Rolling Stones Tour: Hyde Park Show Attracts 65k, Gary Clark Jr. Joins Band Onstage [VIDEO]

Mick Jagger told concert-goers in advance that they shouldn't expect anything sentimental out of The Rolling Stones when the band returned to Hyde Park in London 44 years after the band's last show there. It seems the group went out of its way to relive the famous shows however. 

When the band last played Hyde Park in 1969, there were a heck of a lot more trees than there are now. 2013's show featured nearly as many fans however. 65,000 people showed up to watch the band's performance on Saturday, but the band was on its own to supply the trees. Which they did. Two 70-plus feet tall mock oak trees were "planted" onstage to replicate the foliage missing. The show opened with videos of the band's last Hyde Park performance being broadcast on big screens. 

The actual performance featured a few more guest stars than the original set however. Gary Clark Jr., who first joined the band on its "50 & Counting" tour in Boston, came onstage to play guitar during the song "Bitch." He had played "Going Down" with the band in Boston. The Voice Chamber and London Youth Choir helped perform the introduction to the song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and stuck around for "Satisfaction." 

The band's performance in 1969 was a free concert meant to introduce the band's new guitarist, Mick Taylor, to the world. However other guitarist Brian Jones died two days before the event was to take place and the concert served as a memoriam to Jones. Jagger wore white and read from Percey Shelley, and hundreds of white butterflies were released. 

The Stones current stop at Hyde Park, which will include a second show this upcoming Saturday, is part of the two-week Barclaycard British Summer Time festival, which began with Jon Bon Jovi's concert on Friday.