2. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
Support from the Specials – Horace Panter, Lynval Golding and Nik Torp – was
enthusiastically delivered and warmly received
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3. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
The Olympic closing ceremony concert was a celebration of British music past as
Bernard Sumner, of New Order, also supported Blur
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4. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
Terry Hall, frontman of the Specials. The night was one of many moods – from giddy
pop rushes to melancholy that all the Olympics jubilation had come to a close
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5. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
Blur performed on a stage designed to look like a motorway flyover, referring to
their recent track Under the Westway
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6. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
Bassist Alex James seems to be focusing on his cigarette ash. Blur opened with an
incendiary rendition of Girls and Boys
Photograph: Rex Features
7. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
Damon Albarn dedicated the band's 1997 hit Song 2 to Team GB's gold medalist Mo
Farah
Photograph: Ian West/PA
8. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
Albarn has said the sold-out Hyde Park gig might be the band's final performance
Photograph: Ian West/PA
9. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
The crowd roared their approval of Blur's affectionate hymns to the capital – London
Loves, For Tomorrow and Under the Westway, the last of which Albarn said he wrote
especially for the Hyde Park gig
Photograph: Ki Price/Reuters
10. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
Former EastEnders star Phil Daniels, who featured on the original recording of
Parklife, joined Albarn on stage for the song
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11. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
Daniels did his bit to keep up the bouncy mood in the park
Photograph: Ki Price/Reuters
12. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
The best of British theme continued … with Harry Enfield's arrival on stage as a tea
lady
Photograph: Brian Rasic/Rex Features
13. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
Tender moment … Enfield and Daniels
Photograph: Brian Rasic/Rex Features
14. Link School
School of English in London
Northumberland House
Popes Lane, Ealing
London, W5 4NG, UK
www.linkschool.co.uk
Damon said Enfield was there 'to represent that great British institution – the tea
lady'. The band ended the night with a rousing rendition of The Universal
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