Reading Festival 1987

Aug 28 - 30, 1987 (37 years ago)

Little John's Farm Reading, England, United Kingdom

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Kooga

Babysitters

Chariot (UK)

Spear of Destiny

The Enid

Virginia Wolf

Magnum

Status Quo

Dumpy's Rusty Nuts

Blues 'n' Trouble

Terraplane

MGM

Gypsy Queen

Georgia Satellites

Fields of the Nephilim

Bad News

Shy

Vow Wow

Alice Cooper

The Stranglers

The Mission

The Icicle Works

The Godfathers

Quireboys

All About Eve

Lizzy Borden

Glory

Lee Aaron

Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction

The Fall

THE BOLSHOI

Concert Details

Date:: Friday, August 28, 1987 – Sunday, August 30, 1987
Venue:: Little John's Farm
Location:: Reading, England, United Kingdom

Band Genres

Rock	19 bands
Rock: Kooga Babysitters Virginia Wolf Magnum Status Quo Dumpy's Rusty Nuts MGM Georgia Satellites Fields of the Nephilim Vow Wow Alice Cooper The Stranglers The Mission The Godfathers Quireboys FM Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction The Fall THE BOLSHOI
Hard Rock	17 bands
Hard Rock: Kooga Virginia Wolf Magnum Status Quo Dumpy's Rusty Nuts Terraplane Gypsy Queen Georgia Satellites Shy Vow Wow Alice Cooper Quireboys FM Lizzy Borden Glory Lee Aaron Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction
Album Oriented Rock (AOR)	13 bands
Album Oriented Rock (AOR): Kooga Virginia Wolf Magnum Status Quo Terraplane Gypsy Queen Georgia Satellites Shy Vow Wow Alice Cooper FM Glory Lee Aaron
Heavy Metal	11 bands
Heavy Metal: Chariot (UK) Dumpy's Rusty Nuts Terraplane Bad News Shy Vow Wow Alice Cooper Lizzy Borden Glory Lee Aaron Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction
Alternative Rock	8 bands
Alternative Rock: Spear of Destiny MGM The Stranglers The Mission The Godfathers All About Eve The Fall THE BOLSHOI
Post-Punk	8 bands
Post-Punk: Spear of Destiny Fields of the Nephilim The Stranglers The Mission The Icicle Works All About Eve The Fall THE BOLSHOI
Arena Rock	7 bands
Arena Rock: Kooga Virginia Wolf Magnum Terraplane Vow Wow FM Lee Aaron
Glam Metal	7 bands
Glam Metal: Virginia Wolf Alice Cooper Quireboys FM Lizzy Borden Lee Aaron Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction
New Wave	7 bands
New Wave: Spear of Destiny Alice Cooper The Stranglers The Mission The Icicle Works The Fall THE BOLSHOI
Classic Rock	6 bands
Classic Rock: Magnum Status Quo Georgia Satellites Alice Cooper Quireboys FM
British	6 bands
British: Status Quo Fields of the Nephilim The Icicle Works All About Eve FM The Fall
Blues Rock	5 bands
Blues Rock: Status Quo Blues 'n' Trouble Georgia Satellites Alice Cooper Quireboys
Deathrock	5 bands
Deathrock: Fields of the Nephilim The Mission All About Eve The Fall THE BOLSHOI
Glam Rock	5 bands
Glam Rock: Status Quo Alice Cooper The Stranglers Lizzy Borden Lee Aaron
Gothic Rock	5 bands
Gothic Rock: Spear of Destiny Fields of the Nephilim The Mission All About Eve THE BOLSHOI
Art Rock	4 bands
Art Rock: The Enid Magnum The Stranglers The Fall
Melodic Rock	4 bands
Melodic Rock: Kooga Virginia Wolf Magnum Shy
Metal	4 bands
Metal: Vow Wow Alice Cooper Lizzy Borden Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction
Synthpop	4 bands
Synthpop: The Stranglers The Mission The Icicle Works THE BOLSHOI
NWOBHM	4 bands
NWOBHM: Kooga Chariot (UK) Dumpy's Rusty Nuts Shy

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Adam Bruderer Nov 10, 2024

My first festival. I only went on the Friday as it was the alternative/indie day.

Alison Campbell Mar 27, 2023

This festival was the best. It had some of my favourite bands at the time. Spear of Destiny was supposed to be on but they never turned up and The Fall came back on. Brilliant time

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Reading Festival 1987

Band Line-up

Concert Details

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Rock:

Hard Rock:

Album Oriented Rock (AOR):

Heavy Metal:

Alternative Rock:

Post-Punk:

Arena Rock:

Glam Metal:

New Wave:

Classic Rock:

British:

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Deathrock:

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Gothic Rock:

Art Rock:

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