Voted 7th best ever festival appearance

Sunday Times readers have voted for the best festival appearance ever. New Order, Reading 1998 came 7th.

1. Radiohead, Glastonbury, 1987
2. The Who, Woodstock, 1969
3. Jimi Hendrix, Monterey Pop Festival, 1967
4. Nirvana, Reading, 1992
5. The Rolling Stones, Hyde Park, 1969
6. Pulp. Glastonbury, 1995
7. New Order, Reading, 1998 - They played old Joy Division songs for the first time since Ian Curtis's death. Grown men wept.
8. Kevin Rowland, Reading, 1999
9. PJ Harvey, Glastonbury, 1995
10. Iggy Pop, Reading, 1998

Reading 89 was better!

Radiohead were around in 87?

Aleph via Krafty wrote: Radiohead were around in 87?

Good spot - you're right, finger slip should be '97!

Ness wrote: 7. New Order, Reading, 1998 - They played old Joy Division songs for the first time since Ian Curtis's death. Grown men wept.

Everyone including the band says this but New order played old stuff from 1983 onwards!

Wasim wrote:

Ness wrote: 7. New Order, Reading, 1998 - They played old Joy Division songs for the first time since Ian Curtis's death. Grown men wept.

Everyone including the band says this but New order played old stuff from 1983 onwards!

You can't expect newspapers to get things right!

oldmonkey wrote:

Wasim wrote:

Ness wrote: 7. New Order, Reading, 1998 - They played old Joy Division songs for the first time since Ian Curtis's death. Grown men wept.

Everyone including the band says this but New order played old stuff from 1983 onwards!

You can't expect newspapers to get things right!

I don't know who's less reliable, the band or the media ;)

oldmonkey wrote: Reading 89 was better!

I couldn't agree more with you! '89 it is for me