List of major rock concerts and festivals

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A rock festival is a music festival in which several groups or artists perform and play rock music . It usually takes several days. The first rock festivals were held in the 1960s and were important socio-cultural milestones. From the 1980s onwards, rock festivals were also held, which were not just music events, but aimed to attract attention and raise money for charitable purposes.

In addition to well-known rock festivals, this article also names important rock concerts by individual groups or performers with their bands, possibly with supporting groups. In some cases, key venues are also listed.

Requirements for inclusion in this list are:

  • The festival or concert or the venue has its own article in the German-language Wikipedia.
  • The only exceptions: concerts with at least half a million visitors (example: Rod Stewart on December 31, 1994).

Festivals that take place regularly (such as the Wacken Open Air since 1990) are only listed once, namely with their first event and a reference to the repetition rhythm.

Rock concerts and festivals timeline

1960s

Woodstock Festival 1969
  • In the 1960s there were a few venues where significant rock concerts were held, some of which were released as live albums. These rock palaces included:
  • July 25, 1965: Bob Dylan is booed at the Newport Folk Festival , which has been held annually since 1959 , when he picks up the electric guitar. Numerous jazz, blues and folk festivals, some of which were launched in the 1950s, served as models for the rock festivals from the mid-1960s. In addition, successful bands increasingly appeared in front of unprecedented crowds, such as the Beatles on August 15, 1965 in front of 55,600 spectators in New York's Shea Stadium.
  • January 21-23, 1966: Trips Festival - Acid-Test in San Francisco with Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, The Great Society and The Charlatans
  • January 29, 1967: Mantra-Rock Dance - Grateful Dead, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Moby Grape u. a. for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
  • April 29, 1967: The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream - "The underground went overground"
  • May 12, 1967: Games for May - Pink Floyd and the Azimuth Coordinator
  • May 29, 1967: Barbeque 67 - Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream u. a.
  • June 10th and 11th, 1967: Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival - first major appearance by the Doors
  • June 16-18, 1967: Monterey Pop Festival - Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, The Who, The Animals and others. v. m
  • June 16 to 18, 1967: first Montreux Jazz Festival - originally dedicated to jazz, rock musicians increasingly appeared from the 1970s, including Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Deep Purple, Muse, Radiohead, Toto and many others
  • 5th-7th July 1967: Schaefer Music Festival - first of a series of annual festivals in New York's Central Park (until 1976): 1967 a. a. with the Jimi Hendrix Experience
  • May 18 and 19, 1968: first Miami Pop Festival ; the second took place December 28-30, 1968; in May: Steppenwolf, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Mothers of Invention, Blue Cheer and others; in December then: Procol Harum, Three Dog Night, Fleetwood Mac, Canned Heat u. a.
  • May 18-19, 1968: Northern California Folk-Rock Festival - first of two festivals (the second was May 23-25, 1969); with: Country Joe & the Fish, the Animals, Jefferson Airplane, the Doors, Big Brother & the Holding Company, etc. a.
  • June 29, 1968: Midsummer High Weekend - the first in a series of free open air concerts in London's Hyde Park, starring Roy Harper, Jethro Tull, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Pink Floyd
  • 3rd and 4th August 1968: Newport Pop Festival with Alice Cooper, Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds and others; From June 20 to 22, 1969 there was a new edition with "Newport 69" with Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Eric Burdon, Jethro Tull, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Winter and others
  • August 31 to September 1, 1968: first Isle of Wight Festival : the second took place on August 30 and 31, 1969, the third from August 26 to 30, 1970; 1968 included: Jefferson Airplane, The Move, T. Rex and others; 1969: The Band, Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, The Who et al .; 1970: Supertramp, Chicago, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix a. a.
  • September 25-29, 1968: International Essen Song Days - Amon Düül, Tangerine Dream, Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger, The Fugs, Frank Zappa and many more
  • October 26 and 27, 1968: San Francisco International Pop Festival with Animals, Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly, Procol Harum and others
  • December 22nd and 23rd, 1968: Los Angeles Pop Festival - "Christmas Happening" with Blue Cheer, Canned Heat, Steve Miller Blues Band, etc.
  • April 20, 1969: Los Angeles Free Press Festival with Country Joe and the Fish, Spirit and others; Riots, injuries, arrests and demolition by police forces
  • May 17-19 , 1969: Aldergrove Beach Rock Festival - bikers harass visitors in Canada
  • June 21 and 22, 1969: Toronto Pop Festival 69 with Alice Cooper, Johnny Winter, The Band, The Velvet Underground, Chuck Berry, Dr. John, Procol Harum, Steppenwolf et al
  • June 27-29, 1969: Denver Pop Festival - tumult outside the stadium
  • June 28, 1969: Bath Festival of Blues with Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin and others
  • July 3 to 6, 1969: at the Newport Jazz Festival , which was launched in 1954, jazz gives way to blues and rock music, with Blood, Sweat & Tears, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin uva
  • July 4th and 5th, 1969: first Atlanta International Pop Festival ; the second (and last) took place from July 3rd to 5th, 1970; 1969: Janis Joplin, Johnny Winter, Led Zeppelin a. a .; 1970: The Allman Brothers Band, Jimi Hendrix, Ten Years After a. a.
  • 5th July 1969: The Rolling Stones open-air concert in Hyde Park, London
  • 11th and 12th July 1969: Laurel Pop Festival with Jethro Tull, Johnny Winter, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Ten Years After, The Mothers of Invention and others
  • 1st to 3rd August 1969: Atlantic City Pop Festival - Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Byrds, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, BB King, Johnny Winter and many more
  • August 15 to 17, 1969: Woodstock Festival - the climax and at the same time the end point of the mainstream US hippie movement; with Joan Baez, Santana, Canned Heat, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker and many more
  • December 6, 1969: Altamont Free Concert with the main act Rolling Stones - the symbolic end of the innocence of the hippie movement

1970s

  • May 18, 1970: first pink pop in the province of Limburg ; a forerunner called "Pinknick" had already taken place in 1969. In 1970 u. a. Keef Hartley and Golden Earring on
  • June - July 1970: Festival Express Train Tour, with Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Traffic, Ten Years After u. a.
  • June 27-29, 1970: Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music with Santana, Led Zeppelin, Colosseum, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, Pink Floyd and others
  • July 24-26 , 1970: Phun City - Free festival with MC5, The Pretty Things, The Edgar Broughton Band, Mungo Jerry and others
  • September 4 to 6, 1970: Love and Peace Festival , Fehmarn - Jimi Hendrix's last festival appearance
  • September 19, 1970: “Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival”, renamed “Glastonbury Fayre” in 1971 - then annually as Glastonbury Festival from 1979 ; So far have performed there: David Bowie, Joan Baez, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Lady GaGa, Coldplay, Muse, Oasis and many more
  • June 25-27, 1971: first Reading Festival in England - forerunner was the "National Jazz Festival", which has been taking place since 1961 (later the "National Jazz and Blues Festival"); since 1999 the festival in Leeds has been taking place in parallel and with the same cast; some of the highlights so far: Genesis, The Police, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Nirvana, Eminem and many more
  • August 1, 1971: Concert for Bangladesh , organized by Ravi Shankar and George Harrison, with Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan and others. a.
  • August 8, 1971: first Festival de Vilar de Mouros in Portugal - the festival took place annually until 2006; Performed: U2, Alanis Morissette, The Stone Roses, UB40, Rammstein, Iggy Pop and many more
  • August 28-29, 1971: first Roskilde Festival in Denmark under the name "Sound Festival"; from 1972 then as the “Roskilde Festival”, since then annually; Performed there so far: The Kinks, Status Quo, Bob Marley, Santana, U2, Iron Maiden, Iggy Pop, Marilyn Manson, Björk, The Rolling Stones and many more
  • May 20-22, 1972: 2nd British Rock Meeting on the island of Grün near Germersheim with around 100,000 visitors - the first British Rock Meeting took place on September 4th and 5th, 1971; 1972 with: Pink Floyd, Wishbone Ash, Atomic Rooster and others. a.
  • July 28, 1973: Summer Jam at Watkins Glen with Grateful Dead, The Band and the Allman Brothers Band
  • September 8th and 9th 1973: "Es rocks in der Heide", a forerunner of the Hurricane Festival , with Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chicago, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Lou Reed and others. a.
  • December 10, 1973: Opening of the CBGB in New York, a nucleus of punk and punk rock; closed on October 15, 2006
  • June 1974: first Stonehenge Free Festival between the stones of Stonehenge, annually until 1984 around the summer solstice on June 21; there performed for free: Hawkwind, Gong, Dexys Midnight Runners, Wishbone Ash and the like. a.
  • June / July 1974: first Rock Werchter Festival in Belgium, annually since then; known participants so far: Talking Heads, Dire Straits, U2, Texas, Lou Reed, Lenni Kravitz, Metallica, Foo Fighters, REM, The White Stripes, Green Day, Rammstein, System of A Down, Arctic Monkeys and many more
  • July 20, 1974: first of the concerts in Knebworth in England, since then almost annually until 2014; the stage in Knebworth has so far been: Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, Chuck Berry, Deep Purple and many more
  • 1976: “First Folk Festival” in Nyon, Switzerland; 1977 to 1985 "Nyon Folk Festival", from 1986 then Paléo Festival Nyon , annually. So far: Björk, Pete Doherty, Neil Young, The Black Keys, Kings of Leon, Robert Plant, Patti Smith, Muse, Iron Maiden, Massive Attack and many more
  • November 25, 1976: The Last Waltz - Farewell concert by The Band, with Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, Ron Wood and others
  • 3rd and 4th September 1977: "First Rider Open Air", a forerunner of the Hurricane Festival , with Golden Earring, Van der Graaf Generator, Colosseum II and others. a.
  • From 1977 to 1986 the WDR production Rockpalast and the ARD broadcasted Rockpalast Nights Europe-wide via Eurovision (first broadcast on the night of July 23rd to 24th 1977) were decentralized festivals watched by millions of people at the same time
  • April 30, 1978: Carnival against the Nazis with 100,000 demonstrators in London's Victoria Park; with The Clash u. a. - further events of the same name followed

1980s

  • August 16, 1980: first Monsters of Rock in Leicestershire, UK - thereafter annually (with two failures) until 1996, from 1988 also in other European countries, including Germany; In the course of time: Rainbow, Scorpions, AC / DC, ZZ TOP, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Marillion, Metallica, Motörhead, Guns n 'Roses, Korn, Alice Cooper and many others appeared
  • September 19, 1981: Simon & Garfunkel live in New York's Central Park with over 500,000 spectators and free admission
  • 1st to 17th July 1983: first tent music festival in Freiburg im Breisgau, annually since then. Not a pure rock festival, but always with well-known rock musicians, e.g. B. Silly, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Patti Smith, Die Fantastischen Vier, Canned Heat, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Beach Boys, BAP, John Butler Trio and many more
  • 11th to 20th January 1985: “ Rock in Rio ” festival with Queen, AC / DC, Scorpions, Iron Maidon, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne and others. a .; the festival was repeated at irregular intervals, at times also in Lisbon and Madrid
  • July 13, 1985: " Live Aid " in London and Philadelphia - there were: David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Queen, U2, Neil Young and others. a.
  • July 26th and 27th 1985: Rock in Athens with Depeche Mode, The Stranglers, Culture Club, The Cure, Talk Talk, Nina Hagen and The Clash
  • September 6th to 8th 1985: first Open Flair Festival in Eschwege, Hessen; Performed so far: Die Toten Hosen, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Die Ärzte, Die Fantastischen Vier, Seeed, Beatsteaks, Deichkind, Bullet for My Valentine and many more
  • September 22, 1985: first Farm Aid concert , then repeated almost every year - some highlights so far: The Beach Boys, Jon Bon Jovi, Johnny Cash, Steppenwolf, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band and many more
  • May 25th to 26th 1985: first Rock am Ring , annually since then - some highlights so far: U2, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Pearl Jam, Aerosmith, Kiss, Metallica and many more
  • July 25 and 26, 1986: fifth and largest anti-WAAhnsinns festival in Burglengenfeld, East Bavaria, as a protest against the planned Wackersdorf reprocessing plant. Also there: Herbert Grönemeyer, Anne Haigis, BAP, Purple Schulz, Udo Lindenberg, Wolfgang Ambros, Dir Toten Hosen, Rio Reiser and many more
  • March 1987: first South by Southwest Festival (SXSW), nowadays annually (canceled in 2020 due to the corona pandemic): in addition to music, films, interactive media and conferences. Musical participants so far include: John Mayer, The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Kanye West, The Chainsmokers, Khalid and many more
  • July 10th to 11th 1987: first bizarre festival in the Berlin Waldbühne; with: Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Mission, Iggy Pop u. a. - thereafter annually until 2002; 2003 then again under the name "Terremoto"
  • June 11, 1988: On the occasion of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela , who had been imprisoned for 24 years at the time, the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert was held at Wembley Stadium in London ; on stage: Simple Minds, Bee Gees, Whitney Houston, Miriam Makeba, George Michael, Sting, Harry Belafonte, Joe Cocker, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Dire Straits featuring Eric Clapton and many more
  • July 19, 1988: Bruce Springsteen - “Behind the Wall” concert in Berlin-Weißensee with over 160,000 spectators
  • June 23-25, 1989: first Eurockéennes festival in Belfort, France, each with over 100,000 visitors in recent years; with z. B. Christine and the Queens, John Butler Trio, Sam Fender, Slash, Chainsmokers, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer and many more
  • August 12 and 13, 1989: " Moscow Music Peace Festival " in the Moscow Olympic Stadium ; Performed: Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osborne, Scorpions and others. a.

1990s

  • August 24th and 25th, 1990: first Wacken Open Air ; annually since then; some of the bands that have performed so far: 5th Avenue, Blind Guardian, Doro, Böhse Onkelz, Birth Control, Marilyn Manson, Saxon, Whitesnake, Beyond the Black, Judas Priest and many more
  • 3rd to 4th August 1990: first Zappanale in Bad Doberan, annually since then; dedicated to the music of Frank Zappa
  • Lollapalooza was a festival tour in Canada and the USA from 1991 to 1997 and 2003 . Since 2006 it has taken place in Chicago, later in South America and from 2015 in Berlin ; so far: Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Beastie Boys, Pixies, Radiohead, Kraftwerk and many more
  • April 20, 1992: Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, London ; with: Metallica, Bob Geldof, Guns N 'Roses, Queen with various guest musicians such as B. David Bowie, Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, George Michael, and others
  • May 1, 1992: first Groezrock in Belgium with around 400 visitors; over the years, the annual festival drew up to 30,000 visitors; in recent years: NOFX, The Offspring, The Hives, Billy Talent, Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys and many more
  • August 1993: first of the annual Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary; Performed so far: Iggy & the Stooges, Sex Pistols, Iron Maiden, Prince, Blur, Die Ärzte, Robbie Williams, Rihanna, Muse, David Guetta, Pink and many more
  • 30th to 31st July 1994: first of the rock festival T in the Park , which takes place annually in Scotland until 2016 ; Over time, the following appeared: Rage Against the Machine, Blur, The Prodigy, Radiohead, Pulp, The Charlatans, Texas, Beasty Boys, Manic Street Preachers, REM, Muse and many more
  • August 12-14, 1994: Woodstock II for the 25th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival; Also included: The Allman Brothers Band, Johnny Cash, Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Metallica and many more
  • December 31, 1994: Rod Stewart gives a free open air concert at the Copa Cabana in Rio de Janeiro in front of 4.2 million spectators
  • Since 1995 the Pol'and'Rock Festival in Poland, since then annually; so far: Clawfinger, The Stranglers, Caliban, Juliette Lewis, Nigel Kennedy, H-Blockx, Kaiser Chiefs, Skid Row, Apocalyptica and many more
  • September 7, 1996: Start of the HIStory World Tour in Prague, Michael Jackson's third and final solo world tour, which ended up being his most successful (October 15, 1997) with a total of around 4.5 million visitors
  • October 11, 1996: first of a series of G3 concerts with three rock guitarists, organized by Joe Satriani
  • October 25th and 26th, 1996: first Ozzfest with Ozzy Osbourne; so far numerous well-known groups have appeared, including Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Linkin Park, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Korn and many others
  • May 16-18, 1997: first Rock im Park , annually parallel to “Rock am Ring” with an almost identical line-up
  • June 21 and 22, 1997: first Hurricane Festival in Lower Saxony, annually since then; So far: INXS, Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, Die Toten Hosen, Die Ärzte, The Prodigy and many more.
  • July 5, 1997: first concert of the Lilith Fair Festival tour with music by women. The tour took place in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and in 2010 there was a revival tour. Among others: Sara McLachlan (organizer), Sheryl Crow, Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega, Emmylou Harris, Meredith Brooks, Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliott, Neneh Cherry, Dixie Chicks, The Bangles and many more
  • 25th and 26th July 1997: first Summer Breeze Open Air, since 2006 in Dinkelsbühl, Middle Franconia; So far: Subway to Sally, Volbeat, JBO, Doro, Sepultura, Bullet for My Valentine, Dimmu Borgir and many more
  • July 26, 1997: first of the annual Fuji Rock festivals in Japan - the second day was canceled due to a typhoon; Performed so far: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iggy Pop, Björk, Rage Against the Machine, Blur, ZZ Top, Primal Scream, Oasis, Neil Young, Eminem, The Prodigy, Lou Reed, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Oasis, Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, Kendrick Lamar and many more
  • June 20 and 21, 1998: first Highfield Festival in Hohenfelden, Thuringia, since 2010 at the Störmthaler See in Saxony; so far: Foo Fighters, Die Ärzte, Rammstein, Limp Bizkit, Die Toten Hosen, Billy Talent, Die Fantastischen Vier, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Offspring and many more
  • June 18 and 19, 1999: first Bang Your Head Open Air (previously in the hall since 1996) in Balingen, Baden-Württemberg; The most famous bands so far include: Motörhead, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Scorpions, Doro, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy and many others
  • July 22-25, 1999: Woodstock III for the 30th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, overshadowed by violent rioting; With: James Brown, Elvis Costello, Ice Cube, Korn, Limp Bizkit, The Offspring and many more
  • July 26th and 27th, 1999: first Southside Festival , since 2000 annually in Neuhausen ob Eck, Baden-Württemberg; Frequent bands: Queens of the Stone Age, Flogging Molly, The Sounds, Billy Talent, Beatsteaks, NOFX, plus many others
  • 9-10 October 1999: first Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival , annually since then; some highlights so far: Rage Against the Machine, Björk, Radiohead, Prince, Jay-Z, AC / DC, Lady Gaga and many more
  • 1999: first Rocco del Schlacko in Saarland, annually since then. Meanwhile: Mando Diao, SEEED, Limp Biszkit, Billy Talent, Kraftclub, Die Toten Hosen, Die Fantastischen Vier, Scooter, The Offspring and many more

2000s (noughties)

  • August 12 and 13, 2000: first M'era Luna Festival in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, with a focus on alternative music and the black scene; Performed so far: Apocalyptica, Sisters of Mercy, Korn, In Extremo, Prodigy, Oomph !, Subway to Sally and many more
  • June 8th and 9th 2001: first Frequency Festival in Austria, 2001 in Vienna, 2002 to 2008 at the Salzburgring, since 2009 annually in St. Pölten. So far: Seeed, Die Ärzte, Sonic Youth, Metallica, Die Fantastischen Vier, Oasis, Foo Fighters, Muse, REM, Radiohead, Die Toten Hosen, The Prodigy and many more
  • 2001: first Primavera Sound in Barcelona. So far: Pulp, Pixies, Lou Reed, Smashing Pumpkins, Portishead, My Bloody Valentine, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Björk and many more
  • 21-23 June 2002: first of the Bonnaroo Music Festival , which has taken place annually since then ; since then: Eminem, U2, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Metallica, ZZ Top and many more have appeared there
  • June 4-6, 2004: first Crossroads Guitar Festival , organized by Eric Clapton for the benefit of the drug therapy center "Crossroads Center" every three years until 2013; a previous concert had already taken place on June 30, 1999. In addition to Eric Clapton, there were: Jeff Beck, BB King, Carlos Santana, Steve Vai, ZZ Top, Buddy Guy, the Allman Brothers Band, Keith Richards and many more
  • 6th to 11th July 2004: first Moon & Stars concert series in Locarno, Switzerland, annually since then. In addition to pop musicians, there are also numerous representatives of rock. Performed so far: Peter Gabriel, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, Muse, REM, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Carlos Santana, Billy Idol, Die Toten Hosen, and many more
  • October 14th and 15th, 2004: first Soundwave Festival (initially “Gravity Soundwave”) in Australia; So far: Good Charlotte, Deftones, Offspring, Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Green Day and many more
  • June 9th to 12th, 2005: first Nova Rock Festival in Austria, annually since then. So far: System of a Down, Audioslave, Die Ärzte, Marilyn Manson, The Prodigy, Green Day, Metallica, Guns N 'Roses, Motörhead, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, NOFX, Die Toten Hosen, Rammstein, Iron Maiden and many more
  • June 24th to 26th, 2005: first Greenfield Festival in Interlaken, Switzerland, annually since then. So far: Die Toten Hosen, Green Day, System of a Down, Seed, Therapy, Tool, Die Ärzte, NOFX, Slipknot, Green Day, The Prodigy, Limp Bizkit and many more
  • June 25, 2005: First Area4 Festival, which took place annually until 2012. Also included: System of a Down, Audioslave, Tool, Billy Talent, NOFX, Die Ärzte, Die Toten Hosen, 30 Seconds to Mars, Beatsteaks and many more
  • July 2, 2005: Live 8 concerts under the motto "Make Poverty History" take place in 11 cities worldwide - with: Sting, Brian Wilson, Bob Geldof, Bryan Adams, The Who, David Gilmour, Elton John, Madonna , Paul McCartney et al
  • August 21, 2005: The Rolling Stones start their world tour in Boston for the album A Bigger Bang - up to then this was the most successful tour ever with around 550,000,000 USD (only surpassed by U2 in 2011)
  • September 2 and 3, 2005: first Deichbrand Festival in Cuxhaven, annually since then; From humble beginnings, a festival with tens of thousands of visitors grew over the years; Performed so far: Revolverheld, H-Blockx, Mando Diao, Subway to Sally, Papa Roach, Die Fantastischen Vier, Kraftklub, Wanda, Die Toten Hosen and many more
  • February 18, 2006: The Rolling Stones give one of the greatest rock concerts in history to 1.5 million people at Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro. Entry to it was free
  • June 23-25, 2006: first Hellfest in Clisson, France; so far: Motörhead, Saxon, Blue Öyster Cult, Bullet for My Valentine, Slash, Whitesnake, Böhse Onkelz, ZZ Top and many more
  • June 25, 2006: first Rock-A-Field in Luxembourg, annually since then until 2016 - international musicians and bands so far: Franz Ferdinand, Mando Diao, The Killers, Papa Roach, Gossip, Mumford & Sons and many more
  • 28th and 29th July 2006: first Rock of Ages Festival in Seeburg near Rottenburg am Neckar, since then annually. Participants so far: Uriah Heep, BAP, Ten Years After, Status Quo, Suzi Quattro, Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, Doro, Beyond the Black, UFO, Saxon and many more
  • 28th to 30th July 2006: first Eier mit Speck Festival , since then annually: So far: Pothead, Volbeat, Clawfinger, Therapy ?, Good Charlotte, Dog Eat Dog, Marteria, Ugly Kid Joe, Knorkator, Madsen and many more
  • July 7, 2007: Live Earth - global concert series on all 7 continents for a total of 24 hours. Also included: Crowded House, Linkin Park, Mando Diao, Beasty Boys, UB40, Bon Jovi, Lenny Kravitz and many more
  • July 14, 2007: the Circo Massimo in Rome gather around 500,000 people to a concert by the British band Genesis attend
  • June 30, 2009: U2 start their 360 ° tour in Barcelona , which at the end (July 30, 2011) with over 730 million euros was the tour with the highest income until then
  • October 29th and 30th, 2009 the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert at Madison Square Garden, New York; Performed: Jerry Lee Lewis, BB King, Sting, Jeff Beck, Lenny Kravitz, Lou Reed and many others

2010s

  • August 27-29, 2010: first Zurich Openair , annually from 2012. Some participants so far: The Prodigy, Kraftwerk, Die Fantastischen Vier, Franz Ferdinand, Mumford & Sons, Kendrick Lamar and many more
  • January 24th to 28th, 2011: first 70,000 Tons of Metal Festival on a cruise ship. The start and finish of the annual event is Miami, Florida. So far: Doro, Gotthard, Apocalyptica, Children of Bodom, Anthrax, In Extremo, Kreator, Napalm Death, Subway to Sally and many more
  • August 25, 2012: first Rock im Pott Festival. Originally planned annually, the festival took place in 2012, 2013 and 2017. Included: Red Hot Chili Peppers, System of a Down, Die Toten Hosen and others
  • 2013: first of three Rock'n'Heim festivals in 2013, 2015 and 2015 at the Hockenheimring. With: Die Ärzte, Kraftclub, System of a Down, Tenacious D, Beatsteaks, Die Fantastischen Vier, Deichkind, The Prodigy, Linkin Park and others
  • June 20-22, 2014: first Rock the Ring Festival in Switzerland, annually since then. So far: ZZ Top, Gotthard, Nightwish, Billy Idol, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Scorpions, Iggy Pop, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Whitesnake and others
  • October 4-5, 2014: first of the annual rock and metal festival Louder Than Life in Kentucky; so far: Judas Priest, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, Papa Roach, ZZ Top, Slipknot, Ozzy Osbourne and many more
  • March 25, 2016: The Rolling Stones give their first concert in Cuba in front of more than 450,000 spectators with free admission
  • September 3, 2018: We are more , free concert in Chemnitz in response to the previous right-wing and right-wing extremist riots. Also included: Trettmann, Feine Sahne Fischfilet, KIZ, Kraftklub, Nura, Marteria, Casper and Die Toten Hosen
  • 16 to 18 August 2019: the planned Woodstock 50 festival for the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival in 1969 was canceled on July 31, 2019 after a number of organizational problems and several cancellations by musicians. Announced were Santana, Robert Plant, John Fogerty, Melanie, Dead & Company, David Crosby, Country Joe McDonald, The Zombies, Canned Heat and many others.However, remembrance concerts took place at the original location in Bethel (New York) from August 15 to 18, 2019 with Arlo Guthrie, Ringo Starr, The Edgar Winter Band, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Santana, The Doobie Brothers, John Fogerty, Creedence Clearwater Revival with Grace Potter and the Tedeschi Trucks Band.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ I've Lost My Mind In Essen | Documentation | Rock palace
  2. ↑ Entry in the Guinness Book of Records (English)
  3. ↑ Genesis / When In Rome 2007 . Album review on Rocktimes.de, July 31, 2008
  4. ↑ ZEIT Online: It's not only rock 'n' roll. In: ZEIT Online. Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
  5. ↑ John W. Barry: Woodstock 2019: Bethel Woods ready for party 50 years in making . Poughkeepsie Journal, August 15, 2019