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From a late headliner cancellation, to near record rainfall, organizers of the 20th edition of Rock the Park (RTP) say they are “proud of their team.”

The festival at Harris Park in downtown London, Ont. drew a record 44,000 people over the four days.

Cleanup is underway, after an epic finish Saturday night.

“Bryan Adams with The Sheepdogs, Alan Doyle and the Odds coming out doing a little tribute to Neil Young,” said Greg Jones, of Jones Entertainment Group (JEG), the organizers of RTP.

“They did Rockin’ in the Free World. It was it was magical and everybody there was witnessing something that they’ll never see again”.

The tribute to Young came just 12 days after he had to cancel his headlining performance due to illness. Adams replaced him.

JEG also had to deal with rapper Sean Kingston being denied into Canada, and near record rainfall on opening night.

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