Who decided to exclude Adele, Ed Sheeran, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, shanties, Morris Dancers etc from the Jubilee Party?

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Who made the decision to hire so many American performers and novices?

Andrea Bocelli was fantastic, but aren't there excellent British opera singers who could have participated e.g. Russell Watson?

What was the criteria for inclusion, who set it and why?

Adam Lambert has a good voice but Freddie was one of the greatest front men ever, and watching Queen perform without him just makes me feel sad

Yes, those songs need to be sung and somebody has to pay a tribute to Freddie, but you cannot help comparing. My ears hurt when listening to any of the replacements.

was not impressed with Diana Ross miming but at 78 I guess you have to cut herself some slack.

I disagree, if she can't do it they should have got someone who could. Unfortunately with many things in left our ability leaves us gradually as we age. There was no need to celebrate such an event with a 78 years old who can't do her job effectively any more. There was no need to have someone headline an event like this who needs is to 'cut her some slack' - they simply did an awful job selecting acts. There are bloody thousands of singers who could have nailed that ending without having to mime. Thousands.

😀best post of the day.

He's been playing at Sunderland for the last few nights!

I also think that it was done to appeal to the younger generations

The younger generations are not deaf or stupid

Adam Lambert has an incredible voice and is a great showman. Of course you're going to be disappointed if you compare him to Freddie because it's Freddie Mercury!

Diana Ross was the biggest disappointment of the night for me. Weird choice to close the show even if she'd been on form and she definitely wasn't that, maybe it was a sound issue or something else going on but she was awful.

I'm surprised Macca wasn't there and Gary Barlow. They are usually first in the queue for a Queenie gig. i didnt miss them at all.

Ed could change or arrange his dates.

It's not about being deaf or stupid. I am assuming the ones I hadn't heard of singing in a very modern style are popular with millennials? Obviously not all millennials, but they must be top of the download charts or however they work out the most popular acts nowadays.

But a noisy rendition of ‘ Bitch’ by the Rolling Stones would have been a better finale than Diana Ross.
true.

I imagine it’s really hard to organise a concert like this. Some performers won’t be available to do it.

I suspect it didn't that well and they wanted to make it internationally appealing.

thank God.

I don’t think it’s that easy to just ‘rearrange’ gigs where people have already bought tickets.
Im not really an Ed Sheehan fan though.

I thought it was weird to have an American singer singing about an American city in the middle of it all. 🇬🇧

maybe it was a sound issue or something else going on but she was awful

BBC article says she was off-key for a bit and her mic was deliberately muted:

"Diana Ross struggled to find her key as she sang Chain Reaction (viewers at home, apparently spared this moment, complained her microphone was too quiet)"

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61689413

I suspect it didn't pay that well and they wanted to make it internationally appealing

I just wanted to punch Adam Lambert in his stupid, gurning face 🤭 Not fit to lick Freddie’s boots let alone butcher his songs.
Andrea Boccelli and Elbow were the only great performances.

That Celeste woman was awful, Florence would have been amazing at that song.

i wouldnt think so.

Shanties - weird
Ed sheeran - please no more
Morris dancing - weird, please stick to your are you local village type areas and don’t bother me
Macca - on tour and terrible live now
Adele - unreliable and probably in the US
Coldplay - oh god no
Florence - reckon it does not fit with her worldview, she will not be celebrating platty jubes
Robbie Williams- literally the worst live performer I’ve ever seen, plus he was doing a homecoming gig to people from stoke who don’t care if he sounds shit

Florence and the Machine would have been fantastic, but maybe she's not a royalist?

Are Celeste, Alicia Keys, Andrea Bocelli, Ashley Banjo royalists? Does anyone know?

I suspect some of the performers just had amazing agents

An agent can be 'amazing', but the organiser has a responsibility to select performers who are adequate

I agree OP. This would have been a great opp to further showcase British talent. I enjoyed it but it was very messy and unorganised. Unfortunately we couldn't even see the group of ballerinas dancing. I would have thought it could have been stars punctuated with things like the winners of a Jubilee schools choir competition, military choir etc.

For me though the Royals seem to be getting more and more celebrity.

Wouldn't Madness singing Our House have been a fun finale? Even the drone show seemed to climax well before Diana Ross came on!

Thank goodness Macca wasn’t asked! After his awful performance at the Olympics in 2012 he needs to retire!

Most of the tours on at the moment are holdovers from 2020-21 that were Covid delayed. In a normal year perhaps they’d all have held a Jubilee date in 2022 free but if you think Macca is going to make everyone rearrange his last tour yet again when he’s got all his US venues sold out to do this one gig in London for 5 minutes tops…. Nah. He sent a video. Job done.

Honestly, at any point this year she could have died and then the Jubilee concert would have looked different/not gone ahead etc.

Ed Sheeran is performing at the end of today’s pageant.

i loved Diana Ross although my teen refused to believe she’s older that me! I’m 40 ffs. Love teenagers.