Lineup Archive

Glastonbury 1986 lineup

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 50 acts for Glastonbury 1986 across 2 stages. Headliners were Psychedelic Furs, The Cure and Gil Scott-Heron. 42 acts appeared at Glastonbury for the first time in our records.

50acts
2stages
84%first time at Glastonbury
Friday
Psychedelic Furs
Ruby Turner The Pogues The Waterboys That Petrol Emotion Amazulu Howard Hughes and the Western Approaches
The Ariwa Posse The Go-Betweens 3 Mustaphas 3 The June Brides Flairck Phranc Pauline Black & the Supernaturals The Forest Hill-Billies Fission Brothers
Saturday
The Cure
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Black Uhuru and The Wailers John Martyn Loudon Wainwright III Latin Quarter Buddy Curtis and the Grasshoppers
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
Sunday
Gil Scott-Heron
Level 42 Madness Simply Red Robert Cray Christy Moore The Housemartins
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

Friday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Psychedelic Furs
  2. 2Ruby Turner
  3. 3The Pogues
  4. 4The Waterboys
  5. 5That Petrol Emotion
  6. 6Amazulu
  7. 7Howard Hughes and the Western Approaches

Stage Two

  1. 1The Ariwa Posse
  2. 2The Go-Betweens
  3. 33 Mustaphas 3
  4. 4The June Brides
  5. 5Flairck
  6. 6Phranc
  7. 7Pauline Black & the Supernaturals
  8. 8The Forest Hill-Billies
  9. 9Fission Brothers

Saturday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1The Cure
  2. 2Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
  3. 3Black Uhuru and The Wailers
  4. 4John Martyn
  5. 5Loudon Wainwright III
  6. 6Latin Quarter
  7. 7Buddy Curtis and the Grasshoppers

Stage Two

  1. 1The Potato Five
  2. 2The Dream Syndicate
  3. 3Half Man Half Biscuit
  4. 4Ted Chippington
  5. 5We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It
  6. 6The Nightingales
  7. 7Frank Chickens
  8. 8Andy White
  9. 9The Brilliant Corners
  10. 10Zinica
  11. 11The Wonderful Kiosk

Sunday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Gil Scott-Heron
  2. 2Level 42
  3. 3Madness
  4. 4Simply Red
  5. 5Robert Cray
  6. 6Christy Moore
  7. 7The Housemartins

Stage Two

  1. 1The Bloodfire Posse
  2. 2Rent Party
  3. 3The Woodentops
  4. 4The Mighty Lemon Drops
  5. 5Billy Bragg
  6. 6Sambatucada
  7. 7Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
  8. 8Microdisney
  9. 9Loudon Wainwright III
  10. 10Terry and Gerry
On this bill

Their festival histories

Billy Bragg 18 appearances The Cure 12 appearances · headlined 11× The Waterboys 6 appearances Black Uhuru 5 appearances John Martyn 5 appearances Madness 5 appearances Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians 4 appearances Christy Moore 3 appearances

First time at Glastonbury in 1986

The CureGil Scott-HeronPsychedelic FursBuddy Curtis and the GrasshoppersChristy MooreThe HousemartinsHoward Hughes and the Western ApproachesLatin QuarterLevel 42Lloyd Cole and the CommotionsLoudon Wainwright IIIMadnessRobert CrayRuby TurnerSimply RedThat Petrol Emotion3 Mustaphas 3Andy WhiteThe Bloodfire PosseThe Brilliant CornersThe Dream SyndicateFission BrothersFlairckThe Forest Hill-BilliesFrank ChickensThe Go-BetweensHalf Man Half BiscuitThe June BridesThe Mighty Lemon DropsThe NightingalesPauline Black & the SupernaturalsPhrancThe Potato FiveRent PartyRobyn Hitchcock & The EgyptiansSambatucadaTed ChippingtonTerry and GerryWe've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use ItThe Wonderful Kiosk+2 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Amazululast played Glastonbury in 19842 years
  2. Black Uhurulast played Glastonbury in 19842 years
  3. The Waterboyslast played Glastonbury in 19842 years

Other festivals in 1986

Reading & Leeds 1986 1 sharedNewport Folk 1986
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Questions about Glastonbury 1986

Who headlined Glastonbury 1986?

Psychedelic Furs, The Cure and Gil Scott-Heron were the headliners of Glastonbury 1986. 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 1986 lineup?

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 50 acts for Glastonbury 1986 across 2 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Glastonbury for the first time in 1986?

42 acts on the 1986 lineup had not appeared at Glastonbury before in our records, including The Cure, Gil Scott-Heron, Psychedelic Furs, Buddy Curtis and the Grasshoppers and Christy Moore.

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.