[15], Although the 1972 Sunbury Pop Festival was not the first held in Australia, it benefited from a high level of publicity and, despite flagging attendances at 1975 festival, it consistently attracted large crowds. Sunbury Pop Festival is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics.If you would like to participate, visit the project page. Wikipedia, Annual Australian music festival held in South Gippsland, Victoria, featuring artists of various genres including rock, metal, and punk. [1], This was the first appearance in Australia of UK band Queen. Considered as one of the biggest live music events in South Korea. Sunbury Music Festival, 1973.Credit:Age Archives, Sunbury Pop Festival. Its location, in a beech forest in the vicinity of Skanderborg, has given rise to the slogan "Denmarks' Most Beautiful Festival" (Danish: Danmarks Smukkeste Festival). Many sources claim that Queen were booed off stage.

His new record company, Mushroom Records, was established with Ray Evans late in 1972. In January 1975 the remaining members performed, as a four-piece, at the Sunbury Pop Festival, then they supported AC/DC during a South Australian tour, and later that year they were the backing band for Chuck Berry. ", which was co-written by Birtles and former band mate, Cotton. They appeared at the 1973 Sunbury Music Festival in January and their track, "Messin' with the Kid", was included on a live triple LP, Sunbury 1973 – The Great Australian Rock Festival. The festival lasts for two weeks over Australia Day and during this period the city of Tamworth comes alive, with visitors from all across the country and worldwide who come to join in the festivities. Spectrum had toured other Australian rock festivals, including, Wallacia (January 1971), Myponga (February), Sunbury (January 1972, January 1973), Mulwala (April 1972), and Rosebud.

Held over the same long weekend as the 1972 Sunbury Pop Festival, the event attracted almost 30,000 people and featured many of the same Australian acts, as well three imported acts (singers Mary Hopkin, Tom Paxton and pop band Edison Lighthouse). [27] The 69'ers released, Francis Butler's 69ers Live from the previous year's performance. The film, Sunbury (1972), was produced and directed by John Dixon, with Ray Wagstaff as coordinating director, and includes footage of Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Max Merritt and the Meteors, Chain, Wild Cherries, Pirana and SCRA. Wikipedia, Annual music festival in Australia, held in Hobart, Tasmania. Late in the year, Deep Purple placed money into a fund so that unpaid artists were paid at the full musician's rate.

[12] According to Deep Purple's lead vocalist, David Coverdale, "Apparently, a young Aussie band had jumped onstage, plugged into our gear and started playing! Sunbury, the rock happening of 1972.

It occurred two weeks after Woodstock.

Roger Taylor at 'The Sunbury Pop Festival', Sunbury, Australia, January 27th, 1974.

Fans leave with their belongings at the end of the festival, February 1972Credit:Age Archives, Sunbury Pop Festival.

Its inaugural release was an ambitious triple live album of the 1973 Sunbury Pop Festival, and over the next few years they signed a number of important Australian acts including Madder Lake, Ayers Rock, and MacKenzie Theory. Wikipedia, Australian music festival held at the Arena Joondalup in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. [3], Excerpts from Dixon's 1972 film Sunbury have been featured in many Australian TV specials and series including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Long Way to the Top in 2001. 14th December 1972Credit:The Age Archives, This girl took a pet lamb to the Sunbury festival - and didn't look at all out of place. [2][3], The film, Sunbury (1972), was produced and directed by John Dixon, with Ray Wagstaff as coordinating director, and includes footage of Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Max Merritt and the Meteors, Chain, Wild Cherries, Pirana and SCRA. [7] In a 2003 interview for Melbourne newspaper, The Age, on the 30th anniversary of the second festival, Chain guitarist Phil Manning, who performed there, commented: Sunbury—which has often been compared to Woodstock—has been accorded a legendary status in the history of Australian rock. He performed at some of Australia's biggest rock events including the 1972 Sunbury Pop Festival and the late 1970s Rockarena tours with 60,000 people, featuring Fleetwood Mac, Santana and The Little River Band. [13][14] Lead singer, Freddie Mercury bravely told the audience "When we come back to Australia, Queen will be the biggest band in the world! The word 'Sunbury' has etched itself into Australian rock music folklore. United Kingdom artists, Queen performed in 1974. Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. The four Sunbury Pop Festivals were held on the same 620-acre (2.5 km2) private farm along Jacksons Creek, 3.5 km south of Sunbury and 2 km north-east of Diggers Rest. A new concept of a second performing stage was added to include alternative performances such as jazz recitals, theatre, dance, mime, poetry and acoustic music. 29th January 1972Credit:The Age Archives, Sunbury pop festival. In 2015, the Sunbury Pop Festival was inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.[1]. In 1973, the festival included its first international act - Spirit featuring the Staehely Brothers, John (guitar) and Al (bass), with drummer Stu Perry. The Sunbury Pop Festival, also known as the Sunbury Rock Festival ran from 1972 to 1975, is a milestone in Australian music, gave Sunbury legendary status in Australian Rock history, and has allowed future generations of Australian artists to have worldwide respect and international success. Three days of sun-filled togetherness".[4]. with Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Country Radio, Pilgrimage, Chain and Wild Cherries (credited to lead guitarist Lobby Loyde). The attendance was approximately 35,000 and the entry fee was $6.00 (3 days), $5.00 (2 days), $1.00 (1 day).

Chris Wilson recorded the track "Sunbury '73" on his 1998 release, The Long Weekend, that reminisces about a road trip south from Sydney to attend the concert. From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. In the early 1970s, the area, which was then still largely rural, became famous in Australia as the site of the Sunbury Pop Festival, which was held annually from 1972 to 1975. The girl group, The Cookies, sang as backing singers for various artists including Kush and Linda George (they sang at three of the four festivals). Forty years ago it was a farming town just 40 'miles' (70s speak) north of Melbourne, an hour's drive from suburbia into a gently rolling rural landscape.