Posted on 03/06/2023 11:19:42 AM PST by Red Badger
With King Charles' Coronation just weeks away, the Palace is scrambling to secure big-name musicians to perform on the big day.
According to reports from The Sun, the royal team is struggling to secure artists for His Majesty’s big Windsor Castle concert on May 6th, after three more acts have reportedly turned down the royal gig.
Elton John, the Spice Girls and Harry Styles had all been invited to perform, but have had to turn down the offer due to conflicting tour schedules.
A source tells The Sun, “Organisers are working against the clock to pull together an exciting line-up but have hit a series of challenges."
“Elton John was top of Charles’ list but due to his European tour, which sees him performing in Germany the Friday before then again soon after the Windsor concert, he isn’t able to make the dash to the UK work."
“Meanwhile, man-of-the-moment Harry Styles is also tied up with touring and unable to get key band members together as they’ll be on much-needed downtime.”
British singer Olly Murs is rumoured to be filling in the performance spot, joining Take That’s Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald who are due to headline the concert, which will also feature Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Andrew Lloyd Webber and US soul great Lionel Richie.
The royal source said, “Olly has such stage presence and a huge fanbase, he’d be a great addition.”
The news comes just weeks after Ed Sheeran, Adele and Robbie Williams also turned down the offer.
Prior to the acts pulling out of the Coronation celebrations, organisers of the event had stated that King Charles was enthusiastic about their appearances, with one source sharing that “the King has suggested a number of people he would like to perform and Adele and Ed were on that list. He was very keen that they were part of the concert."
The same source went on to explain that "there is a team set up to get the talent signed up so they approached the two of them, but got replies saying that they were unavailable, which was a massive disappointment."
"They are titans of the showbiz industry and are quintessentially British but also known across the globe. It's such a shame."
-PJ
The Queen of Canada is still dead ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbQUj4RFbbY
and the new King may need a transfusion of popularity.
This is hilarious. 'For King Charles you say? Oh I'm so sorry, how could I get there from Germany so quickly? Also some of my bandmates will be playing video games at home so you can see it's impossible to make this'.
What king has ever been so dissed by a bunch of musicians?
William and Kate are the furure.
Good call, I think he schedule is wide open.
I totally agree. Neat kids, especially the spunky little girl. My granddad would have said “She’s a pistol”.
Permanently.
Charles is a doofus.
May is prime touring season. Taking a week off for Charles makes little financial sense.
Tom Jones might be available….
What about The Sex Pistols.
I think even the English have finally heard enough from Paul McCartney, as he is today. He can still play up a storm, but cannot really sing. Ringo? Nice enough Bloke, as they say, but not much of a there there. Not at those ticket prices. I would think there would still be a deep pool of new talent who would love the exposure this venue would guarantee. I’m not talking about Rap in any form.
Sid Vicious was unavailable...................
He’s Welsh..............
I thought Elton was big buds with Harry and Megain?
Pity. I was so looking forward to hearing his version of "My Way".
Wouldn’t it be ironic if all they could get were American entertainers?......................
Is Cradle of Filth available?
Rock did not exist during the late Queen’s Coronation in 1953, but she did host concerts for her Golden, Diamond, and Platinum jubilees.
There’s always Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath and Jethro Tull......................
AC/DC? Weren’t the Youngs from Scotland originally and Brian Scott from England?
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