Glastonbury CND Festival 1987 tickets cost £21 and 60,000 attended.
The local council had initially declined the farm a licence. The decision was overturned in court the month before. 1987 saw the introduction of the Womad stage to the Festival. The 1987 line-up included Elvis Costello, Robert Cray, New Order, Paul Brady, Michelle Shocked and Van Morrison.
During the early 1980s Michael Eavis was involved in establishing a local branch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and subsequently agreed to make the Glastonbury Festival a fundraiser for CND, as it was from 1981 to 1987. In £130,000 was raised for CND and local charities.
Pyramid stage FridaySaturdaySunday New Order Julian Cope Robert Cray Ben E. King Hüsker Dü The Mighty Lemon Drops World Party Elvis Costello And The Attractions Los Lobos Richard Thompson The Woodentops Paul Brady That Petrol Emotion Rodney Allen Taj Mahal Van Morrison The Communards Courtney Pine Trouble Funk Michelle Shocked The Proclaimers
Stage Two FridaySaturdaySunday El Sonido De Londres The Smithereens Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians The Soup Dragons The Oyster Band Michelle Shocked Andy Sheppard Quartet Eduardo Niebla & Antonio Forcione The Chesterfields Rodney Allen Automatic Dlamini Misty In Roots The Weather Prophets The Triffids The Chills Green On Red Real Sounds of Africa The Blue Aeroplanes The Jazz Defektors Doctor and the Medics Felt Barrence Whitfield & the Savages The Mekons Gaye Bykers on Acid Stump Pop Will Eat Itself The Brilliant Corners The Tommy Chase Quartet Head
References
External links BBC at Glastonbury 1987