Glastonbury Festival 1987
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| Location(s) | Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England |
| Previous event | Glastonbury Festival 1986 |
| Next event | Glastonbury Festival 1989 |
Glastonbury CND Festival 1987 tickets cost £21 and 60,000 attended.[1]
The local council had initially declined the farm a licence. The decision was overturned in court the month before. 1987 saw the introduction of the Womad stage to the Festival. The 1987 line-up included Elvis Costello, Robert Cray, New Order, Paul Brady, Michelle Shocked and Van Morrison.[1]
During the early 1980s Michael Eavis was involved in establishing a local branch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and subsequently agreed to make the Glastonbury Festival a fundraiser for CND, as it was from 1981 to 1987.[2][3] In £130,000 was raised for CND and local charities.[1]
Pyramid stage
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Stage Two
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References
- ^ a b c "Glastonbury Festival – 1987". glastonburyfestivals.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Ihde, Erin (2015). "Do not panic: Hawkwind, the Cold War and "the imagination of disaster"". Cogent Arts & Humanities. 2 (1). doi:10.1080/23311983.2015.1024564.
- ^ Reilly, Nick (24 February 2020). "The CND wants to hear your memories of Glastonbury". NME. Retrieved 11 July 2020.