If summer in London had a pulse, it would thump straight through Hyde Park every July. I’ve become a proper BST superfan over the past five years. No exaggeration, if I don’t spend at least a couple of evenings dancing on damp grass with a lukewarm drink in my hand, summer hasn’t officially started. This year the whole shebang ended on Sunday night with Lewis Capaldi, and oh my days, what a…
I cried, I danced, I hugged strangers: Why Duran Duran Day at BST Hyde Park was the best day of 2026
I’m still a bit teary, and still floating somewhere above the Great Oak Stage after Sunday’s all-day 80s love-in at BST Hyde Park. I’ve been covering this festival for 15 years, and I can honestly say: Duran Duran’s day, with Groove Armada, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, and Scissor Sisters, gave me so much joy, possibly the best atmosphere I’ve ever experienced in this park. And I’ve seen…
I turned up to BST Hyde Park on Saturday dressed head-to-toe in American flag paraphernalia. Stars, stripes, the works. In my defence, it was the 4th of July, and this Italian rock chick genuinely thought everyone would be doing the same. I was the only one. All day long, strangers kept shouting “Happy 4th!” at me with a tone I couldn’t quite place. By the end of the night, curiosity got the…
At London Mums, we spend a lot of time cheering from the sidelines at sports days, swimming galas, and Saturday morning parkruns. But last night, our very own young reporter, 19-year-old Elenya Panesar, swapped the sidelines for the start line. She laced up her trainers to run shoulder-to-shoulder with one of Britain’s greatest ever athletes: Sir Mo Farah CBE.
The event was part…
If Saturday was all cowboy hats, country twang and Garth Brooks reducing 69,999 people to happy tears, Sunday at BST Hyde Park was something else entirely. It was glitter, perfectly synchronised dancing, screaming fans holding glowing orbs and a South Korean boyband setting that Royal Park ablaze with K-pop fire. Our very own reporter dad Mirko took his daughter Gaia along, joined by our lovely…
Forget the rest of any bucket list I may have had. Saturday night in Hyde Park, surrounded by 69,999 other souls in cowboy hats, watching Garth Brooks perform his first UK show in almost 30 years, was quite simply one of the most joyful live music experiences of my life. I am still emotional, and still wondering how a man can make an entire field of Londoners weep into their two pina…
London Mums, clear your diaries for Sunday 5 July. American Express presents BST Hyde Park has just dropped the full line-up for Duran Duran’s headline show, and it is an absolute belter. Just imagine yourself, a picnic blanket, a mildly overpriced prosecco, and a parade of musical legends under the summer sky. The kids can run wild on the grass while you pretend you are still cool enough to…
In the twelve years I’ve been covering BST Hyde Park concerts, from the Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Sabrina Carpenter, I’ve never seen the park this full, this charged, or this unified in joy as I did on Saturday 12 July 2025, when Stevie Wonder, at 79, took to the stage for what is believed to be his final UK tour date. Families sprawled out on parched yellow grass, teenagers wearing…
There are concerts that entertain. And then there are moments likethis — concerts that reach inside your soul, stir up your past, and remind you of why music even matters in the first place. Yesterday atBST Hyde Park, amidst one of London’s hottest days on record, something truly magical happened:Yusuf / Cat Stevenstook to the stage, and for 60 glorious, transcendent…
Hyde Park on the evening of 6th July 2025 shimmered like the inside of a giant glitter globe. The air was thick with perfume, heat, and adolescent squeals as Sabrina Carpenter stepped onto the BST stage. Having experienced many gigs in this iconic London venue, this one felt different — like a generational coronation for a pop princess in her prime, with just enough nods to the past to make us…