British Summer Time at Hyde Park - in pictures

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Black Sabbath, Soundgarden and Faith No More invaded Hyde Park at the weekend – along with tens of thousands of metal heads, punks and tattooed ladies. See anyone you know?

Friday, July 4 may have been was American Independence Day, but the atmosphere and the sights In London's Hyde Park were very British...

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Brad Merrett
Brad Merrett
Head of Design (Music)

An Art Director and designer since 2004, Brad Merrett is currently Head of Design (Music) at Future Publishing PLC. He is responsible for the design strategy of online & print brands for the music division. Brad currently Art Directs Guitar World, Classic Rock, Guitarist, Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine and Guitar Player, Louder & Music Radar online. He has worked on The Classic Rock Awards UK and Japan, played Hendrix’s Flying V (badly) and accidentally strangled Slash. When not contributing live photographs to the music brands he is supporting Liverpool FC.

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