Here's a list of big gigs at Milton Keynes Bowl since the venue opened in 1979.
| 1979 |
DESMOND DECKER with Geno Washington, Sat 8th September |
| 1980 |
POLICE with Squeeze, UB40, Skatfish, Sector 27, Sat 26th July |
| 1981 |
THIN LIZZY with Judie Tzuke, The Ian Hunter Band, Q Tips, Trimmer and Jenkins,Sat 8th August |
| 1982 |
QUEEN, with Heart, Teardrop Explodes, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Sat 5th June
GENESIS, with Talk Talk, The Blues Band, John Martyn, Sat 2nd October |
| 1983 |
DAVID BOWIE, with The Beat and Icehouse Fri 1st, Sat 2nd, Sun 3rd July |
| 1984 |
STATUS QUO with Marillion, Nazareth, Gary Glitter, Jason and the Scorchers, Sat 21st July |
| 1985 |
U2 with REM, The Ramones, Billy Bragg, Spear Of Destiny, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Faith Brothers, Sat 22nd June |
| 1986 |
SIMPLE MINDS with The Bangles, The Cult, Lloyd Cole and The Commotions, Big Audio Dynamite, The Waterboys, In Tua Nua, Dr and The Medics, Sat 21st June
MARILLION with special guests, Gary Moore, Jethro Tull, Magnum,
Mamas Boys, Sat 28th June |
| 1988 |
Amnesty International event with Stranglers, Aswad, The Damned, Howard Jones, Joe Strummer, Aztec Camera, B.A.D, Sat 18th, Sun 19th June
MICHAEL JACKSON, with Kim Wilde, Sat 10th September |
| 1989 |
BON JOVI with Europe, Vixen and Skid Row, Sat 19th August |
| 1990 |
DAVID BOWIE, with Gene Loves Jezebel, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Two Way Street, Sat 4th, Sun 5th August
ERASURE, with Adamski, Sat 1st September |
| 1991 |
ZZ TOP with Bryan Adams, Liitle Angels, The Firm, Thunder Sat 6th July
SIMPLE MINDS, with Stranglers, OMD Sat 21st August |
| 1994 |
UB40 with Jamiroquai, Sat 13th August |
| 1995 |
REM with Blur, Belly and Magnapop Sat 29th July; with Radiohead, Cranberries and Sleeper Sunday 30th July |
| 1996 |
BON JOVI, Joan Osborne, Gun, Seven, Sat 6th, Sun 7th July |
| 1998 |
OZZFEST with Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Foo Fighters, Therapy, Pantera, Sat 20th June |
| 1999 |
METALLICA, with Terrorvision, Placebo, Marilyn Manson, Sat 10th July |
| 2001 |
OZZFEST, with Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Tool, Papa Roach, Sat 26 May
AC/DC with The Offspring, Queens Of The Stone Age and Megadeth Fri 8th June
BON JOVI with Matchbox Twenty, Delirious? Sat 17th June
ROBBIE WILLIAMS with Toploader, ABC, Fri 20th, Sat 21st, Sun 22nd July |
| 2002 |
SUMMER XS with Ronan Keating, Blue, Beverley Knight and The Lighthouse Family, Sun 16th June |
| 2003 |
SUMMER XS with Simply Red, Blue and Busted, Sunday 15th June
EMINEM with 50 Cent, Cypress Hill, D12 and Obie Trice, Xzibit Sat 21st, Sun 22nd, Mon 23rd June |
| 2004 |
SUMMER XS with McFly, Natasha Bedingfield, Sun 20th June |
| 2005 |
GREEN DAY with Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Hard Fi, Sat 18th, Sun 19th June
SUMMER XS with McFly, Texas and Charlotte Church, Sun 25th June
OASIS with The Zutons, Secret Machines, 22:20’s, Redwalls Sat 9 July; The Coral, 22:20’s, Secret Machines, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Sun 10th July |
| 2006 |
MONSTERS OF ROCK with Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Journey, Thunder, Ted Nugent, Sat 3rd June
BON JOVI, with Nickelback, Spin, Sat 10th and Sun 11th June
TAKE THAT with Sugababes and Beverley Knight, Sat 24th, Sun 25th June
ROBBIE WILLIAMS with Basement Jaxx, Orson, Thur 14th, Fri 15th, Sat 16th, Mon 18th, Tues 19th September |
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