Concerts at Knebworth House

Knebworth Festival
Pink Floyd in 1975
The Rolling Stones in 1976

The Knebworth Festival, on the grounds of the Knebworth House, near the village of Knebworth, England, is a recurring open air rock and pop concert that started in 1974 when The Allman Brothers Band attracted 60,000 people.

Since then the Knebworth Festival has been the scene of outdoor extravaganzas, featuring Pink Floyd (1975; 1990), The Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd (1976), Genesis (1978; 1990; 1992), Frank Zappa (1978), Led Zeppelin (1979), Mike Oldfield and The Beach Boys (1980), Cliff Richard (1983; 1990), Deep Purple (1985), Queen (1986), Status Quo (1986; 1990), Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Phil Collins, Robert Plant, Dire Straits, The Shadows and Tears for Fears (1990), Oasis (1996), Robbie Williams (2003), Sonisphere Festival (2009; 2010; 2011; 2014), Red Hot Chili Peppers (2012).

Major concerts

Poster for the Knebworth Festival, August 1979
Poster for the Oasis concert, 1996

Concert history

Date Name Artists Attendance (approx.) Ref.
20 July 1974The Bucolic FrolicThe Allman Brothers Band, The Doobie Brothers, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Van Morrison, Tim Buckley60,000[3][4]
5 July 1975Knebworth FestivalPink Floyd, Captain Beefheart, Linda Lewis, Monty Python, Steve Miller Band, Roy Harper100,000[3][5]
21 August 1976Knebworth Fair10cc, Hot Tuna, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Don Harrison Band, Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren120,000[3][6]
24 June 1978A Midsummer Night's DreamAtlanta Rhythm Section, Brand X, Devo, Genesis, Jefferson Starship, Tom Petty, Roy Harper60,000[3][7]
9 September 1978Oh God Not Another Boring Old Knebworth!Dave Edmunds, Frank Zappa, Nick Lowe, Peter Gabriel, The Boomtown Rats, The Tubes, Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders45,000[3]
4 August 1979Knebworth FestivalChas & Dave, Commander Cody, Fairport Convention, Led Zeppelin, Marshall Tucker, Southside Johnny, Todd Rundgren109,000[3][8]
11 August 1979Knebworth FestivalChas & Dave, Commander Cody, Led Zeppelin, The New Barbarians, Marshall Tucker, Southside Johnny, Todd Rundgren60,000[3][8]
21 June 1980Knebworth FestivalElkie Brooks, Lindisfarne, Mike Oldfield, The Beach Boys, The Blues Band, Santana45,000[3][9]
1981The Jazz YearsBB King, Benny Goodman, Chuck Berry, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Cliff, Lionel Hampton, Muddy Waters, Sarah Vaughan50,000[9]
1982The Jazz YearsBB King, Benny Goodman, Chuck Berry, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Cliff, Lionel Hampton, Muddy Waters, Sarah Vaughan50,000[9]
August 1982Greenbelt FestivalAdrian Snell, Andy Pratt, Positive Earth, Bryn Haworth, Calvin Seerveld, Jim Wallis, Noel Paul Stookey, Paradise, Patrick Sookhdeo, Maxine and the Majestics, Rez Band, Roger Forster, Servant, Talking Drums, The Barratt Band[9]
August 1983Greenbelt Festival100% Proof, Cliff Richard, Jessy Dixon, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Sheila Walsh[9]
22 June 1985The Return of the Knebworth FayreAlaska, Blackfoot, Deep Purple, Mama's Boys, Meat Loaf, Mountain, Scorpions, UFO80,000[9][10]
9 August 1986A Night of Summer MagicQueen, Status Quo, Big Country, Belouis Some 120,000[9][11]
30 June 1990The Silver Clef Award Winners ConcertCliff Richard & The Shadows, Dire Straits, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins w/ Genesis, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Status Quo, Tears for Fears120,000[12]
2 August 1992Genesis at KnebworthGenesis, Lisa Stansfield, The Saw Doctors90,000[12][13]
10 August 1996OasisOasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Manic Street Preachers, The Bootleg Beatles, The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy150,000[12]
11 August 1996OasisOasis, Cast, Dreadzone, Kula Shaker, Manic Street Preachers, The Charlatans150,000[12]
11 August 2001Ministry @ Knebworth 2001Bent, Jamiroquai, Lo Fidelity Allstars35,000[14][15][16]
1 August 2003Robbie Williams Live at KnebworthAsh, Kelly Osbourne, Moby, Robbie Williams, The Darkness125,000[17][18]
2 August 2003Robbie Williams Live at KnebworthAsh, Kelly Osbourne, Moby, Robbie Williams, The Darkness125,000[17][18]
3 August 2003Robbie Williams Live at KnebworthAsh, Kelly Osbourne, Moby, Robbie Williams, The Darkness125,000[17][18]
30 June 2007Wild In The Country 20072ManyDJs, Erol Alkan, Hot Chip, Justice, Sasha & John Digweed, Simian Mobile Disco, Tiga, Underworld
1 August 2009Sonisphere FestivalAirbourne, Alien Ant Farm, Anthrax, Björn Again, Bullet for My Valentine, Heaven & Hell, Linkin Park, Skindred, Soil, Taking Back Sunday, The Used55,000[19]
2 August 2009Sonisphere FestivalAlice in Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, Buckcherry, Feeder, Killing Joke, Lamb of God, Limp Bizkit, Machine Head, Mastodon, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Paradise Lost, Saxon55,000[19]
30 July 2010Sonisphere Festival65daysofstatic, Alice Cooper, Delain, Europe, Gary Numan, Terrorvision, Turisas55,000[19]
31 July 2010Sonisphere FestivalAnthrax, Apocalyptica, Corey Taylor, Family Force 5, Fear Factory, Gallows, Lacuna Coil, Mötley Crüe, Papa Roach, Placebo, Rammstein, Sabaton, Skunk Anansie, Soulfly, Therapy?55,000[19]
1 August 2010Sonisphere FestivalAlice in Chains, Bring Me the Horizon, cKy, The Cult, Dir En Grey, Fightstar, Funeral for a Friend, Henry Rollins, Iggy & The Stooges, Iron Maiden, Madina Lake, Pendulum, Skindred, Slayer55,000[19]
8 July 2011Sonisphere FestivalAnthrax, Diamond Head, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer[19]
9 July 2011Sonisphere FestivalArchitects, Bad Religion, Biffy Clyro, Cavalera Conspiracy, Sylosis, You Me At Six, Weezer[19]
10 July 2011Sonisphere FestivalArch Enemy, Limp Bizkit, Mastodon, Motörhead, Parkway Drive, Slipknot, Volbeat[19]
23 June 2012Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili Peppers, Dizzee Rascal, The Wombats, Reverend and the Makers.80,000|

References

  1. ↑ "Robbie Williams Live at Knebworth".
  2. ↑ "Robbie Williams @ Knebworth". 5 August 2003.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Knebworth House Rock Concerts: The Seventies". Archived from the original on 2006-01-03. Retrieved 2006-05-28.
  4. ↑ "1974 Knebworth Festival, The Bucolic Frolic @ www.ukrockfestivals.com". Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  5. ↑ "The 1975 Knebworth Concert @ www.ukrockfestivals.com". Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  6. ↑ "The 1976 Knebworth Concert @ www.ukrockfestivals.com". Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  7. ↑ "The 1978 Knebworth Concert @ www.ukrockfestivals.com". Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The 1979 Knebworth Concerts @ www.ukrockfestivals.com". Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 "Knebworth House Rock Concerts: The Eighties". Archived from the original on 2006-01-03. Retrieved 2006-05-28.
  10. ↑ "www.deep-purple.net".
  11. ↑ "www.geocities.com". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Knebworth House Rock Concerts: The Nineties". Archived from the original on 2006-01-03. Retrieved 2006-05-28.
  13. ↑ "Genesis". Retrieved 2006-05-28.
  14. ↑ Classic Rock Knebworth supplement, circa June 2010
  15. ↑ "Virtual Festivals: Ministry @ Knebworth 2001". Retrieved 2006-05-28.
  16. ↑ "eFestivals: Knebworth '01". Retrieved 2006-05-29.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Knebworth House Rock Concerts: Robbie Williams Live at Knebworth". Retrieved 2006-05-28.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "Virtual Festivals: Robbie Williams @ Knebworth 2003". Retrieved 2006-05-28.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 "Sonisphere Festival".

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