British Rock Meeting
The British Rock Meeting was a recurring outdoor rock festival usually held in Germany.
History
The first British Rock Meeting was held in 1971 and was a 2-day, 2-city event, with the bands playing in both Speyer, Germany and Vienna, Austria. The second, in 1972, was a 4-day festival held in Germersheim, Germany, with over 70,000 attendees. Some of the bands showcased at these events included Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Uriah Heep, Status Quo, Fleetwood Mac and Rod Stewart.[1] After the first two festivals, the British Rock Meeting continued sporadically throughout the 1970s with the last being held on 23 June 1979 at the Freilichtbühne Loreley in St. Goarshausen, Germany.[2] Some notable performers at the last event included Whitesnake, The Police, Dire Straits, Talking Heads, Barclay James Harvest and Dr. Feelgood.[3]
References
- ^ "British Rock Meetings". Shadowplays.com. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ^ "British Rock Meeting '79 poster". Purple-bootleg.net. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
- ^ "Rock History - Loreley Freilichtbühne". Loreley-freilichtbuehne.de. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
