Brockwell Park in Popular Culture
The San Francisco band Red House Painters wrote a song about the park, named "Brockwell Park", for their 1995 album Ocean Beach (album).
Pop singer Adele told the Sun that she was not performing at music festivals in 2011, preferring "sitting in Brockwell Park with my friends, drinking cider."
Brockwell Park is the setting for the music video of 'Do Your Thing' by local band Basement Jaxx.
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