However, showers are expected to pour down on campers tomorrow just as the first bands take to the stage.
In Kingston, Jamaica, major roads and waterways flooded as the first bands from Matthew lashed the island.
In 1972, years before MTV, Abba became one of the first bands to promote itself with film clips, which the group distributed free to television stations.
The first bands to bring this style to America were Boredoms and Ruins; Tokyo's Melt-Banana was part of the second wave.
The Stones have a history of pushing the boundaries of ticket prices; they were one of the first bands to adopt multi-tiered pricing.
They were one of the first bands where one didn't have to choose between white music and music you could dance to.
"Datblygu were one of the first bands that actually had a pop at Welsh culture," says Pryce. "In a very sharp sense of humour type of way".
The drummer from the Machito Orchestra, one of the first bands to fuse jazz and Latin music, was drafted, and Tito took his place.
The decision to cancel Sunday's gigs didn't happen until around 9 15am – just a couple of hours before the first bands were due to take the stage.
One of the first bands to blend these musical styles was the Star Band, established by Ibra Kassé in the early 1960s.
EW YORK -- Metal band Metallica, one of the first bands to throw down the gauntlet against song-swapping software company Napster Inc., rejoiced Thursday at the preliminary injunction granted by a federal court effectively shutting down the Napster service.
