Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 2023 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 168 acts for Reading & Leeds 2023 across 7 stages. Headliners were Sam Fender, The Killers and Billie Eilish. 120 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

168acts
7stages
71%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
Sam Fender
Loyle Carner Wet Leg Mimi Webb Tion Wayne Yard Act
Foals Bicep Live Trippie Redd You Me at Six Sea Girls Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls Sub Focus Dimension Hedex Venbee Luude Koven Solueta Gryffin Nessa Barrett Mother Mother The Murder Capital Noisy Khazali Palaye Royale Yonaka Normandie Knocked Loose Magnolia Park Pinkshift Games We Play Jesse Jo Stark The Last Dinner Party Himalayas Lauran Hibberd +25 more
Saturday
The Killers
Central Cee Nothing but Thieves Inhaler Holly Humberstone Baby Queen James Marriott
The 1975 Knucks Chase Atlantic Easy Life Arlo Parks Jamie Webster MK LF System Sammy Virji Girls Don't Sync Jaguar Tibasko Georgia Caity Baser Franky Wah Hrvy Nieve Ella Somebody's Child Yung Lean Sleep Token KennyHoopla Soft Play Joey Valence & Brae Hot Milk Zand Scowl High Vis Ekkstacy Graphic Nature Fat Dog +32 more
Sunday
Billie Eilish
Steve Lacy Declan McKenna Rina Sawayama Bakar MUNA The Amazons
Imagine Dragons Becky Hill Lil Tjay Don Broco The Snuts Hot Milk Andy C Flava D Friction Metrik Charlie Tee Harriet Jaxxon Taylah Elaine Justin Milla Eliza Rose Fousheé Joesef Wallice Lovejoy TV Girl Vistas COIN Tom Odell Paris Texas Giant Rooks Dylan John Thomas Ethel Cain The Royston Club Upsahl Artemas +28 more

Friday lineup

Main Stage East

  1. 1Sam Fender
  2. 2Loyle Carner
  3. 3Wet Leg
  4. 4Mimi Webb
  5. 5Tion Wayne
  6. 6Yard Act

Main Stage West

  1. 1Foals
  2. 2Bicep Live
  3. 3Trippie Redd
  4. 4You Me at Six
  5. 5Sea Girls
  6. 6Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls

Radio 1 Dance Stage

  1. 1Sub Focus
  2. 2Dimension
  3. 3Hedex
  4. 4Venbee
  5. 5Luude
  6. 6Koven
  7. 7Solueta
  8. 8Gryffin
  9. 9Nessa Barrett
  10. 10Mother Mother
  11. 11The Murder Capital
  12. 12Noisy
  13. 13Khazali

The Festival Republic Stage

  1. 1Palaye Royale
  2. 2Yonaka
  3. 3Normandie
  4. 4Knocked Loose
  5. 5Magnolia Park
  6. 6Pinkshift
  7. 7Games We Play
  8. 8Jesse Jo Stark
  9. 9The Last Dinner Party
  10. 10Himalayas
  11. 11Lauran Hibberd
  12. 12Bilk

Radio 1Xtra Stage

  1. 1Meekz
  2. 2Sainte
  3. 3Double D
  4. 4DJ Target
  5. 5Skaivater
  6. 6Finn Foxell
  7. 7ShaSimone
  8. 8Kilo Jhené
  9. 9High Fly
  10. 10B3

BBC Introducing Stage

  1. 1Alt Blk Era
  2. 2Antony Szmira
  3. 3RoseMode
  4. 4Charlotte Plank
  5. 5Frankie Beetlestone
  6. 6Charlie Moss
  7. 7Cole Blue

The Alternative Stage

  1. 1Joel Dommett
  2. 2Russell Kane
  3. 3Chris Washington
  4. 4Daliso Chaponda
  5. 5Fern Brady
  6. 6Twayna Mayne
  7. 7Transgressive Late Night Takeover

Saturday lineup

Main Stage East

  1. 1The Killers
  2. 2Central Cee
  3. 3Nothing but Thieves
  4. 4Inhaler
  5. 5Holly Humberstone
  6. 6Baby Queen
  7. 7James Marriott

Main Stage West

  1. 1The 1975
  2. 2Knucks
  3. 3Chase Atlantic
  4. 4Easy Life
  5. 5Arlo Parks
  6. 6Jamie Webster

Radio 1 Dance Stage

  1. 1MK
  2. 2LF System
  3. 3Sammy Virji
  4. 4Girls Don't Sync
  5. 5Jaguar
  6. 6Tibasko
  7. 7Georgia
  8. 8Caity Baser
  9. 9Franky Wah
  10. 10Hrvy
  11. 11Nieve Ella
  12. 12Somebody's Child

The Festival Republic Stage

  1. 1Yung Lean
  2. 2Sleep Token
  3. 3KennyHoopla
  4. 4Soft Play
  5. 5Joey Valence & Brae
  6. 6Hot Milk
  7. 7Zand
  8. 8Scowl
  9. 9High Vis
  10. 10Ekkstacy
  11. 11Graphic Nature
  12. 12Fat Dog
  13. 13Anchor Lane

Radio 1Xtra Stage

  1. 1Clavish
  2. 2Cordae
  3. 3Ken Carson
  4. 4Nippa
  5. 5Midwxst
  6. 6Jbee
  7. 7Kenny Allstar
  8. 8SwitchOTR
  9. 9Mro
  10. 10P-Rallel
  11. 11Mnelia
  12. 12M-Huncho

BBC Introducing Stage

  1. 1Claush
  2. 2Santae
  3. 3Double D
  4. 4DJ Target
  5. 5Skaivater
  6. 6Finn Foxell
  7. 7ShaSimone
  8. 8Kilo Jhené
  9. 9High Fly
  10. 10B3

The Alternative Stage

  1. 1Hotwax
  2. 2Only the Poets
  3. 3The Rills
  4. 4The Best Boys
  5. 5The Goa Express
  6. 6Himalayas
  7. 7Chappell Roan
  8. 8Prelay Mae
  9. 9Bench Press

Sunday lineup

Main Stage East

  1. 1Billie Eilish
  2. 2Steve Lacy
  3. 3Declan McKenna
  4. 4Rina Sawayama
  5. 5Bakar
  6. 6MUNA
  7. 7The Amazons

Main Stage West

  1. 1Imagine Dragons
  2. 2Becky Hill
  3. 3Lil Tjay
  4. 4Don Broco
  5. 5The Snuts
  6. 6Hot Milk

Radio 1 Dance Stage

  1. 1Andy C
  2. 2Flava D
  3. 3Friction
  4. 4Metrik
  5. 5Charlie Tee
  6. 6Harriet Jaxxon
  7. 7Taylah Elaine
  8. 8Justin Milla
  9. 9Eliza Rose
  10. 10Fousheé
  11. 11Joesef
  12. 12Wallice

The Festival Republic Stage

  1. 1Lovejoy
  2. 2TV Girl
  3. 3Vistas
  4. 4COIN
  5. 5Tom Odell
  6. 6Paris Texas
  7. 7Giant Rooks
  8. 8Dylan John Thomas
  9. 9Ethel Cain
  10. 10The Royston Club
  11. 11Upsahl
  12. 12Artemas
  13. 13Royels
  14. 14English Teacher

Radio 1Xtra Stage

  1. 1K-Trap
  2. 2Lacey Kar
  3. 3Songer
  4. 4Dreya Mac
  5. 5Lost Girl
  6. 6J-Fado
  7. 7Aman
  8. 8Nemzzz
  9. 9Lil Macks

BBC Introducing Stage

  1. 1Claush
  2. 2Santae
  3. 3Double D
  4. 4DJ Target
  5. 5Skaivater
  6. 6Finn Foxell
  7. 7ShaSimone
  8. 8Kilo Jhené
  9. 9High Fly
  10. 10B3

The Alternative Stage

  1. 1Joel Dommett
  2. 2Russell Kane
  3. 3Chris Washington
  4. 4Daliso Chaponda
  5. 5Fern Brady
  6. 6Twayna Mayne
  7. 7Transgressive Late Night Takeover
On this bill

Their festival histories

Foals 30 appearances · headlined 1× The 1975 26 appearances · headlined 5× The Killers 26 appearances · headlined 18× Frank Turner 19 appearances Billie Eilish 15 appearances · headlined 7× Nothing But Thieves 15 appearances Slaves 15 appearances Declan McKenna 12 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 2023

Baby QueenCentral CeeHolly HumberstoneInhalerJames MarriottMimi WebbMunaRina SawayamaSteve LacyWet LegYard ActAlt Blk EraAmanAnchor LaneAntony SzmiraArlo ParksArtemasB3Bench PressThe Best BoysBilkCaity BaserChappell RoanCharlie MossCharlie TeeCharlotte PlankChris WashingtonClaushClavishCole BlueCordaeDaliso ChapondaDouble DDreya MacDylan John ThomasEkkstacyEliza RoseEnglish TeacherEthel CainFat Dog+80 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. The Killerslast played Reading & Leeds in 200815 years
  2. MKlast played Reading & Leeds in 20158 years
  3. Foalslast played Reading & Leeds in 20167 years
  4. Frank Turnerlast played Reading & Leeds in 20167 years
  5. Frictionlast played Reading & Leeds in 20167 years

Other festivals in 2023

Coachella 2023 13 sharedGlastonbury 2023 6 sharedLollapalooza 2023 27 sharedAustin City Limits 2023 7 sharedOutside Lands 2023 8 sharedGovernors Ball 2023 5 sharedNewport Folk 2023Hangout 2023 2 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2023 3 shared
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 2023

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 2023?

Sam Fender, The Killers and Billie Eilish were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 2023. 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 2023 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 168 acts for Reading & Leeds 2023 across 7 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 2023?

120 acts on the 2023 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Baby Queen, Central Cee, Holly Humberstone, Inhaler and James Marriott.

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.