Calling Festival (formerly Hyde Park Calling and Hard Rock Calling) was an annual music festival, formerly held in Hyde Park, London, from 2006 until 2012, and from 2013 in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. In September 2013, Hard Rock International announced that they would no longer be sponsoring the festival; however, the event returned in 2014 and 2015 under the name Calling Festival at the Clapham Common.[1]
The inaugural festival had two stages and was headlined by Roger Waters (performing in its entirety the Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon as part of his set) and his band (featuring Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason) on the Saturday and The Who on the Sunday. Gates opened at 14:00, and the show ended at 22:15 on both evenings.[2]The Who's Sunday headline performance was released as part of their Encore Series 2006 of CDs & DVDs. British TV Show Top Gear filmed a brief segment of The Who’s concert as part of a Van review between the three hosts.
The festival was a peaceful one, being inside the city the event required attendees to rely on external accommodation - unlike more popular festivals such as Download Festival or Reading and Leeds Festival, which require camping on site for most people.
Despite the veteran status of the headline acts, most other bands were younger and with a more 'contemporary' audience, providing a contrast in musical styles. Since this festival, Razorlight particularly has acquired much fame and in under a year has gone from second slot in a smaller inaugural event like Hyde Park Calling to headlining the long-running and respected Reading/Leeds Festival. The festival mainstage proved to be unusually British, with the British Isles being represented by seven English bands and two Scottish, with only one American and one New Zealand band from abroad. However of the ten second stage bands, three were from Canada and two from the USA.
After Hyde Park Calling's success, a Hyde Park Calling 2007 quickly entered planning stages. It was announced that the event would take place during the weekend of 23–24 June 2007. It was Aerosmith's first concert in the United Kingdom for eight years and featured Peter Gabriel and the recently reformed Crowded House as a joint-headliner for the first day. Other draws to this year's event were the addition of a new third stage. Only one band to have played at the previous Hyde Park Calling, Rose Hill Drive, played again in 2007. With six bands per stage, instead of five, and an extra stage, the expansion of the festival only a year after its inception was dramatic.
Sunday became an "Aerosmith Family" event. Aerosmith headlined the mainstage, with it opened by The Micki Free Electric Blues then Arckid - a band featuring Steve Tyler (vocalist of Aerosmith)'s son in law. Chris Cornell played the main stage before Aerosmith made their appearance. TAB the Band, played fourth on the bill on second stage featuring Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry's two sons. Many people saw the event as unbalanced, with most commercially successful bands playing the Sunday (Aerosmith in particular - having sold more albums than both of Saturday's headline bands combined).[citation needed] The second stage was sponsored by Pepsi.
Despite Aerosmith having the headline slot on Sunday, Chris Cornell played for the same length of time. His set combined Audioslave and Soundgarden songs with his own. In keeping with the family theme Aerosmith brought with them, on Saturday Peter Gabriel's daughter sang and played percussion. On Sunday Cornell brought his two children onto the stage for the audience to see.
Aerosmith had to finish at 10.30 pm due to the curfew, and the police were forcing them to leave. The encore was the usual "Walk this Way" song, but featured Darryl McDaniels (commonly referred to simply as 'DMC'). This was the first time a member of Run-D.M.C. had performed with Aerosmith since their 2002 tour, five years previous.
In 2009, for the first time it was a three-day event, beginning on the Friday rather than a Saturday, running over 26, 27 and 28 June.[3] Neil Young headlined on Saturday and his encore was a cover version of "A Day in the Life" by the Beatles. Paul McCartney joined him on stage for parts of this performance. Bruce Springsteen finished his headlining set with "Dancing in the Dark", while he also joined The Gaslight Anthem for their song "The '59 Sound". Springsteen's entire set was released on DVD in June 2010, titled London Calling: Live 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 was watching us. So, if anything, we actually played a lot more professionally than we usually do. I thought we were spot-on."[7]
The 2013 event was moved to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford after Live Nation had pulled out of the tender for Hyde Park. The 2013 festival returned to being a two-day event, unlike the four previous years which had run over three consecutive days. The first announcement was made on 5 March, when Kasabian and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band were confirmed as headliners. It would be the latter's second headline performance in consecutive years.
Hard Rock Calling returned under the name of Calling Festival from 28 to 29 June 2014 at Clapham Common. It was renamed Calling Festival when the previous sponsor, Hard Rock International, pulled out.
^"Hard Rock ends sponsorship deal with Calling festival". NME. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
^. Archived from the original on 10 June 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
^. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
^"Pearl Jam top Hard Rock in 2010". News.bbc.co.uk. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
^Rawlinson, Linnie. "Springsteen and McCartney cut off by London curfew". CNN. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
^Filcman, Deborah (11 May 2017). "Paul Simon Announces 'A Concert in Hyde Park' Film and Album". Ultimate Classic Rock. Townsquare Media, Inc. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^Ling, Dave (October 2013). "Live! Soundgarden". Classic Rock #189. p. 108.
External linksedit
Hard Rock Calling Official Website 2 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Hyde Park Calling at eFestivals
January 01, 1970
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Festival at the Clapham Common 1 The 2009 Hard Rock Calling Festival 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 Contents 1 Hyde Park Calling 2006 2 Hyde Park Calling 2007 3 Hard Rock Calling 2008 4 Hard Rock Calling 2009 5 Hard Rock Calling 2010 6 Hard Rock Calling 2011 7 Hard Rock Calling 2012 8 Hard Rock Calling 2013 9 Calling Festival 2014 10 Calling Festival 2015 11 References 12 External linksHyde Park Calling 2006 editThe inaugural festival had two stages and was headlined by Roger Waters performing in its entirety the Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon as part of his set and his band featuring Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason on the Saturday and The Who on the Sunday Gates opened at 14 00 and the show ended at 22 15 on both evenings 2 The Who s Sunday headline performance was released as part of their Encore Series 2006 of CDs amp DVDs British TV Show Top Gear filmed a brief segment of The Who s concert as part of a Van review between the three hosts The festival was a peaceful one being inside the city the event required attendees to rely on external accommodation unlike more popular festivals such as Download Festival or Reading and Leeds Festival which require camping on site for most people Despite the veteran status of the headline acts most other bands were younger and with a more contemporary audience providing a contrast in musical styles Since this festival Razorlight particularly has acquired much fame and in under a year has gone from second slot in a smaller inaugural event like Hyde Park Calling to headlining the long running and respected Reading Leeds Festival The festival mainstage proved to be unusually British with the British Isles being represented by seven English bands and two Scottish with only one American and one New Zealand band from abroad However of the ten second stage bands three were from Canada and two from the USA Main Stage Saturday Sunday Roger Waters with Nick Mason Texas Starsailor Breaks Co op Chris Difford The Who Razorlight The Zutons Ocean Colour Scene Rose Hill Drive Second Stage Saturday Sunday The Lightning Seeds Robert Cray Suzanne Vega Blackbud Rocco DeLuca and the Burden Primal Scream The Casbah Club Mobile The Waking Eyes Kharma 45Hyde Park Calling 2007 editAfter Hyde Park Calling s success a Hyde Park Calling 2007 quickly entered planning stages It was announced that the event would take place during the weekend of 23 24 June 2007 It was Aerosmith s first concert in the United Kingdom for eight years and featured Peter Gabriel and the recently reformed Crowded House as a joint headliner for the first day Other draws to this year s event were the addition of a new third stage Only one band to have played at the previous Hyde Park Calling Rose Hill Drive played again in 2007 With six bands per stage instead of five and an extra stage the expansion of the festival only a year after its inception was dramatic One of the many incarnations of the Buena Vista Social Club featured Hyde Park Calling 2007 s version of the band includes Manuel Guajiro Mirabal trumpet Orlando Cachaito Lopez double bass Manuel Galban guitar and Jesus Aguaje Ramos trumpet Unlike the previous years mostly British mainstage of the nine bands playing three were American one from New Zealand and one from Australia Sunday became an Aerosmith Family event Aerosmith headlined the mainstage with it opened by The Micki Free Electric Blues then Arckid a band featuring Steve Tyler vocalist of Aerosmith s son in law Chris Cornell played the main stage before Aerosmith made their appearance TAB the Band played fourth on the bill on second stage featuring Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry s two sons Many people saw the event as unbalanced with most commercially successful bands playing the Sunday Aerosmith in particular having sold more albums than both of Saturday s headline bands combined citation needed The second stage was sponsored by Pepsi Despite Aerosmith having the headline slot on Sunday Chris Cornell played for the same length of time His set combined Audioslave and Soundgarden songs with his own In keeping with the family theme Aerosmith brought with them on Saturday Peter Gabriel s daughter sang and played percussion On Sunday Cornell brought his two children onto the stage for the audience to see Aerosmith had to finish at 10 30 pm due to the curfew and the police were forcing them to leave The encore was the usual Walk this Way song but featured Darryl McDaniels commonly referred to simply as DMC This was the first time a member of Run D M C had performed with Aerosmith since their 2002 tour five years previous Main Stage Saturday Sunday Peter Gabriel Crowded House The Feeling Ghosts Forever Like Red The Thirst Aerosmith with DMC from Run D M C Chris Cornell Jet The Answer Arckid The Micki Free Electric Blues The Pepsi Stage Saturday Sunday Buena Vista Social Club Jason Mraz Captain Gareth Gates Under the Influence of Giants Angus and Julia Stone Joe Satriani Rose Hill Drive Fastway TAB the Band Black Stone Cherry McQueen Third Stage Saturday Sunday Seth Lakeman Rushmore Borne Terra Naomi Ben s Brother Amy Macdonald Reuben yourcodenameis milo Kids in Glass Houses Brigade Haunts Enjoy DestroyHard Rock Calling 2008 editIn late December 2007 the Hyde Park Calling 2008 website was launched It confirmed the dates for 28 29 June 2008 On 28 January 2008 the headliners for each day were announced along with two support acts for each day Main Stage Saturday Sunday Eric Clapton Sheryl Crow John Mayer Jason Mraz Robert Randolph amp the Family Band Steve Boyce Band The Police KT Tunstall Starsailor The Bangles Arno Carstens The Micki Free Electric Blues Second Stage Saturday Sunday The Charlatans Eddi Reader Dawn Kinnard The Loose Salute Ryan Bingham Scott McKeon The Stranglers Carbon Silicon The Flying Padovanis Broken Records The Galvatrons Will RendleHard Rock Calling 2009 editIn 2009 for the first time it was a three day event beginning on the Friday rather than a Saturday running over 26 27 and 28 June 3 Neil Young headlined on Saturday and his encore was a cover version of A Day in the Life by the Beatles Paul McCartney joined him on stage for parts of this performance Bruce Springsteen finished his headlining set with Dancing in the Dark while he also joined The Gaslight Anthem for their song The 59 Sound Springsteen s entire set was released on DVD in June 2010 titled London Calling Live in Hyde Park Main Stage Friday Saturday Sunday The Killers The Kooks Howling Bells Passion Pit Chew Lips Neil Young with Paul McCartney Fleet Foxes Ben Harper Seasick Steve The Pretenders Rudy Vaughn The Original Sinners Bruce Springsteen amp the E Street Band Dave Matthews Band James Morrison The Gaslight Anthem Beauvoir Free Pepsi Max Stage Friday Saturday Sunday Echo amp the Bunnymen Metric Silversun Pickups Air Traffic Screaming Lights The Magic Numbers Johnny Flynn Mumford and Sons Alberta Cross Priscilla Ahn Wallis Bird Lyrebirds Starsailor Joshua Radin The Low Anthem Pretty Things The Boy Who Trapped the Sun Rudy VaughnHard Rock Calling 2010 editHard Rock Calling 2010 took place of the weekend beginning 25 June Wolfmother was scheduled to perform on Friday but backed out in advance Main Stage Friday 25 June Saturday 26 June Sunday 27 June Pearl Jam 4 Ben Harper amp Relentless 7 The Hives The Gaslight Anthem Robert Francis Stevie Wonder Jamiroquai James Morrison Corinne Bailey Rae Mary Mary Micki Free Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band DVD Paul McCartney Crosby Stills and Nash Crowded House Elvis Costello Joshua Radin More Than Me Pepsi Max Stage Friday Saturday Sunday Gomez Funeral Party Chief Expatriate Paul Thomas Saunders Melissa Etheridge Alejandro Escovedo Florence Rawlings Rox Rumer Diane Birch Maria Mena The Breakers Cocktail Slippers The Len Price 3 Tiffany Page The Urban Voodoo Machine Delta Mid Lissie The Coronas Joe Echo Band Stand Friday Saturday Sunday Leah Mason Michael Kiwanuka Max Tuohy Chakras My Sad Captains Lione Wolf Mountain Man Summer Camp Zun Zun Egui The Morning Benders Pearly Gate Music Here We Go Magic John Grant Beach HouseHard Rock Calling 2011 editThe 2011 festival took place over the weekend of 24 26 June Main Stage Friday Saturday Sunday The Killers Kaiser Chiefs James Wolf Gang Michael Kiwanuka Bon Jovi Ray Davies Black Cards Lissie Vintage Trouble Rod Stewart with Ronnie Wood Stevie Nicks Adam Ant amp the Good the Bad and the Lovely Posse Rumer Train Gugun Blues Shelter Pepsi Max Stage Friday Saturday Sunday The Kills Good Natured Transfer The Heartbreaks Spector Imelda May Ryan Bingham Gianna Nannini Everline Rainy Boy Sleep Rosco Bandana Lighthouse Family Mike The Mechanics Barenaked Ladies James Walsh Jay James Picton Stefany June IAMWE Bandstand Saturday Sunday The Breakers The Launderettes The Contrast Yellowire Red White A Blues Lee Macdougall Vetiver Zun Zun Egui Alessis Ark Veronica Falls Gabriella JonesHard Rock Calling 2012 editDuring 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 5 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 6 I don t recall anything of Hyde Park Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd said in 2013 except looking stage right and seeing that Jimmy Page was watching us So if anything we actually played a lot more professionally than we usually do I thought we were spot on 7 Main Stage Friday Saturday Sunday Soundgarden Iggy and The Stooges Cold Chisel Black Stone Cherry Kids in Glass Houses Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band John Fogerty Lady Antebellum The Nightwatchman Hey Monea Paul Simon Alison Krauss Featuring Jerry Douglas Christina Perri Punch Brothers Robert Randolph Karima Francis Pepsi Max Stage Friday Saturday Sunday The Mars Volta Skindred Red White amp Blues Hawk Eyes The Dirty Youth Amy Macdonald Dawes Gary Clark Jr Lawson NEEDTOBREATHE The Night Big Country gUiLLeMoTs LP Ryan Sheridan Robert Ellis Marlon Roudette Ryan Sheridan Hard Rock Rising Stage Friday Saturday Sunday Cocktail Slippers Dive Bella Dive Deap Vally The Launderettes Koo Koo Kitchen FOS Maker Dylan LeBlanc Jack Savoretti Gabriel Bruce Feral Singers KonKoma Tanya Auclaire Brass Wirs Orchestra James Walsh Marcus Foster Life in Film Nina Nesbitt Sadie amp The Hotheads Bwani Junction Molly McQueen Band Stand Friday Saturday Sunday Sissy and The Blisters Drop Out Venus Vukovi Turbogeist Micro Jupiter Scams Sheilds Danny Shah Daytone Lights Alistar Griffin Richard Cowey Halfway to New York Peggy Sue Alessi s Park Chailo Sim Honey RyderHard Rock Calling 2013 editThe 2013 event was moved to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford after Live Nation had pulled out of the tender for Hyde Park The 2013 festival returned to being a two day event unlike the four previous years which had run over three consecutive days The first announcement was made on 5 March when Kasabian and Bruce Springsteen amp The E Street Band were confirmed as headliners It would be the latter s second headline performance in consecutive years Main Stage Saturday Sunday Kasabian Paul Weller Miles Kane Twin Atlantic Kodaline Lower Than Atlantis The Weeks Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band The Black Crowes Alabama Shakes Zac Brown Band Deaf Havana The Carnabys Pepsi Max Stage Saturday Sunday The Cribs Klaxons Tribes The View The Twang Twin Forks Dark Horses No Los Angeles Vuvu Vultures Passenger Lissie Lawson Flamin Grooves Mayer Hawthorne The Temperance Movement Lonely The Brave Hard Rock Rising Stage Saturday Sunday Gaz Coombes China Rats Syd Arthur My Preserver Eliza and the Bear Steve Cradock Jack Savoretti Yellowire Josh Weller Negramaro Syd Arthur Josh Doyle Cody Chestnut Josh Record Bruno Major Crowns Stewart MacCalling Festival 2014 editHard Rock Calling returned under the name of Calling Festival from 28 to 29 June 2014 at Clapham Common It was renamed Calling Festival when the previous sponsor Hard Rock International pulled out Main Stage Saturday Sunday Aerosmith Joe Bonamassa Thunder Richie Sambora Radkey Heaven s Basement 3 Dudes Stevie Wonder Jack Johnson Paloma Faith Michael Kiwanuka James Bay Jetta Pepsi Max Stage Saturday Sunday The Jezabels Walking Papers Toseland Lonely The Brave No Hot Ashes Tax The Heat Chantal Claret Yellowire Gregory Porter Flyte Norma Jean Martine Bruno Major Jack Garratt Will Heard JJ RosaCalling Festival 2015 editCalling Festival returned to Clapham Common the following year but only as a one day festival on 4 July Main Stage Saturday Noel Gallagher s High Flying Birds Ryan Adams and The Shining Modest Mouse The Hives Echo amp the Bunnymen Sunset Sons Elle King Stage 2 Saturday Wolf Alice Bleachers James Veck Gilodi OSCA Sundara Karma VANT White RoomReferences edit Hard Rock ends sponsorship deal with Calling festival NME 23 September 2013 Retrieved 28 January 2014 royalparks gov uk Archived from the original on 10 June 2007 Retrieved 24 June 2009 hardrockcalling co uk Archived from the original on 19 June 2009 Retrieved 24 June 2009 Pearl Jam top Hard Rock in 2010 News bbc co uk 7 December 2009 Retrieved 5 November 2022 Rawlinson Linnie Springsteen and McCartney cut off by London curfew CNN Retrieved 15 July 2012 Filcman Deborah 11 May 2017 Paul Simon Announces A Concert in Hyde Park Film and Album Ultimate Classic Rock Townsquare Media Inc Retrieved 22 May 2017 Ling Dave October 2013 Live Soundgarden Classic Rock 189 p 108 External links editHard Rock Calling Official Website Archived 2 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine Exclusive online outlet for CD DVD of The Who s set from Hyde Park Calling 2006 Hyde Park Calling at eFestivals Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Calling Festival amp oldid 1218214120, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
