Glastonbury Festival line-ups

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:

1986
Line-up included:

1987
Line-up included:

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:

1993
Line-up included:

1994
Line-up included:

1995
Line-up included:

NME stage
also:


 * The Chemical Brothers
 * Massive Attack
 * Tricky
 * Plastikman
 * Carl Cox
 * Gil Scott-Heron (didn't show, replaced by Spearhead)
 * Mike Scott
 * Portishead
 * Transglobal Underground
 * Al Stewart
 * Steeleye Span
 * Evan Dando
 * The Dolmen
 * G Love and Special Sauce
 * Autechre
 * Eat Static

Other stage
Line-up also included:


 * The Orb
 * Roni Size
 * Cheikh Lô & Youssou Ndour
 * Daft Punk

Main stage
The headlining stage was not officially called the Pyramid Stage in 1998, as it did not have its distinctive pyramid shape.

Dance tent
Lineup also included:


 * Babybird
 * Bernard Butler
 * Julian Cope
 * Rolf Harris
 * Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band
 * Ozric Tentacles
 * Eddi Reader
 * Salsa Celtica
 * Squeeze

Pyramid stage
(Björn Again moved up the bill to replace Ian Dury & The Blockheads, who cancelled their appearance due to illness)

Other stage

 * Coldplay (New Tent)
 * Doves (New Tent)
 * David Gray (New Tent)
 * Merz (New Tent)

Other stage
Line-up also included:


 * Spearhead

Other stage
Line-up also included:


 * Yes
 * The Streets
 * The Delgados
 * Bill Bailey (Cabaret Tent)
 * Ross Noble (Cabaret Tent)
 * Kings of Leon (New Bands Tent)

Poetry and words

 * Jah Biggz
 * Bonnie Brookes
 * Brendan the Pop Poet
 * Penny Broadhurst
 * Rosie Carrick
 * Carol Ann Duffy
 * Pete Eldridge
 * Giovanni Esposito
 * Nathan Filer
 * Helen Gregory
 * Yasmine Haideman
 * Will Hames
 * Love Fairies
 * Gilly the Nun
 * Anna Lindup
 * Malign Interlect
 * Harry Man
 * Paul Marshall
 * Annie McGann
 * Elvis McGonagall
 * Kate Noakes
 * Rachel Pantechnicon
 * Phaze
 * Polar Bear Ninja
 * Pat VT West
 * Leeanne Stoddart
 * Eliana Tomkins
 * Kimberley Trusty
 * Tony Walsh
 * James Windsor
 * Yam Boy and Mango

2008
The festival took place on 27–29 June.

2009
The festival took place on 26–28 June.

2010
The festival took place on 25–27 June.

2011
The festival took place on 24 to 26 June.

Spirit of '71 stage (Anniversary Pyramid Stage)
Curated by Andrew Kerr.

2012
There was no Glastonbury Festival in 2012, with the organizers having planned it as a "fallow year", due to the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in London.

2013
The festival took place on 24–28 June.

Pyramid Stage
(Jupiter & Okwess International replaced Toumani Diabaté who cancelled due to malaria)

2014
The festival took place from the 27 to 29 June.

2015
The 2015 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 24 and 28 June.

The following acts were announced to perform.

2016
The 2016 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 22 and 26 June 2016.

The line-up was as follows:

2017
The 2017 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 21 and 25 June 2017.

The line-up was as follows:

2019
The 2019 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 26 and 30 June 2019.

The line-up was as follows:

Pyramid Stage
A Stormzy's set featured appearances by Chris Martin, Dave and Fredo.

B. Bastille's set featured an appearance by Lewis Capaldi.

C. The Killers' set featured appearances by Pet Shop Boys and Johnny Marr.

D. Kylie Minogue's set featured appearances by Nick Cave and Chris Martin.

E. Miley Cyrus' set featured appearances by Mark Ronson, Billy Ray Cyrus and Lil Nas X. 

2020
The 2020 Glastonbury Festival was to take place between 24 and 28 June 2020. The first wave of performers for the festival were announced on lineup was announced on 12 March. However, the festival was cancelled on 18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The following artists had been announced as part of the 2020 Glastonbury lineup prior the event's cancellation:


 * Kendrick Lamar
 * Paul McCartney
 * Taylor Swift
 * Diana Ross
 * Aitch
 * AJ Tracey
 * Anderson Paak and The Free Nationals
 * Angel Olsen
 * Anna Calvi
 * The Avalanches
 * Banks
 * Baxter Dury
 * beabadoobee
 * The Big Moon
 * Big Thief
 * Big Time Rush
 * Black Uhuru
 * Blossoms
 * Brittany Howard
 * Burna Boy
 * Cage the Elephant
 * Camila Cabello
 * Candi Staton


 * Caribou
 * Cate Le Bon
 * Celeste
 * Charli XCX
 * Clairo
 * Confidence Man
 * Crowded House
 * Danny Brown
 * Declan McKenna
 * Dizzee Rascal
 * Dua Lipa
 * EarthGang
 * EOB
 * Editors
 * Elbow
 * Fatboy Slim
 * FKA Twigs
 * Fontaines D.C.
 * Gilberto Gil
 * Glass Animals
 * Goldfrapp
 * Greentea Peng
 * Groove Armada
 * HAIM


 * Happy Mondays
 * Herbie Hancock
 * Imelda May
 * The Isley Brothers
 * Jarvis Cocker
 * Jehnny Beth
 * The Jesus and Mary Chain
 * Kacey Musgraves
 * Kano
 * Kelis
 * Khruangbin
 * KOKOKO!
 * La Roux
 * Lana Del Rey
 * Laura Marling
 * Lianne La Havas
 * The Lightning Seeds
 * London Grammar
 * Mabel
 * Manic Street Preachers
 * Metronomy
 * Nadine Shah
 * Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
 * Nubya Garcia


 * The Orielles
 * Pet Shop Boys
 * Phoebe Bridgers
 * Primal Scream
 * Richard Dawson
 * Rufus Wainwright
 * Sam Fender
 * Sampa the Great
 * Seun Kuti
 * Sinéad O'Connor
 * Skunk Anansie
 * Snarky Puppy
 * Soccer Mommy
 * The Specials
 * Squid
 * The Staves
 * Supergrass
 * Suzanne Vega
 * Thom Yorke
 * Thundercat
 * Tinariwen
 * TLC
 * Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes
 * Tones and I
 * The Waterboys

2021
The 2021 Glastonbury Festival was scheduled for June 23 through June 27 but was cancelled in late January due to the COVID-19 pandemic for the second year in a row. In its place, a shortened, live-streamed concert, Live at Worthy Farm, was held on May 22 followed by an encore on May 23. The live-stream was held on the grounds where Glastonbury typically takes place.

The broadcast included:


 * Coldplay
 * Damon Albarn
 * George Ezra
 * HAIM
 * Idles
 * Jorja Smith
 * Kano
 * Michael Kiwanuka
 * Wolf Alice
 * The Smile
 * DJ Honey Dijon
 * PJ Harvey
 * Jarvis Cocker
 * Kae Tempest
 * George the Poet
 * Kurupt FM
 * Little Amal
 * Michael Eavis
 * Róisín Murphy

They also held the Glastonbury Experience between June 25 and June 27 and played highlights of past festivals; it was accessible via BBC iPlayer and on BBC Two and BBC Four. Performances shown included:
 * Glastonbury in the 90s, narrated by Skin from Skunk Anansie
 * Radiohead (1997)
 * R.E.M. (1999)
 * Glastonbury in the 21st Century – performances since 2000
 * Kylie Minogue (2019)
 * Arctic Monkeys (2013)
 * Glastonbury Legends – including Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Kylie Minogue, and Madness
 * Live at Worthy Farm: Backstage – narrated by Jo Whiley
 * Live at Worthy Farm – highlights from the 2021 live-stream including Coldplay, HAIM, and Damon Albarn
 * Al Green (1999)
 * Best of Glastonbury 1998 – including Primal Scream, James, Foo Fighters, The Lightning Seeds, Blur, Robbie Williams
 * Best of Glastonbury 1999 – including R.E.M., The Beautiful South, Blondie, and Barenaked Ladies
 * Best of Glastonbury 2003 – including Manic Street Preachers, R.E.M., Radiohead, Macy Gray, and the Sugababes
 * Iggy Pop and The Stooges (2007)
 * Glastonbury 2017 – including Radiohead, Foo Fighters, and Ed Sheeran; hosted by Jo Whiley and Mark Radcliffe
 * Fela Kuti (1984)

BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 1Xtra, and others played show highlights; hosts included Future Sounds, Festival Anthems, Jordan North, DJ Target, Tiffany Calver, Bobby Friction, Sounds of the 90s, Jo Whiley, Lauren Laverne, The Blessed Madonna, Cerys Matthews, Zoe Ball, and Dermot O'Leary.

2022
In August 2021, Michael Eavis shared that the same bands from the 2020 lineup should be present at the 2022 festival.

The 2022 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 22 and 26 June 2022.

The line-up was as follows:

2023
The 2023 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 21 and 25 June 2023.

The lineup was as follows: