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Pearl Jam preach inclusion at Hyde Park

During a vigorous State Of Love And Trust, Eddie Vedder notices something. He motions at the camera operator to point at the audience. A boy, around 10 years old, appears on the massive screen behind Pearl Jam, smiling broadly. He’s at the rail with his dad, holding up a disposable take-away tray repurposed as a sign. It says: “1st show”. The singer welcomes him to the fray and recounts how, as a 16 year old, guitarist Mike McCready’s life was changed from the front row of a Van Halen show. In that moment, it’s clear Pearl Jam have grown into a band for everyone. The young adults who listened to Ten back in 1992 have now grown up and are bringing their families, while new generations of teens connect with the rage and anguish of songs like Once and Jeremy.

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The Stones roll back into Hyde Park

“One of my big jobs,” Mick Jagger admits in the new BBC documentary series My Life As A Rolling Stone, “is to be a show off, really.”

With 60 years’ experience, he’s incredibly good at it. At the second of two sold-out Hyde Park shows, the 78-year-old frontman prances, struts, preens, hops, strides, points, and poses for two hours with the enthusiasm of a fitness trainer one-third his age. All the while, he’s belting out high-energy rock ‘n roll standards, playing harmonica, playing harmonica and pointing, and changing outfits. After a black coat, ornately embroidered in golden floral patterns; sleek, flowing silver shirt; pink waistcoat; red and blue silk hoodie; and yellow and black colour block jacket, one starts to lose track. And he knows it. “She’s an amazing singer, but I’ve worn sparklier dresses,” the showman says of Adele at one point.

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