450,000 attend best BST Hyde Park yet

25,000 more people saw BST's six concerts in 2017, producer Loudsound tells IQ – but the Open House daytime programme is where the festival "really came into its own"

Tom Petty at BST on Sunday 9 July © Graham Brown/Plaster Creative Communications

The fifth edition of British Summer Time (BST) Hyde Park, which wrapped up on Sunday 9 June, once again delivered double-digit growth for promoter AEG Presents, with a footfall of 450,000 across 10 days for its flagship UK festival.

A total of 350,000 people attended the six concert events – headlined by Phil Collins on Friday 30 June, Green Day on Saturday 1 July, Justin Bieber on Sunday 2 July, Kings of Leon on Thursday 6 July, The Killers on Saturday 8 July and…

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