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Reading Festival headliners from the 90s

Dermot charts the headliners at the Reading Festival from 1990-99 - a time with no big screens, only cash sales, no phones, and a stellar line-up every year. Expect some Pixies, Beastie Boys, Nirvana and Stone Roses.

Produced by Ora et Labora for BBC Radio 2.

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57 minutes

Last on

Saturday23:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Inspiral Carpets

    This Is How It Feels

    • Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Pixies

    Here Comes Your Man

    • 4 A.D..

  • James

    Come Home

    • Fontana.

  • The Wonder Stuff

    Unbearable

    • Polydor.

  • Nirvana

    Smells Like Teen Spirit

    • Geffen.

  • Porno for Pyros

    Pets

    • Warner Bros.

  • Primal Scream

    (I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind

    • Give Out But Don't Give Up.
    • Creation.
    • 3.

  • The Smashing Pumpkins

    Disarm

    • Hut Music.

  • Björk

    It's Oh So Quiet

    • ONE LITTLE INDIAN RECORD.

  • The Stone Roses

    She Bangs The Drums

    • Silvertone.

  • Suede

    Animal Nitrate

    • Nude Records.

  • Beastie Boys

    Sabotage

    • Grand Royal.

  • Garbage

    Queer

    • Mushroom.

  • Blur

    There's No Other Way

    • Food.

  • The Charlatans

    Weirdo

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Beggars Banquet.

Broadcast

  • Saturday23:00
    BBC Radio 2