Hard Rock Calling (formerly Hyde Park Calling) is an annual music festival, formerly held in Hyde Park, London, from 2006 until 2012, and from 2013 in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. The music played is primarily rock music, and various performers, including Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, The Who, Bon Jovi, Roger Waters, Aerosmith, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen have played at the event. The festival is organised by Hard Rock Cafe and Live Nation.
Read more about Hard Rock Calling: Hyde Park Calling 2006, Hyde Park Calling 2007, Hard Rock Calling 2008, Hard Rock Calling 2009, Hard Rock Calling 2010, Hard Rock Calling 2011, Hard Rock Calling 2012, Hard Rock Calling 2013
Famous quotes containing the words hard, rock and/or calling:
“She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer,
Hard, but O the glory of the winning were she won!”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)
“The acorn’s not yet
Fallen from the tree
That’s to grow the wood,
That’s to make the cradle,
That’s to rock the bairn,
That’s to grow a man,
That’s to lay me.”
—Unknown. The Cauld Lad of Hilton or, The Wandering Spectre (l. 2–8)
“I kiss my wailing child and press it to my breast,
And hear the narrow graves calling my child and me.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)