The Rolling Stones perform during Desert Trip at The Empire Polo Club on Octoin Indio, California. Rihanna rocked up to perform FourFiveSeconds with Macca and the Stones covered The Beatles. Paul McCartney performs during the 2018 Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on Octoin Austin, Texas.Ī phenomenally brilliant one-off antidote to the increasingly fashionable Coachella, this featured Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones on night one, Neil Young and Paul McCartney on night two and The Who and Pink Floyd man Roger Waters on night three, across two weekends. Childish Gambino was meant to play, but hurt his foot - so you can’t have everything. ![]() Even former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne showed up. Paul McCartney headlined, alongside Metallica, Arctic Monkeys, Travis Scott and The National. This annual city festival in Texas ticked all the boxes: indie, rock, R&B, dance, hip hop, gospel… and a bloody Beatle. On the 20 August 1988, the gods of rock sent titans to entertain the crowds at Donington Park: Iron Maiden, Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth and Guns N'Roses then about to become the biggest band in the world…Īxl Rose performing live onstage at Monsters Of Rock, 1988. Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo Kurt Cobain performing live on stage at Reading Festival, 1992. Plus, Suede on the second stage and Mark Lamarr, Al Murray and Frank Skinner in the comedy tent. Jimi Hendrix caught mid guitar-break during his performance at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 1970.Īs well as the iconic Nirvana performance that saw Kurt brought onstage in a wheelchair, Reading 1992 saw Smashing Pumpkins, the Manic Street Preachers and the Beastie Boys - when nobody took them seriously. The fact that The Doors and The Who also played makes it a shoo-in for this list. Four very different bands, but each one amazing in their own way.ĭaft Punk performing live on stage at the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, 2007.Ī year after Woodstock, Jimi Hendrix brought his incredible stage presence to the Isle of Wight and delivered a performance that's gone down in history. The same year as Coachella's amazing line-up, London's Wireless festival boasted some whopper headliners: Daft Punk, White Stripes, LCD Soundsystem and Queens Of The Stone Age. Arctic Monkeys, Jarvis Cocker, Sonic Youth, Faithless, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arcade Fire, Kings Of Leon, Rage Against The Machine, Happy Monday, Air, Placebo, Damien Rice.we could go on, but that's probably enough, right? Good luck finding your mates in this lot: Woodstock festival, August 1969.Īmy Winehouse performs during day 1 of the Coachella Music Festival held at the Empire Polo Field on April 27, 2007.Īmy Winehouse at the peak of her powers. ![]() The grandaddy of them all saw thrilling sets from The Who, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby Stills Nash And Young, all wrapped up with an incredible performance at sunrise on Monday morning from Jimi Hendrix. Thom Yorke onstage with Radiohead, Glastonbury 1997. That's not all: Ash, Placebo, Chemical Brothers and Britpop faves Kula Shaker gave electric performances on the Other Stage. A career best headline slot from Radiohead, this year also saw Beck, Smashing Pumpkins, The Prodigy and Supergrass on the Pyramid Stage.
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