Hard Rock International have announced this year's headline artists for the Hard Rock Calling concerts that will take place in Hyde Park on 28 and 29 June 2008.

Returning to Hyde Park over a decade after his last headlining performance, the legendary Eric Clapton will headline Saturday 28th June, and will be joined by special guests Sheryl Crow and John Mayer, with more acts to be announced shortly.

The Police, following their hugely successful world tour, are to headline on Sunday 29th June with special guests KT Tunstall and Starsailor, again with more acts to be added to the bill.

Hard Rock Calling, produced by Live Nation and presented by Hard Rock International, is a unique and historic musical event with a main stage, second stage and many surprises in store for music and festival fans of all ages. Hard Rock Calling is part of Hard Rock's third annual Ambassadors of Rock Tour, a global concert series featuring top artists and bands, benefiting charities worldwide.

Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park, London Gates Open at 1pm

For new additions to the line up and more info go to www.hardrockcalling.co.uk

Tickets are now on sale priced at £50 for Saturday and £65 for Sunday. A weekend ticket can be purchased for £110 but these have limited availability. Tickets can be booked through www.livenation.co.uk or through a 24hr credit card hotline 0844 576 5483 (all tickets are subject to a booking fee).

Disabled access bookings for this event have now been brought in-house by Live Nation to improve the service offered to our customers. For access enquiries or to make your booking, please email us at access@hardrockcalling.co.uk.

Alternatively, please call our dedicated line: Telephone Number: 0121 767 9729 Service hours: Monday - Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm (an answer phone is available outside of these hours).

Live Nation is committed to encouraging and providing more sustainable transport options to Hard Rock Calling and would also like to offer customers the opportunity to offset their carbon emissions associated with travelling to this event. If you would like to participate in this scheme, there is an option to add 40p to your order on the shipping page.

The figure of 40p represents the average per person CO2 emissions associated with audience travel to and from the concert. It was deduced using results of transport surveys and transport modeling along with approved DEFRA conversion figures. The funds will purchase Gold Standard Voluntary Emissions Reductions (VER's) from Emission:Statement who also support UK based environmental organisations to promote the solutions to climate change 'locally' as well as 'globally'. The offsets purchased are from energy efficiency or renewable energy projects that pass UN sustainable development criteria.

For all Festival PR Enquiries:
Steve Guest - Press and PR Manager - Live Nation Music UK
Steve.guest@LiveNation.co.uk (0) 207 009 3371 www.livenation.co.uk

Christine Gorham - PR Director - Live Nation Music UK
Christine.gorham@livenation.co.uk (0) 207 009 3282 www.livenation.co.uk

For all Accreditation Requests please email;
Charley.johns@livenation.co.uk

For all Hard Rock enquiries:
Kate Etteridge/ Nadine Bibi LD Communications T: 020 7439 7222
E: kate.etteridge@ldcommunications.co.uk/ nadine.bibi@ldcommunicattions.co.uk

For all Royal Parks enquiries please contact:
Katy Murray - Media Relations Officer - 020 7298 2128 or kmurray@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk

Notes to Editors

About Live Nation:

Live Nation is the future of the music business. With the most live concerts, music venues and festivals in the world and the most comprehensive concert search engine on the web, Live Nation is revolutionizing the music industry: onstage and online. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV." Additional information about the company can be found at www.livenation.com under the "About Us" section.

About Hard Rock International:

With 125 high-energy Hard Rock Cafes and nine Hotels/Casinos in 48 countries, Hard Rock International is one of the world's most globally recognized brands. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world's greatest collection of music memorabilia, which is displayed at its locations around the globe. Hard Rock is also known for its collectible fashion and music-related merchandise, Hard Rock Live performance venues and an award-winning website. In addition to the two flagship Seminole Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos in Tampa and Hollywood, Fla., Hard Rock Hotels/Casinos are located in Las Vegas, Biloxi, Orlando, Chicago, San Diego, Pattaya and Bali. Additional hotel and casino projects have been announced in Macau and Penang, both scheduled to open in 2009; Palm Springs, Atlanta and Panama, scheduled to open in 2010; and Dubai, scheduled to open in 2011. Hard Rock International, Inc. is owned by Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc. For more information on Hard Rock, visit www.hardrock.com.

About The Royal Parks:

Hyde Park is one of London's finest historic landscapes and covers over 142 hectares. There is something for everyone in Hyde Park - with over 4,000 trees, a lake, a meadow, horse rides and an aray of wonderful events and concerts - it is easy to forget that you're in the middle of London.

The Royal Parks are: Bushy Park, The Green Park, Greenwich Park, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Richmond Park and St James's Park.

For more information please visit: www.royalparks.org.uk