Roger Knight, 451 eggs, the Rolling Stones and streakers at Hove ...
17.03.26, 06:30 Updated 15.03.26, 20:04 4 Minute Read
Bruce Talbot
I’m going to go down a bit of a cricket rabbit hole here, so please indulge me – and if your memory stretches back to the long, hot summer of 1976 you might remember the day two topless girls interrupted a John Player League match at Hove to publicise one of the biggest concerts in the history of British rock music.
It started a few months ago when I was reading about the Rolling Stones’ European tour of 1976 - a 22 city, nine-country jaunt when they played to over 550,000 fans including six sold-out nights at London’s Earls Court.
Mick Jagger was determined to finish the tour on a high. Promoter Freddy Bannister had originally asked Queen to play at the third Knebworth Festival that August, but when the Stones made it known that they fancied it Bannister pulled Queen and put the Stones at the top of the bill.
So far so 1970s rock ‘n’ roll.
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