In 1971 Pink Floyd played a show at Crystal Palace in London. Hundreds of fish died as a result

The crowd at the Crystal Palace Bowl during the first Garden Party, 1971.

In 1971, after a decade dedicated to classical music, the suits at the Greater London Council decided to hand over their illustrious Crystal Palace Bowl venue to the kids. 

The Bowl was unlike anything else in London. A curved concrete structure housing a stage bordering a small lake – with the audience ideally seated on the other side of the water – it would go on to host shows by everyone from Bob Marley to The Pixies before eventually falling into disrepair and being replaced in 1997.