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The Knebworth Festival was a recurring open-air rock and pop festival held on the grounds of the Knebworth House in Knebworth, England. The festival first occurred in July 1974 when The Allman Brothers Band , The Doobie Brothers and other artists attracted 60,000 people.
The grounds of Knebworth House near the village of Knebworth had been a major venue for open air rock and pop concerts since 1974. In 1979, veteran promoter Freddy Bannister booked Led Zeppelin to play that year's concerts which took place on 4 August [1] and 11 August [2] after the bandleader of the Electric Light Orchestra, Jeff Lynne, turned down the offer to headline the festival.
Knebworth House in 2007. Knebworth House is an English country house in the parish of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1] Its gardens are also listed Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. [2] In its surrounding park are the medieval St. Mary's Church and the Lytton family mausoleum.
In the 1960s the Lytton Cobbolds undertook an extensive renovation of Knebworth House. They opened it to the public in 1971. [2] The title of her best-selling 1986 memoir, Board Meetings in the Bath: How We Opened Knebworth House to the Public, [1] was inspired by the bathtub she had installed in the kitchen of their Little Venice home.
Merry Hill (formerly Intu Merry Hill, Westfield Merry Hill and The Merry Hill Shopping Centre) is a large shopping complex in Brierley Hill near Dudley, England.It was developed between 1985 and 1990, with several subsequent expansion and renovation projects.
Asda Radio is the in store radio station for Asda superstores. [111] [112] [113] The radio station was originally known as Asda FM, live broadcasting began on 7 September 1991, and it was operated by KVHstudios in Leeds. According to The Guardian, it has a captive listenership of over 18 million people each week. [112]
The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described the exterior of the church as "architecturally insignificant". [2] [3] The most prominent feature is the 15th-century tower, surmounted by a short spire typical of the region called a "Hertfordshire spike".(see note 1)
The Knebworth and Winter Green Railway was a 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway built in the grounds of Knebworth House in 1972 as a tourist attraction.. The railway was built by Pleasurerail Ltd. a company set up to build and operate private tourist railways which included the Great Whipsnade Railway and also the line at Blenheim Palace.