"of 73 decibels. In July 2012, Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney found their microphones switched off after Springsteen had played a three-hour set during the Park's Hard Rock Calling festival, and overshot the 10:30pm curfew time. Hyde Park contains several sporting facilities, including several football pitches and a Tennis centre. There are numerous cycle paths, and horse riding is popular. In 1998 British artist Marion Coutts recreated Hyde Park, along with Battersea and Regent's Park, as a set of asymmetrical ping-pong tables for her interactive installation ""Fresh Air"". For the 2012 Summer Olympics, the park hosted the triathlon, which brothers"
"the first time since 1981. The gig was the Floyd's final live performance. Acts from each of the four nations in the UK played a gig in the park as part of the opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The headliners were Duran Duran, representing England, alongside the Stereophonics for Wales, Paolo Nutini for Scotland and Snow Patrol for Northern Ireland. Since 2011, Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park has taken place each September. Local residents have become critical of Hyde Park as a concert venue, due to the sound levels, and have campaigned for a maximum sound level"
"demand for tickets was up in 2011 even after ""operations weren't the best [they've] ever had"" in 2010 and that he did not want to satisfy that demand by allowing additional attendees to overcrowd the venue. ""Rolling Stone"" called it a ""very risky move"" and said there was ""no guarantee that demand [would be] high enough to sell out the same bill over two consecutive weekends"". Nonetheless, 2012 tickets sold out in less than three hours. The 2012 festival featured headliners the Black Keys, Radiohead, and a twin billing of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. During the latter's performances, a"
"rescheduled, with Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses appearing in Johnson's place marking first time that AC/DC has featured a lead vocalist other than Brian Johnson since they concluded the Highway to Hell Tour on 27 January 1980. As part of this tour, AC/DC performed the first concert at the Olympic Stadium in London since its redevelopment following the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Longtime bassist Cliff Williams announced that he would retire upon completion of the tour, citing losing interest following the health issues with Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson, and the legal issues with Phil Rudd. The band"
"the ""All You Need Is Now"" World Tour. On 1 May 2012, it was announced that the band would be headlining the London Summer Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony celebration in Hyde Park, which took place on 27 July. They represented England, along with Snow Patrol for Northern Ireland, Stereophonics for Wales, and Paolo Nutini for Scotland. At the end of August 2012, with one week left of their 18-month world tour, the band were forced to cancel the rest of the North American leg of the tour as Nick Rhodes had become ill with a viral infection. On 4 March"
"in Hyde Park on 14 September 2014 sold out in 15 minutes. Billed as ""Jeff Lynne's ELO"", Lynne and Tandy were backed by the Take That/Gary Barlow band from the Children in Need concert, led by Mike Stevens and the BBC Concert Orchestra. The moniker came out from Lynne as a response to ELO tribute and imitation bands, (ELO Part II, the Orchestra, OrKestra and the Music of ELO) who repeatedly used ELO for promoting their own tours. Chereene Allen was the lead violinist for the band. The development of modern digital processing added a smoother finish to the work,"
"Ellie Goulding, Midge Ure and his bandmates from Take That, while also receiving recorded birthday messages from a number of celebrities such as Chris Moyles, Peter Kay, Elton John and Robbie Williams. In September 2011, it was announced that Gary Barlow would be headlining BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park. Barlow's performance was praised by critics as he returned to Hyde Park as a solo artist for the first time since 1999. On 24 October 2011 Barlow announced that he was to play his first two full solo concerts in 12 years at the Royal Albert Hall entitled ,"
"but backed out in advance. The 2011 festival took place over the weekend of 24–26 June. During the song ""Twist and Shout"", performed by Bruce Springsteen and guest Paul McCartney at the Saturday show, Springsteen was forced to cut his set short when he ran overtime on a council curfew. Paul Simon's set featured Hugh Masekela, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Jimmy Cliff; it was released on DVD and album in June 2017, titled ""The Concert in Hyde Park"". ""I don't recall anything of Hyde Park,"" Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd said in 2013, ""except looking stage-right and seeing that Jimmy Page"
"British Summer Time (concerts) Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park (BST Hyde Park) is a music festival held over two weekends once a year in London's Hyde Park. It was the first event AEG Presents held in Hyde Park since they acquired the rights to host concerts there, and features a wide range of musical genres. Since 2013, BST Hyde Park has seen headliners such as The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Lionel Richie, Kylie Minogue, Black Sabbath, Neil Young, The Libertines, Arcade Fire, The Who, Blur, The Strokes and Taylor Swift. In 2018, headliners included Roger Waters, The Cure,"
"It's a cool way to have her be a part of the show even though she's not going to be there every night."" On February 12, 2012, both Aldean and Clarkson performed the song in front of a stage outfitted with giant clock innards at the 54th Grammy Awards. Todd Martens of ""Los Angeles Times"" thought that ""the duo looked like they were on the set of ""Hugo""."" As their performance neared its end, Aldean's microphone suddenly went out. Sarah Wyland of Great American Country felt that Aldean was professional in handling the technical problem by continuing to sing the"
"statement to the effect that they were looking to find another venue. Queen + Adam Lambert played two shows at the Hammersmith Apollo, London on 11 and 12 July 2012. Both shows sold out within 24 hours of tickets going on open sale. A third London date was scheduled for 14 July. On 30 June, Queen + Lambert performed in Kiev, Ukraine at a joint concert with Elton John for the Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation. Queen also performed with Lambert on 3 July 2012 at Moscow's Olympic Stadium, and on 7 July 2012 at the Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw, Poland."
"2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as A Symphony of British Music, was held on 12 August 2012 in the Olympic Stadium, London. The closing ceremony was created by Kim Gavin, Es Devlin, Stephen Daldry, David Arnold and Mark Fisher. The worldwide broadcast began at 21:00 BST () and finished on 13 August 2012 at 00:11, lasting three hours and eleven minutes. The stadium had been turned into a giant representation of the Union Flag, designed by Damien Hirst. Around 4,100 people partook in the ceremony; which reportedly cost £20"
"Calling Festival Calling Festival (formerly Hyde Park Calling and Hard Rock Calling) is an annual music festival, formerly held in Hyde Park, London, from 2006 until 2012, and from 2013 in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. The music played is primarily rock music, and various performers, including The Killers, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, The Who, Bon Jovi, Roger Waters (with Nick Mason), The Police, Aerosmith, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen have played at the event. The festival was organised by Hard Rock Cafe and Live Nation. In September 2013, Hard Rock International announced that they would no longer be sponsoring"
"titled ""Pretenders: Live in London"". Another tour was announced in May, a double headlining tour in New Zealand and Australia with Blondie for a few capital city and winery shows. On 5 February 2011, Hynde and the Pretenders performed live on CMT Crossroads ""CMT Crossroads"" with Faith Hill and her band, including songs from both catalogs. In September 2012, the Pretenders re-grouped (Hynde, Chambers, Heywood, Walbourne, Wilkinson) as part of the entertainment line-up for the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix. They were joined by keyboardist/acoustic guitarist Carwyn Ellis in autumn 2012. The Pretenders did not play live between 2012 and 2016."
"in the United States, starting at 13:51 BST (8:51 EDT). The UK's Wembley performances ended at 22:00 BST (17:00 EDT). The JFK performances and whole concert in the US ended at 04:05 BST 14 July (23:05 EDT). Thus, the concert continued for just over 16 hours, but since many artists' performances were conducted simultaneously in Wembley and JFK, the total concert's length was much longer. Mick Jagger and David Bowie intended to perform an intercontinental duet, with Bowie in London and Jagger in Philadelphia. Problems of synchronisation meant the only remotely practical solution was to have one artist, likely Bowie"
"Eric Clapton, Michael Bublé, Bruno Mars and Paul Simon. As well as the music artists shown below, AEG Presents worked with The Royal Parks and The Mayor Of London to screen the FIFA World Cup semi-final match between England and Croatia, the largest Official fan zone screening of football in London since 1966 . Elton John had been scheduled to perform on Friday 12 July, but he had to cancel due to illness. All tickets were refunded and the event was made free as a one-off. British Summer Time (concerts) Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park (BST Hyde Park)"
"held at London's O2 Arena on 6 and 7 December 2014, with acts such as OneRepublic, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Jessie J performing. British pop group Take That headlined on the Saturday American singer Taylor Swift headlined on the Sunday. Tickets for general release went on sale on Friday 7 November. Tickets for both dates sold out in under an hour, which is a record. 5 Seconds of Summer performed at the event as a three-piece as band member Michael Clifford was unable to fly out due to the loss of his passport. Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon revealed"
"uniquely performed again on the Saturday on the same stage as a last minute replacement for Ida Maria who cancelled her set due to illness. Sugababes made an appearance on the O2 Stage following a much publicised last minute cancellation of an Irish show supporting Boyzone the previous week. They entered the stage to Rihanna's ""Don't Stop the Music"", opening with ""Hole in the Head"" and continuing with the likes of ""Round Round"", ""Freak like Me"" and ""Push the Button"". At one point there was some sound difficulty and the show had to be stopped until one of the Sugababes"
"Jeff Lynne's ELO: Live in Hyde Park Jeff Lynne's ELO: Live in Hyde Park is a concert film by Jeff Lynne's ELO. On 14 September, 2014, Jeff Lynne's ELO, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra and backed by the Take That/Gary Barlow band, headlined BBC Radio 2s ""Festival In A Day"" at Hyde Park, London. The show marked the first time in almost 30 years that ELO had performed on a festival stage. 50,000 tickets for the event sold out in just under 15 minutes. The release also features interviews from the performance along with the documentary ""Mr. Blue Sky"
"The song 'Wavin' Flag' was performed by Phương Vy as part of the interest ahead of the Barclays Premier League finals, UEFA Euro 2012, and the forthcoming London Olympics 2012. Executive Producer: Rod Quinton Show Director: Joshua Turner SoundFest started at 1PM when the temperature reached almost 40 degree Celsius and lasted for 9 hours, some attenders were exhausted and tired from waiting under such a heat. Pushing and jostling was another problem, especially when Big Bang began their performance. Several fans fainted while many fans standing in the front row were pushed to the barriers, some were injured.. The"
"the audience for their patience with the late-running event and to make a closing appeal for people to leave slowly to avoid crushes. Notable non-performing personalities backstage and in the audience included: In the United Kingdom, the BBC provided full television coverage, starting on BBC Two from 13:00 and continuing from 18:15 on BBC One, right up to the end of the concert at 00:00. The advertised changeover time was 16:15, disappointing many who had set video recorders accordingly. The coverage was presented by Steve Rider, Fearne Cotton, Jo Whiley and Graham Norton. 350 complaints were made to the BBC"
"replaced by Danny O'Donoghue at the last minute. Speaking to the Daily Star, Young admitted: ""Of course I'm disappointed not to be doing the show, not to mention how it's been handled. But the support from fans has been overwhelming. They really have been amazing."" He performed a special Christmas concert at the London Palladium in December as the final night of his 2011 performances. The following day it was announced that he would be undertaking summer shows as part of the Forestry Commission's summer concert programme, also at Cornbury Festival. 2012 singles releases were Losing Myself and I Just"
"On 12 August 2012, Queen performed at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The performance at London's Olympic Stadium opened with a special remastered video clip of Mercury on stage performing his call and response routine during their 1986 concert at Wembley Stadium. Following this, May performed part of the ""Brighton Rock"" solo before being joined by Taylor and solo artist Jessie J for a performance of ""We Will Rock You"". On 20 September 2013, Queen + Adam Lambert performed at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Queen"
"Jovi, Megan and Liz, Miranda Lambert , No Doubt , Pitbull , deadmau5 , Aerosmith, Linkin Park, Taylor Swift, Mary J. Blige , Enrique Iglesias , Calvin Harris , Brad Paisley and Pink This event is best known for Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong losing his temper during the band's performance. Armstrong swore nearly 50 times as he ranted about Green Day's set being cut to 20 minutes due to Usher receiving 25 extra minutes for his performance as well as a lack of engagement from the audience (this also happened with Linkin Park). Armstrong and bassist Mike"
"for a Hyde Park concert. The group were not allowed to play an encore, and police threatened to arrest frontman Freddie Mercury if he attempted to do so. The British Live 8 concert took place in Hyde Park on 2 July 2005, as a concert organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise awareness of increased debts and poverty in the third world. Acts included U2, Coldplay, Elton John, R.E.M., Madonna, The Who and Paul McCartney, and the most anticipated set was the reformation of the classic 1970s line-up of Pink Floyd (including David Gilmour and Roger Waters) for"
"to pull out from doctors orders due to a severe ear infection. HAIM were supposed to play on the NME stage but cancelled their European tour to focus on finishing their second album. G-Eazy who was one of the headliners for the Radio 1Xtra stage pulled out of the festival for unforeseen circumstances, and was replaced by Wiley. Travis Scott was also a headliner for the Radio 1Xtra stage, cancelled all remaining UK tour shows also due to unforeseen circumstances, he was replaced by Stormzy. Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots was pulled down into the crowd during their performance"
"""The Show Must Go On"", ""We Will Rock You"" and ""We Are the Champions"". The collaboration garnered a positive response from both fans and critics, resulting in speculation about future projects together. Queen + Adam Lambert played two shows at the Hammersmith Apollo, London on 11 and 12 July 2012. Both shows sold out within 24 hours of tickets going on open sale. A third London date was added for 14 July. On 30 June, Queen + Lambert performed in Kiev, Ukraine at a joint concert with Elton John for the Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation. Queen also performed with Lambert"
"commentator ""broke up the mood of awesome solemnity that tends to afflict those occasions."" The show continued until 3am, and singer Engelbert Humperdinck, who also featured, was said to have collapsed from exhaustion due to its epic length. The show, transmitted from London Weekend's Wembley Studios, also featured more serious guests, such as Desmond Morris and Dame Sybil Thorndike. Author Ray Bradbury objected to what he saw as the frivolous tone of the show, and walked out before he could be interviewed. Around midnight, a serious discussion on the ethics of the moon landing was held, with historian AJP Taylor"
"Park concert on 4 June due to lead singer/guitarist Tom Clarke suffering from food poisoning. Although the band returned the following night they were replaced on the middle night of Oasis' Wembley Stadium three night run by Reverend and The Makers. The Coventry trio said that they were forced to pull out of their performance on 11 July because their singer Tom fell ill due to lily poisoning. After they finished touring ""Music for the People"", the band took a two-year break before commencing work on their third album, playing the occasional show in the form of secret gigs. The"
"Live 8 concert, London The main Live 8 concert was held at Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom on 2 July 2005. The event is also referred to as Live 8 London or Live 8 UK. All times BST It had been said that Paul McCartney and U2's Bono would wear Sgt. Pepper costumes during their performance together. However, when the show took place, the costumes were worn by a four-piece French horn section of free-lance London area players, Richard Steggall, Adam Walters, Joe Walters, and Matt Gunner. Immediately following Travis' performance, Bob Geldof told the audience that he ""couldn't resist"
"Diamond Jubilee Concert The Diamond Jubilee Concert was a British music concert and celebration held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall in London on 4 June 2012. The concert was organised by Take That singer-songwriter Gary Barlow and was part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The Diamond Jubilee Concert followed two concerts held at the palace for the Queen's Golden Jubilee a decade earlier – the classical themed Prom at the Palace and the pop/rock themed Party at the Palace. The concert was partially attended by the Queen, who arrived at 9pm, but not by Prince Philip who"
"UK. Live 8 concert, London The main Live 8 concert was held at Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom on 2 July 2005. The event is also referred to as Live 8 London or Live 8 UK. All times BST It had been said that Paul McCartney and U2's Bono would wear Sgt. Pepper costumes during their performance together. However, when the show took place, the costumes were worn by a four-piece French horn section of free-lance London area players, Richard Steggall, Adam Walters, Joe Walters, and Matt Gunner. Immediately following Travis' performance, Bob Geldof told the audience that he ""couldn't"
"alcohol after that. I ended up hungover on the West Side Highway, laying in a little park."" Green Day subsequently canceled all remaining concert dates for 2012 and early 2013 as Armstrong continued dealing with his personal problems. In late December 2012, the band announced they would return to touring at the end of March 2013. Armstrong later admitted that the substances he had been abusing were alcohol and prescription pills for anxiety and insomnia. ""Vocals and guitar on all"" Billie Joe Armstrong Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, playwright, and"