To think Celeste ruined what should have been a brilliant moment?

I love Celeste’s own music but she is very ‘awkward’ as part of her overall persona/schtick I think which i actually don’t mind as it makes a change from the overly bubbly ‘I’m mad me’ personalities of most female celebrities. She’s just quite low key and not overly effusive. Also I think there were sound issues as even Guy from Elbow (love love love) was messing with his ear piece. The man from Hamilton was amazing note perfect however anyone playing Aaron Burr is going to be literally pitch perfect. Thought Six massively oversung as usual, don’t get that show and find it very try hard

Who the fuck would suggest Ed sheeran and Adele can we not go five mins without wheeling them out, so boring

Nicola Roberts murdered climb every mountain

duran Duran were awful and need to stop attempting to sing so cringe old dads doing karaoke

they should have had stormzy or Dave on also

Agree. Thought Mica Paris would maybe have been a better choice, rather than what she did as part of the trio.

Celeste was terrible. So flat. Painful to listen to

I was there and can confirm that Celeste was a
bit depressing, which is a shame as a really rousing performance of that song would
have followed Williams speech perfectly. Her voice is lovely though.

You could really tell that Rod & Diana’s voices are not great any more and they would be better off looking at pitching their songs a bit differently now as they’ve clearly lost the vocal
range they once had.

However everyone else was amazing!! The atmosphere was great, Craig David was a massive surprise for me, I expected Queen to be great & they were but Craig David blew me away, I had no idea he was so good live!

The lighting stole the show. The projected moving images onto Buckingham Palace, which Prince William called the iMax, after night fell was out of this world stunning spectacular mesmerising.

Same! Never heard of her.

Though possibly they couldn't afford The Rolling Stones!

I thought she was flat, Diana Ross was miming, horrible dress & an odd choice, why not Shirley Bassey or Adele? Rod was rubbish too.
The Six was a dubious choice too, I mean it’s a musical about an ancestor of the queen who had two of his wives executed...
The Queen and Paddington plus the stunning light show were the best things about it.

@BeaLola Yes I was thinking the same sort of thing - particularly Tom Jones and The Rolling Stones (they're touring Europe atm?). And Shirley Bassey!

I remember hearing years ago that Charles was a big fan of Diana Ross & The Supremes, and also The Three Degrees, so I think that was for him.

I thought the choice of Duran Duran was a bit naughty and would have loved them to show Charles' face during their set, seeing as they were Princess Diana's favourite band...

I heard Celeste sing it live. I thought she was amazing. Atmospheric performance from her at the palace.

In what way is it "sour grapes"?

I was a bit 😯 when Alicia Keys said "I love London, it's just like New York". Or words to that effect. And then sang a song about New York.

Am I too young or too old to not know who the fuck Celeste is?

We enjoyed it (apart from Celeste and Climb every mountain although lights etc for that were fab)

I was thinking how about (in no particular order) and perhaps could have had a supergroup ensemble at end of a few of them ?

Tom Jones
Geoff Lynne
Bryan Adams
Paul McCartney
The Rilling Stones
Proclaimers
Spice Girls
Take That
Madness
Jools Holland
Ed Sheeran

Diana Ross is amazing for her age but thought her overall & the songs a strange choice

Sour grapes. She was amazing, and I say that as someone who had never heard of her until tonight and hates modern music.

Doc Brown. He’s great, actually does a lot of comedy.

Who was the guy who did the rap about sport? He was great.

I've read she suffers from horrendous stage fright, she also has a habit of cancelling at the 11th hour.....maybe they couldn't risk it?

Loved pretty much all of it, but Diana Ross was too flat and quiet and some was lipsynced. Rod stewart sounded frail.

Rod Stewart has the wrong voice to be singing Sweet Caroline. You need someone who has a strong voice. What did he mutter before singing it? Something about the BBC?
I heard him interviewed a couple of days ago and he said he was going to be singing a song he'd never sung before and hadn't been able to practice much. Disappointed with his performance though. He only seemed to sing half the first song and left his backing singers to finish it.
Loved Diversity, the guy who did the rap about sport ,Elbow and Alicia Keys.
Thought Diana Ross looked and sounded fab. I can't believe she's 78!

I agree . It was an interpretation.

I had to switch over. It was just plain odd. There was no strong curation of acts, it felt more like "we need volunteers for the school trip". Maybe some sort of UK and Commonwealth performers bill from throughout the years (ok, prob not from 70 years ago but you get my drift). A few collaborations that were a bit off the wall like Take That with Stormzy or JLS with Kate Tempest. I just got as bored as Prince George!

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Hang in @LaurieFairyCake sweet Caroline is the Queen’s favourite song?

@Lysianthus
Diana singing about a b* job? What did I miss?