![]() ![]() The Velvet Underground performed while Primal Scream returned for another year.įair to say 1994 feels like the end of an era for Glastonbury before Britpop would transform the event. The Black Crowes, Christy Moore and Lenny Kravitz headlined while Red Hot Chili Peppers dropped out of their headline slot. There were also slots for Blur, Primal Scream and Lou Reed. Carter USM and Youssou N'Dour also had the top slots.Ī big year though. Shakespears Sister headlined after the festival took a break in 1991 to allow for the birth of yours truly. The Cure return to the festival while Happy Mondays and Sinead O'Connor also headline for the first time.īy this point, 70,000 people were attending the festival and spending £38 on their ticket. This time Suzanne Vega rounded out the headliners while Pixies also performed a notable slot. The second of those slots for Elvis Costello and Van Morrison. We also saw The Communards take a headline slot while New Order returned to the festival. Fatboy Slim was probably devastated by this. The first of consecutive headline sets for both Elvis Costello and Van Morrison. Slots were also given to Simply Red and Madness in what was a pretty solid line-up. The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs and Level 42 headlined. We see the debut of a headliner that could theoretically still headline the festival (but probably won't) as The Smiths sharing the top line with Weather Report and Black Uhuru.Įlvis Costello and The Waterboys also performed.Įcho & The Bunnymen, Joe Cocker and The Boomtown Rats topped the bill with The Style Council also having a fairly prominent slot.Ĥ0,000 people attended and tickets were £16. You can probably pay that for a burrito and a beer and feel like you've got a bargain now. Tickets rose to £12 and presumably people were outraged. It wouldn't be the last time that happened.Ĭurtis Mayfield and UB40 (before they all openly hated each other inside and outside of the courtroom) had the honour in 1983. U2 were due to play but pulled out of the festival. In 1982, attendance hit 25,000 for the first time as Van Morrison and Jackson Browne headlined. Tickets shot up to £8 - which works out at £21 when adjusted for 2017. New Order also had a slot at the festival, if neither of those is doing anything for you. Prices were now put at £5 - adjusting for inflation that's about £17 now.īreak years were far more common back then so it was two years later when Hawkwind and Ginger Blake headlined. Tim Blake and Peter Gabriel were billed at the top of the list on a year when 12,000 people once again returned to the festival. No specific headline act when the festival returned after several years away. ![]() Pink Floyd were due to play but cancelled. No surprise, because it was free this time. It went from 1,500 people to 12,000 (which still wouldn't put a dent at the Pyramid Stage these days). It cost £1 and you could look forward to The Kinks performing the top slot. The first Glastonbury! Long before the Glasto Podcasto had come into glorious existence. He says "Great Scott", one of Doc's catchphrases from Back to the Future.Time Line A history of Glastonbury headliners. ![]()
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