A new decade… a new name for the festival. Retitled Glastonbury Festival For Contemporary Performing Arts, the twentieth anniversary of the event was marred by a stand-off between security and New Age Travellers, who were found looting the site on Monday morning. There were over 200 arrests and £50,000 worth of damage done, but no charges were eventually brought. The trouble caused the festival to be cancelled in 1991 and the relationship between the organisers and the travellers was to sour considerable. Happily, however, £100,000 was raised and donated to CND.

1990 boasted a stellar line-up, even though there were a few problems. The Cure’s set had to be halted to allow a helicopter to land and come to the aid of a girl who had been crushed at the front of the audience. Less traumatically, with “Madchester” at its peak, Happy Mondays attracted a huge crowd for their Pyramid Stage set, but managed to drive away most of them with their hideous performance.

Line-up featured: The Cure, Happy Mondays, Sinead O’Connor, World Party, De La Soul, Adamski, James, Ry Cooder, Aswad, Lush, Pale Saints, Galaxie 500.