American Express presents BST Hyde Park

11 July 2022 - Press release

Celebrates biggest year ever 
530,000 tickets sold across the nine shows
600,000 visitors over the 17 day event

Over nine spectacular shows and three weekends American Express presents BST Hyde Park demonstrated the power of live music as the event became the biggest BST Hyde Park show ever, selling 530,000 tickets across all the shows. Music fans flocked back to Hyde Park to see some of the biggest artists on the planet headline – Adele (two nights), The Rolling Stones (two nights), Elton John, Eagles, Pearl Jam (two nights) and Duran Duran. They were joined by an incredible line up of support artists including Pixies, Stereophonics, Johnny Marr, Cat Power, Laura Mvula, Phoebe Bridgers and many, many more. 

After two years away, a phenomenal set of performances at American Express presents BST Hyde Park delivered a host of unforgettable music moments. The huge appetite for fans to come together in the open air and enjoy the very best live music was clear and 2023 is already in the planning ....

BST Open House, the free to access programme of events between the weekends attracted a further 170,000 people to enjoy food drink, outdoor cinema, a live HIIT workout with Joe Wicks and much more.

Jim King, CEO AEG European Festivals said, "Like everyone in the festival business and across live music we are so happy to be back doing what we love and seeing music fans experiencing these great shows. The calibre of artists we have had in Hyde Park was incredible with so many outstanding performances. The demand for tickets was huge and we are very proud to have sold out the series. My thanks goes out to the fans, the artists and everyone who works so hard behind the scenes to make BST Hyde Park such a special event."