The Who are to headline Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park next year.
The ‘Baba O’Riley’ rockers will take to the Great Oak Stage at the London park on June 26 for the final UK show of their ‘Who Hits Fifty’ tour, with Paul Weller, Kaiser Chiefs and Johnny Marr also performing that day.
The gig marks the fourth time the band have played there, their third headline appearance plus a slot at Live 8 in 2005, and they are delighted to be returning to Hyde Park.
Pete Townshend said: "It’s a good gig. You draw from all over the country but a London crowd is always a good crowd.
"It’s a Royal Park so thank you your majesty, you can’t play it without her permission."
And the ‘My Generation’ rockers admitted their headline show in 1996 almost didn’t happen after Roger Daltrey fractured his eye socket in rehearsals the day before the gig.
He recalled: "I remember doing it with an eye patch holding my eye in when we did ‘Quadrophenia’, that was a nightmare. We had a quarter of a million people coming the next day and i’ve got a fractured cheekbone. How we did that show i’ll never know."
The Who are the second British Summer Time headliners to be announced, with Taylor Swift previously revealed to be topping the bill in Hyde Park on June 27.
Tickets for The Who gig go on sale on Thursday (20.11.14) at 9am.
The Who to headline Hyde Park
