Diamond Jubilee Concert

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Diamond Jubilee Concert
Concert by various artists
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Venue The Mall, London, England
Date(s) 4 June 2012 (2012-06-04)

The Diamond Jubilee Concert was a concert held on 4 June 2012 outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall in London. The concert was organised by Take That singer-songwriter Gary Barlow and the BBC. It was part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.[1][2][3][4]

The Diamond Jubilee Concert followed two concerts held at the palace for the Queen's Golden Jubilee a decade earlier – the classical themed Prom at the Palace and the pop/rock themed Party at the Palace.

The concert was partially attended by the Queen, who arrived at 9pm, but not by Prince Philip who had been taken to hospital with a bladder infection earlier in the day.[5] Prince Charles and other members of the royal family attended the whole concert.

Organisation and ticketing

Gary Barlow and the BBC spent 6 months planning the concert and 10,000 free tickets for the concert were made available to the public, with applications possible, by post or online, between 7 February and 2 March 2012. After the application period closed, successful applicants were then drawn by random ballot.[6] A total of 1.2 million applications were eventually received, 240 for every available pair.[7]

Date and venue

The concert was held at the end of The Mall, directly in front of Buckingham Palace, where a special stage was built.

The concert took place on bank holiday Monday 4 June as part of the extended weekend celebrations for the Diamond Jubilee, which ran from 2 to 5 June.[6] The acts performed on a specially constructed stage, with a canopy, around the Queen Victoria Memorial,[8] in front of the palace.[7] The stage was designed by Mark Fisher.

The house band was led by Mike Stevens who was also the Musical Director of the concert using the Take That/Gary Barlow band a few extra musicians and the BBC Concert Orchestra .[6] Performances included one-off collaborations between artists.[6] Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney were the headline acts of the concert. Gary Barlow and Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote a song for the jubilee entitled Sing which was performed for the first time at the concert by a choir from many Commonwealth countries. The song draws inspiration from the music and people of the Commonwealth. Its creation was the subject of a one-hour BBC documentary broadcast on 3 June 2012 by BBC One.[9]

Jubilee picnic

Concert ticket holders were given access to the palace gardens for an afternoon picnic before the main event. They were served cold hampers with a British themed menu specially designed by Heston Blumenthal and the royal chef Mark Flanagan.[10]

Performers

The running order was:

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...as a nation this is our opportunity to thank you and my father for always being there for us. For inspiring us with your selfless duty and service and for making us proud to be British.

Prince Charles' tribute to the Queen.[16]

Broadcasting

The concert was broadcast live on BBC One, BBC One HD and BBC Radio 2. American broadcaster ABC showed highlights the following day after as Concert For The Queen: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration With Katie Couric as well as an encore airing on 9 June.[6] Broadcasting unions announced in April 2012 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.[17] It was later confirmed that the BBC's coverage wouldn't be affected by any strikes.[18] It aired on 5 June on CBC television in Canada. BBC Entertainment showed the concert on 8 June in Latin America.

The concert aired from 7:30pm until approximately 11:00pm (19:30-23:00) UK time. In the UK the programme was seen by an average of 15.32 million viewers on BBC One, peaking near 17 million, making it the 14th highest UK TV audience of 2012.[19][20]

For the ABC broadcast the following aired:

  • will.i.am and Jessie J - "I Gotta Feeling" / "This Is Love"
  • Jessie J – "Domino"
  • Tom Jones – "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" and "Delilah"
  • Kylie Minogue - medley "Spinning Around", "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", "Step Back In Time" and "All The Lovers"
  • Elton John – "I'm Still Standing", "Your Song" and "Crocodile Rock"
  • Stevie Wonder – "Sir Duke", "Isn't She Lovely", "Happy Birthday" (with will.i.am) and "Superstition"
  • Madness – "Our House" and "It Must Be Love"
  • Paul McCartney - "All My Loving", "Let It Be", "Live and Let Die" and "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
  • Finish - Prince Charles made a speech at the end of the concert
  • The National Anthem was played, which majority sang.
  • Grand Finale - The Queen lit the National Beacon followed by a display of fireworks, during which the melodies of several national hymns were played.
    • Annie Lennox's participation was listed in the program description yet her appearance did not air.

The 5 June show on ABC opened to 6.4 million (4.1/6) before rising in the second hour to 7.2 million (4.7/8) for an average of 6.8 million viewers for the evening.[21]

The broadcast was aired on Channel 9 in Australia on 5 June - and was broadcast in its entirety apart from:

  • Interlude - Jimmy Carr
  • Lang Lang – "Hungarian Rhapsody" / "Rhapsody In Blue"
  • Interlude - Miranda Hart
  • Interlude - Lenny Henry
  • Jools Holland and Ruby Turner – "You Are So Beautiful"
  • Interlude - Jimmy Carr [22]

References

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  14. ↑ "Jessie J will perform at Diamond Jubilee Concert" at jessiej.ru
  15. ↑ "'Our house, in the middle of One's street': Madness transform Buckingham Palace into terraced housing with amazing light show", dailymail.co.uk., Retrieved 5 June 2012
  16. ↑ 'Thanks for making us all so proud to be British': Prince Charles pays moving and personal tribute to 'Mummy' the Queen at spectacular Buckingham Palace Diamond Jubilee Concert". Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 June 2012
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  18. ↑ "Diamond Jubilee strike by BBC staff averted after agreement over new pay deal". Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 June 2012
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