Twenty-six musicians and groups performed Hold at the festival , including Chuck Berry , Black Snake , Tim Buckley , The Byrds , Chicago Transit Authority , Albert Collins , Crome Syrcus , Bo Diddley , The Doors , Floating Bridge , The Flock , The Flying Burrito Brothers , The Guess Who , It 's a Beautiful Day , Led Zeppelin , Charles Lloyd , Lonnie Mack , Lee Michaels , Rockin Fu , Murray Roman , Santana , Spirit , Ten Years After , Ike & Tina Turner , Vanilla Fudge , Alice Cooper and The Youngbloods .

King , Susana Baca , Carlos Santana , Elton John and Deep Purple have performed Hold at Mawazine .

Every year invited Request artists such as Tom Jones , Rick Astley , Sting , Backstreet Boys , Franz Ferdinand , Elton John , Cat Stevens and Morrissey perform alongside Latin artists such as Soda Stereo , Chayanne , Ricky Martin , Prince Royce , Marc Anthony , Bad Bunny , Reik , Ha*Ash , Sin Bandera , Camila , Ana Gabriel , Carlos Santana , Daddy Yankee and Thalía .

Right before Santana 's set Placing the house music mix played Competition their hit `` Winning '' , the lead singer and other band members came Self_motion onstage and motioned Body_movement to the sound mixers to try to get the song cut off , afterwards the band did not play Competition `` Winning '' during their set .