The five worst covers in Reading and Leeds history
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(Credits: Far Out / Patrick Gunning / Reading Festival)
When artists play a big festival like Reading and Leeds festival, they feel the need to give the crowd something special. This often results in disaster.
The number of iconic moments that have occurred throughout the history of Reading and Leeds Festival is too many to count. For the decades that this festival has been setting up its stages, excellent artists have had the pleasure of gracing them. Whether they do so as unknowns or established superstars, the music that has emanated from those speakers is the stuff of legend.
When you look back at some of the festival line-ups of Leeds Fest past, you get a feel for just how much of an influential festival this is. Nirvana, Pulp, Patti Smith, Arctic Monkeys, and Bruce Springsteen are just some of the names that have played here. The pressure on artists when they agree to perform is massive, as it doesn’t feel as though they are merely performing in front of the tens of thousands in the crowd, but they are performing in front of the ghosts of festival past.
In a bid to make a name for themselves on this big stage, artists often choose to play covers, giving the audience and the festival a treat that doesn’t exist outside of that moment. Some of these covers have been the stuff of legend, while others are… less so. Just this weekend, we saw two covers which are arguably some of the worst in the festival’s history, and that got us at Far Out wondering: what are the worst covers in Reading and Leeds Festival history?
Well, if you’re a sucker for musical punishment, you’re in the right place, as we formed our comprehensive list below.
The worst covers in the history of Reading and Leeds festival
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