List of concerts in Hyde Park
The main Live 8 concert in Hyde Park on 2 July 2005
Hyde Park in London, United Kingdom has been the venue for some famous rock concerts:
- 1968 - Pink Floyd,[1] Fleetwood Mac, Roy Harper, Jethro Tull, Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Nice, The Pretty Things, Ten Years After, Traffic
- 1969 - Blind Faith, Alexis Korner, Donovan, Richie Havens, Al Stewart, Edgar Broughton Band, King Crimson, Third Ear Band, Soft Machine, The Rolling Stones
- 1970 - Canned Heat, Pink Floyd,[1] War
- 1971 - Grand Funk Railroad, Roy Harper, Steve Hillage, Humble Pie, King Crimson
- 1974 - Kevin Ayers, Gong and Nico
- 1975 - Supercharge, Wigwam
- 1976 - Kiki Dee, Steve Hillage, Queen, Supercharge
- 1986 - Elvis Costello
- 1991 - Luciano Pavarotti
- 1996 - The Prince's Trust Benefit Concert
- 1998 - The Corrs, Michael Flatley, Shania Twain
- 1999 - Bryan Adams, Sinéad O'Connor, Cliff Richard, Simply Red, Lisa Stansfield
- 2000 - Steps, Backstreet Boys
- 2001 - The Beach Boys, Jeff Beck, Elton John, Tom Jones, Status Quo, Sting, Supersister
- 2002 - Bryan Adams, Joseph Arthur, The Cure, The Cranes, Meat Loaf, Mogwai, Paul Weller
- 2003 - Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, Busted, Live, Sinéad O'Connor, Shania Twain, Yes
- 2004 - The Everly Brothers, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Simon & Garfunkel, Snow Patrol
- 2005 - Feeder, Idlewild, Live 8, Sinéad O'Connor, Queen + Paul Rodgers, R.E.M., Razorlight, Johnathan Rice, The Scissor Sisters, Simply Red, Patti Smith
- 2006 - Angels & Airwaves, The Who, Roger Waters, Goldfrapp, Foo Fighters, Motörhead, Queens of the Stone Age, The White Stripes
- 2007 - Aerosmith, Peter Gabriel
- 2008 - A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Eric Clapton, Jack Johnson, The Police, and The Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute Concert
- 2009 - Blur, The Counterfeit Stones and Florence + The Machine, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Neil Young
- 2010 - The Black Keys, Tom Jones, Paul McCartney, Kings of Leon, Patti Smith, The Whigs
- 2011 - Bon Jovi, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Mumford & Sons, The Musgraves, The Walkmen, Paul Weller and The Zac Brown Band
- 2012 - Soundgarden, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Madonna
- 2013 - The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, JLS, Lionel Richie, Ray Davies, Jennifer Lopez as part of Barclaycard presents British Summer Time
- 2014 - The Libertines, Neil Young, Arcade Fire, McBusted, Tom Jones, Black Sabbath as part of Barclaycard presents British Summer Time
- 2015 - Blur, Kylie Minogue, The Strokes, Taylor Swift and The Who have been announced as the headliners of Barclaycard presents British Summer Time for June 2015.
A.J. McLean was absent from The Backstreet Boys 2000 concert tour because his grandfather had surgery, so Elton John temporarily stood in for him.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers performed three concerts in 2004, over the space of one week, which became the highest-grossing concerts, at a single venue, in history.
The park has also played host to many music festivals, including Party in the Park between 1998 and 2004, The Wireless Festival between 2005 and 2012, Hard Rock Calling between 2006 and 2012, BBC Radio 2's Festival in a Day since 2010 and Barclaycard presents British Summer Time since 2013.
References
- 1 2 Phil Sutcliffe (July 1995). "The 30 Year Technicolor Dream". Mojo Magazine. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
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