Day 680, Reading Rock

Friday 26, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 August 1983.

33 years ago this weekend this bunch of people performed in this order of appearance:

Friday
Auto da fé

Pendragon

Solstice

Pallas

Hanoi Rocks

Man

Steel Pulse - they left early.

Big Country

The Stranglers

Saturday

Crazy Angel

Fortune

Lee Aaron

Heavy Pettin'

Mama's Boys

Magnum

Anvil

Suzi Quatro

Stevie Ray Vaughan with Double Trouble

Marillion

Black Sabbath - Ian Gillan on vocal, Bev Bevan on drums, all very bizarre.

Sunday

The Opposition

Twelfth Night
One The Juggler
Sad Cafe
The Enid
Climax Blues Band
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - inexplicably with beach umbrellas.
Ten Years After - fourteen years after their Woodstock performance.
Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul
Thin Lizzy - their last ever UK concert with Phil Lynott.



The economy of the day meant it was just under £16 for the three days including parking and camping.  More expensive than Glastonbury (£12 that year), but you could get out and into Reading, which was a bonus obviously.

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