July 5, 1969, Rolling Stones They offered a free concert in Hyde Park, LondonBefore the big public, which, as they say, could reach 500 thousand people. What was to be his triumphal return to the stage two years later, without touching the live presentation in a public presentation Mick Taylor As part of the group, it became an impromptu tribute Brian JonesFormer group of a group that died two days ago.
With the intention of paying tribute Mick Jagger He read the poem by Percy Bisher Shelley, while thousands of white butterflies, symbols of the world and updates were releasedThe field but the emotional gesture did not come out, as expected: Butterflies delivered from farms in Western England arrived in the park in small ideal conditionsMany were cold and did not react, so Andrew King King -Promotor of the event was to “revive them”, placing them in heating plates by the stage.
What happened to butterflies?
“Jagger was going to release these white butterflies,” King said in an interview with Uncut. “I had to contact the farm -grandmothers in the west of the country and those who were responsible for the park, which were very concerned that the wrong type of butterflies could affect the ecosystem of the park. I looked inside and was full of dead butterflies, so I called the butterfly farm concluded by panic, and I said: “They are dead! “They slept that they had to heat them.
Extreme heat, however, was deadly for many of them, and even one of the plates caught fireThe field so when the boxes finally opened on the stage, Some butterflies managed to fly, but most fell to the ground, stunned or dyingThe field of what should be a symbol of beauty turned out to be a gloomy scene, which, by irony of fate, reflected the turbulent era that crossed the group.
