Lineup Archive

Glastonbury 1989 lineup

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 21 acts for Glastonbury 1989. Headliners were All About Eve, Elvis Costello and Fela Kuti. 16 acts appeared at Glastonbury for the first time in our records.

21acts
1stages
76%first time at Glastonbury
Friday
All About Eve
Suzanne Vega The Wonder Stuff Pixies Throwing Muses Lucinda Williams
Saturday
Elvis Costello
The Proclaimers Hothouse Flowers Fairground Attraction Van Morrison Azido Bhundu Boys
Sunday
Fela Kuti
Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens Youssou N'Dour The Waterboys Steve Cooney & Seamus Begley Black Uhuru Martin Stephenson Donovan & Friends

Friday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1All About Eve
  2. 2Suzanne Vega
  3. 3The Wonder Stuff
  4. 4Pixies
  5. 5Throwing Muses
  6. 6Lucinda Williams

Saturday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Elvis Costello
  2. 2The Proclaimers
  3. 3Hothouse Flowers
  4. 4Fairground Attraction
  5. 5Van Morrison
  6. 6Azido
  7. 7Bhundu Boys

Sunday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Fela Kuti
  2. 2Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens
  3. 3Youssou N'Dour
  4. 4The Waterboys
  5. 5Steve Cooney & Seamus Begley
  6. 6Black Uhuru
  7. 7Martin Stephenson
  8. 8Donovan & Friends
On this bill

Their festival histories

Pixies 12 appearances · headlined 3× Van Morrison 9 appearances · headlined 1× Elvis Costello 8 appearances · headlined 2× Suzanne Vega 8 appearances Hothouse Flowers 7 appearances Lucinda Williams 7 appearances The Waterboys 6 appearances Black Uhuru 5 appearances

First time at Glastonbury in 1989

All About EveElvis CostelloAzidoBhundu BoysDonovanFairground AttractionHothouse FlowersLucinda WilliamsMahlathini and the Mahotella QueensMartin Stephenson and the DainteesPixiesSteve Cooney & Seamus BegleySuzanne VegaThrowing MusesThe Wonder StuffYoussou N'Dour

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Fela Kutilast played Glastonbury in 19845 years
  2. Black Uhurulast played Glastonbury in 19863 years
  3. The Waterboyslast played Glastonbury in 19863 years
  4. The Proclaimerslast played Glastonbury in 19872 years
  5. Van Morrisonlast played Glastonbury in 19872 years

Other festivals in 1989

Reading & Leeds 1989 2 sharedNewport Folk 1989
Next yearGlastonbury 1990Happy Mondays · The Cure · Ladysmith Black MambazoSee the lineup →

Questions about Glastonbury 1989

Who headlined Glastonbury 1989?

All About Eve, Elvis Costello and Fela Kuti were the headliners of Glastonbury 1989. 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 1989 lineup?

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 21 acts for Glastonbury 1989. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Glastonbury for the first time in 1989?

16 acts on the 1989 lineup had not appeared at Glastonbury before in our records, including All About Eve, Elvis Costello, Azido, Bhundu Boys and Donovan.

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.