British Summer Time (concerts)
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 Celine Dion, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Barbra Streisand, Lionel Richie, Kylie Minogue, Black Sabbath, Neil Young, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Arcade Fire, The Who, Blur, The Strokes and Taylor Swift.[1] In 2019 the capacity was 65,000.[2]
Concert at BST Hyde Park 2018 | |
Venue | Hyde Park, London |
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Attendance | 65,000 |
Website | bst-hydepark |
2020
- Note: Below is the scheduled line-up for the 2020 series; on 8 April 2020, the entire series was cancelled due to public assembly concerns in regards to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]
Scheduled line-up[4][5] | |||||
Thursday 2 July | Saturday 4 July | Sunday 5 July | Friday 10 July | Saturday 11 July | Sunday 12 July |
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Post Malone | Little Mix | Kendrick Lamar | Pearl Jam | Taylor Swift | Duran Duran |
2019
Line-Up[4][6] | ||||
Friday 5 July | Saturday 6 July | Sunday 7 July | Saturday 13 July | Sunday 14 July |
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Céline Dion
Jazz Morley The Adelaides Alice Chater Kerri Watt |
Stevie Wonder
Lianne La Havas Corinne Bailey Rae Norman Jay MBE The Heavy |
Barbra Streisand
AJ Brown |
Florence + the Machine
Roses Gabor Mathilda Homer CC Honeymoon |
Robbie Williams
Saint Sister Acacia and Aaliyah Callum Beattie Roe Raphi |
2018
Line-Up[4] | |||||
Friday 6 July | Saturday 7 July | Sunday 8 July | Friday 13 July | Saturday 14 July | Sunday 15 July |
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Roger Waters Richard Ashcroft Seasick Steve Squeeze |
The Cure Interpol Goldfrapp Editors Ride Slowdive The Twilight Sad |
Eric Clapton Santana Steve Winwood Gary Clark Jr Zucchero Fornaciari |
Michael Bublé Van Morrison Bananarama The Feeling The Shires The Adelaides Rob Green Gypsyfingers The Tailormade |
Bruno Mars Khalid DJ Rashida |
Paul Simon James Taylor & His All-Star Band Bonnie Raitt Callaghan Night Flight Sarah Darling Jesca Hoop Blueprint Blue |
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 .
2017
Line-Up[7] | |||||
Friday 30 June | Saturday 1 July | Sunday 2 July | Thursday 6 July | Saturday 8 July | Sunday 9 July |
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Phil Collins
Blondie |
Green Day
Rancid
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Justin Bieber | Kings of Leon
Pixies
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The Killers | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
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Sarah Close |
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2016
Line-up[10] | |||||
Friday 1 July | Saturday 2 July | Sunday 3 July | Friday 8 July | Saturday 9 July | Sunday 10 July |
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Massive Attack with Young Fathers | Florence + The Machine
Kendrick Lamar
Todd Terje
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Carole King | Mumford & Sons
Alabama Shakes
Baaba Maal
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Take That | Stevie Wonder |
2015
Line-up[11] | |||||
Thursday 18 June | Saturday 20 June | Sunday 21 June | Friday 26 June | Saturday 27 June[12] | Sunday 28 June |
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Great Oak Stage | |||||
The Strokes
Fufanu
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Blur
Broken Hands |
Kylie Minogue
Grace Jones
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The Who
Paul Weller
The Rifles
Sleaford Mods
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Taylor Swift
Ellie Goulding
Iris Gold
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Union J
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2014
2013
Line-up[14] | |||||
Friday 5 July | Saturday 6 July | Sunday 7 July | Friday 12 July | Saturday 13 July | Sunday 14 July |
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Great Oak Stage | |||||
Bon Jovi | The Rolling Stones | JLS The Beach Boys The Saturdays
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Ray Davies | The Rolling Stones | Lionel Richie Jennifer Lopez Chic featuring Nile Rodgers
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The Theatre | |||||
The Horrors
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Village Hall | |||||
Rival Sons
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Tribes
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Charlie Brown
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Bandstand | |||||
All the Young
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Triggerfinger
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Avalon Comedy Stage |
Thea Gilmore
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Keziah Jones
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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.[15]
References
- "Previous Headliners". bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- "British Summer Time 2019". eFestivals. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- Neale, Matthew (8 April 2020). "BST Hyde Park 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus". NME. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- "Line-Up (2018)". bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- Park, BST Hyde. "Events (2020) BST Hyde Park". www.bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- Park, BST Hyde. "Barbra Streisand - The ultimate icon in London | BST Hyde Park". www.bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- "Line-Up (2017)". bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- Kerrang! Radio (2017-08-10), Tigress live at Barclaycard Presents BST Hyde Park, retrieved 2017-09-20
- Park, Barclaycard presents BST Hyde. "Support acts for The Killers announced! | Barclaycard presents BST Hyde Park". www.bst-hydepark.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
- "Line-Up (2016)". bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- "Line-Up (2015)". efestivals.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
- "BST 2014 Line Up". Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- "Line-Up (2014)". efestivals.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
- "British Summer Time 2013 line-up and rumours - eFestivals.co.uk". www.efestivals.co.uk.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)