mini|Pink Floyd in Knebworth (1975) Knebworth ist der Schauplatz regelmäßig stattfindender Open-Air-Konzerte der Rock- und Popmusik. Sie werden unter wechselnden Bezeichnungen in der Parkanlage des Landhauses Knebworth House durchgeführt, nahe dem Dorf Knebworth in der englischen Grafschaft Hertfordshire. Das ca. 4 km südlich von Stevenage gelegene Gelände ist für eine Kapazität von bis zu 125.000 Zuschauern ausgelegt.
Das erste Konzert in Knebworth mit der Allman Brothers Band im Jahr 1974 zog über 60.000 Besucher an. Es folgten zahlreiche international bekannte Bands und Interpreten, darunter Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Genesis, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, Mike Oldfield, Cliff Richard, Deep Purple, Queen, Status Quo, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Phil Collins, Robert Plant, Dire Straits, Oasis, Robbie Williams, Metallica und Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Liste der Konzerte Datum Name der Veranstaltung Künstler Zuschauer The Bucolic Frolic The Allman Brothers Band, The Doobie Brothers, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Alex Harvey, Van Morrison, Tim Buckley 60.000 Knebworth Festival Pink Floyd, Captain Beefheart, Linda Lewis, Monty Python, Steve Miller Band, Roy Harper 100.000 Knebworth Fair 10cc, Hot Tuna, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Don Harrison Band, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren 120.000 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Atlanta Rhythm Section, Brand X, Devo, Genesis, Jefferson Starship, Tom Petty, Roy Harper 60.000 Oh God Not Another Boring Old Knebworth! Dave Edmunds, Frank Zappa, Nick Lowe, Peter Gabriel, The Boomtown Rats, The Tubes, Wilko Johnson’s Solid Senders 45.000 Knebworth Festival Chas & Dave, Commander Cody, Fairport Convention, Led Zeppelin, Marshall Tucker Band, Southside Johnny, Todd Rundgren 109.000 Knebworth Festival Chas & Dave, Commander Cody, Led Zeppelin, The New Barbarians, Marshall Tucker Band, Southside Johnny, Todd Rundgren 60.000 Knebworth Festival Elkie Brooks, Lindisfarne, Mike Oldfield, The Beach Boys, The Blues Band, Santana 45.000 Capital Jazz Festival B. B. King, Benny Goodman, Chuck Berry, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Cliff, Lionel Hampton, Muddy Waters, Sarah Vaughan 50.000 Greenbelt Festival Servant, Noel Paul Stookey, Andy Pratt, Resurrection Band, Talking Drums, Jeff Hammer 65.000 Greenbelt Festival Cliff Richard, George Hamilton IV., Martyn Joseph, Jerusalem, Randy Stonehill, Sheila Walsh, Jessy Dixon, Might Clouds of Joy, 100% Proof, Mark Williamson, Garth Hewitt 65.000 The Return of the Knebworth Fair Alaska, Blackfoot, Deep Purple, Mama's Boys, Meat Loaf, Mountain, Scorpions, UFO 80.000 A Night of Summer Magic Queen, Status Quo, Big Country, Belouis Some 120.000 The Silver Clef Award Winners Concert Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Dire Straits, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins & Genesis, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Status Quo, Tears for Fears 120.000 Genesis at Knebworth Genesis, Lisa Stansfield, The Saw Doctors 90.000 Oasis Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Manic Street Preachers, The Bootleg Beatles, The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy 125.000 Oasis Oasis, Cast, Dreadzone, Kula Shaker, Manic Street Preachers, The Charlatans 125.000 Ministry @ Knebworth Bent, Jamiroquai, Lo Fidelity Allstars 35.000 1.–3. Aug. 2003 Live at Knebworth Ash, Kelly Osbourne, Moby, Robbie Williams, The Darkness 125.000 Wild in the Country 2ManyDJs, Erol Alkan, Hot Chip, Justice, Sasha & John Digweed, Simian Mobile Disco, Tiga, Underworld Sonisphere Festival Airbourne, Alien Ant Farm, Anthrax, Björn Again, Bullet for My Valentine, Heaven & Hell, Linkin Park, Skindred, SOiL, Taking Back Sunday, The Used 50.000 Sonisphere Festival 65daysofstatic, Alice Cooper, Delain, Europe, Gary Numan, Terrorvision, Turisas 50.000 Sonisphere Festival Anthrax, Apocalyptica, Corey Taylor, Family Force 5, Fear Factory, Gallows, Lacuna Coil, Mötley Crüe, Papa Roach, Placebo, Rammstein, Sabaton, Skunk Anansie, Soulfly, Therapy? 50.000 Sonisphere Festival Alice 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, Slayer 50.000 Sonisphere Festival Anthrax, Diamond Head, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer 50.000 Sonisphere Festival Architects, Bad Religion, Biffy Clyro, Cavalera Conspiracy, Sylosis, You Me at Six, Weezer 50.000 Sonisphere Festival Arch Enemy, Limp Bizkit, Mastodon, Motörhead, Parkway Drive, Slipknot, Volbeat 50.000 Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dizzee Rascal, The Wombats, Reverend and the Makers 50.000 Eastern Electrics Festival über 100 verschiedene DJs 12.000 Sonisphere Festival Metallica, Iron Maiden, The Prodigy 50.000 Liam Gallagher Liam Gallagher, Kasabian, Paolo Nutini, Amyl and the Sniffers, Pastel, Abbie McCarthy 85.000 Liam Gallagher Liam Gallagher, Kasabian, Michael Kiwanuka, Fat White Family, Goat Girl, Jack Saunders 85.000
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Kategorie:Musikfestival in England Kategorie:Knebworth Kategorie:Erstveranstaltung 1974