Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, Take That, and Andrea Bocelli are among the many first acts confirmed for King Charles’ Coronation live performance.
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The singers will hit the stage on the May 7 live performance on Windsor Castle grounds in entrance of 20,000 members of the general public and invited visitors. Also becoming a member of are Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel, singer-songwriter Freya Ridings, and classical-soul composer-producer Alexis Ffrench.
BBC Studios, which is producing the present, has stated extra names shall be confirmed. Stay tuned for extra data. The BBC notes that the live performance, “will celebrate a new chapter in the nation’s history, with themes of love, respect and optimism, celebrating the four nations, their communities and the Commonwealth.”
Richie stated: “To share the stage with the other performers at The Coronation Concert is a once-in-a-lifetime event and it will be an honor and a celebration.”
Added Perry, “I am excited to be performing at the Coronation Concert, and helping to shine a further light on the British Asian Trust’s Children’s Protection Fund, whose work includes on-ground initiatives to fundraising, with the aim to find solutions to child trafficking.”
Last month, Lionel Richie announced his 2023 Sing A Song All Night Long tour with very particular visitors and one of many best-selling bands of all time, Earth, Wind & Fire.
Produced by Live Nation, the 20-city enviornment tour kicks off Friday, August 4 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, with stops throughout North America in Chicago, Toronto, New York, and extra earlier than wrapping up on Friday, September 15 on the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
2022 was a pivotal 12 months for Lionel Richie, who has now offered over 125 million albums, as he was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, gained the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the Library Congress, and was honored with the Icon Award on the American Music Awards.
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