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A giant Vincent Fantauzzo portrait of Jet frontman Nick Chester in Strachan Lane.
Melbourne, Australia.
This fine statue of Dublin's greatest black musician and singer Phil Lynott stands just off Grafton Street. Lynott was the frontman for a number of bands and had a fine solo career. His greatest success was probably with Thin Lizzy with whom he had several hits.
In Dublin he is revered and greatly missed, indeed I have never heard a word said against him in a land noted for knocking its heroes!
This is the Youtube version of the iconic "Whiskey in the jar"!!!! Have a listen?
Frontman of De Staat - The Netherlands
f5.6 − 1/50 - ISO800 - No Flash, Nikon D800 - Tamron 24-70 f2.8
Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson entertains the crowd with a mix of holiday classics, hits from BNL's own discography and Dad jokes.
Ghost - Nameless Ghoul
On the Main Stage at Hellfest Open Air 2022 Part 1 - Day 2
15th Anniversary Edition
Clisson, France | 18/06/2022
Live report soon on MusicWaves
Philippe Bareille
Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, immortalized in monumental fashion, guides his eye beyond the growing skyline of Manchester as a TfW for Llandudno enters Piccadilly's platform 14.
Mercury II as a frontman and Zorki 4 in the back...
Strobe info: one flash (Nikon Sb-900) pointing up, towards the empty white ceiling and set to the widest angle, triggered by built-in flash of the camera, which direct beam was covered by a black paper sheet. Unfortunately I dont remember what was the power of the main flash.
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Pat Monahan, the frontman of Train, played the tune of "Marry Me" at SAP Center in San Jose last Friday.
Nothing More - Jonny Hawkins
Carnal Nature World Tour
Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France | 26/11/2025
Live report soon on MusicWaves
Philippe Bareille
The Gene Simmons Band - Day One
Gene Simmons - bass & lead vocals
Rock Legend - Age: 76 - 2/23/26
The Platinum Theater - 10:30 PM
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*Rock Legends XIII - (Feb 2026) - this cruise - Video Taste Montage:
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*[left double-click for a closer-look - former Kiss bandmember]
*[Frontman - In the Spotlight - talking to the crowd - humorous]
Gene Simmons Band - this cruise - 'this show' videos:
youtu.be/sqFutPrCdDU?si=ZNmxzlJfFlqU8Rv0 "Duece"
youtu.be/m6U-8Spb_pM?si=vawhhpUm1Ca64MVO "Love It Loud"
youtu.be/4DI24uhZwO0?si=KwramZbU9iqBeFlO "Domino"
youtu.be/UzYxBFh8FnM?si=RkKIH_GJd_j6bKKv "Calling Dr. Love"
Rock Legends Cruise XIII - February 23rd-27th, 2026
Fort Lauderdale - Grand Turk - Fort Lauderdale (5 days)
19 Bands! - Five-Day Party! - Three Stages! - 58 Shows!
Concerts all day-and-night from 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM
-----all shows at all 3 venues are 90-minute shows-----
Port Everglades, FL - Grand Turk - Port Everglades, FL
---Liberty of the Seas - Royal Caribbean Cruise Line---
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2026 Bands: - The Guess Who - The Gene Simmons Band
Kevin Cronin - Art Garfunkel - Blue Oyster Cult - Uriah Heep
John Oates - Jefferson Starship - Rick Springfield - Outlaws
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Willie Nile Band - Soul Asylum
Gary Hoey - Robert Jon & The Wreck - Parker Barrow
Two Wolf Band - The Retrograde - Lower Case Blues
*Rock Legends VII - (Feb 2019) - Cruise Video Montage
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*ALL proceeds from ALL the Rock Legends Cruises go to NAHA :
Native American Heritage Association, a non-profit organization
dedicated to fighting hunger and providing basic life necessities
to families living on Reservations in South Dakota, U.S.A.
*2026 Rock Legends Cruise XIII slide-show: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCRthZ
*[this was our 9th consecutive (annual) Rock Legends Cruise
(1-year postponed w/ covid). We already booked RLC XIV 2027
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"And in the end, the love you take, is equal
to the love you make" ---Paul McCartney
The Serpentine (also known as the Serpentine River) is a 40-acre (16 ha) recreational lake in Hyde Park, London, England, created in 1730 at the behest of Queen Caroline. Although it is common to refer to the entire body of water as the Serpentine, the name refers in the strict sense only to the eastern half of the lake. Serpentine Bridge, which marks the boundary between Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, also marks the Serpentine's western boundary; the long and narrow western half of the lake is known as the Long Water. The Serpentine takes its name from its snakelike, curving shape, although it only has one bend.
Originally fed by the River Westbourne and Tyburn Brook in the 1730s, the lake's water was then pumped from the Thames in the 1830s. The water is now pumped from three boreholes within Hyde Park, the most recent being installed in May 2012 as part of the 2011–2012 restoration of the lake. The Serpentine provided a focal point for The Great Exhibition of 1851, and more recently was a venue for the men's and women's triathlon and marathon swimming events in the London 2012 Olympics. Since 1864, the Serpentine Swimming Club has organised a 100-yard race every Christmas morning. In 1913, the Peter Pan Cup was inaugurated for this race by J. M. Barrie, the creator of the fictional character Peter Pan.
There are many recreational facilities around the Serpentine, as well as boating on the lake itself. In 1860, the Serpentine was to be modified into a skating pond with formal edges. This scheme was not implemented. Among the landmarks near the lake is the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain.
Geography of the lake
Originally the lake was fed by the River Westbourne entering at the Italian Garden at the north-western end of the Long Water. The Westbourne ceased to provide the water for the Serpentine in 1834, as it had become polluted so water was for some years pumped from the tidal Thames. The water is now supplied by three boreholes drilled into the Upper Chalk. The first borehole is at the Italian Gardens, the second at the Diana Memorial and the third, drilled in 2012 to a depth of 132 m (433 ft), is within 50 m (160 ft) of there. The Long Water runs south-east from this point to Serpentine Bridge, where the lake curves to the east, following the natural contours of the land. At the eastern end, water flows out via a sluice in the dam, forming a small ornamental waterfall at the Dell where a small garden exists landscaped in the 1870s by Lord Redesdale. The outflow has not historically maintained the waterfall, and re-circulation pumps were installed in the Dell, below the dam, to sustain this feature. The restoration work in 2012 restored the flows into the Serpentine and this waterfall is now restored as originally designed. Historically the river flowed mainly exposed due south from this point as the mutual limits of Westminster and Kensington, but since 1850 is culverted (runs underground) to reach the Thames near Chelsea Bridge.
The lake has a maximum depth of 17 ft (5.2 m);[citation needed] it is often reported to be deeper, but bathymetric surveys by the Royal Park in 2010 revealed the design of the lake.
There are two lakeside restaurants and various recreational facilities on the lake shore.
History
In 1730 Queen Caroline, wife of George II, ordered the damming of the River Westbourne in Hyde Park as part of a general redevelopment of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Original monastic ponds may have existed in the location and these were modified as part of the 1730–1732 scheme to create a single lake. At that time, the Westbourne formed eleven natural ponds in the park. During the 1730s, the lake filled to its current size and shape. The redevelopment was carried out by Royal Gardener Charles Bridgeman, who dammed the Westbourne to create the artificial lake, and dug a large pond in the centre of Kensington Gardens (The Round Pond) to be a focal point for pathways in the park.
At the time of construction, artificial lakes were typically long and straight garden canals, as at St James's Park, where the canal was excavated in the 1660s (later turned into a curving lake). The Serpentine was one of the earliest artificial lakes designed to appear natural, and was widely imitated in parks and gardens nationwide.
The lake achieved notoriety in December 1816 when Harriet Westbrook, the pregnant wife of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, was found drowned in the Serpentine[9] having left a suicide note addressed to her father, sister and husband.[10] Shelley married Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin less than two weeks later.
The lake formed a focal point of the 1814 celebrations which marked a century of Hanoverian rule and re-enacted the British victory at Trafalgar nine years previously,[11] and of the 1851 Great Exhibition, with the Crystal Palace standing on its southern shore. Following the introduction of more stringent regulations to protect the environment in the park, the relocation of the Crystal Palace, and the construction of the nearby Albertopolis complex of museums and exhibitions, large-scale events ceased to take place on the banks of the Serpentine. However, it was the location for the 1977 Silver Jubilee celebrations,[6] and a venue for the 2012 Olympics.
In the 1820s, the park was extensively redesigned by Decimus Burton. At the same time, John Rennie the Younger designed and oversaw the Serpentine Bridge as part of newly built West Carriage Drive bounding Hyde Park against Kensington Gardens, dividing the lake into the Serpentine (east) and the Long Water (west).
Edward Jenner Memorial, sculptor William Calder Marshall
In 2011, The Royal Park embarked on the restoration of the Serpentine to combat growing concerns about the status of the water and the quality of the aquatic environment. The project resulted in a substantial change to the hydrology of the lake, which had a turnover time of 10 years, and is now reduced to 4–5 months as a result of new borehole water being pumped into the lake. The three boreholes, drilled into the Upper Chalk, now supply the lake with up to 900,000 cubic metres (32 million cubic feet) of water per annum ensuring that the lake remains fresh and does not stagnate. In addition, the historically contaminated sediments have been treated and nutrients within the sediments chemically neutralised. Thirdly, the oxygen status of the water and the overall mixing of the lake is now controlled by a series of 24 aeration pumps fixed to the base of the lake. These ensure that the dissolved oxygen levels in the lake do not fall and result in chronic ecological stress. Finally, the overall ecology of the lake was reviewed and some of the large bream and carp were removed in February 2012 to reduce their disturbance of the sediment and vegetation of the lake. These measures were implemented over the period October 2011 to June 2012. The resultant water quality of the lake was excellent and proved to be an extremely popular venue for the swimming portion of the London 2012 Triathlon and the Marathon Swim events in August 2012.
Recreation
Swimming
A rectangular swimming area on the southern bank was opened in 1930. Known as Lansbury's Lido, it is partitioned off from the rest of the lake by a perimeter of buoys. There is a fee for entering the lido, and changing rooms are available. It is normally open only in the summer, typically between 10:00 and 17:30, although members of the Serpentine Swimming Club may swim all the year round from 05:00 to 09:30. The Peter Pan Christmas Day Race is only open to regular participants in the Saturday swimming competitions during the winter.
The Serpentine was used as the venue for the swimming portion of the triathlon and for the marathon swimming events at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Swim Serpentine was created as a two-day open water event in the summer. It is organised by London Marathon events.
Peter Pan Cup
Since 1864, the Serpentine has hosted a 100-yard (91.4 m) swimming competition every Christmas morning at 9 am. In 1904, author J. M. Barrie awarded the Peter Pan Cup to the winner of the race, a tradition which has continued ever since. Owing to the hazards of swimming in freezing water, the race is open only to members of the Serpentine Swimming Club.
Boating
Rowing boats are available for hire. In 2002 the Serpentine hosted the Mercedes Benz World Rowing Sprints, in which several international crews raced over 500 metres (547 yards).
Solarshuttle
In the summer months, (The) Solarshuttle, a solar-powered boat ferries passengers between the northern and southern banks of the Serpentine. At 48 feet (15 m) long and carrying 42 passengers, it is the largest wholly solar-powered passenger boat operating in the UK.
Landmarks
The Hyde Park Holocaust Memorial, unveiled in 1983 stands at the eastern end of the Serpentine, immediately beyond the dam. A memorial on the northern shore of the lake was erected by Norwegian seamen in 1978 in thanks for the safe haven they were given in Britain after their country surrendered to the Germans in 1940, during the Second World War.
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, opened in 2004, sits on the southern shore near West Carriage Drive. At first beset with problems, needing a three-week closure, it has become one of the UK's most popular attractions, with 800,000 visitors a year. Sharing the bank is the Serpentine Gallery and the Serpentine Sackler Gallery opened in 2013 converting an 1805-built gunpowder store, across a bridge.
On the northern side of the lake, opposite The Lido, are two self-contained boat houses. The East Boat House, 1903, erected by the Royal Humane Society and West Boat House, 1952, for the new chlorination launch, to replace a former boat house bombed in 1940. Nearby is a grass amphitheatre known as the Cockpit. This disused gravel pit was the scene of The Rolling Stones' "Stones in the Park" concert in 1969. Concerts here, from 1968, were initially organised by Blackhill Enterprises. This area can also be seen in the 1953 film Genevieve, as the starting point for the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.
Hyde Park is a 350 acres (140 ha), historic Grade I-listed urban park in Westminster, Greater London. A Royal Park, it is the largest of the parks and green spaces that form a chain from Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park, past Buckingham Palace to St James's Park. Hyde Park is divided by the Serpentine and the Long Water lakes.
The park was established by Henry VIII in 1536 when he took the land from Westminster Abbey and used it as a hunting ground. It opened to the public in 1637 and quickly became popular, particularly for May Day parades. Major improvements occurred in the early 18th century under the direction of Queen Caroline. The park also became a place for duels during this time, often involving members of the nobility. In the 19th century, The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in the park, for which The Crystal Palace, designed by Joseph Paxton, was erected.
Free speech and demonstrations have been a key feature of Hyde Park since the 19th century. Speakers' Corner has been established as a point of free speech and debate since 1872, while the Chartists, the Reform League, the suffragettes, and the Stop the War Coalition have all held protests there. In the late 20th century, the park was known for holding large-scale free rock music concerts, featuring groups such as Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones and Queen. Major events in the park have continued into the 21st century, such as Live 8 in 2005, and the annual Hyde Park Winter Wonderland from 2007.
Geography
Hyde Park is a Royal Park in central London, bounded on the north by Bayswater Road, to the east by Park Lane, and to the south by Knightsbridge. Further north is Paddington, further east is Mayfair and further south is Belgravia. To the southeast, outside the park, is Hyde Park Corner, beyond which is Green Park, St. James's Park and Buckingham Palace Gardens.[3] The park has been Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens since 1987.
To the west, Hyde Park merges with Kensington Gardens. The dividing line runs approximately between Alexandra Gate to Victoria Gate via West Carriage Drive and the Serpentine Bridge. The Serpentine is to the south of the park area. Kensington Gardens has been separate from Hyde Park since 1728, when Queen Caroline divided them. Hyde Park covers 142 hectares (351 acres), and Kensington Gardens covers 111 hectares (274 acres), giving a total area of 253 hectares (625 acres). During daylight, the two parks merge seamlessly into each other, but Kensington Gardens closes at dusk, and Hyde Park remains open throughout the year from 5 a.m. until midnight.
History
Early history
The park's name comes from the Manor of Hyde, which was the northeast sub-division of the manor of Eia (the other two sub-divisions were Ebury and Neyte) and appears as such in the Domesday Book. The name is believed to be of Saxon origin, and means a unit of land, the hide, that was appropriate for the support of a single family and dependents. Through the Middle Ages, it was property of Westminster Abbey, and the woods in the manor were used both for firewood and shelter for game.
16th–17th centuries
Hyde Park was created for hunting by Henry Vlll in 1536 after he acquired the manor of Hyde from the Abbey.[10] It was enclosed as a deer park and remained a private hunting ground until James I permitted limited access to gentlefolk, appointing a ranger to take charge. Charles I created the Ring (north of the present Serpentine boathouses), and in 1637 he opened the park to the general public. It quickly became a popular gathering place, particularly for May Day celebrations. At the start of the English Civil War in 1642, a series of fortifications were built along the east side of the park, including forts at what is now Marble Arch, Mount Street and Hyde Park Corner. The latter included a strongpoint where visitors to London could be checked and vetted.
In 1652, during the Interregnum, Parliament ordered the then 620-acre (250 ha) park to be sold for "ready money". It realised £17,000 with an additional £765 6s 2d for the resident deer. Following the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, Charles II retook ownership of Hyde Park and enclosed it in a brick wall. He restocked deer in what is now Buck Hill in Kensington Gardens. The May Day parade continued to be a popular event; Samuel Pepys took part in the park's celebrations in 1663 while attempting to gain the King's favour.[15] During the Great Plague of London in 1665, Hyde Park was used as a military camp.
18th century
Hyde Park; both lost their lives.
In 1689, William III moved his residence to Kensington Palace on the far side of Hyde Park and had a drive laid out across its southern edge which was known as the King's Private Road. The drive is still in existence as a wide straight gravelled carriage track leading west from Hyde Park Corner across the southern boundary of Hyde Park towards Kensington Palace and now known as Rotten Row, possibly a corruption of rotteran (to muster), Ratten Row (roundabout way), Route du roi, or rotten (the soft material with which the road is covered). It is believed to be the first road in London to be lit at night, which was done to deter highwaymen. In 1749, Horace Walpole was robbed while travelling through the park from Holland House. The row was used by the wealthy for riding in the early 19th century.
Hyde Park was a popular duelling spot during the 18th century, with 172 taking place, causing 63 deaths. The Hamilton–Mohun Duel took place there in 1712, when Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, fought James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton. Baron Mohun was killed instantly, and the Duke died shortly afterwards. John Wilkes fought Samuel Martin in 1772, the year in which Richard Brinsley Sheridan duelled with Captain Thomas Mathews over the latter's libellous comments about Sheridan's fiancée, Elizabeth Ann Linley. Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, fought Andrew Stuart in a Hyde Park duel in 1770. Military executions were common in Hyde Park at this time; John Rocque's Map of London, 1746, marks a point inside the park, close to the Tyburn gallows, as "where soldiers are shot."
The first coherent landscaping in Hyde Park began in 1726. It was undertaken by Charles Bridgeman for King George I; after the king's death in 1727, it continued with approval of his daughter-in-law, Queen Caroline. Work was supervised by Charles Withers, the Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests, and divided Hyde Park, creating Kensington Gardens. The Serpentine was formed by damming the River Westbourne, which runs through the park from Kilburn towards the Thames. It is divided from the Long Water by a bridge designed by George Rennie in 1826.
The work was completed in 1733. The 2nd Viscount Weymouth was made Ranger of Hyde Park in 1739 and shortly after began digging the Serpentine lakes at Longleat. A powder magazine was built north of the Serpentine in 1805.
19th–21st centuries
Hyde Park hosted a Great Fair in the summer of 1814 to celebrate the Allied sovereigns' visit to England, and exhibited various stalls and shows. The Battle of Trafalgar was re-enacted on the Serpentine, with a band playing the National Anthem while the French fleet sank into the lake. The coronation of King George IV in 1821 was celebrated with a fair in the park, including an air balloon and firework displays.
One of the most important events to take place in Hyde Park was the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was constructed on the south side of the park. The public did not want the building to remain after the closure of the exhibition, and its architect, Joseph Paxton, raised funds and purchased it. He had it moved to Sydenham Hill in South London. Another significant event was the first Victoria Cross investiture, on 26 June 1857, when 62 men were decorated by Queen Victoria in the presence of Prince Albert and other members of the Royal Family, including their future son-in-law Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia.
The Hyde Park Lido sits on the south bank of the Serpentine. It opened in 1930 to provide improved support for bathing and sunbathing in the park, which had been requested by the naturist group, the Sunlight League. The Lido and accompanying Pavilion was designed by the Commissioner of Works, George Lansbury, and was half funded by a £5,000 (now equivalent to £336,000) donation from Major Colin Cooper (1892–1938). It still sees regular use in the summer.
Hyde Park has been a major venue for several Royal jubilees and celebrations. For the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887, a party was organised on 22 June where around 26,000 school children were given a free meal as a gift. The Queen and the Prince of Wales made an unexpected appearance at the event. Victoria remained fond of Hyde Park in the final years of her life and often drove there twice a day. As part of the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977, a Jubilee Exhibition was set up in Hyde Park, with the Queen and Prince Philip visiting on 30 June. In 2012, a major festival took place in the park as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. On 6 February, the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, fired a 41-gun Royal Salute at Hyde Park Corner.
On 20 July 1982, a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb killed four soldiers and seven horses. A memorial was constructed to the left of the Albert Gate to commemorate the soldiers and horses killed in the blast.
Since 2007, Hyde Park has played host to the annual Winter Wonderland event, which features numerous Christmas-themed markets, along with various rides and attractions, alongside bars and restaurants. It has become one of the largest Christmas events in Europe, having attracted over 14 million visitors as of 2016, and has expanded to include the largest ice rink in London, live entertainment and circuses.
On 18 September 2010, Hyde Park was the setting for a prayer vigil with Pope Benedict XVI as part of his visit to the United Kingdom, attended by around 80,000 people. A large crowd assembled along the Mall to see the Pope arrive for his address. An attempt to assassinate the Pope had been foiled after five people dressed as street cleaners were spotted within a mile of Hyde Park, and arrested along with a sixth suspect. They were later released without charge as police said they posed no credible threat.
Grand Entrance
During the late 18th century, plans were made to replace the old toll gate at Hyde Park Corner with a grander entrance, following the gentrification of the area surrounding it. The first design was put forward by Robert Adam in 1778 as a grand archway, followed by John Soane's 1796 proposal to build a new palace adjacent to the corner in Green Park.
Following the construction of Buckingham Palace, the improvement plans were revisited. The grand entrance to the park at Hyde Park Corner was designed by Decimus Burton, and was constructed in the 1820s. Burton laid out the paths and driveways and designed a series of lodges, the Screen/Gate at Hyde Park Corner (also known as the Grand Entrance or the Apsley Gate) in 1825 and the Wellington Arch, which opened in 1828. The Screen and the Arch originally formed a single composition, designed to provide a monumental transition between Hyde Park and Green Park, although the arch was moved in 1883. It originally had a statue of the Duke of Wellington on top; it was moved to Aldershot in 1883 when the arch was re-sited.
Decimus Burton's Wellington Arch, Hyde Park Corner
An early description reports:
"It consists of a screen of handsome fluted Ionic columns, with three carriage entrance archways, two-foot entrances, a lodge, etc. The extent of the whole frontage is about 107 ft (33 m). The central entrance has a bold projection: the entablature is supported by four columns; and the volutes of the capitals of the outside column on each side of the gateway are formed in an angular direction, so as to exhibit two complete faces to view. The two side gateways, in their elevations, present two insulated Ionic columns, flanked by antae. All these entrances are finished by a blocking, the sides of the central one being decorated with a beautiful frieze, representing a naval and military triumphal procession. This frieze was designed by Mr. Henning, junior, the son of Mr. Henning who was well known for his models of the Elgin Marbles. The gates were manufactured by Messrs. Bramah. They are of iron, bronzed, and fixed or hung to the piers by rings of gun-metal. The design consists of a beautiful arrangement of the Greek honeysuckle ornament; the parts being well defined, and the raffles of the leaves brought out in a most extraordinary manner."
The Wellington Arch was extensively restored by English Heritage between 1999 and 2001. It is now open to the public, who can see a view of the parks from its platforms above the porticoes.
Features
Popular areas within Hyde Park include Speakers' Corner (located in the northeast corner near Marble Arch), close to the former site of the Tyburn gallows, and Rotten Row, which is the northern boundary of the site of the Crystal Palace.
Botany
Flowers were first planted in Hyde Park in 1860 by William Andrews Nesfield. The next year, the Italian Water Garden was constructed at Victoria Gate, including fountains and a summer house. Queen Anne's Alcove was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and was moved to the park from its original location in Kensington Gardens.
During the late 20th century, over 9,000 elm trees in Hyde Park were killed by Dutch elm disease. This included many trees along the great avenues planted by Queen Caroline, which were ultimately replaced by limes and maples. The park now holds 4 acres (1.6 ha) of greenhouses which hold the bedding plants for the Royal Parks. A scheme is available to adopt trees in the park, which helps fund their upkeep and maintenance. A botanical curiosity is the weeping beech, which is known as "the upside-down tree". A rose garden, designed by Colvin & Moggridge Landscape Architects, was added in 1994.
Monuments
There are a number of assorted statues and memorials around Hyde Park. The Cavalry Memorial was built in 1924 at Stanhope Gate. It moved to the Serpentine Road when Park Lane was widened to traffic in 1961. South of the Serpentine is the Diana, Princess of Wales memorial, an oval stone ring fountain opened on 6 July 2004. To the east of the Serpentine, just beyond the dam, is Britain's Holocaust Memorial. The 7 July Memorial in the park commemorates the victims of 7 July 2005 London bombings.
The Standing Stone is a 7 t (7.7-ton) monolith at the centre of the Dell, in the east of Hyde Park. Made of Cornish stone, it was originally part of a drinking fountain, though an urban legend was established, claiming it was brought from Stonehenge by Charles I.
An assortment of unusual sculptures are scattered around the park, including: Still Water, a massive horse head lapping up water; Jelly Baby Family, a family of giant Jelly Babies standing on top of a large black cube; and Vroom Vroom, which resembles a giant human hand pushing a toy car along the ground. The sculptor Jacob Epstein constructed several works in Hyde Park. His memorial to the author William Henry Hudson, featuring his character Rima caused public outrage when it was unveiled in 1925.
There has been a fountain at Grosvenor Gate since 1863, designed by Alexander Munro. There is another fountain opposite Mount Street on the park's eastern edge.
A pet cemetery was established at the north edge of Hyde Park in the late 19th century. The last burial took place in 1976.
Police station
Currently, the Metropolitan Police Service are responsible for policing the park and are based inside what is colloquially known as 'the Old Police House', which is situated within the park. The building was designed by John Dixon Butler, who was the forces's surveyor between 1895 and 1920. For the police, he completed around 200 buildings, including the Former New Scotland Yard, Norman Shaw South Building (assisting Richard Norman Shaw); the adjoining Canon Row Police Station; Bow Road Police Station, Tower Hamlets; Tower Bridge Magistrates Court and adjoining Police Station; and 19–21 Great Marlborough Street, Westminster (court and police station). The architectural historian describes the building as being like, from a distance, "a medium-sized country house of Charles II’s time." Hyde Park was policed by the Metropolitan Police from 1867 until 1993, when policing of the park was handed over to the Royal Parks Constabulary. In 2004 this changed back to the Metropolitan Police, following a review of the Royal Parks Constabulary by Anthony Speed.
Debates
Hyde Park's Speakers' Corner has acquired an international reputation for demonstrations and other protests[62] due to its tolerance of free speech. In 1855, a protest at the park was organised to demonstrate against Robert Grosvenor's attempt to ban Sunday trading, including a restriction on pub opening times. Karl Marx observed approximately 200,000 protesters attended the demonstration, which involved jeering and taunting at upper-class horse carriages. A further protest occurred a week later, but this time the police attacked the crowd.
Metropolitan Police, the only royal park so managed, due to the potential for trouble at Speakers' Corner. A Metropolitan Police station ('AH') is situated in the middle of the park. Covering Hyde Park and sixteen other royal parks (mostly in London), the 1872 Parks Regulation Act formalised the position of "park keeper" and also provided that "Every police constable belonging to the police force of the district in which any park, garden, or possession to which this Act applies is situate shall have the powers, privileges, and immunities of a park-keeper within such park, garden, or possession."
Speakers' Corner became increasingly popular in the late 19th century. Visitors brought along placards, stepladders and soap boxes in order to stand out from others, while heckling of speakers was popular. The rise of the Internet, particularly blogs, has diminished the importance of Speakers' Corner as a political platform, and it is increasingly seen as simply a tourist attraction.
As well as Speakers' Corner, several important mass demonstrations have occurred in Hyde Park. On 26 July 1886, the Reform League staged a march from their headquarters towards the park, campaigning for increased suffrage and representation. Though the police had closed the park, the crowd managed to break down the perimeter railings and get inside, leading to the event being dubbed "The Hyde Park Railings Affair". After the protests turned violent, three squadrons of Horse Guards and numerous Foot Guards were sent out from Marble Arch to combat the situation. On 21 June 1908, as part of "Women's Sunday", a reported 750,000 people marched from the Embankment to Hyde Park protesting for votes for women. The first protest against the planned 2003 invasion of Iraq took place in Hyde Park on 28 September 2002, with 150,000–350,000 in attendance. A further series of demonstrations happened around the world, culminating in the 15 February 2003 anti-war protests, part of a global demonstration against the Iraq War. Over a million protesters are reported to have attended the Hyde Park event alone.
Concerts
The bandstand in Hyde Park was built in Kensington Gardens in 1869 and moved to its present location in 1886. It became a popular place for concerts in the 1890s, featuring up to three every week. Military and brass bands continued to play there into the 20th century.
The music management company Blackhill Enterprises held the first rock concert in Hyde Park on 29 June 1968, attended by 15,000 people. On the bill were Pink Floyd, Roy Harper and Jethro Tull, while John Peel later said it was "the nicest concert I’ve ever been to". Subsequently, Hyde Park has featured some of the most significant concerts in rock. The supergroup Blind Faith (featuring Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood) played their debut gig in Hyde Park on 7 June 1969. The Rolling Stones headlined a concert (later released as The Stones in the Park) on 5 July that year, two days after the death of founding member Brian Jones, and is now remembered as one of the most famous gigs of the 1960s. Pink Floyd returned to Hyde Park on 18 July 1970, playing new material from Atom Heart Mother. All of the early gigs from 1968 to 1971 were free events, contrasting sharply with the later commercial endeavours.
Queen played a free concert organised by Richard Branson in the park on 18 September 1976, partway through recording the album A Day at the Races. The band drew an audience of 150,000 – 200,000, which remains the largest crowd 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 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. The British Summer Time series of concerts have taken place every summer in Hyde Park since 2013, and have included performances by Black Sabbath, Neil Young, Celine Dion and Bon Jovi.
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 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 10:30 pm curfew time.
Sports
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 Alistair Brownlee and Jonathan Brownlee took the Gold and Bronze medals for Team GB, and the 10 km open water swimming events. The park has also hosted the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final.
Transport
Entrance to the left
There are five London Underground stations located on or near the edges of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens (which is contiguous with Hyde Park). In clockwise order starting from the south-east, they are:
Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly line)
Knightsbridge (Piccadilly line)
Queensway (Central line)
Lancaster Gate (Central line)
Marble Arch (Central line)
Bayswater tube station, on the Circle and District lines, is also close to Queensway station and the north-west corner of the park. High Street Kensington tube station, on the Circle and District is very close to Kensington Palace located on the Southwest corner of Kensington Gardens. Paddington station, served by Bakerloo, Circle and District, and Hammersmith & City lines, is close to Lancaster Gate station and a short walk away from Hyde Park.
Several main roads run around the perimeter of Hyde Park. Park Lane is part of the London Inner Ring Road and the London Congestion Charge zone boundary. Transport within the park for people lacking mobility and disabled visitors is provided free of charge by Liberty Drives, located at Triangle Carpark.[85]
Cycle Superhighway 3 (CS3) begins at Lancaster Gate, on the northern perimeter of Hyde Park. It is one of several TfL-coordinated cycle routes to cross the Park. CS3 also crosses Hyde Park Corner on its route towards Westminster and the City of London. The route opened in September 2018 and is signposted and cyclists are segregated from other road traffic on wide cycle tracks.
AFI [A Fire Inside] at The Admiral in Omaha, Nebraska on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
It was a fun concert to photograph. Shot for Go Venue Magazine; our review can be seen at www.govenuemagazine.com/afi-rocks-the-stage-at-the-admira....
Band members are:
Adam Carson [drummer]
Davey Havok [frontman]
Hunter Burgan [bassist]
Jade Puget [guitarist]
In memoriam Lenny Kilmister, frontman of Motörhead, who died because of a cerebral tumour on 28th December 2015. R.I.P. The photo was taken at Noordwijkerhout Beach, Zuid-Holland (South Holland), Netherlands
Some background information:
Noordwijkerhout is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality has a population of almost 16,000 in 2014 and is located in the bulb growing region (in Dutch: "Duin- en Bollenstreek") of the Netherlands, famed for its tulips. Noordwijkerhout is about 5 kilometers from the North Sea and provides access to the beach and nearby hiking opportunities through the dunes. Just north of town is the Oosterduinse meer (Eastern Dune's Lake) which is used for swimming and windsurfing.
The coastal dunes where Noordwijkerhout is located have been inhabited since prehistoric times. Archaeological digs in the area just north outside of town have found items and implements from before Christ. During the Roman era, this region was inhabited by a Germanic tribe, called Cananefates by the Roman writer Tacitus.
A village originated around a hunting château of local lords in the 13th century. In 1262, Leeuwenhorst Abbey was founded, but it was already knocked down in 1573 in the course of the Reformation. In 1434 the settlement became chief village of the territory of the fiefdom of a lord. Hence, it was also the place of ordinary jurisdiction, which means that death sentences were carried out there. Until the late 19th century Noordwijkerhout’s population lived poorly from a bit farming, fishing and quarrying of lime from dune sand. But at the beginning of the 20th century parts of the dunes were digged off to give place to tulip fields. Subsequently the cultivation of flower bulbs produced apparent wealth.
Today the town of Noordwijkerhout is also known for its wide sandy beaches. Holland’s continuous sandy shore of more than 70 km (about 44 miles) passes the town and attracts tourists from all over Europe.
Back in June 2003, the Manchester entertainment magazine City Life ran a feature asking people to vote for "Manchester's greatest ever frontman". Readers were asked to choose their favourite candidate from the above list of ten (cough) "Mancunians".
Classifying Richard Ashcroft as "Mancunian" is pushing the definition of "Manchester" a bit, but technically Ashcroft's hometown of Wigan is part of "Greater Manchester"...
See the text of issue 489 of City Life for details and also Mark E Smith is reader's greatest Mancunian
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BoDeans frontman Kurt Neumann, captured at the Des Plaines Theatre in Des Plaines, IL., along with drummer Stephan Belans.
The Gene Simmons Band - Day One
Gene Simmons - bass & lead vocals
Rock Legend - Age: 76 - 2/23/26
(w/Brent Woods - lead guitar & vocals)
The Platinum Theater - 10:30 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons
youtu.be/Tp0qRuFRroY?si=Qw8gRN-omDhhVtdY
youtu.be/pysNAF0YthQ?si=cTQG_AWj8hk_1NTr
*Rock Legends XIII - (Feb 2026) - this cruise - Video Taste Montage:
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*[left double-click for a closer-look - former Kiss bandmember]
*[Frontman - In the Spotlight - talking to the crowd - humorous]
Gene Simmons Band - this cruise - 'this show' videos:
youtu.be/sqFutPrCdDU?si=ZNmxzlJfFlqU8Rv0 "Duece"
youtu.be/m6U-8Spb_pM?si=vawhhpUm1Ca64MVO "Love It Loud"
youtu.be/4DI24uhZwO0?si=KwramZbU9iqBeFlO "Domino"
youtu.be/UzYxBFh8FnM?si=RkKIH_GJd_j6bKKv "Calling Dr. Love"
Rock Legends Cruise XIII - February 23rd-27th, 2026
Fort Lauderdale - Grand Turk - Fort Lauderdale (5 days)
19 Bands! - Five-Day Party! - Three Stages! - 58 Shows!
Concerts all day-and-night from 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM
-----all shows at all 3 venues are 90-minute shows-----
Port Everglades, FL - Grand Turk - Port Everglades, FL
---Liberty of the Seas - Royal Caribbean Cruise Line---
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_of_the_Seas
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Everglades
2026 Bands: - The Guess Who - The Gene Simmons Band
Kevin Cronin - Art Garfunkel - Blue Oyster Cult - Uriah Heep
John Oates - Jefferson Starship - Rick Springfield - Outlaws
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Willie Nile Band - Soul Asylum
Gary Hoey - Robert Jon & The Wreck - Parker Barrow
Two Wolf Band - The Retrograde - Lower Case Blues
*Rock Legends VII - (Feb 2019) - Cruise Video Montage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIMWuGq2WI&feature=youtu.be&...
*ALL proceeds from ALL the Rock Legends Cruises go to NAHA :
Native American Heritage Association, a non-profit organization
dedicated to fighting hunger and providing basic life necessities
to families living on Reservations in South Dakota, U.S.A.
*2026 Rock Legends Cruise XIII slide-show: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCRthZ
*[this was our 9th consecutive (annual) Rock Legends Cruise
(1-year postponed w/ covid). We already booked RLC XIV 2027
rocklegendscruise.com/rlc14/past-lineups/rlc-xiv-2027/
"And in the end, the love you take, is equal
to the love you make" ---Paul McCartney
Here Frontman is struggling to eat a biscuit in this strange new world with its ubiquitous masks.
For WAH's visit to Biscuits on 3 December 2021.
IL FRONTMAN IN AZIONE.
I Tubes più che una band erano un collettivo : Fee Waybill (voce solista), Micheal Cotten (sintetizzatori), Vince Welnick (tastiere), Rick Anderson (basso), Prairie Prince (batteria), Bill Spooner e Roger Steen (entrambi a chitarre e cori). Una rock band da sette membri non era già usuale, ma ancor meno usuale era che a questi si aggiungessero una serie di membri d'appoggio che di fatto dipendevano dall'attività del progetto: vari coautori (Michael Evans, Mike Carpenter, il polistrumentista Ray Trainer) e un'intera crew teatrale, che seguiva la band in concerto mettendo in scena uno spettacolo nello spettacolo, sviluppando e portando alle estreme conseguenze quanto era stato tentato qualche anno prima dagli Alice Cooper con i loro psichedelic show.
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THE FRONTMAN IN ACTION.
The Tubes were more of a collective than a band: Fee Waybill (lead vocals), Micheal Cotten (synthesizers), Vince Welnick (keyboards), Rick Anderson (bass), Prairie Prince (drums), Bill Spooner and Roger Steen (both on guitars and backing vocals). A seven-member rock band was already not usual, but even less usual was that a series of support members were added to these who in fact depended on the activity of the project: various co-authors (Michael Evans, Mike Carpenter, multi-instrumentalist Ray Trainer) and an entire theater crew, who followed the band in concert staging a show within a show, developing and taking to the extreme what had been attempted a few years earlier by Alice Cooper with their psychedelic shows.
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...the frontman of "The White Buffalo"
American singer-songwriter
Genre: Country, folk, rock...numerous film and TV soundtracks
Joe Wastie, Lead Guitarist and frontman of Oxfordshire based band V Formation, performs at Libfest in Witney Oxfordshire. Libfest is organised in memory of Liberty Baker, a popular local teenager tragically killed by a car while walking to school on the 30th June 2014.
IL FRONTMAN DEL GRUPPO IN AZIONE
Inizio a postare la serie di diapositive scattate durante il concerto del fantastico gruppo "The Tubes" che si è tenuto qui ad Udine nel lontano 1981....(circa....)
Preciso immediatamente che si tratta di un complesso praticamente sconosciuto a livello mondiale ma dalla grande spettacolarità scenica. Io ho avuto la fortuna di assistere ad un loro concerto ed immortalare in diapositiva il loro show.
La qualità delle immagini è quella che è ma sono una testimonianza importantissima sopratutto considerando che a quell'epoca non esistevano gli smartphone ed erano pochissimi gli spettatori muniti di macchina fotografica presenti davanti al palco.
Da quello che ricordo, questo scatto rappresenta il cantante dei Tubes, Fee Waybill, che fa la parodia dei politici americani quando lanciano proclami privi di contenuti alla popolazione.
Per chi volesse avere maggiori informazioni su questo gruppo rock americano, su internet ci sono diversi siti che trattano l'argomento.
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THE FRONTMAN OF THE GROUP IN ACTION
I'm starting to post the series of slides taken during the concert of the fantastic group "The Tubes" which was held here in Udine back in 1981....(approx....)
I specify immediately that it is a complex practically unknown worldwide but with a great scenic spectacularity. I was lucky enough to attend one of their concerts and immortalize their show in slide.
The quality of the images is what it is but they are a very important testimony especially considering that at that time smartphones didn't exist and there were very few spectators equipped with cameras present in front of the stage.
From what I recall, this shot depicts the lead singer of the Tubes, Fee Waybill, parodying American politicians as they issue empty-mouthed proclamations to the populace.
For those wishing to have more information on this American rock group, there are several sites on the internet that deal with the subject.
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AFI [A Fire Inside] at The Admiral in Omaha, Nebraska on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
It was a fun concert to photograph. Shot for Go Venue Magazine; our review can be seen at www.govenuemagazine.com/afi-rocks-the-stage-at-the-admira....
Band members are:
Adam Carson [drummer]
Davey Havok [frontman]
Hunter Burgan [bassist]
Jade Puget [guitarist]
Leon Chance, the most powerful frontman of the most powerful band in honkytonk. See him at www.leonchance.com.
Strobist:
2 SB28's at 1/16ish bare from behind
1 SB900 through DIY beauty dish from high center ~1/2.
SHAUN RYDER: Born in Salford, 1962, frontman and founder member of the Happy Mondays, Shaun Ryder was the potty-mouthed poster boy for rock & roll excess in the late ’80s and early ’90s during the Madchester scene. The film 24 Hour Party People featured the (semi-fictional) story of Shaun Ryder's youth and the life of Happy Mondays whilst signed with Factory Records.
GREATER MANCUNIANS is a Manchester College student led landmark photography project (supported by Manchester City Council). It features those people born, bred, or who have made their home within the current Greater Manchester boundary and who have in some way culturally shaped the city and its surrounding boroughs.
The project will be published and exhibited in a major city centre exhibition in 2021/22.