Rock concert to honor London’s first responders

The rock group Queen said it would invite thousands of emergency services workers to an open-air concert in London’s Hyde Park that was postponed by a week because of the terrorist attacks in the city.

Queen’s Paul Rodgers said the group wanted Friday’s concert to be a tribute to the “extraordinary response” of the police officers, firefighters and paramedics who helped the victims of last week’s subway and bus bombings.

“We feel it is fitting to thank London’s emergency services for their extraordinary response in dealing with the effects of the bombing attacks and to celebrate the historical resilience of Londoners in their response to yet another atrocity,” Rodgers said in a statement.