Glastonbury CND Festival 1985 was attended by 40,000 with tickets costing £16. The festival included performances by Echo & The Bunnymen, Aswad, Joe Cocker, Style Council, The Boomtown Rats. and Ian Dury.bbc.co.uk The festival had grown too large for Worthy Farm, but neighbouring Cockmill Farm was purchased.
This year saw a wet festival with considerable rain; Worthy Farm is a dairy farm and what washed down into the low areas was a mixture of mud and liquefied cow dung. This did not prevent festival goers from enjoying the knee-deep slurry in front of the Pyramid Stage.
Pyramid stage FridaySaturdaySunday Joe Cocker King Third World Boomtown Rats The Pogues The Untouchables Ian Dury and the Blockheads The Style Council Midnight Oil Aswad Working Week New Model Army Hugh Masekela Echo & the Bunnymen The Colourfield John Martyn Billy Bragg Green On Red The Triffids
Other stage FridaySaturdaySunday Black Roots Somo Somo El Sondro De Londres Eduardo and Antonio Son of Kolo The Blue Aeroplanes Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers Solstice Asaah Papa and Graffi Jazz The Ariwa Posse Poison Girls Toxic Shock Green on Red Steve Payne & Guests Eduardo and Antonio The Happy End OVA Chevalier Brothers Misty in Roots Doctor and The Medics Hank Wangford The Men They Couldn't Hang James Microdisney The Jazz Butcher Doctor's Children Rodney Allen
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BBC at Glastonbury 1985