The UK has numerous concert venues frequented by the biggest names in the music industry, although only a few can hold more than 100,000 ticket holders.
Here are perhaps the 7 biggest UK concerts in history:
Isle of Wight Festival, 600,000
The 1970 Isle of Wight Festival was the biggest concert ever held in the UK with 600,000 people in the audience.
Jimi Hendrix played his last performance at this event.
In 1996, Britpop’s Oasis was at the height of its success and the biggest group in the world.
Their 1996 concert at Knebworth followed the release of their second album “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?” and the huge global hit “Wonderwall.”
The band played two shows with an audience of 125,000 per night.
More than 2.6 million people applied for tickets to the shows, making it the biggest demand for concert tickets in British history.
In 2003 at Knebworth House, Robbie Williams took to the main stage over a three-day period, attracting a crowd of over 375,000, with a further 3.5 million watching live on television and online.
The 1979 Knebworth Festival headlined Led Zeppelin with The New Barbarians with Keith Richards & Ronnie Wood, Todd Rundgren and Utopia, Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes, The New Commander Cody Band, Chas & Dave, Fairport Convention.
The audience was 200,000 in two Saturdays.
“Queen live in Hyde Park 1976” was a famous concert by the band, as part of their short summer tour which included Edinburgh and Cardiff.
The Hyde Park concert was in fact a free concert, organized by Richard Branson.
The concert took place on September 18, during the hot summer of 1976.
Coldplay’s World Tour 2012, supported their album “Mylo Xyloto”, the group’s fifth studio album released in October 2011.
A three-show run in London at the Emirates Stadium in June saw sell-out crowds each night totaling more than 173,000 across the three dates.
On Saturday at Glastonbury 2016, Adele wowed 150,000 fans on the Pyramid stage despite being absent from the festival circuit for years.
A chat with the crowd, the songs and a crisp voice like on a record create an event that is not easily forgotten.