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Hard Rock Calling 2011 | ||
24th - 26th Jun 2011 Hyde Park, Park Lane, London, W2 2UH, United Kingdom |
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Hard Rock Calling returns for its 6th year and it marks 40 years of The Hard Rock Café and to celebrate this achievement the festival has a line up to satisfy music lovers from 6 to 60.
Friday’s headliners are The Killers probably the biggest band to come out of the US in the past 10 years, having taken 2010 to pursue other projects the band are back to rock Hyde Park.
The Killers will be ably supported by Leeds finest The Kaiser Cheifs and 80’s indie band James.
Saturday sees the return of Grammy Awards-winning, all-American rockers Bon Jovi will be headlining at Hyde Park on Saturday 25th June, to help commemorate Hard Rock's 40 year history. With over 120 million album sales under their belt and more than 2,600 concerts in over 50 countries, the band knows how to get the crowds going.
Bon Jovi will be supported by Ray Davies, one of the most successful and influential songwriters to emerge from the British Invasion of the 1960s, founded the rock band The Kinks with his brother Dave in London in 1963.
While over on the Pepsi Max Stage you can enjoy the fantastic rockabilly-jazz queen Imelda May.
Sunday’s headliner is Rod Stewart with a career spanning nearly half a century, seven number-one hit singles and a further 27 top-ten albums in the UK alone, Rod is cemented in history as one of the biggest selling artists of all time. Rod’s first number 1 Maggie May was in the same year as the opening of The Hard Rock Café.
Supporting Rod will be multi-Grammy winning Stevie Nicks has had an unparalleled career as a solo artist and member of Fleetwood Mac.
Also appearing is Adam Ant one of the most iconic and forward thinking artists of our time who has influenced generations with his unique new romantic post-punk style.