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The festival's origins date to the Beaulieu Jazz Festival (1956–1961) which became the National Jazz Festival in 1961 (The National Jazz and Blues Festival in 1963) and settled in Reading in 1971. In 1999 a second leg was added at Leeds. The following is a list of acts that have played at the festival.
Reading Festival 1975. After moving to Reading, the festival's line-up became primarily composed of progressive rock, blues and hard rock during the early and mid 1970s, [9] and then became the first music festival to incorporate punk rock and new wave in the late 1970s, when the Jam, Sham 69, and the Stranglers were among the headline acts. [10]
In 1991, The Popinjays signed to US Independent label Alpha International, and the single "Vote Elvis" was released in the United States in April 1991, entering the Billboard Modern Rock Chart the following month peaking at number 17 in June 1991. In August 1991, the band played at the Reading Festival.
The band made their Reading Festival debut in 1990, playing the Mean Fiddler stage. [7] and again in 1991. [8] The following year on Friday 28 August 1992, they supported The Wonder Stuff & The Charlatans on the main stage. [9] In 1991 the band embarked on a tour of North America with The Wonder Stuff and flew to New York on 15 September.
Live at Reading is a live CD/DVD by American rock band Nirvana, released on November 2, 2009. It features the band's headlining performance at the Reading Festival in Reading, England, on August 30, 1992. Bootlegged for years, the new issues present the performance for the first time mastered and color corrected.
Reading and Leeds Festivals always deliver one of the U.K.’s wildest weekends, but this year’s event was even more full of incident than usual. The set by Lana Del Rey (pictured above) was cut ...
Throughout its 24 years, the desert festival has led with the biggest names in music. Inga Parkel runs through Coachella’s entire history of star-studded headliners since 1999 ahead of the 2023 ...
Late in 1991, Nirvana's Nevermind became an unexpected commercial success, opening the gates for the rest of the Seattle scene. Screaming Trees in 1992. Barrett Martin replaced previous drummer Pickerel and the new lineup recorded Sweet Oblivion in 1992. [5] Sweet Oblivion was the band's breakout album and included the hit single "Nearly Lost You".