Glastonbury 2016 lineup
The Glastonbury line-up page lists 133 acts for Glastonbury 2016 across 5 stages. Headliners were Muse, Adele and Coldplay. 80 acts appeared at Glastonbury for the first time in our records.
133acts
5stages
60%first time at Glastonbury
Friday
Foals ZZ Top Jess Glynne Two Door Cinema Club Skepta Rokia Traoré The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians with Damon Albarn & Guests
Disclosure Bastille Bring Me the Horizon Editors The Lumineers Frightened Rabbit Christine and the Queens Blossoms James Underworld Róisín Murphy White Denim Protoje Vince Staples DakhaBrakha Bixiga 70 The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band Sigur Rós AlunaGeorge Explosions in the Sky Jack Garratt Half Moon Run Aurora Rat Boy Elle King X Ambassadors Dan Stuart with Twin Tones Richard Hawley Savages Ronnie Spector +7 more
Saturday
Tame Impala The Last Shadow Puppets Madness Wolf Alice Baaba Maal Squeeze Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir
New Order Chvrches The 1975 Tom Odell Band of Skulls Hurts St. Paul and The Broken Bones Shura HÆLOS James Blake Santigold The Very Best with Special Guests Shibusashirazu Orchestra Mbongwana Star Little Simz Odisee & Good Company Anna Meredith M83 Fatboy Slim Example John Grant MØ Låpsley Alessia Cara Dua Lipa Nothing but Thieves Palace Philip Glass' Heroes Symphony Mercury Rev Floating Points +7 more
Sunday
Beck Ellie Goulding Jeff Lynne's ELO Laura Mvula Gregory Porter Caravan Palace Burnham and Highbridge Band
LCD Soundsystem PJ Harvey Catfish and the Bottlemen Years & Years Jamie Lawson Paul Heaton + Jacqui Abbott Bear's Den Newton Faulkner Anteros Earth, Wind & Fire Gary Clark Jr Quantic All Stars Anoushka Shankar Michael Kiwanuka Kamasi Washington Eska Human Pyramids Jake Bugg Mac DeMarco Of Monsters and Men Band of Horses Bat for Lashes Mystery Jets Matt Corby Tired Lion She Drew the Gun Grimes Guy Garvey Saint Etienne Kwabs +5 more
Friday lineup
Pyramid Stage
- 1Muse (headliner)
- 2Foals
- 3ZZ Top
- 4Jess Glynne
- 5Two Door Cinema Club
- 6Skepta
- 7Rokia Traoré
- 8The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians with Damon Albarn & Guests
Other Stage
West Holts Stage
- 1Underworld
- 2Róisín Murphy
- 3White Denim
- 4Protoje
- 5Vince Staples
- 6DakhaBrakha
- 7Bixiga 70
- 8The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band
John Peel Stage
- 1Sigur Rós
- 2AlunaGeorge
- 3Explosions in the Sky
- 4Jack Garratt
- 5Half Moon Run
- 6Aurora
- 7Rat Boy
- 8Elle King
- 9X Ambassadors
- 10Dan Stuart with Twin Tones
The Park Stage
- 1Richard Hawley
- 2Savages
- 3Ronnie Spector
- 4Daughter
- 5Ezra Furman
- 6Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- 7Nao
- 8Night Beats
- 9Declan McKenna
- 10Gwenno Saunders
Saturday lineup
Pyramid Stage
- 1Adele (headliner)
- 2Tame Impala
- 3The Last Shadow Puppets
- 4Madness
- 5Wolf Alice
- 6Baaba Maal
- 7Squeeze
- 8Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir
Other Stage
West Holts Stage
- 1James Blake
- 2Santigold
- 3The Very Best with Special Guests
- 4Shibusashirazu Orchestra
- 5Mbongwana Star
- 6Little Simz
- 7Odisee & Good Company
- 8Anna Meredith
John Peel Stage
The Park Stage
- 1Philip Glass' Heroes Symphony
- 2Mercury Rev
- 3Floating Points
- 4Ernest Ranglin & Friends
- 5Kurt Vile
- 6Jagwar Ma
- 7Lady Leshurr
- 8Izzy Bizu
- 9Cat's Eyes
- 10Car Seat Headrest
Sunday lineup
Pyramid Stage
- 1Coldplay (headliner)
- 2Beck
- 3Ellie Goulding
- 4Jeff Lynne's ELO
- 5Laura Mvula
- 6Gregory Porter
- 7Caravan Palace
- 8Burnham and Highbridge Band
Other Stage
West Holts Stage
- 1Earth, Wind & Fire
- 2Gary Clark Jr
- 3Quantic All Stars
- 4Anoushka Shankar
- 5Michael Kiwanuka
- 6Kamasi Washington
- 7Eska
- 8Human Pyramids
John Peel Stage
The Park Stage
- 1Grimes
- 2Guy Garvey
- 3Saint Etienne
- 4Kwabs
- 5Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- 6Hinds
- 7C Duncan
- 8Holly Macve
- 9Khruangbin
Their festival histories
First time at Glastonbury in 2016
AdeleBurnham and Highbridge BandCaravan PalaceJeff Lynne's ELOJess GlynneLewisham and Greenwich NHS ChoirThe Orchestra of Syrian Musicians with Damon Albarn & GuestsSkeptaZZ TopAlessia CaraAlunaGeorgeAnna MeredithAnoushka ShankarAnterosAuroraBear's DenBixiga 70BlossomsBring Me the HorizonC DuncanCar Seat HeadrestCat's EyesChristine and the QueensDakhaBrakhaDan Stuart with Twin TonesDeclan McKennaDisclosureDua LipaEarth, Wind & FireElle KingErnest Ranglin & FriendsEskaExplosions in the SkyEzra FurmanFloating PointsGary Clark Jr.GrimesGuy GarveyGwennoHalf Moon Run+40 more
Longest-awaited returns
- Becklast played Glastonbury in 199719 years
- Jameslast played Glastonbury in 199818 years
- Squeezelast played Glastonbury in 199818 years
- Underworldlast played Glastonbury in 199917 years
- Saint Etiennelast played Glastonbury in 200016 years
Other festivals in 2016
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Questions about Glastonbury 2016
Who headlined Glastonbury 2016?
Muse, Adele and Coldplay were the headliners of Glastonbury 2016. 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 2016 lineup?
The Glastonbury line-up page lists 133 acts for Glastonbury 2016 across 5 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.
Who played Glastonbury for the first time in 2016?
80 acts on the 2016 lineup had not appeared at Glastonbury before in our records, including Adele, Burnham and Highbridge Band, Caravan Palace, Jeff Lynne's ELO and Jess Glynne.
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.