58K views · 1.1K reactions | Before Splendour there was Sunbury ☀️...

1.4M views · 15K reactions | 50th anniversary of the first Sunbury Rock Festival held on the Australia Day long weekend in 1972. Notable for the debut performance of Billy Thorpe & the Aztec's song "Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy". The king of Sunbury’s studio version added to these crowd shot footage. Footage sourced from the Sunbury 30th anniversary dvd released in 2002. | 20th Century Melbourne Australia Photos Videos Memories . | Facebook

Birthed out of the popularity of America's freewheeling hippie Woodstock festival, Sunbury Pop Festival was hailed as being Australia's first multi-day camping festival, and saw the beginning of the nations love for pub rock music. After running successful events in 1972 and 1973, the 1974 Sunbury Pop festival introduced a second stage and boasted acts such as Skyhooks, Sherbet and a little British rock band called Queen - who were rumoured to have been booed off stage during their set. We're ki

50 years ago today, the first Sunbury Pop Festival launched a revolution in Australian music. Considered our version of Woodstock, the festival shocked Melbourne but inspired a new breed of Aussie rockers who are still playing today. 7NEWS at 6pm | More local news: www.7news.com.au/news/vic #7NEWS | 7NEWS Melbourne

35K views · 446 reactions | All appeared ok at the Diggers Rest Hotel...