The 1991 Reading Festival
Ian C Edmond
Reading festival. It's just been announced, so here it is... Bands are
listed in reverse order of appearance (ie first named = last on).
Friday 23rd August (from 2pm)
Iggy Pop
Sonic Youth
Pop Will Eat Itself
Dinosaur Jnr
Chapterhouse
Nirvana
Silverfish
Babes In Toyland
The Family Cat
The Honeythieves
Saturday 24th August (from noon)
James
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
The Fall
De La Soul
Blur
Teenage Fanclub
Flowered Up
The Fat Lady Sings
Kingmaker
Sunday 25th August (from noon)
The Sisters Of Mercy
Neds Atomic Dustbin
[one other act yet to be confirmed]
The Godfathers
Gang Starr
Nitzer Ebb
Sensless Things
Kitchens Of Distinction
Swervedriver
As well as the main stage, there is another stage (The Mean Fiddler
Stage). The acts on this stage will be (not in order of appearance):
FRIDAY: American Music Club - Guy Clarke & Townes Van Zandt - Thin White
Rope - 22 Pisterpirko - Into Paradise - Katell Keineg - The Belltower -
Thousand Yard Stare - Rain - Well Loaded - Railroad Earth - Big Truth
Band
SATURDAY: Edwyn Collins - Five Thirty - The Real People - M.C. Buzz B. -
The Dylans - The Southernaires - The Wendys - The Hollow Men
SUNDAY: The Blue Aeroplanes - New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Fatima
Mansions - Catherine Wheel - The Pooh Sticks - The Popinjays - Captain
Sensible - Love's Young Nightmare - Toasted Heretic - Late Road Lunatics
Tickets cost 40 pounds in advance from usual agents. I hope this has
been useful to someone out there.
Build high for happiness,
Ian Edmond
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