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Glastonbury CND Festival June 22-24th 1984 June 22nd Rumillajta, Billy Bragg, Hank Wangford , Joan Baez, Black Uhuru, Ian Dury, Dr John. June 23rd * Amazulu,The Waterboys, Paul Brady ,Paddy Ashdown, Brass Construction,The Smiths , E.P Thompson, General Public. June 24th # Steve Jolliffe,Christy Moore, John Martyn ,Bruce Kent, Fairport Convention, Weather Report. Artistes
who did perform but were not listed on the official program Jools *,Seething Wells,Linda Lewis #, |
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The stage 1984 © Phil McHoul |
John Martyn onstage Glastonbury 1984 © Julie Gleeson |
The festival lurched into the middle 80s , hit by no less than 5 prosecutions bought against Michael Eavis by the hostile Mendip District Council who were still trying to prove that the festival had contravened provisions contained within the previous years licence conditions.The allegations were that the promoters had exceeded the numbers that had been granted for the license . The prosecutions were, fortunately unsuccessful, a four hour hearing dismissed all charges and the council were more or less forced to go ahead and sanction the festival. The council retaliated by slugging Mr Eavis no less then 2,000 pounds for his license. Audience numbers were set at a maximum of 35,000 and tickets cost £13 - £15 at the gate . 1984 also saw the start of the fabled ecological area "Green Fields" existing as a separate area within the festival. £60,000 was raised for CND and other charities.The weather appears to have been good. Weirdly, reports about the 1984 festival are sparse, we would appreciate you sending us any eyewitness accounts and photos if you were at the festival so we can build this portion of the site. |
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Sunday June 24th
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1984 © Phil McHoul |
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Joan Baez : June 22nd 1984 Glastonbury Festival © Phil McHoul |
Recordings.
There appear to have been some radio recordings of the 1984 festival, but whether it was local radio or the BBC we do not know .Possibly soundboard recordings have been mislabeled as radio sources. Not a lot of recordings have surfaced, if you have any information about any others please Contact us !
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The Waterboys Glastonbury Festival - 6-23-84 Audience.
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The Smiths Glastonbury Festival .6-23-84
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The Smiths received a mixed reception, as they were not just playing to their usual wave of adoring fans , but there was a stage invasion at the end of the set ( presumably by fans , not detractors ) and this meant they could not come back for an encore.
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was quite strange," Morrissey mused afterwards "It's not something
that I'd like to relive. It wasn't the best of our performances, and there
was some animosity from certain sectors of the crowd. It is quite strange
when you're singing to people who obviously do not like you. People are there
to see other groups, it's quite tricky and that's how Glastonbury turned out
for us."
"I didn't know that much about Glastonbury before we did it, and it sounded
a very attractive prospect, but I don't think The Smiths worked at Glastonbury.
I'm not exactly sure why, perhaps because we built up our following in smaller
clubs and then we advanced to larger halls ... it was always very intimate
and personal which was something we couldn't capture at Glastonbury."
Elvis Costello could have practically lived at Glastonbury, along with Van Morrison, he seemed to be one of the recurring acts during the 80s and 90s . In 1984 he played with the Attractions.
Elvis Costello and the Attractions Glastonbury Festival 6-23-84
As can be seen right, the boot version of the show featured an incomplete setlist |
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John Martyn Glastonbury festival 6-24-84 With Band
Solo
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© Julie Gleeson |
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Weather Report Glastonbury festival 6-24-84
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Joseph Zawinul:
Keyboards, vocoder vocals |
Visit Kevin Shewans Glastonbury site to see photos and stories of the 84 and 85 festivals.
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Glastonbury Festival pages .
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