King Charles may need to get on the mic and croon a tune at his personal coronation if Buckingham Palace cannot discover big-name expertise … which they’re reportedly struggling to do.
According to a number of British media shops that say they’re within the know on this, Charles and co. have whiffed on some main gamers that might’ve probably been booked for the May ceremony … the place KC will likely be formally topped as the brand new sovereign in all his glory.
The Sun stories that 3 HUGE stars apparently advised the Royals, of late, that they are unable to attend and/or carry out … together with The Spice Girls, Harry Styles and Sir Elton John (who’s a knight, no much less). The purpose for preemptively getting out of it … conflicting schedules.
In Elton’s case, he is on his farewell tour ATM … and round early May (when the coronation goes down) he is truly scheduled to do a slate of exhibits in Germany earlier than and after the ceremony. Per the Sun, going to and from in that brief window is not possible.
As for Harry — who’s additionally touring, and by no means appears to essentially cease — he technically has availability in early May to probably squeeze in a BP gig … however the Sun says it’ll be too laborious for him to get bandmates collectively for that, and that they want “downtime.”
And, with regards to the Spice Girls … apparently, it is too many schedules for too many women. That’s about all of the Sun has to say about that — so, they ain’t performing both.
Of course, there’s additionally Ed Sheeran and Adele … whom the Palace additionally reportedly approached, solely to be shot down. DM stories each advised the King they could not do it — with Ed citing touring conflicts, and Adele apparently not providing (or having) a particular purpose.
So, who’s truly going to do the gig? At this level, the British media appears to be in settlement that Lionel Richie, Take That (minus Robbie Williams), Olly Murs and a handful of different not-as-famous music acts are in line to step up and carry the torch for HRH.
Lionel’s cool and all, however man … discuss swings and misses on the individuals’s faves.