  6. 6Mike Shinoda
  7. 7Skindred
  8. 8Protoje
  9. 9Trash Boat

Radio 1 stage

  1. 1Netsky b2b Jauz b2b Slushii
  2. 2Pendulum
  3. 3Deaf Havana
  4. 4Wizkid
  5. 5Rex Orange County
  6. 6Sigrid
  7. 7BROCKHAMPTON
  8. 8Alma
  9. 9Chase Atlantic
  10. 10West Thebarton

BBC Radio 1 Dance stage

  1. 1Alan Walker
  2. 2TQD
  3. 3Fred V & Grafix Live
  4. 4Sonny Fodera
  5. 5Danny Howard
  6. 6Eli Brown
  7. 7Mason Maynard
  8. 8Hilltop Hoods
  9. 9Noname
  10. 10Now, Now

The Pit/The Lock Up

  1. 1Papa Roach
  2. 2Beartooth
  3. 3$uicideboy$
  4. 4Black Peaks
  5. 5Blood Youth
  6. 6Nothing, Nowhere
  7. 7METZ
  8. 8Shvpes
  9. 9I Dont Know How but They Found Me
  10. 10Man with a Mission
  11. 11Ecca Vandal
  12. 12Love Zombies
  13. 13Teenage Wrist

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1Kate Nash
  2. 2The Magic Gang
  3. 3Spring King
  4. 4Yungblud
  5. 5Otherkin
  6. 6Pale Waves
  7. 7HMLTD
  8. 8Sunflower Bean
  9. 9Sea Girls
  10. 10Pretty Vicious
  11. 11Bloxx
  12. 12Wyvern Lingo

BBC Radio 1 Xtra stage

  1. 1Wretch 32
  2. 2Yungen
  3. 3Yxng Bane
  4. 4A Boogie wit da Hoodie
  5. 5Sneakbo
  6. 6A2
  7. 7DJ Semtex (Reading only)
  8. 8Lisa Mercedez
  9. 9Lizzo
  10. 10DJ Target
  11. 11Izzie Gibbs

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Kings of Leon
  2. 2Courteeners
  3. 3The Vaccines
  4. 4J Hus
  5. 5Krept & Konan
  6. 6Shame
  7. 7Billy Talent
  8. 8The Joy Formidable
  9. 9Dinosaur Pile-Up

Radio 1 stage

  1. 1Diplo
  2. 2Slaves
  3. 3Don Broco
  4. 4Lil Pump
  5. 5Wilkinson Live
  6. 6DMA's
  7. 7NF
  8. 8Let's Eat Grandma
  9. 9Marsicans
  10. 10Twisted Wheel

BBC Radio 1 Dance stage

  1. 1Hannah Wants
  2. 2My Nu Leng
  3. 3The Magician
  4. 4Jax Jones Live
  5. 5Riton & Kah-Lo
  6. 6A-Trak
  7. 7Mr Eazi
  8. 8Charlie Sloth
  9. 9AJR
  10. 10Monarchy
  11. 11Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

The Pit/The Lock Up

  1. 1Hollywood Undead
  2. 2The Bronx
  3. 3Stray From The Path
  4. 4Scarlxrd
  5. 5Lowlives
  6. 6Black Foxxes
  7. 7Milk Teeth
  8. 8Normandie
  9. 9Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (Secret Set)
  10. 10Bexey
  11. 11Sleep Token
  12. 12Black Futures
  13. 13Lady Bird

Festival Republic stage

  1. 1Tom Grennan
  2. 2Isaac Gracie
  3. 3Lewis Capaldi
  4. 4Hinds
  5. 5The Glorious Sons
  6. 6Spector
  7. 7Hippo Campus
  8. 8Welshly Arms
  9. 9Sam Fender
  10. 10Hak Baker
  11. 11Coin
  12. 12Demob Happy
  13. 13Husky Loops

BBC Radio 1 Xtra stage

  1. 1AJ Tracey
  2. 2Lady Leshurr
  3. 3Bhad Bhabie
  4. 4Hardy Caprio
  5. 5Nadia Rose
  6. 6Ghetts
  7. 7Scarlxrd
  8. 8Ebenezer
  9. 923 Unofficial
  10. 10Bryn
  11. 11Last Night In Paris
  12. 12Headie One
  13. 13Reece Parkinson (DJ Set)
On this bill

Their festival histories

Kings of Leon 24 appearances · headlined 14× The Wombats 21 appearances Wolf Alice 20 appearances Kendrick Lamar 18 appearances · headlined 11× The Vaccines 18 appearances Maggie Rogers 16 appearances · headlined 1× Diplo 15 appearances Nothing But Thieves 15 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 2018

Big ShaqDua LipaMike ShinodaN*E*R*DPost MaloneThe RegrettesTrash BoatTravis Scott23 UnofficialA Boogie wit da HoodieA2AJRAlan WalkerAnnabel AllumAnnie MacBad SoundsBellyBexeyBhad BhabieBICEPBlack FuturesThe BlazeBlood YouthBloxxBobii LewisBrockhamptonBrynBülowChase AtlanticCoinD-Block EuropeDanny HowardDemob HappyDiploDream WifeEasy LifeEbenezerEcca VandalElderbrookEli Brown+84 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Sum 41last played Reading & Leeds in 200315 years
  2. The Usedlast played Reading & Leeds in 200711 years
  3. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Flylast played Reading & Leeds in 200810 years
  4. Kings of Leonlast played Reading & Leeds in 20099 years
  5. Death from Above 1979last played Reading & Leeds in 20117 years

Other festivals in 2018

Coachella 2018 14 sharedLollapalooza 2018 28 sharedAustin City Limits 2018 10 sharedOutside Lands 2018 5 sharedGovernors Ball 2018 8 sharedNewport Folk 2018Hangout 2018 10 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2018 11 shared
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 2018

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 2018?

Fall Out Boy, Kendrick Lamar and Kings of Leon were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 2018. 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 2018 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 201 acts for Reading & Leeds 2018 across 6 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 2018?

124 acts on the 2018 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Big Shaq, Dua Lipa, Mike Shinoda, N*E*R*D and Post Malone.

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.