1984 Glastonbury Archive

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• 1. At 10:00am on 08 Jun 2010, BCFC_MassiveAttack wrote:

  i remember... smiths or smits! played for 20 minutes, then the king of rock n roll came on and played for 2 hours 'Elvis Costello'

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• 2. At 10:24am on 08 Jun 2010, stevensjohn wrote:

  It was a wet Sunday so I was looking for somewhere to shelter. Having found a medium sized marquee, I settled down for a few quiet minutes and who should come on but the Man Band. It was such a happy coincidence and they were top notch, in a self-indulgent type of way. Mickey Jones is sadly missed.
  
  The evening ended in yet another marquee with Bristol's Lozenges Soul Review. A great end to a good first Glasto.

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• 3. At 11:59am on 08 Jun 2010, Paul Norris wrote:

  I was the rock photographer with Venue magazine in Bristol back then so I had a backstage pass and saw lots. It rained a bit on the Saturday evening when the marvellous Elvis Costello was on. The Smiths were the big band of the day but I don't remember much about them. I recall an pro-CND scientist called EP Thompson making a rousing talk on the Sunday with Paddy Ashdown. I also remember Christy Moore, who was excellent, and John Martyn who was fine too.

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• 4. At 1:13pm on 08 Jun 2010, Kevin Geraghty-Shewan wrote:

  My first Glastonbury - we hitchhiked most of the way there. This was my favourite of all the festivals I went to. It started to get bigger and bigger after this one.
  
  Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, the Smiths were all excellent. Fell asleep on the friday night and missed Dr John and Ian Dury.
  
  Queued for ages to have a shower in a huge circular tent that had a pipe suspended from the ceiling that had holes drilled in it - 3 each as I recall!!
  
  http://www.shewan.co.uk/music/festivals/glastonbury/glastonbury84.htm

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• 5. At 1:17pm on 08 Jun 2010, Benny B wrote:

  Yes Fela Kuti was great. The only time I saw him. But the weather was cold and windy and we had a large very draughty tent.

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• 6. At 5:09pm on 08 Jun 2010, sham11 wrote:

  my first glastonbury,cost next to nowt.hitchicked down with my brother at the age of 16.sneeked in through a hole in the fence with about half the people there.thought ian dury was really good,looked forward to seeing the smiths but it was cut short mainly through too many aged hippies booing them.do they now realize they spoilt one of the predominant acts of the era showing us how good they were

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• 7. At 9:40pm on 19 Jun 2010, Martin Ashford wrote:

  All the early 80's Glastonbury Festivals were very special events. This one was no exception. I think it was at this one they introduced mixed showere in the Green Fields. A very liberating experience! I'd seen The Smiths before and enjoyed them but here they were greeted with outright hostility and I'm sure they had mud thrown at them. The Green Fields made a huge impression on me at the time and I still wander around them in a strange sense of wonder.

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• 8. At 11:52am on 17 Dec 2010, Peter de Meteor wrote:

  Spirit also played, but there was a power failure part-way through their set. By the time it was restored it was too late for them to continue.
  
  Shame!
  
  . . . From The Asteroid Belt, Peter de Meteor

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