2023-05-07 14:20:22
Er can still hardly believe his luck: Olly Murs is allowed to present himself to King Charles III this Sunday evening. and his wife Camilla sing. “It will be the performance of my life,” the 38-year-old Briton is convinced. It is of course also a special honor for Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Take That to be present at the coronation concert. But pop singer Murs (“Marry Me”), who used to work in a call center before coming second in 2009’s The X-Factor, is unlikely to be part of the “A line-up.” World stars, which the organizers of the concert and probably also the king and queen wished for, at least initially, for the grand finale of their weekend at Windsor Castle.
Murs is only too happy to interrupt his current tour of the UK to make a stop in Windsor. Others, however, canceled precisely for this reason. In general, for weeks it was mainly about those who supposedly canceled and hardly about those who agreed. It was already clear at the beginning of the year who wasn’t coming: Harry Styles, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Sir Elton John, the Spice Girls, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue. It is not at all certain whether they were all asked at all, much of it is pure speculation. Some, however, have actually waved them off or let them be waved off.
Sir Elton John, Ed Sheeran and Harry Styles are on tour
Harry Styles is currently on tour, as is Sir Elton John, who is performing in Berlin on Monday and Wednesday. He of all people, known to be a close friend of the royal family, is missing, but apologies. A detour to Windsor during his big farewell tour of Europe was simply too much for him. Ed Sheeran has also canceled because of this, he is currently touring through the United States. Adele, who allegedly wanted Charles for the evening, lives in Los Angeles and counts Charles’ renegade son Prince Harry and his wife Meghan among her friends. Apparently she really didn’t want to come to the coronation concert.
Robbie Williams is also on tour, but could have agreed. However, his enthusiasm for performing with his old bandmates from Take That is limited. Kylie Minogue, on the other hand, as an Australian, allegedly wanted to show consideration for the feelings of her compatriots, who are currently with their monarch Charles III. quarrel and after the death of Elizabeth II, the majority would rather have a republic.
Some things could be advanced. Lionel Richie and Katy Perry, for example, are judges on “American Idol”, also tonight, but have nevertheless traveled to the UK for the coronation. Ed Sheeran and Alanis Morissette fill in as guest judges. However, it was hard for Perry and Richie to say no, after all, both are ambassadors for two charities founded by Charles, the British Asian Trust’s Children’s Protection Fund and the Prince’s Trust, both dedicated to the well-being of children and young people. That’s why they had already been invited to Westminster Abbey on Saturday.
As is so often the case, the royal family made a virtue out of necessity. There will not be almost pure rock and pop concerts, as with the Queen’s great throne jubilees, for which there was, by the way, years to prepare them, but an evening of the arts. With classical music, readings and a choir that has never been on stage like this before, because it is made up of a large number of choirs from all over the kingdom and its four regions. Of course, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal College of Art, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Opera Chorus are not missing either. Its members will sing songs from “West Side Story”.
Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie are expected, as well as tenor Andrea Bocelli and baritone Sir Bryn Terfel, who sang a song in Welsh for the first time at the coronation in Westminster Abbey. Plus Paloma Faith, Olly Murs, rock guitarist Steve Winwood, Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls and Chinese pianist Lang Lang, as well as Sir Tom Jones, Tiwa Savage, DJ Pete Tong and the 13-year-old winner of a televised piano talent show , the blind Lucy.
What exactly American actor Tom Cruise and “Denver” actress Dame Joan Collins, children’s book character Winnie the Pooh, British documentary filmmaker Bear Grylls and South African dancer Oti Mabuse will perform remains to be seen. Bollywood superstar Sonam Kapoor is said to be reading from Shakespeare’s works. The evening will be hosted by British actor Hugh Bonneville, known as Earl of Grantham from Downton Abbey and the Paddington films.
A very special project is the Coronation Choir, which has been put together by choirmaster Gareth Malone and the BBC (which is broadcasting the Coronation Concert live) over the past few months. It is a chorus uniquely assembled for the event, made up of many separate small singing groups, such as a gay men’s choir (The Actually Gay Men’s Chorus from Brighton), a choir of lonely farmers (Farmer’s Choir from Northern Ireland), a choir of health workers (Hull NHS Choir from Yorkshire), a choir of London cabbies (London Cabbie Choir) and a choir of London firefighters (London Fire Brigade Choir), a choir of refugees to the UK (Oasis One World Choir) and even a choir of deaf people (Unify Choir) singing with their hands. The project is said to be particularly close to Charles and Camilla’s heart. Who needs world stars like Adele or Sir Elton John?
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