Once again summer has arrived and with the sunny weather also comes the festival season.
Over the past 50 years there have been some iconic live music moments, including this year’s Glastonbury concert.
In fact, Sir Elton John’s latest UK gig at Worthy Farm last month was voted the second most popular festival moment of all time, according to a poll of 2,000 Britons by Specifications.
Still, Rocketman’s 29 percent of the vote can’t be beaten by Freddie Mercury’s 35 percent hit for the live-aid mega-group Freddie Mercury and Queens, which recreated their biopic Bohemian Rhapsody a few years ago.
During this spectacular performance at Wembley Stadium in 1985, the band performed Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga, Hammer to Fall, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions.
According to the new poll, 83 per cent of Britons think festivals are the best way to see live music, and more than half say it’s one of the main things they like to do in the summer.
Along with Queen and Elton John in the Top 30 Most Infamous Festival Moments of All Time are the likes of Adele, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix.
Not every moment is a musical show, however, with Greta Thunberg’s Glastonbury 2022 speech making the list along with others. Check out the full list of results below.
The 30 best festive occasions of all time according to Brits:
1. Queen’s live assists in 1985 – 35%
2. Elton John’s Last UK Concert Headed Sunday Night at Glastonbury 2023 – 29%
3. Adele’s stunning performance at Glastonbury in 2016 – 15%
4. Oasis first performance at Glastonbury in 1994 – 12%
5. Bob Marley performed two days after he was shot at Smile Jamaica in 1976 – 12%
6. The Rolling Stones Glastonbury Debut 2013 – 11%
7. Beyoncé is the first black female solo artist to headline the Glastonbury Festival in 2011 – 11%
8. Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival – 10%
9. Jimi Hendrix singing the “Star Spangled Banner” at Woodstock in 1969 – 10%
10. Kylie Minogue Sunday Legends is set at Glastonbury 2019 14 years after it originally debuted – 9%
11. The Foo Fighters made a surprise appearance at 2023 Glastonbury as The Churn Ups – 9%
12. Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain took to the stage in a wheelchair and hospital gown in Reading in 1992, in what would be his last.
UK performance – 8%
13. Eminem and Rihanna duet at the V Festival in 2011 – 8%
14. Stevie Wonder wishing Glastonbury a happy 40th birthday in 2010 – 8%
15. Beyonce featured Destiny’s Child at Coachella in 2018 – 7%
16. Led Zeppelin’s three-hour, five-hour debut at the Bath Festival in 1970 – 7%
17. Greta Thunberg Speech at Glastonbury 2022 – 6%
18. Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 – 6%
19. Jay-Z brought hip-hop to Glastonbury in 2008 for the first time – 6%
20. Jay Z brought Michael Jackson on stage at Summer Jam 2001 – 6%
21. Radiohead headlining the Glastonbury Festival in 1997 – 6%
22 Eminem returning to the stage at Lollapalooza in 2011 – 5%
23- Billie Eilish leads Reading and Leeds in 2019 with 5%.
24. Rage Against the Machine appearing nude with their mouths taped at Lollapalooza 1993 – 4%
25. 2Pac Returned to Coachella in 2012 – 4%
26. Lana Del Rey playing Latitude in 2019 at 4%.
27. Bad Stone Roses Collection at the 1996 Reading Festival – 4%
28. Kanye West’s 11-minute monologue at Big Chill 2011 – 3%
29. Avicii directed by Madonna at Ultra Music Festival in 2012 – 3%
30. Daft Bank pyramids at Coachella in 2006 – 3%
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