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?

Ed Sheeran had other commitments, and needs to be in training for his role as the Ipswich Town FC player number 17.

Agree with the sentiment about the choice of performers though, if you are to reflect the change of music and the UK contribution (where we punch above our weight in the world) then not only should folk and sea shanties have been included, but also grime. Stormzy for example.

Maybe the Queen is an Adam Lambert fan.😆

*last not lady 🙄

I am saying this was not a last minute thing so if they wanted him they could have asked a long time ago when he maybe wasn't busy. Maybe they did and he didn't want to do it.

Duran Duran with Nile Rodgers=great performance

But why choose Notorious? It didn't get to number one and they have far more famous songs they could have sung.

I’m waiting for someone twist this into being Meghan’s fault.

Bbc 1 from 1pm. No idea what's involved though.

Just to note the actual pageant kicks off at 14:30, the 'from 1pm' is likely to be a load of waffle first.

Diana Ross, Rod Stewart and celeste were bloody awful!

It struck me that if anyone tried to do a Live Aid equivalent today, they'd have a hard job. The weakest performers that day were streets ahead, IMO. Don't know, perhaps the now old dinosaurs like the Who and the Stones were still well able to do it and there was a lot of younger "choice".

I haven't watched anything about the Jubilee, apart from the clip of the Queen with paddington, but surely the exclusion of Ed Sheeran, Adele and Paul McCartney at least is a good thing?

Anything less than the Pistols with BigLiz laughing at them would disappoint.
I think they tried to please too many.

I would have liked to have seen Tom Jones in the mix his voice is as good as ever he puts Macca to shame with his voice.

I thought he, Adam Lambert, was awful, never heard of him before and I'll be happy never to hear him again! Diana Ross also was dreadful too, can't understand why she did the big closing number.

He is playing today

That's why I've recorded everything, fast forward through all the talking heads, far too much.

Thanks for that @Antarcticant ! Can definitely do without all the preamble guff!

Not sure Apdele would be reliable enough at the moment. You wouldn't want to promite her as headlining for her to pull out at the 11th hour.

Adam Lambert is mediocre imo. However I think Sam Ryder would do a cracking job!

some of it was dreadful, much as I like rod. he should not have done sweet caroline, Elton was not there. Diana ross was dreadful.
should have had Stormsy close the night.

Sshhhh... don't tell people that. it reduces tutting time!

I think its a shame that Tom Jones wasn't performing instead of Rod Stewart, He is one whose voice has improved as he has got older.
Diana Ross was not a good finale, it would have been better to have had perhaps all the company or a millitary choir singing "Isn't she lovely" or something similar.
I did enjoy it though, found the expressions on the faces of the Cambridge DC's really entertaining.

They had to be lizard approved 😉

The Sones are on tour. I saw them last week. Mick was prancing around like he was 40. Hard to believe he’s older than prince Charles!

No idea why Alicia Keys got involved!! She shouldn't have been there. She's a huge star!!

Adele has a mouth like a toilet, so I’m not surprised she wasn’t there.