Lineup Archive

Glastonbury 1983 lineup

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 20 acts for Glastonbury 1983. Headliners were Melanie, UB40 and King Sunny Ade & His African Beats. 15 acts appeared at Glastonbury for the first time in our records.

20acts
1stages
75%first time at Glastonbury
Friday
Melanie
Marillion Jean-Philippe Rykiel
Saturday
UB40
Aswad The Beat Moving Hearts A Certain Ratio The Enid The Farm Band
Sunday
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats
Curtis Mayfield Fun Boy Three The Chieftains Incantation
Dennis Brown Alexis Korner Black Roots The Flying Pickets Tom Paxton

Friday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Melanie
  2. 2Marillion
  3. 3Jean-Philippe Rykiel

Saturday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1UB40
  2. 2Aswad
  3. 3The Beat
  4. 4Moving Hearts
  5. 5A Certain Ratio
  6. 6The Enid
  7. 7The Farm Band

Sunday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1King Sunny Ade & His African Beats
  2. 2Curtis Mayfield
  3. 3Fun Boy Three
  4. 4The Chieftains
  5. 5Incantation

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Dennis Brown (w/ Aswad as backup band)
  2. 2Alexis Korner
  3. 3Black Roots
  4. 4The Flying Pickets
  5. 5Tom Paxton
On this bill

Their festival histories

The Enid 7 appearances Tom Paxton 6 appearances Aswad 4 appearances · headlined 1× Marillion 3 appearances A Certain Ratio 2 appearances Black Roots 2 appearances Jean-Philippe Rykiel 2 appearances Melanie 2 appearances · headlined 1×

First time at Glastonbury in 1983

King Sunny Ade & His African BeatsUB40The BeatCurtis MayfieldThe EnidThe Farm BandFun Boy ThreeIncantationMarillionMoving HeartsAlexis KornerBlack RootsDennis BrownThe Flying PicketsTom Paxton

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Melanielast played Glastonbury in 197112 years

Other festivals in 1983

Reading & Leeds 1983 2 shared
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Questions about Glastonbury 1983

Who headlined Glastonbury 1983?

Melanie, UB40 and King Sunny Ade & His African Beats were the headliners of Glastonbury 1983. The source marks no headliners, so these are the first acts listed on the main stage each day.

How many acts are on the Glastonbury 1983 lineup?

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 20 acts for Glastonbury 1983. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Glastonbury for the first time in 1983?

15 acts on the 1983 lineup had not appeared at Glastonbury before in our records, including King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, UB40, The Beat, Curtis Mayfield and The Enid.

Source: Wikipedia, "Glastonbury Festival line-ups" (revision 1381296015), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. This year's source marks no headliners, so the first act listed on the main stage each day is shown as the headliner. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.