Lineup Archive

Glastonbury 1990 lineup

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 22 acts for Glastonbury 1990. Headliners were Happy Mondays, The Cure and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. 16 acts appeared at Glastonbury for the first time in our records. 1 other billed act cancelled.

22acts
1stages
73%first time at Glastonbury
Friday
Happy Mondays
Jesus Jones Adamski The Neville Brothers Green on Red Lush Pale Saints Galaxie 500
Saturday
The Cure
Sinéad O'Connor De La Soul James Del Amitri Avalon Stompers
Sunday
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Aswad Ry Cooder & David Lindley Flaco Jiménez Deacon Blue Hothouse Flowers Mano Negra World Party

Friday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Happy Mondays
  2. 2Jesus Jones
  3. 3Adamski
  4. 4The Neville Brothers
  5. 5Green on Red
  6. 6Lush
  7. 7Pale Saints
  8. 8Galaxie 500

Saturday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1The Cure
  2. 2Sinéad O'Connor
  3. 3De La Soul
  4. 4James
  5. 5Del Amitri
  6. 6Julian Cope (No show)
  7. 7Avalon Stompers

Sunday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  2. 2Aswad
  3. 3Ry Cooder & David Lindley
  4. 4Flaco Jiménez
  5. 5Deacon Blue
  6. 6Hothouse Flowers
  7. 7Mano Negra
  8. 8World Party
On this bill

Their festival histories

The Cure 12 appearances · headlined 11× James 11 appearances · headlined 1× De La Soul 7 appearances Hothouse Flowers 7 appearances Green On Red 5 appearances Lush 5 appearances Aswad 4 appearances · headlined 1× Happy Mondays 4 appearances · headlined 1×

First time at Glastonbury in 1990

Happy MondaysLadysmith Black MambazoAdamskiAvalon StompersDe La SoulDeacon BlueDel AmitriFlaco JiménezGalaxie 500Jesus JonesLushMano NegraThe Neville BrothersPale SaintsRy Cooder & David LindleySinéad O'Connor

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Aswadlast played Glastonbury in 19855 years
  2. Jameslast played Glastonbury in 19855 years
  3. The Curelast played Glastonbury in 19864 years
  4. Green On Redlast played Glastonbury in 19873 years
  5. World Partylast played Glastonbury in 19873 years

Other festivals in 1990

Reading & Leeds 1990 1 sharedNewport Folk 1990 3 shared
Next yearGlastonbury 1992Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine · Shakespears Sister · Youssou N'DourSee the lineup →

Questions about Glastonbury 1990

Who headlined Glastonbury 1990?

Happy Mondays, The Cure and Ladysmith Black Mambazo were the headliners of Glastonbury 1990. 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 1990 lineup?

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 23 acts for Glastonbury 1990; 1 of them cancelled. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Glastonbury for the first time in 1990?

16 acts on the 1990 lineup had not appeared at Glastonbury before in our records, including Happy Mondays, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Adamski, Avalon Stompers and De La Soul.

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.