Lineup Archive

Glastonbury 1979 lineup

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 13 acts for Glastonbury 1979. The headliner was Tim Blake. 11 acts appeared at Glastonbury for the first time in our records.

13acts
85%first time at Glastonbury
Tim Blake
Peter Gabriel Alex Harvey 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

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Tim Blake
  2. 2Peter Gabriel (w/ Phil Collins, Steve Hillage, Tom Robinson, Nona Hendryx and Alex Harvey)
  3. 3Alex Harvey
  4. 4Steve Hillage
  5. 5Mother Gong
  6. 6Nik Turner's Sphynx
  7. 7The Only Ones
  8. 8Footsbarn Theatre
  9. 9Sky
  10. 10The Pop Group & The Slits
  11. 11The Leyton Buzzards
  12. 12John Martyn
  13. 13The Atoms (opening act)
On this bill

Their festival histories

John Martyn 5 appearances Mother Gong 4 appearances · headlined 1× Nik Turner 4 appearances · headlined 1× Peter Gabriel 3 appearances · headlined 2× Steve Hillage 2 appearances The Pop Group 2 appearances Tim Blake 1 appearances · headlined 1×

First time at Glastonbury in 1979

Tim BlakeAlex HarveyThe AtomsFootsbarn TheatreJohn MartynThe Leyton BuzzardsThe Only OnesPeter GabrielThe Pop GroupSkySteve Hillage

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Mother Gonglast played Glastonbury in 19718 years

Other festivals in 1979

Reading & Leeds 1979 1 shared
Next yearGlastonbury 1981Ginger Baker's Nutters · Hawkwind · Taj MahalSee the lineup →

Questions about Glastonbury 1979

Who headlined Glastonbury 1979?

Tim Blake was the headliner of Glastonbury 1979. 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 1979 lineup?

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 13 acts for Glastonbury 1979. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Glastonbury for the first time in 1979?

11 acts on the 1979 lineup had not appeared at Glastonbury before in our records, including Tim Blake, Alex Harvey, The Atoms, Footsbarn Theatre and John Martyn.

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.