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The name Knebworth is now synonymous with live music.
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35 YEARS OF KNEBWORTH CONCERTS...
1974 The Allman Brothers Band, The Van Morrison Show, The Doobie Brothers, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Tim Buckley. Audience: 60,000
1975 Pink Floyd, The Steve Miller Band, Captain Beefheart, Roy Harper, Linda Lewis. Audience: 80,000 1976 The Rolling Stones, 10cc, Hot Tuna, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Don Harrison Band. Audience: 100,000 1978 Genesis, Jefferson Starship, Torn Petty and The Heartbreakers, Devo, Brand X, The Atlanta Rhythm Section. Audience: 60,000 1978 Frank Zappa, The Tubes, Peter Gabriel, Boomtown Rats, Rockpile, Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders. Audience: 45,000 1979 Led Zeppelin, The New Barbarians [featuring Keith Richards & Ronnie Wood], Todd Rundgren and Utopia, Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes, The New Commander Cody Band, Chas & Dave, Fairport Convention. Audience: 200,000 over two Saturdays 1980 The Beach Boys, Mike Oldfield, Elkie Brooks, Santana, Lindisfarne, The Blues Band. Audience: 45,000 1981/2 Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Sarah Vaughan, BB King, Jimmy Cliff, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, George Melly, Zoot Money, Humphrey Lyttleton, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia, Art Pepper, Ronnie Scott Quintet, The Crusaders, National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Georgie Fame, Marion Montgomery, Ian Carr's Nucleus, Shakatak, Dave Brubeck, Charlie Byrd, Art Blakey, Zoot Money, Gerry Mulligan Big Band, Spyro Gyra, MJQ, Carmen MacRae, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis. Audience: 50,000 over a few days 1982/3 Cliff Richard, etc. Audience: 65,000 1985 Deep Purple, Scorpions, Meatloaf, UFO, Mountain, Mama's Boys, Alaska. Audience: 80,000 1986 Queen, Status Quo, Big Country, Belouis Some Audience: 120,000 1990 Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Phil Collins and Genesis, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Status Quo, Tears for Fears. Audience: 120,000 1992 Genesis, The Saw Doctors, Lisa Stansfield. Audience: 90,000 1996 Oasis, Prodigy, Manic Street Preachers, Ocean Colour Scene, Charlatans, Cast, Chemical Brothers, Kula Shaker, Bootleg Beatles. Audience: 250,000 over two consecutive nights 2001 Jamiroquai, and nine marquees featuring dance DJs. Audience: 35,000 2003 Robbie Williams, Moby, Ash, Kelly Osbourne, The Darkness Audience: 375,000 over three consecutive nights 2006 The Who Audience: 5,000 2009 Metallica, Linkin Park, Nine Inch Nails, Heaven and Hell, Limp Bizkit, Bullet For My Valentine, Avenged Seven Fold, Anthrax, Lamb of God, Airbourne, Alice In Chains, Killing Joke, Feeder, Mastadon... Audience: 50,000 2010 Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, Iggy and the Stooges, Placebo, Pendulum, Good Charlotte, Alice In Chains, Papa Roache, Slayer, Anthrax, Gary Numan, Skunk Anansie. The Cult... Audience: 50,000 |