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 due to poor stage access for their set.
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 Band 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
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
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
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
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
Other stage
1986
Line-up included:
Pyramid stage
Stage Two
1987
Line-up included:
Pyramid stage
Stage Two
1989
Line-up included:
Pyramid stage
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
Archaos performed on top of the Pyramid after the Friday and Saturday night sets.
1992
Line-up included: