Lineup Archive

Glastonbury 1997 lineup

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 61 acts for Glastonbury 1997 across 2 stages. Headliners were The Prodigy, Radiohead and Ash. 42 acts appeared at Glastonbury for the first time in our records.

61acts
2stages
69%first time at Glastonbury
Friday
The Prodigy
The Smashing Pumpkins Supergrass Beck The Levellers Terrorvision Echo & the Bunnymen Phish
Reef Ash The Seahorses Placebo Shirehorses
Saturday
Radiohead
Ocean Colour Scene Dodgy Cast Ray Davies Nancy Griffith The Longpigs Republica The Wannadies
Murray Lachlan Young Kula Shaker The Chemical Brothers Neneh Cherry Dubstar Stereolab G Love & Special Sauce Geneva 60 Ft. Dolls Dub War Silver Sun The Dharmas Jonathan Fire*Eater Scarfo The Dolmen
Sunday
Ash
Kula Shaker Sting Van Morrison Sheryl Crow Billy Bragg The Blue Nile Donal Lunny Glastonbury Town Band
The Bluetones Mansun Echobelly Live Pavement Super Furry Animals Symposium Three Colours Red The Supernaturals Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Travis Stereophonics Perfume
The Orb Roni Size Cheikh Lô & Youssou Ndour Daft Punk

Friday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1The Prodigy
  2. 2The Smashing Pumpkins
  3. 3Supergrass
  4. 4Beck
  5. 5The Levellers
  6. 6Terrorvision
  7. 7Echo & the Bunnymen
  8. 8Phish

Other stage

  1. 1Reef
  2. 2Ash
  3. 3The Seahorses
  4. 4Placebo
  5. 5Shirehorses

Saturday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Radiohead
  2. 2Ocean Colour Scene
  3. 3Dodgy
  4. 4Cast
  5. 5Ray Davies
  6. 6Nancy Griffith
  7. 7The Longpigs
  8. 8Republica
  9. 9The Wannadies
  10. 10Murray Lachlan Young

Other stage

  1. 1Kula Shaker
  2. 2The Chemical Brothers
  3. 3Neneh Cherry
  4. 4Dubstar
  5. 5Stereolab
  6. 6G Love & Special Sauce
  7. 7Geneva
  8. 860 Ft. Dolls
  9. 9Dub War
  10. 10Silver Sun
  11. 11The Dharmas
  12. 12Jonathan Fire*Eater
  13. 13Scarfo
  14. 14The Dolmen

Sunday lineup

Pyramid stage

  1. 1Ash (replaced Steve Winwood)
  2. 2Kula Shaker (replaced Neil Young)
  3. 3Sting
  4. 4Van Morrison
  5. 5Sheryl Crow
  6. 6Billy Bragg
  7. 7The Blue Nile
  8. 8Donal Lunny
  9. 9Glastonbury Town Band

Other stage

  1. 1The Bluetones
  2. 2Mansun (who did not manage to sing a single song through, due to ongoing failures with the sound systems, and a sinking stage. They ran out of time and had to leave to allow the next band to set up)
  3. 3Echobelly
  4. 4Live
  5. 5Pavement
  6. 6Super Furry Animals
  7. 7Symposium
  8. 8Three Colours Red
  9. 9The Supernaturals
  10. 10Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
  11. 11Travis
  12. 12Stereophonics
  13. 13Perfume

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1The Orb
  2. 2Roni Size
  3. 3Cheikh Lô & Youssou Ndour
  4. 4Daft Punk
On this bill

Their festival histories

Beck 22 appearances · headlined 3× Ash 20 appearances · headlined 1× Billy Bragg 18 appearances The Chemical Brothers 18 appearances · headlined 1× Radiohead 15 appearances · headlined 12× G. Love & Special Sauce 14 appearances Super Furry Animals 13 appearances The Prodigy 13 appearances · headlined 1×

First time at Glastonbury in 1997

BeckThe Blue NileCastDonal LunnyKula ShakerThe LongpigsMurray Lachlan YoungNanci GriffithPhishRay DaviesRepublicaSheryl CrowThe Smashing PumpkinsStingTerrorvisionThe Wannadies3 Colours Red60 Ft. DollsThe BluetonesCheikh Lô & Youssou NdourDaft PunkThe DharmasDub WarDubstarGenevaJonathan Fire*EaterMansunNeneh CherryPavementPerfumePlaceboRoni SizeScarfoThe SeahorsesShirehorsesSilver SunStereolabStereophonicsSuper Furry AnimalsThe Supernaturals+2 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Echo & the Bunnymenlast played Glastonbury in 198512 years
  2. Ocean Colour Scenelast played Glastonbury in 19925 years
  3. Billy Bragglast played Glastonbury in 19934 years
  4. The Orblast played Glastonbury in 19934 years
  5. Van Morrisonlast played Glastonbury in 19934 years

Other festivals in 1997

Reading & Leeds 1997 15 sharedLollapalooza 1997 3 sharedNewport Folk 1997
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Questions about Glastonbury 1997

Who headlined Glastonbury 1997?

The Prodigy, Radiohead and Ash were the headliners of Glastonbury 1997. 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 1997 lineup?

The Glastonbury line-up page lists 61 acts for Glastonbury 1997 across 2 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Glastonbury for the first time in 1997?

42 acts on the 1997 lineup had not appeared at Glastonbury before in our records, including Beck, The Blue Nile, Cast, Donal Lunny and Kula Shaker.

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.