20th National Rock Festival- Reading Rock 80'

Aug 22 - 24, 1980 (44 years ago)

Little John's Farm Reading, England, United Kingdom

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Rory Gallagher

Gillan

nine below zero

Fischer-Z

Praying Mantis

Hellions

The 01 Band

Red Alert

UFO

Pat Travers Band

Broken Home

Writz

Trimmer & Jenkins

Def Leppard

Slade

Magnum

Budgie

Tygers of Pan Tang

SLEDGEHAMMER

Iron Maiden

Whitesnake

White Spirit

Quartz

Grand Prix

Concert Details

Date:

Friday, August 22, 1980 – Sunday, August 24, 1980

Venue:

Little John's Farm

Location:

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Notes:

Cost 12.50 GBP for Full Festival
Changes to Advertised Line Up
Q Tips replaced by White Spirit
Angel City replaced by Grand Prix.
Headboys replaced by Quartz
Blizzard Of Oz replaced by Slade

Pencils & Gary Moore did not appear

Band Genres

Hard Rock	14 bands
Hard Rock: Rory Gallagher Gillan Praying Mantis UFO Def Leppard Slade Magnum Budgie Tygers of Pan Tang Iron Maiden Whitesnake White Spirit Quartz Grand Prix
Rock	14 bands
Rock: Rory Gallagher Gillan Fischer-Z Praying Mantis The 01 Band UFO Pat Travers Band Broken Home Def Leppard Slade Magnum Budgie Iron Maiden Whitesnake
Heavy Metal	12 bands
Heavy Metal: Gillan Praying Mantis UFO Def Leppard Budgie Tygers of Pan Tang SLEDGEHAMMER Iron Maiden Whitesnake White Spirit Quartz Grand Prix
Album Oriented Rock (AOR)	11 bands
Album Oriented Rock (AOR): Rory Gallagher Gillan Praying Mantis UFO Broken Home Def Leppard Slade Magnum Tygers of Pan Tang Whitesnake Grand Prix
Classic Rock	10 bands
Classic Rock: Rory Gallagher Gillan UFO Pat Travers Band Broken Home Def Leppard Slade Magnum Budgie Whitesnake
Metal	9 bands
Metal: UFO Def Leppard Budgie Tygers of Pan Tang SLEDGEHAMMER Iron Maiden Whitesnake White Spirit Quartz
British	9 bands
British: Fischer-Z Praying Mantis Red Alert Def Leppard Budgie Iron Maiden Whitesnake White Spirit Quartz
NWOBHM	8 bands
NWOBHM: Praying Mantis Def Leppard Tygers of Pan Tang SLEDGEHAMMER Iron Maiden White Spirit Quartz Grand Prix
Blues Rock	6 bands
Blues Rock: Rory Gallagher nine below zero UFO Pat Travers Band Slade Whitesnake
Blues	4 bands
Blues: Rory Gallagher nine below zero Pat Travers Band Whitesnake
Glam Metal	4 bands
Glam Metal: UFO Def Leppard Tygers of Pan Tang Whitesnake
Arena Rock	3 bands
Arena Rock: Praying Mantis Magnum Grand Prix
Glam Rock	3 bands
Glam Rock: Def Leppard Slade Whitesnake
Pop Rock	3 bands
Pop Rock: The 01 Band Def Leppard Slade
Progressive Rock	3 bands
Progressive Rock: UFO Magnum Budgie
British Blues	2 bands
British Blues: Rory Gallagher Whitesnake
Country Rock	2 bands
Country Rock: Rory Gallagher The 01 Band
Glam	2 bands
Glam: Def Leppard Whitesnake
New Wave	2 bands
New Wave: Fischer-Z Writz
Oi	2 bands
Oi: Red Alert SLEDGEHAMMER

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