The Coronation Concert
On Sunday 7th May 2023, a special Coronation Concert will be staged and broadcast live at Windsor Castle by the BBC and BBC Studios, with several thousand pairs of tickets to be made available via public ballot.
Ten thousand members of the public who obtained tickets via ballot will join volunteers from the King and Queen Consort’s various charities in the audience. The remaining tickets will go to organisations supporting young people, the military and the environment, as well as local communities and the wider Commonwealth.
The public ballot has now closed and those who have won free tickets will be notified by late April. Exact timings for the concert have not yet been announced.
Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie are among musical acts in the world class line-up for the Coronation Concert. Take That’s performance will feature three of the original members – Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. Gary Barlow organised the Diamond Jubilee concert for the late Queen in 2012, and led his bandmates in a performance at the London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony.
The event, hosted by the BBC, will also include performances by Italian opera star, Andrea Bocelli; Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel; singer-songwriter Freya Ridings and classical-soul composer, Alexis Ffrench.
Alongside the stars of the concert, the show will also see an exclusive appearance from The Coronation Choir.
This diverse group will be created from the nation’s keenest community choirs and amateur singers from across the United Kingdom, such as Refugee choirs, NHS choirs, LGBTQ+ singing groups and deaf signing choirs
The centrepiece of the Coronation Concert, ‘Lighting up the Nation’, will see the country join together in celebration as iconic locations across the United Kingdom are lit up using projections, lasers, drone displays and illuminations.
There are also rumours that ex-Wings singer Sir Paul McCartney has been approached to form the centrepiece of the concert.
Kirsty Young will return to anchor the special live broadcast for the BBC, this time within the grounds of Windsor Castle, where the concert will take place that evening on the castle’s East Lawn.
Clara Amfo and Jordan Banjo will be backstage with the artists who will perform in front of 20,000 members of the public, including guests from various affiliated charities.
