Erection date: /10/2020
Inscription
Bob Marley & the Wailers played their largest UK concert and final London show here, 7th June 1980.
Nubian Jak Community Trust
Crystal Palace Bowl
The plaque has the Ethiopian/pan-African/Rastafari tri-colours around the edge. Unveiled during Covid restrictions to a few people, socially distanced.
Site: Bob Marley and the Wailers - SE26 (1 memorial)
SE26, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Bowl
As part of their Uprising tour Marley and the Wailers played here in the Summer of 80 Garden Party Festival, a well-established annual event. This was Marley's last and biggest London concert.
The bandstand is known by locals as the Rusty Laptop.
Sources: Inside Croydon, London News Online
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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