The King’s Coronation celebrations continue today (May 7) as a variety of artists get ready to take to the stage for the Coronation Concert.
The concert will take place tonight on Windsor Castle’s East Lawn.
For BBC Television and iPlayer, Kirsty Young will return to anchor the special live broadcast within the grounds of Windsor Castle.
Clara Amfo and Jordan Banjo will be backstage talking to the artists who will perform in front of 20,000 members of the public, including guests from various affiliated charities.
How to watch and listen to the Coronation Concert
The Coronation Concert will be broadcast from 8pm on Sunday May 7, 2023 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
It will be presented by Hugh Bonneville.
If you’re out and about, you can listen to the concert on BBC Radio 2 from 6pm to 10pm with commentary by Jason Mohammad.
Zoe Ball will be talking to the performers while Dermot O’Leary will be amongst the crowds ahead of the concert.
Who is in the Coronation Concert line up?
Take That, Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and a world class classical orchestra are among those performing tonight.
Paloma Faith, Andrea Bocelli, Olly Murs and Nicole Scherzinger are also part of the line up plus more.
Tom Cruise, Dame Joan Collins and Disney’s Winnie the Pooh will also feature in the concert.
They, along with Sir Tom Jones, Bear Grylls OBE and Oti Mabuse are among the stars who will appear in a series of pre-recorded sketches and segments revealing little-known facts about the King.
‘Lighting up the Nation’, a centrepiece of the concert, will see the country come together as iconic locations across the UK are lit up by projections, lasers, potential drone displays and illuminations.
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