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Victoria and Albert Museum

Second Stage

As its name suggests, the Second Stage – or Stage Two – was the first new stage to appear alongside the Pyramid Stage. Launched in 1984 as the Marquee Stage, it was renamed the Second Stage in 1985.

Statistics

  • 1985
    first appeared
  • 3*
    performances

* Catalogued so far.

Years at festival

  1. 1985

    The Festival site grew by over 100 acres and now included neighbouring Cockmill Farm and the land at the end of the disused railway track. 1986 saw the arrival of dance music to Glastonbury when Malcome Haynes – the Organiser behind today’s Silver Hayes area – arrived with a van full of speakers and amplifiers.

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  2. 1986

    The Festival continued to grow in 1986. Many people arrived without tickets, making it hard to record the exact number of attendees. The Cure performed their first Glastonbury headline show, and £130,000 was raised for CND and local charities.

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