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This article details all the concerts held to date in the grounds of Knebworth House in the village of Knebworth. Knebworth House is a country house near Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. ...
Knebworth is a village in the north of Hertfordshire, England. ...
| Date | Name | Artists | Attendance | | 20 July 1974[1][2] | The Bucolic Frolic[1][2] | The Allman Brothers Band[1][2], The Van Morrison Show[1][2], The Doobie Brothers[1][2], The Mahavishnu Orchestra[1][2], The Sensational Alex Harvey Band[1][2], Tim Buckley[1][2] | c60,000[1] | | 5 July 1975[1][3] | Knebworth Park[1][3] | Pink Floyd[1], The Steve Miller Band[1][3], Captain Beefheart[1][3], Roy Harper[1], Linda Lewis[1][3] | c100,000[1] | | 21 August 1976[1][4] | Knebworth Fair[1][4] | The Rolling Stones[1][4], 10cc[1][4], Hot Tuna[1][4], Lynyrd Skynyrd[1][4], Todd Rundgren[1][4], The Don Harrison Band[1][4] | c120,000[1] | | 24 June 1978[1][5] | A Midsummer Night's Dream[1][5] | Genesis[1][5], Jefferson Starship[1][5], Tom Petty[1][5], Devo[1][5], Brand X[1][5], Atlanta Rhythm Section[1][1][5], Roy Harper[5] | c60,000[1] | | 9 September 1978[1] | Oh God Not Another Boring Old Knebworth![1] | Frank Zappa, The Tubes, Peter Gabriel, The Boomtown Rats, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Wilco Johnson[1] | c45,000[1] | | 4 August 1979[6] | Knebworth Festival[1] | Led Zeppelin[1][6], Todd Rundgren[1][6], Southside Johnny[1][6], Marshall Tucker[1], Commander Cody[1][6], Chas & Dave[1][6], Fairport Convention[1][6] | c200,000 (over two weekends)[1] | | 11 August 1979[6] | Knebworth Festival[1] | Led Zeppelin[1][6], The New Barbarians[1][6], Todd Rundgren[1][6], Southside Johnny[1][6], Marshall Tucker[1], Commander Cody[1][6], Chas & Dave[1][6] | c200,000 (over two weekends)[1] | | 21 June 1980[7] | Knebworth '80[7] | The Beach Boys, Santana, Mike Oldfield, Elkie Brooks, Lindisfarne, The Blues Band[7] | c45,000[7] | | 1981 & 1982[7] | The Jazz Years[7] | Ella Fitzgerald, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Sarah Vaughan, BB King, Jimmy Cliff, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton[7] | c50,000 (over a few days)[7] | | 1982 & 1983[7] | Greenbelt Festival | Cliff Richard[7] | c65,000 (over two years)[7] | | 1985[7] | The Return of the Knebworth Fayre[7] | Deep Purple, Scorpions, Meat Loaf, UFO, Blackfoot, Mountain, Mama's Boys[7] | c80,000[7] | | 1986[7] | It's a Kind of Magic[7] | Queen, Status Quo, Big Country, Belouis Some[7] | c120,000[7] | | 30 June 1990[8] | Knebworth '90[8] | Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Genesis, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Status Quo, Tears for Fears[8] | c120,000[8] | | 2 August 1992[9] | Genesis at Knebworth[8] | Genesis, The Saw Doctors, Lisa Stansfield[8] | c90,000[8] | | 11, 12 August 1996 | Oasis[8] | Oasis, The Prodigy, Manic Street Preachers, Ocean Colour Scene, Charlatans, Cast, The Chemical Brothers, Dreadzone, Kula Shaker, The Bootleg Beatles[8] | c250,000 (over two consecutive nights)[8] | | 11 August 2001[10] | Ministry @ Knebworth 2001[10] | Jamiroquai, Bent, Lo Fidelity Allstars[11] | | | 1, 2, 3 August 2003[12] | Robbie Williams Live at Knebworth[12] | Robbie Williams, Moby, Ash, Kelly Osbourne, The Darkness[13] | c375,000 (over three consecutive nights)[12] | Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Bucolic, although often used as an adjective, is a noun originally describing a type of pastoral poetry that praises rural life over that of the city. ...
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Alex Harvey (February 5, 1935 - February 4, 1982) was a Scottish rock and roll performer. ...
Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 â June 29, 1975) was an experimental vocalist and performer who incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, and avant-garde rock in a short career spanning the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...
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Linda Lewis a vocalist, a songwriter and guitar player. ...
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Hot Tuna at Merlefest, 2006. ...
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For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ...
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For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ...
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Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948 in Upper Darby, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. ...
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Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ...
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