With festival season now in full swing, we thought now would be a good time to turn back clock to the days when your favorite main stage headliners were unknown bands playing a side stage. From Radiohead to Nine Inch Nails to Foo Fighters, take a look back at these bands’ earliest performances and marvel at their baby-faced glory.
Nine Inch Nails, Lollapalooza, 1991
Radiohead, Glastonbury, 1994
Chance The Rapper, Lollapalooza, 2013
Beastie Boys, Lollapalooza, 1994
The National, Pitchfork Festival, 2006
Vampire Weekend, Coachella, 2008
Weezer, 97.5 WPST, 1994
Arcade Fire, Coachella, 2006
Franz Ferdinand, London Calling Festival, 2003
Muse, Budstock Festival, 1997
Rage Against The Machine, Pinkpop Festival, 1993
Foo Fighters, Sopot Festival, 1996
Interpol, Glastonbury, 2003
Queens of the Stone Age, Bizarre Festival, 1998
Soundgarden, Bumbershoot, 1990
Eminem, OKEJ Festival, 1999
The Strokes, T in the Park, 2001
Coldplay, Glastonbury, 2000
Phoenix, V2001, 2001
Kanye West, Live 8, 2005
Beck, T in the Park, 1996
