Reading Rock Festival 1978

Aug 25 - 27, 1978 (46 years ago)

Thames-side Arena, Richfield Avenue Reading, England, United Kingdom

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Band Line-up

Foreigner

Patti Smith

Squeeze

Status Quo

Ultravox

Sham 69

The Greg Kihn Band

After the Fire

John Foxx

Tom Robinson Band

The Business

Spirit

The Motors

Penetration

Chelsea

The Jam

Gillan

Pirates

John Otway

Gruppo Sportivo

The Automatics

The Albion Band

Radio Stars

Ian Gillan Band

Nutz

New Hearts

Ray Jackson's Lindisfarne

Bethnal

The Speedometers

Pacific Eardrum

Jenny Darren

Dennis O'brien

Paul Inder

Sham 69

The Pirates

Lindisfarne

Nexy

Concert Details

Date:: Friday, August 25, 1978 – Sunday, August 27, 1978
Venue:: Thames-side Arena, Richfield Avenue
Location:: Reading, England, United Kingdom

Band Genres

Rock	16 bands
Rock: Foreigner Patti Smith Squeeze Status Quo The Greg Kihn Band Tom Robinson Band Spirit The Motors Chelsea The Jam Gillan John Otway The Automatics Ian Gillan Band Nutz The Pirates
Punk	14 bands
Punk: Patti Smith Sham 69 Tom Robinson Band The Business The Motors Penetration Chelsea The Jam John Otway The Automatics Radio Stars New Hearts The Speedometers Sham 69
New Wave	11 bands
New Wave: Squeeze Ultravox The Greg Kihn Band After the Fire John Foxx Tom Robinson Band The Motors Penetration The Jam Gruppo Sportivo Radio Stars
British	11 bands
British: Squeeze Status Quo Sham 69 After the Fire The Business Penetration Chelsea The Jam Radio Stars Nutz Sham 69
Pub Rock	10 bands
Pub Rock: Squeeze Sham 69 Tom Robinson Band The Motors Penetration The Jam John Otway Radio Stars Sham 69 The Pirates
Punk Rock	9 bands
Punk Rock: Patti Smith Sham 69 The Business Penetration Chelsea The Jam Radio Stars Bethnal Sham 69
Hard Rock	8 bands
Hard Rock: Foreigner Patti Smith Status Quo Tom Robinson Band Gillan Ian Gillan Band Nutz Paul Inder
Classic Rock	7 bands
Classic Rock: Foreigner Status Quo The Greg Kihn Band Tom Robinson Band Spirit Gillan Ian Gillan Band
Pop Rock	7 bands
Pop Rock: Foreigner Patti Smith Squeeze Status Quo Ultravox The Greg Kihn Band The Jam
Art Rock	6 bands
Art Rock: Patti Smith Squeeze Ultravox John Foxx Ray Jackson's Lindisfarne Lindisfarne
Pop	6 bands
Pop: Foreigner Squeeze After the Fire Chelsea Gruppo Sportivo Nexy
Power Pop	6 bands
Power Pop: Squeeze The Motors The Jam Radio Stars New Hearts Bethnal
Progressive Rock	6 bands
Progressive Rock: After the Fire Spirit Ian Gillan Band Ray Jackson's Lindisfarne Pacific Eardrum Lindisfarne
Folk Rock	5 bands
Folk Rock: Patti Smith Spirit The Albion Band Ray Jackson's Lindisfarne Lindisfarne
New Romantic	5 bands
New Romantic: Squeeze Ultravox After the Fire John Foxx The Jam
Proto-Punk	5 bands
Proto-Punk: Patti Smith Sham 69 Penetration Radio Stars Sham 69
Album Oriented Rock (AOR)	5 bands
Album Oriented Rock (AOR): Foreigner Patti Smith Status Quo The Greg Kihn Band Gillan
UK	5 bands
UK: Squeeze Sham 69 After the Fire The Speedometers Sham 69
Glam Rock	4 bands
Glam Rock: Patti Smith Status Quo Tom Robinson Band Radio Stars
Oi	4 bands
Oi: Sham 69 The Business Chelsea Sham 69