 LONDON, UK (Q Magazine) - A live performance by Radiohead has been voted the greatest UK gig of all time. The band's appearance at the muddy 1997 Glastonbury festival was the surprise winner in a poll compiled by Q magazine. Radiohead's Saturday night set in front of 40,000 mud-drenched fans was described by festival organiser Michael Eavis as the most inspiring festival gig in 30 years. Nirvana's appearance at the Reading Festival in 1992, at the height of their fame, was voted into second place. Third were Oasis, who played to more than 250,000 fans at Knebworth in August 1996. It was voted ahead of the Beatles' final rooftop concert at Apple HQ. The only Beatles show to make the top 20 was their impromptu free performance on the roof of Apple's Savile Row headquarters in 1969.
The Sex Pistols legendary Screen on the Green gig in 1976 also failed to beat Radiohead, as did Oasis at Knebworth and any of the acts from Live Aid. It only made seventh in the list compiled by Q readers and contributors.
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