How early to arrive at Hyde Park..?

[twinmatrix]

To get a good view of Stevie? I've never been go a music festival. Do you have to get there super super early and stay in your place all the time until Stevie comes on? Will there be lots of space to move towards the front before she comes on?
How early should I go there?
Thank you. :)

[SorcererJP]

To get a good view of Stevie? I've never been go a music festival. Do you have to get there super super early and stay in your place all the time until Stevie comes on? Will there be lots of space to move towards the front before she comes on?
How early should I go there?
Thank you. :)

It depends. Do you have Diamond or Golden tickets? Those are special area's in front of the stage. If you have an ' ordinary' ticket you will behind those area's, away from the stage.

Usually at those large venues there will be space to move around and the crowd moves slightly constantly. If you're alone, it is mostly no problem to get yourself forward. But it will be more crowded upfront, so once you'll have a spot glued to the stage ... stay there!

[twinmatrix]

I've got Golden Tickets and I'm with one other person. :) What do you think would be a good time to arrive? I don't really care for the supporting lineup. Haha.

[SorcererJP]

I've got Golden Tickets and I'm with one other person. :) What do you think would be a good time to arrive? I don't really care for the supporting lineup. Haha.

I really don't know. I have Gold Circle tickets myself and I have no idea of the behaviour of a British crowd. Overhere in Holland it's usually no problem to get yourself smoothly forward :-)

I'm coming over from Holland for the weekend and I think I'll be there around 1 or 2 in the afternoon. Ward Thomas is one of the supporting-acts and I like their voices and music.

[twinmatrix]

I really don't know. I have Gold Circle tickets myself and I have no idea of the behaviour of a British crowd. Overhere in Holland it's usually no problem to get yourself smoothly forward :-)

I'm coming over from Holland for the weekend and I think I'll be there around 1 or 2 in the afternoon. Ward Thomas is one of the supporting-acts and I like their voices and music.

I'm also coming from Holland :wavey:

I've never been to a festival here either though...hahaha. Hope you enjoy Ward Thomas!! Where can we see the actual chronological line-up? Their Facebook is so messy.

[SorcererJP]

I'm also coming from Holland :wavey:

I've never been to a festival here either though...hahaha. Hope you enjoy Ward Thomas!! Where can we see the actual chronological line-up? Their Facebook is so messy.

According to this schedule, Stevie will play for about 80 minutes, starting at 18:10h local time:

https://www.bst-hydepark.com/events/schedule-2017?1_route=/client-embeds/british-summertime-2017/1/1/__/client-embeds/british-summertime-2017/1/1/events/830591/

I hope she'll do some some songs with the Heartbreakers in their set as well, rather then appearing at hers :-)

[twinmatrix]

According to this schedule, Stevie will play for about 80 minutes, starting at 18:10h local time:

https://www.bst-hydepark.com/events/schedule-2017?1_route=/client-embeds/british-summertime-2017/1/1/__/client-embeds/british-summertime-2017/1/1/events/830591/

I hope she'll do some some songs with the Heartbreakers in their set as well, rather then appearing at hers :-)

WOW! Cool... I guess that means I have to stay around for Tom Petty? haha... I assume she'll appear for some songs

[MoonSister75]

According to this schedule, Stevie will play for about 80 minutes, starting at 18:10h local time:

https://www.bst-hydepark.com/events/schedule-2017?1_route=/client-embeds/british-summertime-2017/1/1/__/client-embeds/british-summertime-2017/1/1/events/830591/

I hope she'll do some some songs with the Heartbreakers in their set as well, rather then appearing at hers :-)

Thanks for posting this. I'd been trying to find out the timings last week. 80mins is fairly decent amount of time - I was imagining about an hour. And a good start time, as I didn't want to have to get there too early. 6 days to go :woohoo:

[Matthew]

Yeah, finally we can be 100% sure that it´s gonna be set of more songs like almost solo concert, not just one song with Tom Petty. I was afraid of that :).

Im coming to London too and it´s gonna be my first seeing Stevie solo, I hope I will hear more of her solo work, then from Fleetwood Mac :). I loved Bella Donna live or Crying in the Night.

I will also come around 17:00 to that show, because if I would be there from the beginning, which is 13:00... I would be super tired after standing the whole afternoon. Im sure that the crowd will be moving there and back everytime the performer will change. But I think that I will stay during Tom Petty too, I payed hard money for that, and they are the biggest stars, so... :) even that Im coming there really just because of Stevie :).

Yeah, Im looking forward !!:blob2:

And who knows, maybe Im gonna do another trip to England in autumn, if Christine and Lindsey comes too :-D. Pity that they didnt do that together:D

[golddustboy71]

ive been to a lot of these Hyde park things ...if you're not in Golden or Diamond...just bring a rug..chill.... treat it like a festival/picnic... enjoy the day. Most people pick a spot sit down and chill between the acts as its usually 45 mins gap....( id get there before 4 though to nab a spot )

[SorcererJP]

Yeah, finally we can be 100% sure that it´s gonna be set of more songs like almost solo concert, not just one song with Tom Petty. I was afraid of that :).

I will also come around 17:00 to that show, because if I would be there from the beginning, which is 13:00... I would be super tired after standing the whole afternoon. Im sure that the crowd will be moving there and back everytime the performer will change. together:D

Well, I was pretty sure from the beginning in december that she was doing her own set. It was listed on her site at the tour-section, so that encouraged me to buy a ticket right away ...

I think that if you arrive at five, it will be hard to get to the front. Unless you have a diamond or gold-ticket. I think I will be there early, the other acts are interesting too. I wanted to see Ward Thomas as well, but they play at a different stage at the same time as Stevie :-)

I have no idea what the capicity of Hyde Park is, but what I have seen from Stones and Springsteen-dvd's it's rather huge, so I do hope that I can get a nice spot with my 169cm in length. Video-screens are nice, but you can rather wait for a DVD then :-)

[MoonSister75]

​I'm planning to be at Hyde Park by 4 at the latest, to make sure I get a good spot for Stevie's set. If anyone else in the gold section wants to meet and ​say hi, I'm aiming to be in the middle of the front row of that section. I'll be wearing a pink t-shirt, jeans and probably red sandals unless it rains. It did show rain when I checked yesterday, but today it's showing dry and warm :thumbsup:

The gold section isn't sold out, so I'm hoping it's not too crowded in there and it will be relatively easy to reach the front, Whether I bump into any of you or not, I hope everyone has a fantastic time on Sunday :woohoo::woohoo:

I'm so looking forward to seeing Stevie of course, but also Tom Petty too as I love many of his songs.

[wheart]

​I'm planning to be at Hyde Park by 4 at the latest, to make sure I get a good spot for Stevie's set. If anyone else in the gold section wants to meet and ​say hi, I'm aiming to be in the middle of the front row of that section. I'll be wearing a pink t-shirt, jeans and probably red sandals unless it rains. It did show rain when I checked yesterday, but today it's showing dry and warm :thumbsup:

The gold section isn't sold out, so I'm hoping it's not too crowded in there and it will be relatively easy to reach the front, Whether I bump into any of you or not, I hope everyone has a fantastic time on Sunday :woohoo::woohoo:

I'm so looking forward to seeing Stevie of course, but also Tom Petty too as I love many of his songs.

Hope you have a great time!!

[MoonSister75]

Hope you have a great time!!

Thanks, I will do! :)

I'm leaving for London in the morning, and I'll post a review when I get back in a few days time.

[dersaw]

Gutted that due to a compound fracture of my arm, I can't make it to see Stevie today. Had golden tickets and was travelling down from Glasgow, most disappointing day of my Life! :sorry:

[TheWILDheart]

We're heeeeeerreeeee!!
Sat in front of the barriers in general admin. It's gonna be a long wait for Stevie now but worth it.

[elle]

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[elle]

hope yoiu all are enoying the Lumineers! wonder whether they came on stage with The Chain blasting? was the whole park dancing and singing The Chain like the stadiums in the US did?

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[Hawkeye]

Is my time difference math wrong or should Stevie's set have happened already?

[sue]

Gutted that due to a compound fracture of my arm, I can't make it to see Stevie today. Had golden tickets and was travelling down from Glasgow, most disappointing day of my Life! :sorry:


OMG?..you poor thing, sorry you can't make it, but get better soon.
I am not going either but am very excited and await to see clips, hope they can cheer you up in a little way...

[TheWILDheart]

She's done!! Setlist was pretty much the 24KG set less the 24KG songs.

Gold & Braid
If Anyone Falls
Gypsy
Outside The Rain
Dreams
Enchanted
Moonlight
Stand Back
Crying In The Night
Gold Dust Woman
Wild Heart
Bella Donna
Edge

Encore:

Rhiannon
Landslide

She was awesome, although the crowd were a bit questionable. Lots of cheers a big turnout to see her, but too many roudy, drunken louts ruining it for people.

[Danielle]

Thank you so much for the set list! :xoxo:

I've been posting lots of pictures and some videos here: http://crystallineknowledge.tumblr.com/tagged/bst-hyde-park

[twinmatrix]

Will she come for a duet with Tom? Otherwise I'm leaving haha.

[TheWILDheart]

She's just come out for Tom's set for Stop Draggin

[twinmatrix]

I saw! Will she be back or that's it?

[wheart]

She's done!! Setlist was pretty much the 24KG set less the 24KG songs.

Gold & Braid
If Anyone Falls
Gypsy
Outside The Rain
Dreams
Enchanted
Moonlight
Stand Back
Crying In The Night
Gold Dust Woman
Wild Heart
Bella Donna
Edge

Encore:

Rhiannon
Landslide

She was awesome, although the crowd were a bit questionable. Lots of cheers a big turnout to see her, but too many roudy, drunken louts ruining it for people.

Thanks for posting. A little surprising she didn't do any songs from 24K Gold but I guess she was playing it safe and sticking with the familiar, for the most part. Moonlight must have been weird in a festival setting...

[twinmatrix]

Moonlight, Wild Heart and Bella Donna were out of place. Sadly they had a very lukewarm reception. Kinda killed the vibe. The crowd is awful.

[SpyNote]

She's done!! Setlist was pretty much the 24KG set less the 24KG songs.

Gold & Braid
If Anyone Falls
Gypsy
Outside The Rain
Dreams
Enchanted
Moonlight
Stand Back
Crying In The Night
Gold Dust Woman
Wild Heart
Bella Donna
Edge

Encore:

Rhiannon
Landslide

She was awesome, although the crowd were a bit questionable. Lots of cheers a big turnout to see her, but too many roudy, drunken louts ruining it for people.

Thanks for sharing the set list!

Here are are some compiled pics, videos, and the Twitter feed (https://stevie-nicks.info/2017/07/stevie-rocks-hyde-park/). Twitter kind of startled some fans when they put Stevie at the top of its treading topics. People thought something awful had happened to her.

[SpyNote]

Thanks for posting. A little surprising she didn't do any songs from 24K Gold but I guess she was playing it safe and sticking with the familiar, for the most part. Moonlight must have been weird in a festival setting...

Yeah, with the festival crowds, you get a lot of non-fans, so safe was better. Some of them were posting mean things about Stevie on Twitter, which I don't really get (nor bothered to respond to). She's earned her place in rock history. Even if they don't like her music, they should show her some respect.

[TheWILDheart]

You must've been elsewhere in the park, down at the front the only that people didn't go nuts for was Enchanted

[MoonSister75]

She got a great response from the crowd where I was standing - at the very front of the gold section. I thought she was fantastic, and I loved every minute. I've never heard most of those songs live. The crowd around me responded well to Moonlight - a good night for that one with the full moon:nod: She certainly seemed to captivate the audience (in the front section) even if they didn't know all the songs.
It was way too crowded for Tom Petty so I gave up trying to get near the front, and found a nice spacious area at the back of the gold section with a good view of the screens. Great concert, beautiful weather - well I had a great time anyway :D

[James89]

Not just saying this but she was INCREDIBLE. She looked great too. Her voice is stronger now then it ever was and I know she's lost range but it's epic. Moonlight and GDW were showstoppers and I heard many people afterwards raving about the concert who clearly weren't previously massive fans. They almost seemed surprised at how good of a show it was.

Overall a great concert and great crowd response. She also rocked SDMHA with Tom. Their concert was epic too. What a day it's been!

[twinmatrix]

She got a great response from the crowd where I was standing - at the very front of the gold section. I thought she was fantastic, and I loved every minute. I've never heard most of those songs live. The crowd around me responded well to Moonlight - a good night for that one with the full moon:nod: She certainly seemed to captivate the audience (in the front section) even if they didn't know all the songs.
It was way too crowded for Tom Petty so I gave up trying to get near the front, and found a nice spacious area at the back of the gold section with a good view of the screens. Great concert, beautiful weather - well I had a great time anyway :D

I was front center gold circle and thought the crowd was really awful and pushy and unexcited. But then I saw the 24k gold tour so I'm comparing the reception to her solo concert which was just flawless...

[EnchantedAngel]

http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/79247/8-times-stevie-nicks-enchanted-bst-hyde-park/

[MoonSister75]

I was front center gold circle and thought the crowd was really awful and pushy and unexcited. But then I saw the 24k gold tour so I'm comparing the reception to her solo concert which was just flawless...

I did notice some tensions between people who had been camped at the front all day with their blankets, not being happy with others pushing to the front. It's a bloody concert :shrug: you can't hog the entire front space with picnic blankets and sitting space and expect no one else to come near. And I did experience one very pushy women, but generally not.

The audience around me honestly seemed to appreciate Stevie a great deal. there was lots of singing along, shouting, clapping etc and all I heard afterwards in the gigantic toilet queue was praise for her and the performance. I honestly didn't hear 1 complaint.

We're all going to experience different things depending on who is around us, but yes it will be very different to a 24KG crowd where much of the audience will know and love all the songs

[MoonSister75]

http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/79247/8-times-stevie-nicks-enchanted-bst-hyde-park/

Thanks so much for posting this.

[Jondalar]

They don't like her in Europe. She should not tour there.

[MoonSister75]

They don't like her in Europe. She should not tour there.

I don't know where you get this idea from, but it must be just your idea as it's not true :shrug: People love Stevie over here whether as part of Fleetwood Mac or Solo - lots of Stevie fans there last night, whether it was the Stevie hats and clothes, or 24KG t-shirts.
A lot of people over here don't know her solo music, but it doesn't mean they don't like her.

[Stevie's shawl]

I was lucky enough to be second row centre of the diamond circle (then moved further back for Tom Petty). I thought Stevie was amazing. I've never seen her as a solo artist before so this was really special for me. She seemed to be enjoying herself and was smiling a lot. Will try to upload some pics... (had to lower resolution a lot to upload on here so apologies if bad quality)

[Nathan]

I was lucky enough to be second row centre of the diamond circle (then moved further back for Tom Petty). I thought Stevie was amazing. I've never seen her as a solo artist before so this was really special for me. She seemed to be enjoying herself and was smiling a lot. Will try to upload some pics... (had to lower resolution a lot to upload on here so apologies if bad quality)

Awesome pictures thanks for sharing.

And thanks to everyone else for their reviews and afterthoughts. They are fun to read.

I watched a lot of the YouTube and Instagram videos. What a cool way to set up the stage. Did anyone else catch those two backstage videos? They were super short but so neat to see.

[sue]

They don't like her in Europe. She should not tour there.

No, you're incorrect there, maybe she isn't idolised over here.
But plenty of people like her.
Perhaps she should tour to promote solo Albums...and more would love her more.

[TheWILDheart]

They don't like her in Europe. She should not tour there.

You're not in Europe, so you should refrain from making comments on behalf of European Stevie Nicks fans.

There were people who had come to London from all over Europe to see Stevie. I bumped into a couple from The Netherlands who had flown over to see her and there were some French people stood next to us in the crowd.

She got some of the biggest cheers of the day in both 2011 and 2017.

She is very much loved in Europe. I don't think she could fill huge arena's like the Mac do, but she could very easilly sell out 5-10,000 seat theatre-style venues like the Royal Albert Hall.

[TheWILDheart]

A lot of people over here don't know her solo music, but it doesn't mean they don't like her.

We do know her music - people around me in the crowd were singing along to Gold & Braid!!

[Matthew]

And I came to London from Prague! :-D So, yeah, we europeans love her too :).
Anyway I came to London Pride too, which was the day before :-D.

I came there around 5p.m. and yeah the gold circle was quite full in the front, but I found place with good view to stage, so it was ok. I was very nice surprised about the setlist too. Once it began with Gold and Braid I was sure that it´s gonna be the 24KG setlist with my favourites Bella Donna and Crying in the Night.

I have left after her show and walked around general admission during first half of Tom Petty´s concert, then she came up to sing Stop Draggin´ My Heart Around. Actually I didnt expect that, but yeah, I should. Then I left because I was so tired after such great and crazy weekend.

It´s really amazing what she can do in her age. Unbelievable. Thanks Stevie! :)

[SorcererJP]

Just came home from Londen (spent a few extra days).

The initial question was: how early to arrive at Hyde Park?

Well ... EARLY

i had a Gold-circle ticket with early entry. I showed up at the gates shortly after noon and i received an upgrade-bracelet to Diamond and ended up upfront (row 2 or something) and it was stunning! Waited 28 years for another solo-concert on my side of the pond and it was magic. I cried!

Her true fans seemed to be gathered upfront, the atmosphere was just there! I can not speak for the 60k people behind us, but is was fabulous. Surprised by her setlist and she apologised for not telling her stories :-)

Of course there was her cameo in Tom's set and we expected her to return for American Girl, but she didn't.

Made some great pics though ... (maybe you might have seen them on FB :-)

EDIT: Well, it's a bit cropped. Will work out a better version tomorrow :-)

[MoonSister75]

Just came home from Londen (spent a few extra days).

The initial question was: how early to arrive at Hyde Park?

Well ... EARLY

i had a Gold-circle ticket with early entry. I showed up at the gates shortly after noon and i received an upgrade-bracelet to Diamond and ended up upfront (row 2 or something) and it was stunning! Waited 28 years for another solo-concert on my side of the pond and it was magic. I cried!

Her true fans seemed to be gathered upfront, the atmosphere was just there! I can not speak for the 60k people behind us, but is was fabulous. Surprised by her setlist and she apologised for not telling her stories :-)

Of course there was her cameo in Tom's set and we expected her to return for American Girl, but she didn't.

Made some great pics though ... (maybe you might have seen them on FB :-)

EDIT: Well, it's a bit cropped. Will work out a better version tomorrow :-)

Oh my goodness - you have no idea how much I am trying not to kick myself right now :shrug:

I arrived at 1.30 and the first security man told me there were probably a few wristbands left to get to the front of the stage, and to go the man on the left after the security check. I must have headed to the wrong man giving out wristbands, as I when I mentioned this to him, he looked like he didn't know what I was talking about and said - yes here you go a Gold wristband. To be honest I didn't think anymore about it (until now!!!) but I think I remember another man further to the left of the entry. Why I was not more on the ball about this, I'll never know.

I was just so happy to be at the festival I didn't give it another thought, but I was looking in envy at the diamond section as I was squashed up in at the front of the gold section for Stevie's set..

Never mind, I still had a great time. But wow, it sounds like you had a magical time indeed :)

[SorcererJP]

Oh my goodness - you have no idea how much I am trying not to kick myself right now :shrug:

I arrived at 1.30 and the first security man told me there were probably a few wristbands left to get to the front of the stage, and to go the man on the left after the security check.

I was directed to the very left side of the south-gate initially and when I passed security I kept the left lane. The girl overthere gave me the bracelet. She told me that she had around 30 left ... (of the initial 300 that were available so I heard).

Two of my Facebook-Stevie-friends had Garden Tickets and I tried to upgrade to Garden at the box-office. No luck. All sold out. They were allowed to enter as well, but couldn't get out. Our other friends got also an upgrade and around 4 o'clock one of the girls managed to talk/sneak in another girl as well ... it was very nice to be with a group of 6 devoted fans, there were fans for both Stevie and Tom from all over Europe I guess.

I was by myself and if it wasn't for that group I don't think I could handle this afternoon from 12 till 10 in the evening. No we could easily get in and out for drinks, food en toiletvisitings, without being scared of losing your spot ... :-)

[MoonSister75]

I think I went in the second left lane, where a man was waiting with wristbands. In the very left lane no one was immediately there - just someone further down the lane. It was possible that by 1.30 there weren't any upgrade tickets left, but I feel now that if I'd been more pushy at the entry point, I might have got one. Usually I'm a bit more aware of this kind of thing, and would have tried a bit harder.

I was on my own as well, ​so it wasn't too difficult getting through the crowd to the front of the gold section - I did it a few times to go to the toilet or get a drink. But by the time Tom Petty came on it was too crowded in there and I stood to the back.

Great that you had some friends there to keep your spot. I almost asked a friend from London to go with me, but she isn't a FM or Stevie fan. She tends to get very drunk and then talk incessantly, and I just decided that I didn't want that in the end.

I'm glad you had a great time - you deserve it after waiting 28 years to see her again! I haven't been a fan for so long, and feel happy I got to see her in Hyde Park - somewhere I know and love, as I went to university just around the corner from there.


I was directed to the very left side of the south-gate initially and when I passed security I kept the left lane. The girl overthere gave me the bracelet. She told me that she had around 30 left ... (of the initial 300 that were available so I heard).

Two of my Facebook-Stevie-friends had Garden Tickets and I tried to upgrade to Garden at the box-office. No luck. All sold out. They were allowed to enter as well, but couldn't get out. Our other friends got also an upgrade and around 4 o'clock one of the girls managed to talk/sneak in another girl as well ... it was very nice to be with a group of 6 devoted fans, there were fans for both Stevie and Tom from all over Europe I guess.

I was by myself and if it wasn't for that group I don't think I could handle this afternoon from 12 till 10 in the evening. No we could easily get in and out for drinks, food en toiletvisitings, without being scared of losing your spot ... :-)

[Matthew]

There are few new videos I made in this show on youtube :)
I added few from concert in Cologne in 2015 too.

https://www.youtube.com/user/matthewsnicksfan/videos

[Danielle]

There are few new videos I made in this show on youtube :)
I added few from concert in Cologne in 2015 too.

https://www.youtube.com/user/matthewsnicksfan/videos
Thank you so much!