A SELF-EXTINCTION RISK
QUEEN’S performance at Live Aid in 1985 has been named the most iconic festival moment.
Their Wembley set, led by Freddie Mercury, pushed David Bowie at Glastonbury
2000 into second.
Kylie Minogue’s 2019 comeback there 14 years after pulling out due to breast cancer was in third place. Also in
LEGEND Mercury the top 20 were Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar at Monterey in 1967 and Kurt Cobain arriving in a wheelchair and hospital gown for Nirvana’s set at Reading in 1992.
Half of Brits polled by Virgin Media’s V Festival say there is no better feeling than a live music event. Almost a third intend to book a ticket as soon as festivals get the go-ahead for next summer.
A quarter claim to miss hangovers and lack of sleep at the events.
Virgin Media said: “Festivals have created some truly unforgettable moments over the years.”
The top 10 is: 1 Queen; 2 Bowie; 3 Kylie; 4 U2, Live Aid 1985; 5 Adele, Glastonbury 2016; 6 Hendrix; 7 The Who, Woodstock 1969; 8 Bob Marley, Smile Jamaica 1976; 9 Eminem and Rihanna, V Festival 2011; 10 The Rolling Stones, Glastonbury 2013.
Extinction Rebellion intends to stop MPs returning to Parliament next week.
The eco-warriors plan to block roads leading to Westminster in protest at politicians’ failure to enact their undeliverable demands.
This weekend, expect disruption of traffic in Manchester, Cardiff and other cities – if the demonstrators can find them.
Research into ‘XR’ shows its members are mainly middle class, with degrees and hail from the south of England. Only six per cent of these hobby-revolutionaries live in the great urban centres of the North, Scotland or Wales.
They have learned that gluing themselves to Tube trains angers commuters, and loses them the little public support they have for their arrogant, attention-seeking antics.
But they still maintain they have a right to ignore social-distancing rules, even though the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage in cities where they threaten “pop-up” protests.
Er, does the ban on illegal raves not apply equally to such mass gatherings?