Glastonbury Festival is a greenfield music and performing arts festival on farm land near Pilton, England. It was first held in 1970 and has been held in the majority of years since then in the summer. Its line-up is diverse, including music, comedy, circus and theatre, taking place on many different stages and performance areas.
1970 Line-up included:
Tyrannosaurus Rex Amazing Blondel Ian A. Anderson Keith Christmas Quintessence Duster Bennett Sam Apple Pie Wayne Fontana Stackridge Steamhammer Al Stewart Planxty Marsupilami Roy Harper
1971 Line-up included:
Joan Baez David Bowie Edgar Broughton Band Arthur Brown Fairport Convention Family Gilberto Gil Gong Hawkwind Help Yourself Henry Cow Magic Michael Marsupilami Melanie Mighty Baby Pink Fairies Quintessence Terry Reid (w/ David Lindley and Linda Lewis) Brinsley Schwarz Traffic The Worthy Farm Windfuckers (house band feat. Thomas Crimble, Johnny Hodge and 'English' John Fox)
Pink Floyd were scheduled but were unable to perform as their equipment was stranded in Europe.https://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/pink-floyd-history-1971
1977 Known as a "free festival".
1978 Known as the "impromptu festival". Nik Turner's Sphynx Nice n Easy White Island Pedro Motivation Tribe
1979 Line-up included: Tim Blake Peter Gabriel w/ Phil Collins, Steve Hillage, Tom Robinson, Nona Hendryx and Alex Harvey Alex Harvey Steve Hillage Mother Gong Nik Turner's Sphynx The Only Ones Footsbarn Theatre Sky The Pop Group & The Slits The Leyton Buzzards John Martyn The Atoms – opening act
1980 No festival, but Hawkwind supported by Vardis performed in the barn on 6 November as part of their Levitation tour.
1981 Line-up included:
Pyramid stage FridaySaturdaySunday Ginger Baker's Nutters Roy Harper Robert Hunter Stan Webb's Chicken Shack Thompson Twins Beverley Martyn Hawkwind New Order Jazz Sluts Matumbi Decline and Fall The Sound John Cooper Clarke Rab Noakes Taj Mahal Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance Gordon Giltrap Mother Gong Supercharge
Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance replaced Judie Tzuke who cancelled due to laryngitis.
1982 Line-up included:
Aswad Jackson Browne Roy Harper Van Morrison Judie Tzuke Randy California The Blues Band Richie Havens Sad Café Black Uhuru Steel Pulse The Chieftains Funkapolitan A Certain Ratio John Cooper Clarke Jean-Philippe Rykiel and Didier Malherbe plus members of Mother Gong Talisman Osibisa Climax Blues Band Ekome Steve Wally
Various artists were filmed for in-concert films that were later shown on UK TV. Broadcasts are confirmed for the Roy Harper Band, Randy California, Sad Café, and Osibisa.
1983 Line-up included:
Pyramid stage FridaySaturdaySunday Melanie Marillion Jean-Philippe Rykiel UB40 Aswad The Beat Moving Hearts A Certain Ratio The Enid The Farm Band King Sunny Ade & His African Beats Curtis Mayfield Fun Boy Three The Chieftains Incantation Other acts that played included:
Dennis Brown, w/ Aswad as backup band Alexis Korner Black Roots The Flying Pickets Tom Paxton
Julian Cope and James Brown were announced as playing but both withdrew in advance.
1984 Line-up included:
Pyramid stage FridaySaturdaySunday Dr John Ian Dury Black Uhuru Joan Baez Hank Wangford Billy Bragg Elvis Costello And The Attractions General Public Amazulu The Smiths Brass Construction Paul Brady The Waterboys Fela Kuti Weather Report Fairport Convention John Martyn Amazulu were scheduled to be the opening act on the Pyramid Stage on the Saturday, but did not arrive in time. They were subsequently given a slot before General Public, necessitating The Smiths to take the stage earlier than scheduled.
Elvis Costello And The Attractions were not announced as Saturday's headliners until a few days before the festival started, and too late to be credited in the official programme.
Ian Dury was backed by his then current band, The Music Students.
1985 Line-up included:
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
1986 Line-up included:
Pyramid stage FridaySaturdaySunday Psychedelic Furs Ruby Turner The Pogues The Waterboys That Petrol Emotion Amazulu Howard Hughes and the Western Approaches The Cure Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Black Uhuru and The Wailers John Martyn Loudon Wainwright III Latin Quarter Buddy Curtis and the Grasshoppers Gil Scott-Heron Level 42 Madness Simply Red Robert Cray Christy Moore The Housemartins
Stage Two FridaySaturdaySunday The Ariwa Posse The Go-Betweens 3 Mustaphas 3 The June Brides Flairck Phranc Pauline Black & the Supernaturals The Forest Hill-Billies Fission Brothers The Potato Five The Dream Syndicate Half Man Half Biscuit Ted Chippington We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It The Nightingales Frank Chickens Andy White The Brilliant Corners Zinica The Wonderful Kiosk The Bloodfire Posse Rent Party The Woodentops The Mighty Lemon Drops Billy Bragg Sambatucada Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Microdisney Loudon Wainwright III Terry and Gerry
1987 Line-up included:
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
1989 Line-up included:
Pyramid stage FridaySaturdaySunday All About Eve Suzanne Vega The Wonder Stuff Pixies Throwing Muses Lucinda Williams Elvis Costello The Proclaimers Hothouse Flowers Fairground Attraction Van Morrison Azido Bhundu Boys Fela Kuti Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens Youssou N'Dour The Waterboys Steve Cooney & Seamus Begley Black Uhuru Martin Stephenson Donovan & Friends Adam Clayton of U2 joined Hot House Flowers onstage to play on "Feet on the Ground".
Georgie Fame was Van Morrison's keyboard player and played "Yeh, Yeh" before Morrison arrived onstage.
Peter Gabriel joined Youssou N'Dour onstage for one or more songs.
There was speculation in the music press, prior to the festival, that Donovan's "friends" would include big names, such as Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton. The "friends" turned out to be Ozric Tentacles.
Elvis Costello's set was solo.
All About Eve headlined Friday night due to a request by Suzanne Vega to switch the headline slot
1990 Line-up as listed in the official programme:
Pyramid stage FridaySaturdaySunday Happy Mondays Jesus Jones Adamski The Neville Brothers Green on Red Lush Pale Saints Galaxie 500 The Cure Sinéad O'Connor De La Soul James Del Amitri Julian Cope (No show) Avalon Stompers Ladysmith Black Mambazo Aswad Ry Cooder & David Lindley Flaco Jiménez Deacon Blue Hothouse Flowers Mano Negra World Party
Archaos performed on top of the Pyramid after the Friday and Saturday night sets.
1991 Due to security issues (hundreds of non-ticket holders breaching the fairly penetrable fences) and other problems from 1990, the festival was called off.
1992 Line-up included:
Pyramid stage FridaySaturdaySunday Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine Levellers Fishbone Television The Breeders The Blue Aeroplanes Senseless Things Runrig Kirsty MacColl Hugh Cornwell Shakespears Sister Lou Reed James (replacing Morrissey who cancelled) The Fall The House of Love The Saw Doctors Ocean Colour Scene Joan Armatrading Chris Whitley Mazlyn Jones Youssou N'Dour Maxi Priest Tom Jones Van Morrison Buddy Guy Richard Thompson Billy Bragg and The Redstars K Passa Glastonbury Town Band
NME stage FridaySaturdaySunday Primal Scream The Orb Gary Clail Jah Wobble Flowered Up Dr Phibes & the House of Wax Equations Natural Life The Moonflowers Radical Dance Faction Back To The Planet Senser Fat Dinosaur The Shamen Curve Ozric Tentacles Lush Cud Thousand Yard Stare Catherine Wheel Midway Still The Sandkings Th' Faith Healers The Stairs Bates Motel 808 State Ned's Atomic Dustbin Blur Spiritualized P J Harvey The Frank and Walters Kitchens of Distinction The Family Cat The Real People The Belltower Dodgy Strangelove
Jazz stage FridaySaturdaySunday Lonnie Liston Smith Olodum Jim Mullen Quartet Steve Williamson's That Suss Was Us Nik Turner Steve Arguelles Joe Louis Walker Space Waves Soul In Motion Kaoma Chapter And The Verse African Jazz Pioneers Distant Cousins Adrian Utley and Tammy Payne Blurt Martin Speake Quartet Co Creators Like Young Negrocan The Family Stand Galliano Dirty Dozen Mouth Music Secret Society Chance Element Magoma Domino Club
Acoustic stage Acts that weekend included Alison Moyet, Barenaked Ladies, Alias Ron Kavanagh, Baba Yaga, Richard Thompson, The Ukrainians, Robin Williamson,Sharon Shannon, Ivo Papasov, Julia Dawson.
1993 Line-up included:
Pyramid Stage FridaySaturdaySunday The Black Crowes Robert Plant The Velvet Underground Midnight Oil Green On Red The Tragically Hip Rolf Harris The 4 Of Us The Kinks (replacing Red Hot Chili Peppers) Lenny Kravitz Christy Moore Hothouse Flowers The Saw Doctors Alison Moyet Barenaked Ladies Helena Galliano Wynton Marsalis Baaba Maal Van Morrison Billy Bragg (replaced Nanci Griffith) Grant Lee Buffalo Värttinä The Brontë Brothers Glastonbury Town Band
NME Stage FridaySaturdaySunday Suede Teenage Fanclub Belly American Music Club The Auteurs Superchunk The God Machine Maldita Vecindad The Stunning Leatherface The Wishplants Chulm Factory The Orb Stereo MC's Ozric Tentacles Digable Planets Jamiroquai The Verve Dodgy Eat The Rockingbirds Adorable Fat Dinosaur Spiritualized Porno For Pyros The Lemonheads Mega City Four Come Sebadoh Back To The Planet Dr Phibes & The House Of Wax Equations Senser Ultramarine The Sea
Jazz Stage FridaySaturdaySunday James Taylor Quartet Keziah Jones Bheki Mseleku McKoy Transglobal Underground Donette Forte And The Dub Warriors Trevor Watts' Moiré Music Drum Orchestra Mistura Sound Advice Roy Ayers Digable Planets Fourth World Värttinä Fun-Da-Mental D'Influence Co-Creators Antonio Forcione The Emperor's New Clothes Rob Hall's Profusion Baaba Maal FFF Urban Species Omar Fourth World Najma Protocol Nitin Sawhney Inner Sense Percussion Orchestra
Acoustic Stage FridaySaturdaySunday Goats Don't Shave
Eddi Reader The McClusky Brothers The Pale The Ukrainians Barenaked Ladies The Black Velvet Band Andy Davis Chuck Prophet The Blues Band Lindisfarne Paul Brady