June 24 – 26
3 days
£59
80,000 tickets
80,000 people
£5
25 venues
29 performers
The 1994 Glastonbury Festival took place over 3 days, from Friday the 24th to Sunday the 26th of June. It was headlined by The Levellers, Elvis Costello, and Peter Gabriel.
Headliners
All Headliners →Main Areas
All Main Areas →Other Venues
All 1994 Venues →Timeline
Full Timeline →1994
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Festival is screened on national television for the first time
Channel 4 airs the entire thing live.
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Outside Cinema: Screen destroyed in Pyramid Stage fire on June 13th
Replacement measures 56ft wide by 24ft high, at the time the biggest 35mm cinema screen in the country. Dolby Digital is also introduced with an upgraded sound system.
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Pyramid Stage: Stage burns down on June 13th
Bad luck strikes one week before the festival. A replacement stage is used in 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
Performed Here
1994 Lineup →- Björk
- Blind Melon
- Blur
- Dreadzone
- Dwight Yoakam
- Elvis Costello
- Galliano
- Glastonbury Town Band
- Grant Lee Buffalo
- Ian McNabb
- Jackson Browne
- Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart
- James
- Little Axe
- Lucky Dube
- Mary Black
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- Paul Weller
- Peter Gabriel
- Radiohead
- Rage Against the Machine
- Ride
- Saint Etienne
- View all 29 performers →
Media
All Media →In the height of summer, at the time of solstice — moon-mad, sun-begotten — we acclaim the glory of life with ungrudging senses. — Llewelyn Powys
Supported
All Causes →More Stats
£1
£300,000
Weather
All Weather →Dry
24°C
10°C
0.64mm
Yeovilton
24°C
15°C
No rain
20°C
13°C
0.64mm
18°C
10°C
No rain
Credits
- Programme → eFestivals
- Map → The Riddler
- Ticket → Riddler