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OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.

By ForestBoro3514/8 21:58Wed Aug 14 21:58:39 2024

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Which Boro fans on here were fortunate enough to see this live performance?

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By Danny-da-Bass (Danny-da -Bass)16/8 23:55Fri Aug 16 23:55:05 2024In response to OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Yep supported by the Quo and Belouis Some IIRC. I was 12 and tucked in to a bottle of Kestral lager. It don’t really remember the gig apart from the big numbers.

However Knebworth 1990 Nordoff Robins gig, is still my greatest gig ever.
Page/Plant, Clapton, straits, McCartney and Pink floyd to name but a few

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By FingersLily19/8 18:33Mon Aug 19 18:33:44 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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I was there. Don’t forget Big Country!

It was a warm day. Belouis Some only did a couple of songs before he got bottled - a sea of bottles flew at him for ages before the promoter came on stage to ask everyone to stop! Belouis Some didn’t return.

Big Country were brilliant, as were Status Quo but Queen were incredible. I’m so pleased I went & boast about it regularly!

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By WASP (Original Mr Wasp)19/8 20:52Mon Aug 19 20:52:36 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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I remember a bloke on the roof of the stage head banging whilst Quo were on

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By HitchinBoro exCalling (HitchinBoro exCalling)17/8 07:30Sat Aug 17 07:30:21 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Went to the latter,think it was only Gilmour and possibly Richard Wright not whole of Floyd and if I remember pissed it down all of the set

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By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)17/8 09:00Sat Aug 17 09:00:38 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Was billed as Pink Floyd.

The whole gig is on YouTube.

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By HitchinBoro exCalling (HitchinBoro exCalling)17/8 09:10Sat Aug 17 09:10:09 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Fair enough , can't remember Mason being there , think Walters had left by then anyway.

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By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)17/8 10:08Sat Aug 17 10:08:28 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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I was there and forgot they were there at all.

No memory of McCartney actually playing either, although I did manage to see him walking into the artists bar.

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By Ratman4616/8 22:20Fri Aug 16 22:20:45 2024In response to OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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I was and also saw them at Wembley Stadium the same year 😎

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By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)15/8 08:11Thu Aug 15 08:11:44 2024In response to OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Worked backstage at the Phil Collins charity gig, the Hard Rock Cafe was chock full of celebrities.

Think the poster is still up at Hitchin train station.

Also worked Robbie Williams and the really shit Ministry of Sound/Jamiroquai one that lost a ton of money.

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By AndyC15/8 09:23Thu Aug 15 09:23:10 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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I loved the MoS one, the Golden Arena all night plus PvD in the Renaissance tent 🙌

PvD's set is on Soundcloud :-)
https://on.soundcloud.com/veLnj

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By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)15/8 12:32Thu Aug 15 12:32:10 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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I knew what the break even ticket sales number was.

And I knew the actual and the paid attendance.

The guest list and free pass list was massive, absolutely stupidly big.

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By Chuds15/8 08:14Thu Aug 15 08:14:38 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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"Think the poster is still up at Hitchin train station."

I wouldn't have thought so.

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By HitchinBoro exCalling (HitchinBoro exCalling)15/8 08:17Thu Aug 15 08:17:51 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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At moment there are quite a few Posters there for next round of gigs at Hitchin Priory amongst other Rubbish Busted and Craig David on.

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By AndyC15/8 09:22Thu Aug 15 09:22:21 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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What Chuds means is Hitchin Train Station doesn't exist

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By HitchinBoro exCalling (HitchinBoro exCalling)15/8 10:03Thu Aug 15 10:03:33 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Was there yesterday.

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By AndyC15/8 10:57Thu Aug 15 10:57:27 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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I think you might have been at Hitchin Railway Station

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By Chuds15/8 10:45Thu Aug 15 10:45:22 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Wouldn't have thought so.

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By WASP (Original Mr Wasp)15/8 06:29Thu Aug 15 06:29:52 2024In response to OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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I went. And to Oasis. In those days we got tickets from FL Moores record shop.

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By HitchinBoro exCalling (HitchinBoro exCalling)15/8 07:36Thu Aug 15 07:36:58 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Also went to Oasis and Live Aid type thing with Dave Gilmour,also back in the day collect rubbish with thousand of other kids after each gig .When older went up to Lytton Arms and sat in beer garden to hear acts .
Moores was brilliant , Aladdin's cave and did trips to gigs over country,had other shops in Area but offshoot possibly called Falcon in South .Miss the place.

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By Handyandy116/8 18:58Fri Aug 16 18:58:01 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Next door to a great chippy too!

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By Northern_Boro15/8 07:26Thu Aug 15 07:26:18 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Didn't get to Queen, but I'm old enough to have been to Led Zeppelin in 1979 (which was fantastic)
As a Letchworth resident at the time, we had to buy our tickets from David's Bookshop - priced at £7.50
Happy days!

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By Rob SBFC (Big Robbie (SBFC))15/8 11:27Thu Aug 15 11:27:39 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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We listened to Queen in the back garden, more crowd noise than anything else really. I went to the Oasis gig, and walked home to the Old Town afterwards. Distinct lack of beer opportunities during and after that.

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By HitchinBoro exCalling (HitchinBoro exCalling)15/8 07:47Thu Aug 15 07:47:24 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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David's is still going and love browsing round .Still have odd events like a talk from an Author or artist playing acoustic.

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By Deltic 21 (Spirit of East Coast Boro)16/8 00:46Fri Aug 16 00:46:41 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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I was there. Queen, Oasis, Robbie Williams. My best mate (still) made the most incredible joke about Mercury’s health and was 100% correct long before we knew anything for sure. He regrets it now.

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By Chuds16/8 00:54Fri Aug 16 00:54:16 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Why does he regret it? Did he give it to him?

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By Handyandy116/8 18:59Fri Aug 16 18:59:14 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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Apparently he was shattered by the end of the gig, poor bloke.

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By borogent17/8 08:38Sat Aug 17 08:38:44 2024In response to Re: OTT - Queen at Knebworth 1986.Top of thread

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