Festivals - Part 21

Knebworth

The Knebworth Festival is a series of rock concerts that have been held on the grounds of Knebworth House (above), one of England's big country estates.  Some years, there were multiple concerts, and others, there were none.  There have been 38 concerts from 1974 to 2014.

Knebworth is not especially noted for nudity, but there have been some naked appearances.  Above is William 'Jesus' Jellett at the first Knebworth festival in 1974.  He became known for getting up and dancing, often naked, at British rock festivals in the 1970s.

Here he is again at the 1974 Knebworth festival.

In 1970 Jellett became convinced that he was the reincarnation of Jesus.  He was gentle and harmless, though, and he appeared at so many rock festivals that he became locally famous.

These guys at the 1976 Knebworth festival are pushing a van that seems to have gotten stuck.

Another view of the van pushers.  The fact that one of the guys is stark naked doesn't seem to be attracting attention.  Well, it is a rock festival.

Robert's Last Stand is a 2-CD set by Led Zeppelin containing recordings of their songs performed at Knebworth in 1979.  They didn't perform naked, but the cover is from a photo shoot that the band did on the grounds at Knebworth.  

Led Zeppelin's lead singer Robert Plant obligingly dropped his pants for the photo shoot.