Talk:Knebworth Festival

Crowd Numbers
I don't know if this can really be accurate, as AIUI, numbers for large events such as this are 'massaged' for insurance purposes. I believe about 200,000 people were at the 1986 Queen concert (including me!), and at the time it broke a record for the largest open-air festival. DavidFarmbrough (talk) 05:00, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

I went to Wild in the Country 2007 and I'm pretty sure 2ManyDJs didn't turn up, they certainly weren't there in the second tent when they were meant to be playing before Tiga. Can anyone verify this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Domh (talk • contribs) 00:07, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

line-up ordering
Wouldn't it make more sense to order bands by appearance time instead of alphabetically?

E.g. Belouis Some, Big Country, Queen, Status Quo should read Belouis Some, Big Country, Status Quo, Queen.

The Queen concert is also notable because, very sadly, a fan died at the concert.

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: no consensus.  Calidum Talk To Me 03:55, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Concerts at Knebworth House → Knebworth Festival – It's the Knebworth Festival, so why not call it that? --Relisted. Armbrust The Homunculus 08:23, 13 June 2014 (UTC) Evangp (talk) 07:17, 6 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose Not all of the concerts have been billed as the Knebwroth Festival (Sonisphere, for one). If anything, this article should be titled List of concerts at Knebworth House.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 08:48, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - It is now the contemporary name of the concert/ festival and wikipedia should reflect this. IJA (talk) 11:04, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - As the above comment states, it's indeed the contemporary name. Evangp (talk) 13:09, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Lugnuts. Most of the concerts were not called "Knebworth Festival". Armbrust The Homunculus 09:11, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Agree with Lugnuts and Armbrust. I don't think a move to "Knebworth Festival" would accurately reflect the scope of the article. Jenks24 (talk) 11:23, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
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Oasis - not the largest demand for concert tickets in British History
The 1996 Oasis gig info, "Over 2.5 million people applied for tickets for the shows, making it the largest ever demand for concert tickets in British history" is unsupported by a citation and also not factually correct.

The article, Led Zep Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert, has a verified source and concerns 20 million people.

The Oasis gig info could be accurate if it stated that "Over 2.5 million people applied for tickets for the shows, making it the largest ever demand for concert tickets in British history at that time," If it could be supported by an appropriate citation.

--Candy (talk) 05:48, 9 November 2019 (UTC)