Simon Townshend was one of many particular company for the primary of two nights headlined by Pearl Jam at British Summer time Time in Hyde Park, London on Friday 8 July. On what was yet one more superb summer season’s day within the park, with temperatures hovering into double figures (C), the gang of over 65,000 followers have been handled to a day and night of among the perfect in music.
Simon opened his set with ‘I’m London’, a tune he wrote means again within the late 70s. It is a completely new, up to date model reworked only in the near past particularly for the Hyde Park present. By no means launched.
Subsequent up was ‘The Means It Is’ from Simon’s 1996 album Amongst Us.
Simon’s son, Ben joined him on percussion and backing vocals for ‘Trying Out Trying In’, ‘Mr. Sunday’, ‘She Requested Me’ and ‘Break the Information’ (Simon’s tune recorded by The Who on their present album, WHO). It was nice to listen to some rarities, significantly ‘Mr Sunday’ from Simon’s 1983 album, Candy Sound, the place the orchestration on the finish was initially organized by Pete’s ex father-in-law, the late Ted Astley.
Each Simon and Ben are presently on tour with Roger Daltrey on Roger’s Who Was I UK tour.
Later within the night on the finish of Pearl Jam’s set, Eddie Vedder introduced Simon again onstage to affix him in a duet of Simon’s tune, ‘I’m the Reply’.
All photographs © Tina Korhonen. Video © Lisa Climie
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