That didn’t sit right with festival founder Sarah McLachlan or Joan Osborne, who called a press conference and got the venue to reverse its decision. Thanks to weather and technical hiccups, Woodstock stretched well into Monday morning. 47. Picture: The country queen rapped about mud, rocked with Richie Sambora on a gospel rendition of Bon Jovi’s “Lay Your Hands on Me,” and played the Benny Hill theme twice on her saxophone. Playing early on the main stage, they gave sneak previews of the forthcoming Meat Is Murder album (Nowhere Fast, Barbarism Begins At Home) and chucked out a few hits: This Charming Man and Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now included. MMJ were equally amazing sans gimmicks, delighting the soggy faithful with tunes from across their catalog.
Appearing in a mid-afternoon slot, prior to ‘The Bends’’ release, Thom Yorke and co delivered the first blast of their remarkable new material, including ‘Just’, ‘The Bends’ and ‘My Iron Lung’. And with luck, she’ll continue to for years, since that retirement thing didn’t really take. Everyone remembers Joe Cocker’s Woodstock performance for the final eight minutes, when the gruff-voiced English soulman offered a stirring rendition of the Beatles’ “With a Little Help from My Friends.” But that wasn't the only gripping moment in his 11-song set, which took place on Sunday morning, just before a thunderstorm hit.
The highlight: "Phenomena," where the band ended with 16 funky bars of the Beasties’ "So Wat'cha Want.”.
One of the most enduring images of the fest is that of a blue-haired Billie Joe Armstrong flinging muck at kids who either already owned Dookie or were going to buy it very, very soon. Nobody knew it at the time, but Reading was to be the … Pennebaker could capture Joplin on camera. According to many fans and journalists -- not to mention festival organizer Michael Eavis -- David Bowie’s encore airing of “Heroes” was the best moment of the greatest performance in Glastonbury history. Hidden away on the NME stage early on the Saturday evening were the Las Vegas wonders. Festival director Rachel Kennedy says the square, part of Connswater Community Greenway, was a lifeline for locals during lockdown and she was among those who visited it for daily exercise. When the Beastie Boys had to cancel their Lolla ‘09 appearance following MCA’s cancer diagnosis, organizers rightfully looked to another groundbreaking NYC trio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Featuring Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell and three dudes from Pearl Jam, short-lived grunge supergroup Temple of the Dog had only played one full concert before Lolla ‘92. "I want to make beautiful memories and be free tonight.
Atlanta’s kings of boundary-pushing hip-hop launched their reunion tour at Coachella, and luckily, they had two weekends to hone their act. Radiohead – 1994 Arcade Fire – 2007 Few events in music history have been more mythologized than Bob Dylan’s performance at Newport on July 25, 1965. They used on-the-fly editing and remixing to challenge perceptions of how electronic music could sound in the live setting. There were even some moments of levity, as Cobain arrived onstage in a wheelchair and later goaded the crowd into chanting, “Courtney, we love you!” Bootlegs of the show circulated for years before the official release of Live at Reading in 2009. But that was the situation at Bonnaroo, where the Boss wowed the faithful and won new converts with a 28-song, career-spanning set.