#2 Bob Dylan – Newport Folk Festival, 25th July 1965
Prior to this concert, there were claims that Bob Dylan completely abandoned his folk roots. This was true, and he was trying to keep it a secret up until the concert, when he decided to ‘go electric.’ However, the crowd reacted with mixed feeling, and it was said that Dylan managed to electrify one half of the audience, and electrocute the other. After performing the third song on his setlist, he left the stage. Nonetheless, people were begging for him to come back, so he got back on stage and performed two more songs on an acoustic guitar. After he left the stage for good, people exploded with applause wanting him to come back, but he didn’t return to the festival for another 37 years.