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, T. Rex, The Nice, The Pretty Things, Ten Years After and Traffic
- 1969 - Blind Faith, Alexis Korner, Donovan, Richie Havens, Al Stewart, Edgar Broughton Band, King Crimson, Third Ear Band, Soft Machine, and The Rolling Stones
- 1970 - Canned Heat, Pink Floyd[1] and War
- 1971 - Grand Funk Railroad, Roy Harper, Steve Hillage, Humble Pie and King Crimson
- 1974 - Kevin Ayers, Gong and Nico
- 1975 - Supercharge and Wigwam
- 1976 - Kiki Dee, Steve Hillage, Queen and Supercharge
- 1986 - Elvis Costello
- 1991 - Luciano Pavarotti
- 1994 - The Everly Brothers and Simon & Garfunkel
- 1996 - The Prince's Trust Benefit Concert
- 1998 - The Corrs, Michael Flatley and Shania Twain
- 1999 - Bryan Adams, Sinéad O'Connor, Cliff Richard, Simply Red and Lisa Stansfield
- 2000 - Steps
- 2001 - The Beach Boys, Jeff Beck, Elton John, Tom Jones, Status Quo, Sting and Supersister
- 2002 - Bryan Adams, Joseph Arthur, The Cure, The Cranes, Meat Loaf, Mogwai and Paul Weller
- 2003 - Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, Busted, Live, Sinéad O'Connor, Shania Twain and Yes
- 2004 - The Everly Brothers, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Simon & Garfunkel and Snow Patrol
- 2005 - Feeder, Idlewild, Live 8, Sinéad O'Connor, Queen + Paul Rodgers, R.E.M., Razorlight, Johnathan Rice, The Scissor Sisters, Simply Red and Patti Smith
- 2006 - Angels & Airwaves, Goldfrapp, The Foo Fighters, Motörhead, Queens of the Stone Age and The White Stripes
- 2007 - Aerosmith
- 2008 - A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Eric Clapton, Jack Johnson and The Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute Concert
- 2009 - Blur, The Counterfeit Stones and Florence + The Machine
- 2010 - The Black Keys, Tom Jones, Kings of Leon, Patti Smith and 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.
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 The Party in the Park, since 1998, The Wireless Festival, since 2005, Hard Rock Calling, since 2006 and Barclaycard presents British Summer Time since 2013.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Phil Sutcliffe (July 1995). "The 30 Year Technicolor Dream". Mojo Magazine. Retrieved 2011-07-23.