Lineup Archive

Glastonbury 1987 lineup

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 48 acts for Glastonbury 1987 across 2 stages. Headliners were New Order, Elvis Costello And The Attractions and Taj Mahal. 31 acts appeared at Glastonbury for the first time in our records.

48acts
2stages
65%first time at Glastonbury
Friday
New Order
Julian Cope Robert Cray Ben E. King Hüsker Dü The Mighty Lemon Drops World Party
El Sonido De Londres The Smithereens Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians The Soup Dragons The Oyster Band Michelle Shocked Andy Sheppard Quartet Eduardo Niebla & Antonio Forcione The Chesterfields Rodney Allen Automatic Dlamini
Saturday
Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Los Lobos Richard Thompson The Woodentops Paul Brady That Petrol Emotion Rodney Allen
Misty In Roots The Weather Prophets The Triffids The Chills Green On Red Real Sounds of Africa The Blue Aeroplanes The Jazz Defektors
Sunday
Taj Mahal
Van Morrison The Communards Courtney Pine Trouble Funk Michelle Shocked The Proclaimers
Doctor and the Medics Felt Barrence Whitfield & the Savages The Mekons Gaye Bykers on Acid Stump Pop Will Eat Itself The Brilliant Corners The Tommy Chase Quartet Head

Friday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1New Order
  2. 2Julian Cope
  3. 3Robert Cray
  4. 4Ben E. King
  5. 5Hüsker Dü
  6. 6The Mighty Lemon Drops
  7. 7World Party

Stage Two

  1. 1El Sonido De Londres
  2. 2The Smithereens
  3. 3Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
  4. 4The Soup Dragons
  5. 5The Oyster Band
  6. 6Michelle Shocked
  7. 7Andy Sheppard Quartet
  8. 8Eduardo Niebla & Antonio Forcione
  9. 9The Chesterfields
  10. 10Rodney Allen
  11. 11Automatic Dlamini

Saturday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Elvis Costello And The Attractions
  2. 2Los Lobos
  3. 3Richard Thompson
  4. 4The Woodentops
  5. 5Paul Brady
  6. 6That Petrol Emotion
  7. 7Rodney Allen

Stage Two

  1. 1Misty In Roots
  2. 2The Weather Prophets
  3. 3The Triffids
  4. 4The Chills
  5. 5Green On Red
  6. 6Real Sounds of Africa
  7. 7The Blue Aeroplanes
  8. 8The Jazz Defektors

Sunday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Taj Mahal
  2. 2Van Morrison
  3. 3The Communards
  4. 4Courtney Pine
  5. 5Trouble Funk
  6. 6Michelle Shocked
  7. 7The Proclaimers

Stage Two

  1. 1Doctor and the Medics
  2. 2Felt
  3. 3Barrence Whitfield & the Savages
  4. 4The Mekons
  5. 5Gaye Bykers on Acid
  6. 6Stump
  7. 7Pop Will Eat Itself
  8. 8The Brilliant Corners
  9. 9The Tommy Chase Quartet
  10. 10Head
On this bill

Their festival histories

New Order 13 appearances · headlined 3× Taj Mahal 10 appearances · headlined 2× Richard Thompson 9 appearances Van Morrison 9 appearances · headlined 1× Los Lobos 7 appearances Green On Red 5 appearances Michelle Shocked 5 appearances Paul Brady 5 appearances

First time at Glastonbury in 1987

Ben E. KingThe CommunardsCourtney PineHüsker DüJulian CopeLos LobosMichelle ShockedThe ProclaimersRichard ThompsonTrouble FunkWorld PartyAndy Sheppard QuartetAutomatic DlaminiBarrence Whitfield & the SavagesThe ChesterfieldsThe ChillsEduardo Niebla & Antonio ForcioneEl Sonido De LondresFeltGaye Bykers on AcidHeadThe Jazz DefektorsThe MekonsOysterbandPop Will Eat ItselfReal Sounds of AfricaThe SmithereensThe Soup DragonsStumpThe Tommy Chase QuartetThe Weather Prophets

Longest-awaited returns

  1. New Orderlast played Glastonbury in 19816 years
  2. Taj Mahallast played Glastonbury in 19816 years
  3. Van Morrisonlast played Glastonbury in 19825 years
  4. Elvis Costello And The Attractionslast played Glastonbury in 19843 years
  5. Paul Bradylast played Glastonbury in 19843 years

Other festivals in 1987

Reading & Leeds 1987Newport Folk 1987
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Questions about Glastonbury 1987

Who headlined Glastonbury 1987?

New Order, Elvis Costello And The Attractions and Taj Mahal were the headliners of Glastonbury 1987. 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 1987 lineup?

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 48 acts for Glastonbury 1987 across 2 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Glastonbury for the first time in 1987?

31 acts on the 1987 lineup had not appeared at Glastonbury before in our records, including Ben E. King, The Communards, Courtney Pine, Hüsker Dü and Julian Cope.

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.