Festival No. 0000228 · Est. 1974
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Nobody has said what this weekend was like
12+ acts on the bill and not one answer yet. Four questions - the lineup, the atmosphere, how it was run, and whether it was worth the ticket - and this page starts telling people what knebworth festival 1978 was actually like to be at.
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Somewhere in Knebworth
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- knebworth festival 1978
- City
- Knebworth, UK
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near knebworth festival 1978, Knebworth for the nights of the festival. The map comes from Stay22. If you book through it, we earn a commission, which helps keep the site running.
For the record
About the artists
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Atlanta Rhythm Section formed in 1970. Plays country rock, pop, southern rock. -
Boomtown Rats formed in 1975, and split up in 1986, after 11 years. Plays art punk, new romantic, new wave, pop rock, post-punk, power pop, pub rock, punk.
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Brand X formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1976. Plays jazz fusion, jazz rock.
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Devo formed in Akron, United States, in 1972. Plays art punk, electronic, electronic rock, electropunk, experimental rock, geek rock, new wave, post-punk.
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Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore, United States, on 21 December 1940, and died on 4 December 1993, aged 52. Plays art rock, avant-garde, avant-prog, big band, blues rock, classical, comedy rock, doo-wop.
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Genesis formed in Godalming, United Kingdom, in 1967, and split up on 26 March 2022, after 55 years. Plays art rock, folk, pop, pop rock, progressive, progressive pop, progressive rock, rock.
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Jefferson Airplane formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1965, and split up in 1973, after 8 years. Plays acid rock, folk rock, garage rock, pop rock, psychedelic, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
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Peter Gabriel was born in Cobham, United Kingdom, on 13 February 1950. Plays art pop, art rock, chamber pop, crossover prog, experimental, folk, new wave, pop.
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Rockpile formed in 1976, and split up in 1981, after 5 years. Plays rock.
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Roy Harper was born on 12 June 1941. Plays british folk rock, contemporary folk, folk rock, progressive folk, psychedelic folk, singer-songwriter.
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The Tubes formed in Phoenix, United States, in 1972. Plays arena rock, classic rock, glam rock, hard rock, proto-punk, rock.
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers formed in Gainesville, United States, in 1976, and split up on 2 October 2017, after 41 years. Plays classic rock, heartland rock, pop rock, power pop, rock, southern rock.