Lineup Archive

Glastonbury 1981 lineup

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 19 acts for Glastonbury 1981. Headliners were Ginger Baker's Nutters, Hawkwind and Taj Mahal. 16 acts appeared at Glastonbury for the first time in our records.

19acts
1stages
84%first time at Glastonbury
Friday
Ginger Baker's Nutters
Roy Harper Robert Hunter Stan Webb's Chicken Shack Thompson Twins Beverley Martyn
Saturday
Hawkwind
New Order Jazz Sluts Matumbi Decline and Fall The Sound John Cooper Clarke Rab Noakes
Sunday
Taj Mahal
Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance Gordon Giltrap Mother Gong Supercharge

Friday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Ginger Baker's Nutters
  2. 2Roy Harper
  3. 3Robert Hunter
  4. 4Stan Webb's Chicken Shack
  5. 5Thompson Twins
  6. 6Beverley Martyn

Saturday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Hawkwind
  2. 2New Order
  3. 3Jazz Sluts
  4. 4Matumbi
  5. 5Decline and Fall
  6. 6The Sound
  7. 7John Cooper Clarke
  8. 8Rab Noakes

Sunday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Taj Mahal
  2. 2Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance
  3. 3Gordon Giltrap
  4. 4Mother Gong
  5. 5Supercharge
On this bill

Their festival histories

New Order 13 appearances · headlined 3× Taj Mahal 10 appearances · headlined 2× Hawkwind 5 appearances · headlined 3× Chicken Shack 4 appearances Mother Gong 4 appearances · headlined 1× Roy Harper 4 appearances John Cooper Clarke 3 appearances Ginger Baker's Nutters 2 appearances · headlined 1×

First time at Glastonbury in 1981

Ginger Baker's NuttersTaj MahalBeverley MartynChicken ShackDecline and FallGordon GiltrapJazz SlutsJohn Cooper ClarkeMatumbiNew OrderRab NoakesRobert HunterRonnie Lane's Slim ChanceThe SoundSuperchargeThompson Twins

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Roy Harperlast played Glastonbury in 197011 years
  2. Hawkwindlast played Glastonbury in 197110 years
  3. Mother Gonglast played Glastonbury in 19792 years

Other festivals in 1981

Reading & Leeds 1981
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Questions about Glastonbury 1981

Who headlined Glastonbury 1981?

Ginger Baker's Nutters, Hawkwind and Taj Mahal were the headliners of Glastonbury 1981. 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 1981 lineup?

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 19 acts for Glastonbury 1981. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Glastonbury for the first time in 1981?

16 acts on the 1981 lineup had not appeared at Glastonbury before in our records, including Ginger Baker's Nutters, Taj Mahal, Beverley Martyn, Chicken Shack and Decline and Fall.

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.