Sky Arts - High Voltage 2010

'The' classic rock festival that took place in Victoria Park, London 2010. The mission of the holders was to provide the ‘best rock festival in the world’, ‘delivering legendary names in classic rock, metal and progressive rock’.

It was the festival all true rock fans had been waiting for – custom built by rock fans for rock fans.
Two legendary headliners and three unique stages specially curated to cater for different sides of the rock audience, and a brilliant supporting cast played special must-see sets.

Artists headlining the stages this year include Transatlantic and Black Label Society.

With the running order for the highlights programme as follows:
- Foreigner: Urgent
- Foreigner: Feels Like the First Time
- The Answer: Under the Sky
- Asia: I Believe
- Asia: Heat of the Moment
- Joe Bonamassa: Just Got Paid
- Focus: Hocus Pocus
- The Reasoning: Dark Angel
- Touchstone: Joker in the Pack
- Big ELF: Evils of Rock and Roll
- UFO: Doctor Doctor
- UFO: Only You Can Rock Me
- Marillion: Neverland
- Transatlantic (Montage)
- ELP: Fanfare for the Common Man
- ELP: Rondo

If you like this then try these...

Bookmark this page...

Latest comments

ELP-ness

Sun 22 August 2010, 21:28

...and what about Emerson Lake & Palmer (ELP) & ZZ top who were THE headliners?

yalwie@ymail.com

Mon 23 August 2010, 08:07

send me files of video “high voltage 2010”

Lars Boutrup

Mon 23 August 2010, 16:44

ELP was the headlinder ! ZZ Top was boring !

Benny Bouncer

Mon 23 August 2010, 17:30

ELP was THE top headliner, and their reunion was historic..why didn’t you mention them?

Ed DePinter

Mon 23 August 2010, 20:25

No respect ! thats why ELP was omitted...Why are they and Yes not in the R&R;Hall of Fame ? They are treated like second class citizens!

Linda

Tue 24 August 2010, 02:50

That is strange.. they forgot to mention the actual headliners of this show.. and yet mentioned Transatlantic twice. Who edits this stuff? We flew in from the States just to see ELP.

Moogman

Tue 24 August 2010, 18:35

I’m guesing the authors are too young to realize how big ELP were in the early 70’s - the biggest, most bombastic concerts in history with new-fangled Moog Synthesizers, quadrophonic sound, classical adaptations, spinning piano and all so loud that I recall being temporarily deaf for a day or so after an ELP gig in 1973. They were THE band to see in those days, nothing else came close as an overall concert experience. The HVF reunion was of course not quite the same (20-ish vs 60-ish) but was still a fabulous reminder of what real players such as ELP can do and hopefully was an inspiration to the Y generation.

Jon

Wed 25 August 2010, 12:29

It’s a shame only 90 minutes of highlights are being shown - I would have thought there would have been much more material from 2 full days that could have been shown.

Also, the first day featured the final ever performance by Heaven and Hell as a tribute to Ronnie James Dio; an historic event for most rock fans, but they don’t feature at all in this package.
It would be good if more complete programmes featuring whole sets by some bands could be shown in future (eg Heaven and Hell, ELP, Wishbone Ash, Uriah Heep etc)

Andy

Wed 25 August 2010, 17:24

More Marillion please

Andy T

Wed 25 August 2010, 20:07

They are showing ‘Only you can rock me’ by UFO which is a great track but was dogged by sound problems,is it a case of fix it in the mix??? The picture also shows Pete Way who didn’t play HV. All in all it was a cracking weekend and I’ll be playing spot myself in the crowd!!!

Gordon

Thu 26 August 2010, 17:05

No Heaven and Hell due to the fact that it was never recorded as per band instructions

Tony the Tiger

Fri 27 August 2010, 19:42

Unbelievable weekend, 90 mnis of highlights is never going to do it justice. Focus, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash etc showed how to entertain whilst enjoying themselves at the same time. No better climax than ELP. Seen them numerous times over the years and they never sell you short. Still THE best live band ever. Given the amount of filming done on all the sets and stages there has to be more to come. Maybe full sets on DVD

Vikki

Sat 28 August 2010, 03:31

For the aussie’s that went all the way to UK to see this briliant event, can this 90 minute highlight programme be ‘streamed’ so that we can see it also??? PLEASE

Andy Banks

Sat 28 August 2010, 14:56

ELP? Oh, come on! Watch Transatlantic and see how things have moved on!!!

Tony the Tiger

Sat 28 August 2010, 21:06

Andy you are dead right, things do move on, Transatlantic, Spocks Beard, Dream Theatre prove that. But even Portnoy respects the roots, Yellow Matter Custard (his double album of Beatles covers) and his encore at the HVF with Steve Hackett re-visited early Genesis. Jusy cos some of us are old enough to remember where it started doesn’t mean we don’t don’t move with the times.

Taff Jones

Sat 28 August 2010, 21:38

So what happened to the rest of it, then?
I sat through all of it, right to the end and even ELP, waiting to see The Reasoning, Touchstone and Bigelf only to find the running order above is phoney-baloney. And I had to suffer that bloke from Magnum constantly trying to swat in invisible fly.

Sky Arts! My arts!

When do we get the rest of it?

lee

Sun 29 August 2010, 08:25

Ditto Taff

Taff Jones

Sun 29 August 2010, 11:56

...and another thing:
Why are Black Label Society at the top of this page? If I recall correctly the stage they were on wasn’t filmed AT ALL on the day.

R Neal

Sun 29 August 2010, 12:40

If you’re going to try and draw viewers into watching an obscure channel for a niche market at least get the tracklisting right for one of your shows.
I plussed this so I could watch Touchstone and The Reasoning only to discover that the track listing above was bogus. Why? Why advertise the above tracklisting and not deliver it?
I’ll be avoiding SkyAss in future.

Aardvark

Sun 29 August 2010, 19:51

SO disappointed not to see the mighty Touchstone last night - please can some one explain why it was listed - or when they will be on please? (which is more the point...)

rockinchris

Mon 30 August 2010, 09:07

I missed the programme on Saturday (and Sunday). Anyone know when it will be broadcast again?

Kim

Mon 30 August 2010, 14:36

More Marillion Please - Thats right Andy!!! - when will the show be shown again.... did not see it :-(

Passenger99

Mon 30 August 2010, 20:49

Yes, what a con. At long last I was looking forward to seeing The Reasoning and Touchstone getting some decent TV exposure. They only got 30mins each at High Voltage and the sets were two of the very best. So to cut them out of the Sky Arts program is a total disgrace. Sorry, Sky but you’ve really messed this one up bigtime.

kitthehammer

Tue 31 August 2010, 06:07

Thats funny, nearly all the tracks listed are by the bands i didn’t watch! Apart from ELP, who i like but were a major disappointment, with Greg Lake’s vocals not a patch on what they used to be and everything being played half-pace. I suppose i should watch it to see what i missed.

mitch68

Tue 31 August 2010, 08:51

i watched ,and waited and was extremely disappointed that no heaven and hell appeared,no zz top,focus were dreadful,joe bonamassa was amazing but for me marillion were far and away the best on this programme,im not saying they were the best of the weekend because i did not go but definately for me they were the one highlight of this programme.Maybe its just me but ELP were absolute pants,droning overrated noisy cack.Carl Palmer is a legend though

Dave

Tue 31 August 2010, 19:56

So did this only get shown once, and I missed it?

Ben Sojka

Thu 2 September 2010, 09:38

to Andy Banks:
Andy: I couldnt have said it better myself. Forget ELP. Transatlantic’s The Whirlwind by far is more memorable (to me) than any of ELP’s work, although Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery are great albums, Transatlantic’s SMPT:E and Bridge Across Forever far beat them. And “The Whirlwind” is so good, words can’t describe it. Dont get me wrong, ELP are great, just not one of ‘todays’ prog-rock bands, of which there are many, just not publicly recognized. Pendragon, the aforementioned Transatlantic, Spock’s Beard, IQ, Riverside.. neo-prog has just as much a place as classic prog, if not moreso as the music generally relates to todays events/the world we live in today. Although got to say, Pink Floyd will never be ‘beaten’ .

Ben Sojka

Thu 2 September 2010, 09:39

Not forgetting the excellent Magenta…

Rob

Thu 9 September 2010, 13:23

Anyone know if this will be repeated? gotta see the gods that are UFO.

Tony

Fri 8 October 2010, 20:55

Is there any chance of seeing this video again? any way of getting the files?
Regards tony

jesus

Mon 18 April 2011, 13:59

Elp Worse band going

* Required fields

Music

High Voltage 2010

Classic rock in the heart of London

High Voltage 2010

High Voltage 2010

High Voltage 2010

High Voltage 2010

High Voltage 2010

If you like this then try these...

Bookmark this page...

Latest comments

Something to say?