Hyde Park, Greater London W2Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.
Hyde Park has been the venue for some famous rock concerts, including the major location for the Live 8 string of benefit concerts. Queen played here in one of their most popular shows, in 1976. It is estimated that between 150–200 thousand people turned up for the event, which is still a record for Hyde Park to this day. Blur also played here as part of their reunion.
Since 1996, the park has been the London venue for the Proms in the Park concerts, held on the last night of the BBC Proms.
For the 2012 Summer Olympics, the park will host the triathlon and the 10 km open water swimming events.The park is also planning on holding the 2012 Iron Man competition. It is a temporary venue that will be built in June 2012 and taken down following the 2012 Games.
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