THE STONES IN THE PARK
Leslie Woodhead, UK, 1969
Sunday 12 December 2004 12.45am-1.40am (Saturday night)
The Hyde Park Free Concerts are legendary, and none more so than when the Rolling Stones performed there two days after the death of former bandmate Brian Jones.
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The Stones' infamous concert at Altamont took place six months after this Hyde Park show.
Director Leslie Woodhead made the recent Storyville film Milosevic: How to be a Dictator
What was always planned as a major show turned into a memorial with 500,000 people in attendance. Mick Jagger opens reading an excerpt from Shelley's poem Adonais as a dedication to Jones and releases thousands of butterflies.
The film sees the Stones at their most raw and emotional. Songs include Jumpin' Jack Flash, I'm Free, Honky Tonk Women, Midnight Rambler and more.
The Stones' infamous concert at Altamont took place six months after this Hyde Park show.
