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Queen honour London emergency services
Published Wednesday, Jul 13 2005, 10:02 BST | By Daniel Saney
Queen have announced that they want this Friday’s concert in Hyde Park to serve as a tribute to the members of the emergency services who dealt with last week’s terrorist attacks on the capital by inviting them along to the gig.
The concert was scheduled to be held last week, but was postponed for a week due to the bombings. Expected to be attended by around 85,000 people, the concert boasts support from Razorlight, Justin and Dan Hawkins from glam-rockers The Darkness and comic Peter Kay.
BBC News quotes Queen frontman Paul Rodgers as saying: "We feel it is fitting to thank London's emergency services for their extraordinary response in dealing with the effects of the bombing attacks and to celebrate the historical resilience of Londoners in their response to yet another atrocity."
Guitarist Brian May added: "We were away playing a concert in Germany and arrived back Thursday morning to see all this going on. We were unbelievably shocked and saddened.
"The heroes that day, and since then, are the police and emergency services coming together as one, calmly and bravely dealing with the tragedy and getting London's wheels turning again. We'd like to offer an appreciation."
The concert was scheduled to be held last week, but was postponed for a week due to the bombings. Expected to be attended by around 85,000 people, the concert boasts support from Razorlight, Justin and Dan Hawkins from glam-rockers The Darkness and comic Peter Kay.
BBC News quotes Queen frontman Paul Rodgers as saying: "We feel it is fitting to thank London's emergency services for their extraordinary response in dealing with the effects of the bombing attacks and to celebrate the historical resilience of Londoners in their response to yet another atrocity."
Guitarist Brian May added: "We were away playing a concert in Germany and arrived back Thursday morning to see all this going on. We were unbelievably shocked and saddened.
"The heroes that day, and since then, are the police and emergency services coming together as one, calmly and bravely dealing with the tragedy and getting London's wheels turning again. We'd like to offer an appreciation."
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