Glastonbury Review from Record Mirror

A review of the 1986 Glastonbury Festival appeared on the July 5, 1986 issue of UK magazine Record Mirror and was reviewed by Andy Strickland. The only important thing about Glastonbury '86 (and all of Glastonbury's history) was that The Psychedelic Furs were one of the headliners. Andy's review of The Furs' performance was positive, and I'm very glad to see that. Usually the people at Record Mirror didn't understand The Psychedelic Furs but at least there were a few who did.

Anyway, here is the review of The Psychedelic Furs' appearance at the 1986 Glastonbury Festival.


But it's The Psychedelic Furs that we've all come for. Not seen on these shores for a goodly while and taking the stage to deliver a corker of a set. Richard Butler's recent Lydonesque appearance is bolstered by some garish tartan trousers and enigmatically curt introductions to a largely "greatest hits" set: "President Gas," "Heaven," a slightly shaky "Love My Way," and a great "Bring On The Cowboys." [it's "Here Come Cowboys"...]

The band's stadium rock blasts clear as a bell from an excellent sound system as the wind gets up and the well oiled sardines push closer together to enjoy the finale to a great first day. If only we realized that another third of the weekend's crowd was still stuck in that leafy Somerset lane trying to get in. Next morning there are a lot of [ticked] and [ticked] off Furs fans who didn't make it in there.

– Andy Strickland