The Diamond Jubilee Concert was a British music concert and celebration held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall in London on 4 June 2012. The concert was organised by Take That singer-songwriter Gary Barlow and was part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
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, followed by the Platinum Party at the Palace for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022.
The concert was partially attended by the Queen, who arrived at 9 pm, but not by Prince Philip who had been taken to hospital with a bladder infection earlier in the day. Prince Charles and other members of the royal family attended the whole concert.
Performances[]
| Artist | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| Robbie Williams Drummers and trumpeters from the second battalion of the Coldstream Guards |
"Let Me Entertain You" |
| will.i.am Jessie J |
"I Gotta Feeling" "This Is Love" |
| Jessie J | "Domino" |
| JLS | "Everybody in Love" "She Makes Me Wanna" |
| Gary Barlow Cheryl |
"Need You Now" (Lady Antebellum cover) |
| Cliff Richard | "Dynamite" "The Young Ones" "Devil Woman" "We Don't Talk Anymore" "Wired for Sound" "The Millennium Prayer" "Congratulations" |
| Lang Lang | "Hungarian Rhapsody" "Rhapsody in Blue" |
| Alfie Boe | "O Sole Mio" "It's Now or Never" |
| Jools Holland Ruby Turner |
"You Are So Beautiful" |
| Grace Jones | "Slave to the Rhythm" |
| Ed Sheeran | "The A Team" |
| Annie Lennox Joanne Shaw Taylor |
"There Must Be An Angel" |
| Renée Fleming | "Un Bel Di Vedremo" |
| Tom Jones | "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" "Delilah" |
| Robbie Williams | "Mack the Knife" |
| Gary Barlow Andrew Lloyd Webber The Commonwealth Band Gareth Malone Military Wives |
"Sing" |
| Shirley Bassey | "Diamonds Are Forever" |
| Kylie Minogue | "Spinning Around" "Can't Get You Out of My Head" "Step Back in Time" "All the Lovers" (Dance troupe Flawless performed during the second half of the number) |
| Alfie Boe Renée Fleming |
"Somewhere" |
| Elton John | "I'm Still Standing" "Your Song" "Crocodile Rock" |
| BBC Concert Orchestra | "Beautiful Day" (played during the playing of a film about the Queen's reign, which included her coronation, past jubilees, her Royal Wedding with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and other events) |
| Stevie Wonder | "Sir Duke" "Isn't She Lovely?" (lyrics were amended to refer to the Queen) "Happy Birthday" (with will.i.am) "Superstition" |
| Madness | "Our House" "It Must Be Love" |
| Paul McCartney | "Magical Mystery Tour" "All My Loving" "Let It Be" "Live and Let Die" "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" |
| Various performers | "God Save the Queen" |
| Grand finale | "Zadok the Priest" (Georg Friedrich Händel) "I Vow to Thee My Country" (Gustav Holst) "Land of Hope and Glory" (Edward Elgar) "Ode to Joy" (Anthem of Europe) (Ludwig van Beethoven) |
Speakers[]
- Ron Brydon
- Miranda Hart
- Lee Mack
- Jimmy Carr
- Lenny Henry
- Rolf Harris
- Peter Kay
- Charles, Prince of Wales
Broadcasting[]
| Country | Networks |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | BBC One, BBC One HD, BBC Radio 2 |
| Latin America | BBC Entertainment |
| Australia | Nine Network |
| Canada | CBC Television |
| Finland | Yle |
| Germany | hr1, SWR3, MDR Fernsehen, NDR Fernsehen, WDR Fernsehen |
| Japan | WOWOW |
| Netherlands | Nederland 3 (NOS) |
| Switzerland | RSI La 2 |
| United States | ABC |