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The Stones in the Park was 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 an estimated audience between 250,000–500,000 spectators.
It was the Stones' first public concert in over two years, and was planned as an introduction of new guitarist, Mick Taylor, following the death of former member Brian Jones two days earlier. Fans started to arrive at the park with candles on 4 July in tribute to Jones, and by the morning of 5 July, 7,000 people had already gathered. Mick Jagger read a short eulogy on stage before the Stones' set began. After this recital, several hundred cabbage white butterflies were released.