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Sometimes having our main stage next to the pool has it’s advantages… Here’s a run down of our Top 5 Rocks pool dives

5. Ed Macfarlane - Friendly Fires

Summer 2011 Friendly Fires frontman Ed Macfarlane decided mid set he was going to beat the heat and cool off in the Hotel pool. Fighting through the crowd he dived head first over the barrier swam a length and got back on stage where he almost blew the electrics. The song he chose to do it? Jump in the pool… obviously

4. Biffy Clyro

The 2010 Opening Party with Biffy Clyro ended with the scots band fighting their way to poolside to dive in, the first and still the only full band to do so during a show, the gauntlet has been thrown down.

3. Deadmau5

One of the most surprising leaps into the Rocks pool happened during the 2009 Radio 1 weekend. Watching on in the crowd Deadmau5 decided to vault the barrier while no one was looking and jump into the pool. No one saw it coming!

2. Ricky Wilson - Kaiser Chiefs

Fast forward to this summer and another man to hit the water in Ibiza was Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson. Ending the set with ‘Oh My God’ Ricky disappeared from the stage only to reappear again and make a dramatic dive into the pool.

1.  Mike Skinner - The Streets

The undisputed king of the Rocks pool dive is Streets frontman Mike Skinner, who is still the only person to dive in the pools during shows on both islands. The Streets first show at the Ibiza Rocks hotel saw him bring together a mass pool dive in which hundreds of people ended up in the water. Somehow he managed to top that himself at Mallorca Rocks in 2011 as he surfed to the back of the venue to be thrown in the pool before being carried back to the stage soaking wet.