1992 When Manic Street Preachers star Nicky Wire smashed a guitar on stage, fragments of which hit a security guard who as a result needed 16 stitches. 1990 Those names along with the likes of Status Quo, Thin Lizzy, Hawkwind, Judas Priest and Dr Feelgood became synonymous with the festival during that period.

He admits in an interview with The Guardian in 2003 ‘I was nuts’. Panic! Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler reportedly were brutally bottled by displeased audience members, the former retreating 20 minutes into his set when greeted with a 2 litre cider bottle to the face. Fifty years on, how Black Sabbath's Paranoid sparked worldwide moral panic, 'I was abused by my violin teacher but felt bad about him being jailed', Who killed Jimi Hendrix?

Rod ‘the mod’ Stewart reportedly came on stage with The Faces, attempting to get the crowd going by kicking some footballs into the crowd.

Axl Rose made everyone hate him a little bit more when he arrived an hour late, calling his band ‘The Guns and Roses’. The Reading Festival is held at Little John's Farm on Richfield Avenue in central Reading, near the Caversham Bridge.

Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking news. 150 toilets were available on site. 1993 Blur played ‘Parklife’ for the first time live, Radiohead pulled out because Thom Yorke had a sore throat. 1986 The festival returned to the Ritchfield avenue site, with the Labour council honouring their manifesto policy to bring the event back. Performers come from both near and far to try to be a part of this act and if they’re lucky enough to be chosen it’s a great way to gain exposure or to at least put on a great show for people in the hopes that through word of mouth their name will become something that people want to hear more of. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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Green Day, Kasabian, The Strokes, Pulp, Arcade Fire and Blink-182 are among the headliners in a period in which the festival regularly sells out.

At the Disco / The Streets / The Futureheads / Feeder / Slayer / Placebo / The Arctic Monkeys / Goldie Lookin' Chain / Boy Kill Boy / My Chemical Romance, Reading Festival 98 / Beastie Boys / Foo Fighters / Rancid / Deftones, The Wombats / The Kooks / Travis Scott / Post Malone / Annie Mac / Stereo Honey / Ocean Wisdom / Jimothy Lacoste, Cheap Trick / Scorpions / Steve Hackett / Fame / Inner Circle / Gillan / Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band / Bram Tchaikovsky / The Movies.

Why the conspiracy theories won’t die, Rob Halford interview: ‘The Queen asked me why heavy metal is so loud’. 1986: READING RETURNS 1983 This year's line up was strong with Thin Lizzy’s last ever UK festival performance and Black Sabbath. The line-up featured some reggae acts but the year marked the move towards the festival being known as a ‘rock festival'. fairer and smarter way to discover music events they love.”, © 2001 - 2020 Skiddle Ltd  |  Skiddle is a registered trademark  |  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The experience seems like it would pay for itself, metaphorically-speaking, as this would be one weekend-long party you wouldn’t want to miss. 1975:  The thought of seeing a world famous rock star roadieing for a middle-aged jazz group was too improbable for anyone to contemplate." The concert is often featured on lists of ‘Worst Gigs of all time’. If they hadn’t imploded in the late 80’s they would have been as big as Guns ‘n’ Roses."

The two are now fully linked as one of the major dates on the music calendar.