Editing Donovan (section)

=== 1980s–1990s ===
The punk era (1976–1980) provoked a backlash in Britain against the optimism and whimsy of the hippie era, of which Donovan was a prime example. The word "hippie" became pejorative and Donovan's fortunes suffered.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} In this period, he released the albums ''[[Neutronica]]'' (1980), ''[[Love Is Only Feeling]]'' (1981) and ''[[Lady of the Stars]]'' (1984), and guest-starred on ''[[Stars on Ice]]'', a half-hour variety show on ice produced by [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] in Toronto. There was a respite when he appeared alongside [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Bob Geldof]], [[Eric Clapton]] and Jeff Beck in the [[Amnesty International]] benefit show ''[[The Secret Policeman's Other Ball]]''. Accompanied by [[Danny Thompson]], Donovan performed several hits including "Sunshine Superman", "Mellow Yellow", "Colours", "Universal Soldier" and "Catch the Wind". He was also in the performance of Dylan's "[[I Shall Be Released]]" for the show's finale. Donovan also appeared at the [[Glastonbury Festival]] on 18 June 1989 with the band [[Ozric Tentacles]] accompanying him onstage.

In 1990, Donovan released a live album featuring new performances of his classic songs. In 1991, [[Nettwerk]] released a [[tribute album]] to Donovan, ''[[Island of Circles]]''. Sony's 2-CD boxed set ''[[Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976]]'' (1992) continued the restoration of his reputation and was followed by the 1994 release of ''Four Donovan Originals'', which saw his four classic Epic LPs on CD in their original form for the first time in the UK. He found an ally in rap producer and [[Def Jam]] label owner [[Rick Rubin]] and recorded the album ''[[Sutras (album)|Sutras]]'' for Rubin's [[American Recordings (record label)|American Recordings]] label.<ref name="classicbands"/>