Well known Music festivals

Rarely does a performer debut as a fully formed artist. The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s appearance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival instantly secured the group's reputation – and that of its hyper charismatic frontman – as the most incendiary in rock and roll and made a legend of Hendrix.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will open its latest featured exhibit, Common Ground: The Music Festival Experience on Friday, April 25, 2014. The exhibition will be an engaging look at the music festival as more than just an outdoor concert, but as a community experience. Whether it‘s forging human bonds, building a sense of community, providing broad exposure for musical artists or as one of the most important economic engines of the music industry, the story of the music festival is inextricably linked with music’s powerful cultural impact around the globe. Visit Common Ground: The Music Festival Experience to immerse yourself in this story.

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Radiohead had released the masterwork OK Computer less than two weeks before appearing at Glastonbury the Glastonbury Festival in 1997. With an eye on their new material, Radiohead minted a masterful performance that immediately elevated them into the realm of the greatest bands in U.K. history.

Live Aid was arguably the greatest live concert ever staged. A less-argued point is that Queen’s performance at Live Aid stole the show. Freddie Mercury’s commanding stage presence and the band’s impeccable musicianship blew away stadium audiences in London and Philadelphia and the global television audience of two billion. But even the superstars performing that day, from Elton John to the Who, acknowledged that Queen’s performance dominated Live Aid.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will open its latest featured exhibit, Common Ground: The Music Festival Experience on Friday, April 25, 2014. The exhibition will be an engaging look at the music festival as more than just an outdoor concert, but as a community experience. Whether it‘s forging human bonds, building a sense of community, providing broad exposure for musical artists or as one of the most important economic engines of the music industry, the story of the music festival is inextricably linked with music’s powerful cultural impact around the globe. Visit Common Ground: The Music Festival Experience to immerse yourself in this story.

Canadian DJ Deadmau5 transformed Lollapalooza 2011 into the dance party of the summer. Using the power of music to forge a bond between the DJ and every audience member, and between the audience and the environment, Deadmau5 seemingly harnessed a powerful rainstorm as backdrop to his aural experiments. One reviewer described watching the audience bob in time to the music during Deadmau5’s set as “like watching the world’s finest puppeteer at work.”

Daft Punk’s first appearance at Coachella, in 2006, was a sea change for Electronic Dance Music. The French duo played a perfectly executed set synched to a mind-blowing multimedia presentation surrounded by their now legendary “pyramid” art installation. Daft Punk’s show raised the bar for EDM production values, challenging other artists – across all genres – to greater feats of experimentation and audience engagement.