Glastonbury 1986

**Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:24 pm**

Just heard the boot of the Glastonbury 1986 show. Brilliant. How I wish I had been there (I was a bit young... eleven to be precise). Great quality as well, and a top notch performance.

There's a slightly unnerving bit where Cait is asking the crowd to take a step back, "or someone's gonna get really hurt". I guess it must have been a mental crowd. You can almost picture it, it certainly adds to the feeling of listening to a bit of history.

Anyone know if any video of this show exists? I've never heard of any I don't think.

**Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:39 pm**

nboldock wrote:Anyone know if any video of this show exists? I've never heard of any I don't think.

Well according to http://www.pogueslive.com

20-Jun-86
Glastonbury CND Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England
15 min. Bootleg Video
A Pistol For Paddy Garcia (beginning missing) / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Streams Of Whiskey / Billy's Bones / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / Transmetropolitan / Sally MacLennane

Audience camcorder. It would appear that these are the only songs which were recorded on video, however the full show survives on audio (see Pogues Bootlegs 1986). Although the video of this show has 18-Jun-86 on screen, the correct date is 20-Jun-86 (taken from the Official Festival Programme).

**Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:10 am**

I'm not sure, but I think my sister may have been at that.

I know she was at Glastonbury sometime in the mid eighties and sometime before I first went to The Reading Festival which was 1987, could have been that one.

**Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:31 pm**

do you remember the gig philip? ive never been to glastonbury its meant to be the best festival in the world. id like to see the pogues at a festival.

**Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:48 pm**

dawsonn wrote:do you remember the gig philip? ive never been to glastonbury its meant to be the best festival in the world. id like to see the pogues at a festival.

Um, well, I tend not to have great recall of these big shindigs. They make me dizzy and, as often as not, lost. My records tell me we played the main stage at 2pm on June 21, 1985 and the 1986 programme is less helpful in terms of bill and billing, but I seem to remember we were again on the main stage. At least one of those years was excessively muddy. If you're going to Glastonbury, abandon all vanity.

**Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:47 pm**

I was lucky enough to be there both years, it was 85 that was the muddy one and muddy it was !!!!!!
I have the audio boot of the 86 gig and treasure it as an early memory of one of my all time fave gigs

**Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:25 pm**

I'm still trying to work which member of the band shouts "and can you stop throwing full cans of beer as well" before one song... could it be Mr C himself?

**Mon May 14, 2007 4:49 pm**

Superb gig. I was there. On the Friday: The waterboys, Pogues, House Martins, Madness. Pogues were superb. Waterboys also excellent. I remember being told to push back, I then jumped over the barrier at the front - and was back at the front in two songs time!

Going to Glastonbury this year - for the last time - though I have said that before. Probably won't be down the front - though then again!

I think it was £23 then - £150 this year!

Travellers on site made it interesting.

Went 3 years ago and my company car was one of the worst vehicles in the car park! Jags BMW's etc.

**Mon May 14, 2007 6:33 pm**

SteveB wrote:Superb gig. I was there. On the Friday: The waterboys, Pogues, House Martins, Madness. Pogues were superb. Waterboys also excellent. I remember being told to push back, I then jumped over the barrier at the front - and was back at the front in two songs time!

Going to Glastonbury this year - for the last time - though I have said that before. Probably won't be down the front - though then again!

I think it was £23 then - £150 this year!

Travellers on site made it interesting.

Went 3 years ago and my company car was one of the worst vehicles in the car park! Jags BMW's etc.

Both the Waterboys and Madness are there again this year so you'll be able to reminisce! I'll be there too, looking forward to seeing the Waterboys.

Also of interest to us Pogues people, The Men They Couldn't Hang and The Saw Doctors are also on the bill. Oh and the superb Sharon Shannon.

**Mon May 14, 2007 7:37 pm**

Mr C, (or any other Pogues who see this), would you play Glastonbury again if you were asked to?

**Mon May 14, 2007 7:59 pm**

Dropofpoison wrote:Mr C, (or any other Pogues who see this), would you play Glastonbury again if you were asked to?

...preferably in about 5 weeks time?

**Mon May 14, 2007 8:15 pm**

I've got a tape of that Glastonbury '86 show and it is excellent. A few of my mates were there. I've also got a tape somewhere of a performance on Radio 1 on a Saturday afternoon in Summer of '85. Repeal of the licensing laws, Streams of whiskey and A Pair of Brown eyes.

**Tue May 15, 2007 9:54 pm**

SteveB wrote:Superb gig. I was there. On the Friday: The waterboys, Pogues, House Martins, Madness. Pogues were superb. Waterboys also excellent. I remember being told to push back, I then jumped over the barrier at the front - and was back at the front in two songs time!

I've got a bootleg of The Waterboys at Glastonbury '86- absolutely amazing gig. Never heard the Pogues bootleg though.

**Tue May 15, 2007 10:03 pm**

Dropofpoison wrote:Mr C, (or any other Pogues who see this), would you play Glastonbury again if you were asked to?

I don't know. What's the fee like?

**Wed May 16, 2007 9:51 pm**

philipchevron wrote:
Dropofpoison wrote:Mr C, (or any other Pogues who see this), would you play Glastonbury again if you were asked to?

I don't know. What's the fee like?

Minimal I think, but on the plus side I believe they will supply you with all the milk you can drink!!

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