Monsters of Rock was an annual rock music festival in England held every August at the Castle Donington racetrack from 1980–1996 (with the odd exception, and a one-off comeback in 2006).

August 22, 1981

    * AC/DC

    * Whitesnake

    * Blue Öyster Cult

    * Slade

    * Blackfoot

    * More

    * Tommy Vance (DJ)

Blue Oyster Cult had only recently parted company with drummer Albert Bouchard, and his place was taken by a roadie. One lacklustre set later, singer Eric Bloom was presented with a memorial plaque which he proceeded to jump on and smash

August 21, 1982

    * Status Quo

    * Gillan

    * Saxon

    * Hawkwind

    * Uriah Heep

    * Anvil

    * Tommy Vance (DJ)

August 20, 1983

    * Whitesnake

    * Meat Loaf

    * ZZ Top

    * Twisted Sister

    * Dio

    * Diamond Head

    * Tommy Vance (DJ)

The BBC recorded the sets of ZZ Top, Twisted Sister, Dio and Diamond Head for subsequent broadcast, with some editing, on Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show.