<Li> Hyde Park Festival, 5 July 1969 </Li> <Li> American Tour 1969 </Li> <P> The Stones in the Park generally refers to a free outdoor festival held in Hyde Park on 5 July 1969, headlined by The Rolling Stones and featuring Third Ear Band, King Crimson, Screw, Alexis Korner's New Church, Family and The Battered Ornaments, in front of a crowd estimated at between 250,000 and 500,000 fans . </P> <P> It was the Stones' first public concert in over two years, and was planned as an introduction of new guitarist, Mick Taylor, though circumstances inevitably changed following the death of former member Brian Jones two days earlier . The band rehearsed at the Beatles' studio in the basement of Savile Row, and Jagger and Richards came up with a 14 - song set; the Hyde Park concert would be the first time many of the songs had been played before a public audience . The PA system was supplied by Watkins Electric Music, who had already handled amplification at previous Hyde Park shows . </P>

When did the rolling stones play in hyde park