![]() ![]() Watch it here and feel your spine tingle.Īretha Franklin At Obama Inauguration, 2009 Reportedly entirely off the cuff, the four-minute performance was both political, in protest at the war in Vietnam, and possibly the most rock n roll thing ever to have happened. When one Jimi Hendrix’ set was cancelled due to rain, he took to the stage on Monday morning and delivered the most famous rendition of the Star Spangled Banner in history. The summer of ‘69 has gone down in legend as one of peace, love and great music, thanks to one event in particular: Woodstock. Watch as he sings Like A Rolling Stone to the sounds of loud disapproval. ![]() So when he took to the stage at Newport Folk Festival with a rock and roll set, one year after the performance at the same festival that was his first real national exposure, he was beset by boos and shouts of protestation. ![]() Electrifying.ĭylan Goes Electric At Newport Folk Festival, 1965īy 1965, Bob Dylan was firmly established at the leader of the American Folk Revival. However, the group that stole the show was indisputably Queen watch the set here as 1980s double-act Smith and Jones introduce them, and Freddie Mercury launches straight into Bohemian Rhapsody, before doing call-and-response vocal exercises with the audience. That concert was Live Aid, and the set list was astonishing: David Bowie, Elton John, Paul McCartney and U2 were among the bands to perform as 1.4 billion people across the world watched. In 1985, Bob Geldof organised a concert to raise money to relieve the famine that was devastating African countries, most notably Ethiopia. The mark of a truly great performance? The arrival of the police to tell them to turn down the volume. Many have tried to emulate it none has come close. But none is more iconic than their last-ever concert, held on the roof of Apple Corp’s London office. The Beatles were no strangers to extraordinary shows, from their days at The Cavern to the Reeperbahn in Hamburg to their biggest-ever gig at Shea Stadium, New York, the latter attended by 56,000 screaming fans. Amid his set, Bruce stopped to carefully deliver a speech in German, which translated to: ‘I'm not here for any government, I've come to play rock and roll for you in the hope that one day, all the barriers will be torn down’, before breaking into a rendition of Dylan’s Chimes of Freedom. One hundred thousand people bought tickets, but 300,000 came, with the authorities opening up the gates and letting them in, a symbolic move that is thought to have been a turning point sixteen months later, the wall was torn down. In July 1988, The Boss, with his E Street Band, came to the then-divided Berlin. Lighters in the air, everyone.īruce Springsteen Plays East Berlin, 1988 Thanks to its magic, we can journey down memory lane, blast up the volume and croon along to some of the top performances to have ever graced the world’s biggest stages. Whether you’ve experienced such iconic moments first-hand and want to re-live them, or you haven’t and want to see what all the fuss was about, YouTube is a music-lover’s friend. For those who were there, those moments are a talking point and, let’s face it, a bona fide reason to show off forevermore. From Woodstock to Live Aid the Beatles at Apple Corp rooftop to the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: music history abounds with moments that make you sigh wistfully at the thought of what it must have been like to be there in the flesh, and to feel the electric thrill of an on-song band thrashing out history in the making. ![]()
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