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Event Information:
Please
note that the above link will be
showing all the major events of the
Diamond Jubilee, street parties and
the like, as well as the concert. The
Diamond Jubilee Concert will be a
concert held outside Buckingham
Palace in London, organised as part
of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond
Jubilee celebrations. The Diamond
Jubilee Concert follows two concerts
held at the palace for the Queen's
Golden Jubille a decade earlier -
the classical Prom at the Palace and
the pop themed Party at the Palace.
The
concert has been organised as a
joint venture between the BBC and
Take That singer Gary Barlow. 10,000
free tickets for the concert were
made available. Members of the
public could apply by post or online
between 7 February and 2 March .
After the application period closed,
successful applicants were then
drawn by random ballot. A total of
1.2 million applications were
eventually received, 240 for every
available place.
The
concert takes place on bank holiday
Monday 4 June as part of the
extended weekend celebrations for
the Diamond Jubilee, which will run
from the 2nd to the 5th of June. The
acts will perform on a specially
constructed stage around the Queen
Victoria Memorial, which stands in
front of the palace. The stage is
being designed by Mark Fisher.
Lineup
includes:
Alfie
Boe
Annie Lennon
Cliff Richard
Cheryl
Ed Sheeran
Sir Elton John
Jessie J
JLS
Jools Holland
Kylie Minogue
Lang Lang
Madness
Sir Paul McCartney
Robbie Williams
Dame Shirley Bassey
Stevie Wonder
Tom Jones
Performances will include one-off
collaborations between artists. Gary
Barlow and Andrew Lloyd Webber are
to co-write a song for the Jubilee,
which will be performed for the
first time at the concert by a
"unique artist". The song is to draw
inspiration from the music and the
people of the Commonwealth. Its
creation is to be the subject of a 1
hour BBC documentary. The concert
will be broadcast live on BBC One
(including in high definition) and
BBC Radio 2. American broadcaster
ABC will be showing highlights the
day after the concert. Broadcasting
unions announced in April that
they would ballot their members over
taking strike action due to an
ongoing pay dispute with the BBC,
leading to media speculation that
the BBC coverage of the concert
could be affected.
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