Purging herself of the grief associated with the loss of Les through her On backing vocals, Maggie Bell delivered a vocal tour de force, no doubt In and did a great job at two days notice. The band were fortunate to have recruited Steve Howe of Yes, who stepped Last moment by Peter Green, who was supposed to take over Les's spot, Harvey, who had been electrocuted onstage a few weeks before in freakĪccident, were received rapturously by the audience. The Strawbs were next and they had a few sound ) played a short set as the opener for the evening session and once again Gallagher (replacing Helen Reddy who was unwell due to her imminent pregnancy Lack of time but the crowd would have been happy to have had them back They weren't allowed to do an encore due to Written numbers such as " Great Western Shuffle ' did not bring them toĪsh were generally festival crowd pleasers, as their twin guitar attack Hands and Feet could not rouse the audience to their collective feet. Goodman received a luke warm response and even the great Albert Lee of Heads Performance by Roxy Music at a festival went pretty much unheralded, Steve Through to the wet audience, huddling in their plastic wraps. The poor weather continued to drench the audience, rain and high That given the right mix of charisma, good songs and fine playing the weatherĪudience of 25,000 showed up for Saturday, which would have disappointed the Gallagher played a very popular acoustic set featuring numbers like Pistol Snappingīlues and Going to My Home Town and this brought the audience to life, proving Buddy Miles eight piece band delivered a blistering set that was noticeableįor the tightness of the rhythm section, Buddy being complemented by Ronald Who followed him, essentially a one man band - managed to deliver the goods Alexis did not kick up a storm, but Dr Isiah Ross Ian Wallace, Boz and Mel Collins ) opened up his set was marred by heavy rainĪfter only a few numbers. When Alexis Korner and band ( Peter Thorup , This was perhaps fortunate as the smallish audience was on the receiving end Nights lineup was a pretty spartan one, with no really big name bands featuring Genesis actually performed on the day before, contrary to the programmed Not adhered to strictly as happened at many festivals of the time Its also likely that the program of events was It may be that many of these bands did not perform in this tent ,Īs one of the marquees is reported to have collapsed and been abandonedĭue to the high winds. Unknown Jade Warrior deserved far more success than they ever achieved Went on to any degree of fame and fortune - although the relatively As far as I know none of the bands apart from Budgie That would draw fans from the far corners of the country to attend. The Isle of Wight or Bath there were not that many big names String Band -, BUT all said and done, compared to festivals such as Worthy artists such as Rory Gallagher, Humble Pie and The Incredible Is pretty huge and features some bands that went on to become majorĪrtists in the latter half of the 70s and beyond, such as GenesisĪnd Roxy Music ( left: their debut performance ). In retrospect, the number of artists appearing All Tickets Sports Concerts Comedy Top Selling Adele Andrea Bocelli Atlanta Braves Billy Joel Blink 182 Boston Red Sox Chicago Cubs Colorado Rockies Depeche Mode Disney On Ice: Frozen and Encanto Drake Ed Sheeran Hamilton Houston Astros Janet Jackson Jo Koy John Mayer Les Miserables Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Lakers Luke Combs Madonna Matchbox Twenty Matt Rife Monster Jam Morgan Wallen Moulin Rouge New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies San Diego Padres Six the Musical St.Wasn't attracted to this festival at the time because I was not reallyĪ great fan of many of the artists who appeared on the bill and I hadĪlready spent whatever money I had on attending BickershawĮarlier on in the month.
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