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  • From inside their cars, opera fans applaud the performance of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally30-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Rows of cars are parked in front of the stage to watch British Bass-baritone<br />
Paul Sheehan (playing Benoit) at the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally13-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally21-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally18-18-09-2020.jpg
  • An opera watcher leans into a car before the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally07-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally20-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally24-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Rows of cars are parked in front of the stage to watch British Bass-baritone<br />
Paul Sheehan (playing Benoit) at the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally11-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally22-18-09-2020.jpg
  • A lady office worker trying to enjoy her lunchtime in spring sunshine, ignores a traditional band of Morris Men who gather to begin a St George's Day performance at the church of St. Botolph's without Bishopsgate in the City of London. Wearing white uniforms they jig their traditional dance, a form of English folk dance accompanied by accordion and pipes. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords, and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two men, steps are performed near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid across each other on the floor. English records of Morris dancing date back to 1448.
    st_georges_day11-23-04-2009.jpg
  • Against the strong spotlight of the Big Top, a ringmaster announces the next act during an afternoon performance by the Gerry Cottle circus in North London. With his top hat perched firmly on his head and holding his microphone, the leader of his troupe smiles confidently and speaks with authority to the unseen audience who eagerly await the skills of acrobats or clowns who are about to enter the ring. In his scarlet red coat and holding a pair of gloves in his other hand, the man is the epitome of showmen - a picture of show businesses and variety, of the presenter from another era.
    circus_ringmaster-28-09-1990.jpg
  • Seen low from behind stage, a male voice choir are lined up to sing during their performance at an open-air temporary auditorium during the Lambeth Show, an inner-city cultural and family event held annually in Dulwich Park, a leafy suburb of South London. The choristers are dressed in white shirts which are untidily untucked from their dark trousers (pants). Their heads echo the purple, yellow and red spots from the overhead lights. The front of stage is covered by a curved ribbed roof structure that arches over the mens' heads. The singers look small in scale to the cavernous height of this ceiling, occupying a small percentage of the frame. We cannot see the choir's conductor, nor their audience but we get an impression of wide area in which to project their voices
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  • Retired theatre-goers queue outside the Garrick Theatre on Charing Cross Road to see a matinee performance of the hit musical 'Rip It Up', on 22nd May 2019, in London, England
    garrick_theatre-03-22-05-2019.jpg
  • A dress rehearsal performance of Hamlet directed by Adrian Noble and starring English actor, Kenneth Branagh on 1st November 1992 at the Royal Shakespeare Company, London UK. This was the fourth time that Kenneth Branagh had played Hamlet, and he would go on to play the role again for his film version in 1997. Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh b1960 is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter originally from Belfast who was raised in England.
    kenneth_branagh02-01-11-1992.jpg
  • Hours before a European Space Agency Ariane 5 rocket launch, a computer monitor displays cryogenic data at the CDL3 launch centre at ESA's Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana. It shows the status of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellant systems within a Vulcain engine. Stored in the launcher tanks and fed to the engine, they react chemically and expand in the engine combustion chamber then forced through the nozzle to provide the thrust that propels the vehicle into orbit. Cryogenic engines utilise propellants that are liquid under cryogenic conditions, at a temperature much lower than normal ambient conditions (-251°C for hydrogen and -184°C for oxygen). The advantage of cryogenic propellants is that they provide the highest thrust performance. .
    esa_guiana05014-08-2007.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally15-18-09-2020.jpg
  • From inside their cars, opera fans applaud the performance of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally31-18-09-2020.jpg
  • From inside their cars, opera fans applaud the performance of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally32-18-09-2020.jpg
  • From inside their cars, opera fans applaud the performance of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally33-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally17-18-09-2020.jpg
  • The car park fills up before the technical rehearsal of Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally04-18-09-2020.jpg
  • An opera watcher leans into a car before the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally08-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Rows of cars are parked in front of the stage to watch British Bass-baritone<br />
Paul Sheehan (playing Benoit) at the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally10-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Rows of cars are parked in front of the stage to watch Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally09-18-09-2020.jpg
  • A young opera watcher stands outside a car before the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally05-18-09-2020.jpg
  • A young opera watcher stands outside a car before the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally06-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally16-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally19-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally23-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Heard over a car's FM radio, Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally27-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally29-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally28-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Schoolboys from the City of London School play string instruments during a public performance of classical music.
    youth_orchestra01-16-04-1994.jpg
  • A drummer works hard during live performance in south London. With a sheet music score to refer to, the young man is a member of a London youth jazz orchestra, playing in front of a large crowd in Dulwich. With a keen sense of rhythm and tempo, he strikes his drums and cymbals with regular timing.
    band_drummer-16-08-1999.jpg
  • Wearing ear-defenders,military green camouflage and fluorescent tabard, a 'line' engineer from the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, inserts his head into the jet pipe of a Hawk aircraft immediately after a winter training flight at the team's headquarters at a damp RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. The man is a member of the team's support ground crew (called the Blues because of their distinctive blue overalls worn at summer air shows). Checking for irregular blemishes within the aircraft's exhaust is a vital aspect of maintenance jets whose engines need to perform as the highest level, especially if its performance, and that of each pilot's manoeuvres need to be perfect. Power reduction can ruin a display for tens of thousands of spectators but an engine failure could be catastrophic..
    Red_Arrows389_RBA.jpg
  • A door painted with a high-gloss red finish is closed and a warning sign for privacy is hung to deter outsiders from entering. This briefing room belongs to the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team Lincolnshire, who use these offices as headquarters and administrative centre for the 90-plus displays they perform a year. The pilots' crew room is screened off from visitors and the notice says "Stop, do not enter, briefing in progress" to isolate the serious business of briefing and de-briefing. Performance appraisals before and after a training flight or air show displays are intense. Matters of safety and perfection are discussed so the aviators politely close the door unless visitors have been invited in to hear about the features of the next flight or afterwards, the gentlemanly exchanges providing analysis and frank views.
    Red_Arrows472_RBA.jpg
  • The car park fills up before the technical rehearsal of Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally02-18-09-2020.jpg
  • The car park fills up before the technical rehearsal of Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally03-18-09-2020.jpg
  • The car park fills up before the technical rehearsal of Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally01-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Retired theatre-goers queue outside the Garrick Theatre on Charing Cross Road to see a matinee performance of the hit musical 'Rip It Up', on 22nd May 2019, in London, England
    garrick_theatre-04-22-05-2019.jpg
  • A dress rehearsal performance of Hamlet directed by Adrian Noble and starring English actor, Kenneth Branagh on 1st November 1992 at the Royal Shakespeare Company, London UK. This was the fourth time that Kenneth Branagh had played Hamlet, and he would go on to play the role again for his film version in 1997. Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh b1960 is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter originally from Belfast who was raised in England.
    kenneth_branagh01-01-11-1992.jpg
  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
    glam_rock07-25-10-2014.jpg
  • Spectators at the The Princess Margaret Hospital (TPMH) on the Akrotiri peninsula, about 4 kilometres from the RAF Station at Akrotiri, admire the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, as they perform one of their first public shows of the year. RAF staff and patients are allowed on to the grass outside the hospital building for this free show, given in honour of local charity fund-raisers of the Cyprus-based RAF Association whose guests form one of the smallest crowds to watch a Red Arrows display. Here, the team perform The Twizzle manoeuvre in front of the small crowd who stand by a green fence, matching tree and palm tree stumps. The bare earth is baked hard by the lack of rain and it almost looks like a desert scene as five of the nine jets speed overhead,
    Red_Arrows136_RBA.jpg
  • In front of amused elderly passers-by, street performers strut their stuff during a Gay Pride parade of homosexuals and transgender cross-dressers. One wears a bright red and gold costume with feathers just off the road while another wears a dancer's sequined leotard. Gay pride or LGBT pride is the positive stance against discrimination and violence toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people to promote their self-affirmation, dignity, equality rights, increase their visibility as a social group, build community, and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance.
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  • The Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti performs in London during the free Party in the Park concert to celebrate his 30 years in opera. A crowd of 100,000 stood in the London rain to watch Pavarotti perform 20 arias by Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and Wagner. VIPs the Princess of Wales, Prime Minister John Major and Michael Caine got soaked in heavy rain along with everyone else sitting on the grass cowering beneath tarpaulins. We see the rotund Operatic maestro in full flow, belting out an aria while dressed in formal tails and wastecoat and holding his customary scarf that he uses to dab the sweat from his brow. Pavarotti helped bring an otherwise high-brow artform to the ordinary Man after the BBC used his rendition of Nessun Dorma to theme their World Cup TV coverage. This lead the way to Opera reaching the Common Man in Britain.
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  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
    glam_rock04-25-10-2014.jpg
  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
    glam_rock06-25-10-2014.jpg
  • Sketch act Jigsaw perform on stage in south London. Jigsaw consist of: Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema.
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  • Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti performs in London during the free Party in the Park concert to celebrate his 30 years in opera<br />
on 30th July 1991 in London's Hyde Park. A crowd of 100,000 stood in the rain to watch Pavarotti perform 20 arias by Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and Wagner. VIPs the Princess of Wales, Prime Minister John Major and Michael Caine were soaked in heavy rain along with everyone else sitting on the grass cowering beneath tarpaulins. Pavarotti helped bring an otherwise high-brow artform to the ordinary Man after the BBC used his rendition of Nessun Dorma to theme their World Cup TV coverage.
    opera_pavarotti-30-07-1991.jpg
  • Sketch act Jigsaw perform on stage in south London. Jigsaw consist of: Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema.
    comedy_night20-18-05-2012.jpg
  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
    guitar_showcase18-08-07-2012.jpg
  • Adult keyboard player accompanies a teenage band perform  band in a south London pub.
    guitar_showcase03-08-07-2012.jpg
  • A traditional band of Morris Men dance outside the ancient Christian church of St. Botolph's without Bishopsgate in the City of London on St George's Day. Wearing white uniforms they jig their traditional dance, a form of English folk dance accompanied by accordion and pipes. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords, and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two men, steps are performed near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid across each other on the floor. English records of Morris dancing date back to 1448. The church may have survived the Great Fire of London unscathed, and only lost one window in the Second World War, but on 24 April 1993 was one of the many buildings to be damaged by an IRA bomb.
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  • An old fashioned pair of public address speakers have been attached to a no access sign overlooking the Northumberland countryside at the Kielder Air Show. Here, the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, are to perform and the squadron's commentator - known as Red 10 - will be describing the 25-minute routine performed in front of a few hundred people, probably the smallest of the Red Arrows audiences. The Hawk aircraft will be flying over the borderland between England and Scotland during this display which has attracted a local crowd to this pretty landscape. This primitive method of amplification makes for it charmingly quirky. Tangled electrical wires and an extension reel is low-tech and makeshift, vastly different to other shows where digital sound quality reproduces audio to many of thousands of spectators.
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  • Adult keyboard player accompanies a teenage band perform  band in a south London pub.
    guitar_showcase05-08-07-2012.jpg
  • Comic entertainer with glitzy backdrop performs a stand-up routine on stage during cruise ship voyage.
    entertainer_stage01-06-05-1996.jpg
  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
    music_showcase12-10-07-2010.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is straining in his last sit-ups during a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
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  • Air show organiser Jock Maitland of the Biggin Hill displays is to be presented with a momento by members of  the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team. We look down upon three pilots' backs (known as the Reds) who are lined up in their famous red flying suits during the ceremony and as speeches of thanks are made. A scaled model of a Hawk jet aircraft is hidden from view behind Flight Lieutenant Dave Slow's back before being handed to Mr Maitland as thanks for his contribution to the air show calendar. They stand at ease on the grass of this famous World War II airfield which saw much enemy action during the Batttle of Britain, patiently and relaxed with hands behind backs before leaving to perform their display routine in front of thousands of spectators.
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  • Squadron Leader David Thomas of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, sits on the wing of his Hawk jet aircraft and concentrates on the air display at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) RAF Fairford, UK. The pressures on the pilots are enormous when thousands of people scruntinise the team's every move. Squadron Leader Thomas is Synchro Leader - the prime flyer in a partnership of two who perform some of the most spectacular manoeuvres in the Red Arrows routine, including the most physically demanding high 'G' (gravity) turns. Leaning back on the fuselage, he replays the manoeuvres through his mind. The psyching-up process mentally prepares him for the intensive show. Thomas wears his anti-g pants which squeeze blood back to his thorax and head during the turns and loops, also wearing the famous red flying suit. .
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  • Spectators look upwards as aircraft of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team perform aerobatics.
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  • BBC warm-up man Miles Crawford holds up two boards prompting the audience watching the National Lottery Show to Clap or Laugh in BBC Television Centre in West London, England. Lit by studio lighting with a universe of stars in the background, Crawford is a respected and versatile stand-up comic and TV personality in his own right  working for the BBC, Sky, Channel 4 and ITV. Ironically, warm-ups perform a preliminary act before a TV show is recorded to literally warm an audience into non-spontaneous laughter to help a comedy's atmosphere - albeit with the help of prompt signs like these. The first National Lottery Live show was at 19:00 on Saturday 19 November 1994.
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  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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YouTube video link: http://bit.ly/Rw4cGs
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  • Schoolboy performs his own material with his teenage band in a south London pub.
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  • The stand-up comedian Paul Sinha performs at a comedy night in south London.
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  • A young magician performs a levitation trick using a lady assistant, in front of a crowd in Covent Garden's Piazza, London. Saying abracadabra or a similar explanation to wow his surrounding audience, the man stands beneath the raised woman, lying horizontally in mid-air. Levitation (from Latin levitas "lightness") is the process by which an object is suspended by a physical force against gravity, in a stable position without solid physical contact.
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  • Schoolboys performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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YouTube video link: http://bit.ly/Rw4cGs
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  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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YouTube video link: http://bit.ly/Rw4cGs
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  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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YouTube video link: http://bit.ly/Rw4cGs
    stereotypes_showcase03-25-11-2012.jpg
  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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YouTube video link: http://bit.ly/Rw4cGs
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  • Phil Nichol performs on stage in London.
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  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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YouTube video link: http://bit.ly/Rw4cGs
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  • Schoolboy drummer performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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YouTube video link: http://bit.ly/Rw4cGs
    stereotypes_showcase10-25-11-2012.jpg
  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.
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  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.
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  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.
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  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.
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  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.
    guitar_showcase14-08-07-2012.jpg
  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.
    guitar_showcase20-08-07-2012.jpg
  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.
    guitar_showcase12-08-07-2012.jpg
  • The stand-up comedian Paul Sinha performs at a comedy night in south London.
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  • The stand-up comedian Paul Sinha performs at a comedy night in south London.
    comedy_night14-18-05-2012.jpg
  • Joining with the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team on the far left, are the smoke trails of forty leading European display aircraft: Spanish Patrulla Aguila; Italian Frecce Tricolori; French Breitling Jet Team and the Swiss Patrouille Suisse. All flew together in the clear, blue alpine skies on a spectacular fly-past at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. The two-day festival at the Swiss airfield is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. European display teams and air forces gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Swiss military aviation. Flying on the far left here, the Red Arrows have performed over 4,000 shows in 52 countries since 1965.
    Red_Arrows671_RBA.jpg
  • Joining with the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team on the far left, are the smoke trails of forty leading European display aircraft: Spanish Patrulla Aguila; Italian Frecce Tricolori; French Breitling Jet Team and the Swiss Patrouille Suisse. All flew together in the clear, blue alpine skies on a spectacular fly-past at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. The two-day festival at the Swiss airfield is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. European display teams and air forces gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Swiss military aviation. Flying on the far left here, the Red Arrows have performed over 4,000 shows in 52 countries since 1965.
    Red_Arrows672_RBA.jpg
  • Francis Rossi (left) and Rick Parfitt (right) of Status Quo face an auditorium, with their backs to the viewer  while sitting on the edge of their stage after a sound check in l'Aeronef in Lille, France during their 2007 European Tour. Rossi adjusts his thin pony tail that he has sported since his early days in rock and roll. Parfitt and Rossi are the two original members of the band, having met as school boys in the early 60s. Their distinctive three-chord guitar riff has made them a household name with hits like: Rockin' All Over the World and Sweet Caroline; selling 118 million albums. Over their 40 years of performing, QUO have played over 6000 live shows to an audience of 25 million people and travelling four million miles and spent 23 years away from home..
    status_quo038-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Joining with the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team on the far left, are the smoke trails of forty leading European display aircraft: Spanish Patrulla Aguila; Italian Frecce Tricolori; French Breitling Jet Team and the Swiss Patrouille Suisse. All flew together in the clear, blue alpine skies on a spectacular fly-past at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. The two-day festival at the Swiss airfield is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. European display teams and air forces gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Swiss military aviation. Flying on the far left here, the Red Arrows have performed over 4,000 shows in 52 countries since 1965.
    Red_Arrows641_RBA.jpg
  • Ending France's Bastille Day parade, the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, leave a trail of smoke over the pyramid peak of the Louvre art museum in the centre of Paris. Leaving vapour trails of red, white and blue smoke to mark the 100th anniversary of the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale. They were chosen by the French authorities to close the fly-pasts. British armed forces paraded in the historic parade for the first time. Under blue skies on a perfect summer day, the squadron lined up in their classic fly-past 'V-shape' called 'Big Battle', following the straight line of the Champs Elysees then eastwards over the Parisian suburbs. Personnel from four British military units were present and French Air Force jets performed their own fly-past to open the parade, while the British Hawk jets of the Red Arrows had the honour of completing it. .
    Red_Arrows461_RBA.jpg
  • Brian Lecomber flew as a professional aerobatic pilot for 23 years, during which time his Firebird Aerobatics team completed over 2,800 solo and formation displays in front of an estimated total of 90 million spectators. They gave displays in 15 countries, and had a 100% safety record before closing in 2003. They will be remembered as one of the UK's most successful professional civilian aerobatic display company. Lecomber has been a racing motorcycle mechanic; journalist; wing-walker in a flying circus; chief flying instructor in the Caribbean; crop-spray pilot, and then a best-selling author of aviation novels. We see him in-flight performing a tight turn above southern English fields of Buckinghamshire with flying partner Alan Wade when the team was sponsored by the Rover Group.
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  • Ending France's Bastille Day parade, the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, streak over the pyramid peak of the Louvre art museum in the centre of Paris. Leaving vapour trails of red, white and blue smoke to mark the 100th anniversary of the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale. They were chosen by the French authorities to close the fly-pasts. British armed forces paraded in the historic parade for the first time. Under blue skies on a perfect summer day, the squadron lined up in their classic fly-past 'V-shape' called 'Big Battle', following the straight line of the Champs Elysees then eastwards over the Parisian suburbs. Personnel from four British military units were present and French Air Force jets performed their own fly-past to open the parade, while the British Hawk jets of the Red Arrows had the honour of completing it. .
    Red_Arrows462_RBA.jpg
  • Virgin Chairman Sir Richard Branson performs in front of the media during a publicity launch of Virgin Atlantic's new Airbus A340-600 which is parked behind the business tycoon during the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, England. He stands on one leg in a typically eccentric aviation-owner balancing trick. Behind him near the aircraft's nose a Virgin 'babe' echoes his outstretched arms while flying the British Union Jack flag. Farnborough centres its presence on big aerospace business to the tune of $40bn in orders and industry leaders like Branson, Boeing and Airbus parade their brands and announce new orders throughout the week-long display. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
    aviation_corbis26-23-07-2002.jpg
  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
    guitar_showcase17-08-07-2012.jpg
  • A lone pensioner sits in one deckchair among many before an outside concert at at Kenwood House, North London. Set in leafy grounds beside Hampstead Heath, these grounds  were remodelled by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1779. English Heritage host Summer concerts here and families and music fans spend war summer evenings listening to opera, classical or series of themed performances by visiting artists and groups. Here is also the source of one of London's lost rivers, The Fleet which rises here and flows downhill into the city where it becomes part of the sewer system, emerging in the Thames at Blackfriars. Extended caption ..
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  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.
    guitar_showcase23-08-07-2012.jpg
  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
    glam_rock01-25-10-2014.jpg
  • Spectators at the The Princess Margaret Hospital (TPMH) on the Akrotiri peninsula, about 4 kilometres from the RAF Station at Akrotiri, admire the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, as they perform one of their first public shows of the year. RAF staff and patients are allowed on to the grass outside the hospital building for this free show, given in honour of local charity fund-raisers of the Cyprus-based RAF Association whose guests form one of the smallest crowds to watch a Red Arrows display. Here, the team perform The Twizzle manoeuvre in front of the small crowd who stand by a green fence, matching tree and palm tree stumps. The bare earth is baked hard by the lack of rain and it almost looks like a desert scene as five of the nine jets speed overhead.
    Red_Arrows133_RBA.jpg
  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
    glam_rock05-25-10-2014.jpg
  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
    glam_rock03-25-10-2014.jpg
  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
    glam_rock02-25-10-2014.jpg
  • A teenage 4-piece band of drums, bass and two lead guitars perform in front of parents in an upstairs pub room in south London. 15 year-old lads play their own songs and covers by other musical artists.
    guitar_showcase03-23-06-2013.jpg
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