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A very good evening and welcome to London
A very good evening and welcome to London for what promises to be a
fantastic concert to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's historic
Jubilee. The stage is set for the Platinum Party at the Palace,
superstars from music are all set to pay their tribute to the Queen. It
will kick off in about 30 minutes from now, so you have not got long
to wait. The crowds have been arriving since about two o'clock
this afternoon, 22,000 people have tickets, they are ballot winners,
key workers, members of the Armed forces, volunteers and charity
workers. Thousands more spectators who have just turned up our all set
to enjoy the party. Of course, amid all the jubilation and excitement,
let's not forget what a historic occasion this is. The Platinum
jubilee celebrations to mark Her Majesty's 70 years on the throne.
Events began on Thursday, with the Queen's official birthday Parade,
Trooping the Colour, the climax of the morning was a spectacular fly
past and Her Majesty's appearance on the famous Buckingham Palace
balcony.
Later on Thursday evening, thousands of beacons were lit across the
United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, beginning with the lighting of the
beacon by the Queen at Windsor Castle.
The Tree of Trees. And yesterday, senior members of the Royal Family
attended St Paul's cathedral for a special service of thanksgiving to
mark Her Majesty's 70 years on the throne. But we are far from finished
yet. In fact you could say we are only just getting started. The
running order for tonight's show reads like a who's Who of music,
from Diana Ross to Sam Ryder. It would be fair to say excitement
about the concert tonight has been growing all week. The purpose-built
stages which sit just in front of the Palace have been witnessing
non-stop rehearsals and preparations. Let's join Roman Kemp
and Richie Anderson to find out how backstage nerves are getting on. I
don't know who is more nervous, me or you, Richie, all the musicians
and artists? But the excitement is incredible here, Kirsty, and we
cannot wait to see all of those performers take to the four stages,
we have got choirs, military musicians, and as you mentioned,
proper pop royalty. Indeed, so not only are you going to get to enjoy
this amazing music, there is also the specially themed moments
throughout the show where we are going to focus on fashion, pop
music, sport, the environment and musicals. And get this, we have
heard there is going to be royal participation. You know more than
me! One thing I cannot wait for is that 3D projection across the
Palace. May have seen over the last couple of days, that 3D projection
going all the way across the building is just going to be
spectacular, it is amazing. I can't wait. So effectively you are getting
a backstage pass because we will be speaking to the artists before the
concept of a lifetime, as we celebrate the Queen's Platinum
Jubilee. As you might expect from someone who has been on the throne
for 70 years, the Queen has met the most dazzling array of global
superstars. Let's take a look back at just some of those famous faces.
# I like it, I like it... # And I like it more with every day
# And I like it always hearing you say...
# We are sailing, we are
# Across the sea... # Get in the middle of a chain
reaction # Lost in action...
# Shake it to the right... # Hold tight!
# I just can't get you out of my head
# Boy, it's more than I think you think about...
Quite a line-up,
Quite a line-up, and I am delighted to have with me and our two singing
powerhouses who are taking part in the concert tonight. Fresh from his
barnstorming Eurovision performance, Sam Ryder. And the British Queen of
soul, Misha Paris. Can I say first of all, thank you for the hair! We
noticed that yours has been absolutely perfect this whole time!
Sam Ryder, first of all, the rollercoaster, I was told that on
the way here, when we were bringing you to our studio here in the park,
you were virtually mobbed as you are coming through the park... It is
just so cool that families with kids, they experienced Eurovision
for the first time because I remember what it was like for me
being allowed to stay up late, the parents, we are going to let you
because it is Eurovision. And now the new generation of people who are
stoked about it. Who is watching you tonight? Mum and dad have got seats
somewhere in there. I was with them earlier in St James's Park and it
was emotional, taking in the moment, two years ago I had no idea that any
of this would happen. I was just singing my head off quite happily in
my shed, and, like, this is just such an amazing experience, I just
have everyone to thank for making it happen. So if you are watching this
and you supported, thank you for so much. Thank you for making us
credible again at Eurovision,! And your grandad is watching at home,
right? Yes, he's years old. To know that my grandad is getting to see
this, that is the real stuff. Misha Paris, you have been in this
business for three decades nearly, any advice for the young fella? Do
you know what, he's already grounded, he is grounded, I don't
think I need to, he knows, he's a good guy. Fantastic. Thank you, I
can't believe it. Let's talk a bit about the lady for whom this whole
Platinum Party at the Palace is happening. Your grandmother I
understand came across as part of the Windrush generation, who had
very often very strong feelings about the monarchy? Migrant and my
grandfather, they love it because for them it was an amazing
opportunity, they had such a massive portfolio of hopes, because they
came to the UK, that is something that could not have happened in
Jamaica. So it is a success story, the monarchy for them was a success
story. They are not here now, they died about 15 years ago now but she
was a big fan. To be taking part tonight, what does it mean for you?
For me, I just wish they were here to see it, because this was it, for
her. I did a couple of concerts for Childs and Diana over the years, and
Diana gave her some flowers, and she kept the flowers until she died, in
her Bible. She was a real royalist. So, you've done some huge
performances in your time. Tonight, I can almost touch the nerves coming
off people tonight rival it is scary, I don't care how long you've
been in this industry. When you see the amount of people here, you're
just, like, please God make it work tonight, please! Sam, you
tonight, please! Sam, you seem kind of ZEN... I think I am counting my
lucky stars that I am here in the first place. Maybe I don't want that
they might chuck me out! Sometimes it is five minutes before you go on,
you might be all right but it is that five minutes before... It is a
please God moment, just relinquish control, for me anyway, it's, like,
trust, hopefully... You have been singing your entire life, and I've
been singing for a long time, like, nowhere near as long but, like, you
sing mostly to empty pubs and clubs and you hope... Not any more,
darling. You wore your pals for the queen! Let's go back to Roman, who
has also been joined by some very special guests. Oh, my word! Yes,
three absolute rock legends joining me right now, Roger Taylor, Brian
May and Adam Lambert. I am quite literally interviewing Queen in the
back of the Queen's garden. This is ridiculous. 20 years ago, at the
Golden Jubilee, you were up on that rooftop over there, the rooftop of
Buckingham Palace, how does it feel to be back? It's wonderful to be
back. We have some new presentation ideas! So it's going to be very
interesting! And we have some songs which I think everyone knows and
they have a special relevance tonight because it's all about the
Queen and how amazing she has been and how we want her to carry on. I
got a little globes of the rehearsal and I don't want to give anything
away but it was one of the most spectacular things I have ever
witnessed. Adam, for you, what does it mean for yourself to be invited
here today, obviously being part of the band, but being here in front of
Buckingham Palace and performing those tracks? It is wild, we are on
tour right now so we are ready to go, we're very warm, it always feels
great to be a guest of Brian and Roger on stages around the world,
and now to be a guest of the United Kingdom for the Jubilee, it's a huge
honour. From what I've learned about the Queen, may be even more so in
the last couple of years, being an American, what an impressive lady,
what a graceful and powerful presence in this country, I'm
thrilled to be here to celebrate. Jokes aside, you've done so many big
gigs with the team and of course on your own, was this the one where you
called your family, make sure you stick this one on record? As I was
on the stage in rehearsal, I turned around and realised I was in the
gate of the Palace and I thought, this is definitely the most surreal
thing I think I have done in a while. Roger, for yourself, being
here and being a part of it, seeing the other acts, what does it mean to
you as a band? Well, I haven't seen the other acts! We always try to
ignore the other acts! No! Actually, this is a real feel good, we are
doing a short feelgood set, we want to bring joy and really kick off
proceedings with a big kick-off, and this is a jubilation after the
misery we have all been through, and... Which we don't talk about.
Just play the tracks, get out there and get everyone feeling good. It is
an honour to speak to you, guys, thank you so much. I can't believe
it! Over the past few days, some very notable people have been paying
their own personal tributes to Her Majesty, and here are a few more. I
want to congratulate you on your Platinum Jubilee and your 70th year
on the throne, I want to say thank you for being wonderful, you are
more than pals, and you are more than Platinum, you have been a
shining diamond in this world for so long and everybody loves you, and I
will always love you, too. Hello, Your Majesty. It's such an honour to
be able to address you in some way. I feel very close to all of you, and
I just want to say congratulations, congratulations on your Platinum
Jubilee year, 17 years on the throne is pretty overwhelming, and it's my
pleasure to congratulate you. Say this is Michael Buble a and I would
very much like wish Her Majesty and family so much love on behalf of all
of my brothers and sisters on such an auspicious occasion. Our Queen,
kind, loving, strong, serving our country, the Commonwealth, uniting
us all together. Always putting others before yourself. You're truly
inspirational, beautiful inside and out. We thank you, we love you. Your
Majesty, thank you so much
Majesty, thank you so much for your 70 years of service, 70 years of the
most peaceful and prosperous times that we have ever known. Thank you
so much, I really hope you enjoy your Jubilee.
I am stood in front of the artist Village and it is a hub of activity.
Everybody gets ready to go and take to the stage. More showbiz gossip
later in the programme but right now I am with one of the most
distinctive voices in music, Mr Craig David! Look at you! I can't
believe we are here. And for you to be performing on such a line-up,
what does this mean to you? It is an honour. Obviously the service the
Queen has given us for 70 years is incredible and I felt that over the
last couple of years where we have experienced difficulties, the
sovereignty of everyone who has come together to make a difference, I
feel this is more than just a celebration of the 70 years of the
Queen, it is a celebration for all of us as a country. I am so grateful
to be here. Everybody back here is keeping their cards close to their
chest because I have a big mouth, nobody can trust me with anything
but what can you tell us about your performance? I want to do a special
DJ show so I get to play a few of the classics within the set I have
got, be able to throw a rap in there as well. I want to soak up the
moment. There is an incredible line-up on the bill. I am so
grateful to the Queen has included me and I hope everyone enjoys it.
You can't make these kind of fairy tale stories up. Best of luck. Craig
David, everybody. I can't wait to see you perform. It will be epic. I
was meant to do an interview with George Ezra and now now Edwards is
here. George, I will start with you, what does it mean to be here at the
Platinum Jubilee and performing today. You didn't dawn on me and you
see the scope of it, the amount of people and how early they get here
and then you remember people are watching at home. The other day I
had to detour because all the villages were closed for the parties
already. It's a big deal. How does this rank, Nile Rodgers? I feel this
is the biggest thing that has ever happened. It is absolutely massive.
George, for yourself, getting out there today, what are you expecting
from the crowd? Do you want your party vibes or a mellow sound? I
think it will be but we are playing a small part in this big day. Even
when rehearsing it was nonstop. Incredible. You said you have such a
huge back catalogue, how do you know which songs you will perform? The
Encore will go on for hours. I rehearse what I'm going to perform
so at least I know now but I didn't know yesterday! One thing I do know,
I heard a rumour that there is a bit of an after party going on and this
has one rule for the dress code, no denim. What is George as were going
to do here? Let's take a look at that. George, are you going to go in
your pants? I have a change of outfit and a winning smile moment.
You heard it here first. A good night when Nile Rodgers just
pops by just to say hello. Those are the scenes, busy scenes, just to
remind everybody watching at home in the UK and around the world, it is
just under ten minutes until the start of the show. I am delighted to
be joined by some strictly come is in stars, the head Judge Shirley
Ballas and someone who has been under her watchful eye, Rose
Ayling-Ellis. Lovely to see hello to both of you. Surely, this is an
extraordinary evening for all of us. For you celebrating the Queen on
this momentous moment in history is important, why? 70 years she has
served our country, she is absolutely the epitome for me of
girl power. She is dignified, she is classy, she is a granny as well as a
mum. She has served and served and served and I think she has this
really cheeky grin all the time, she has this wonderful demeanour that
makes you feel so comfortable when you're watching her. I am a royalist
so I have followed her all my life and to me, I am proud to be British
because of her. She is everything to so many. She is a constant in all
our lives. Rose, so nice to see you here. Thank you for joining us. It
has been quite the ten, 12 months. I have to tell you first of all,
everyone in our house voted for you twice. We were delighted you won.
EastEnders, the cast had a special visit recently. Tell me about the
royal visit. We had Camilla and Charlie that came to visit and they
tried out acting for a bit. We played our characters meeting them.
It was really special and both of them came up to me and both of them
said good morning. I was really touched. Really impressed that they
knew how to sign a good morning. Did you get a sense they watched you on
strictly come to? Yes. Camilla told me she voted for me every week. That
is incredible. That is mad! You know when we watched you dancing, it is
not so incredible. You talked about the fact that they signed hello when
they met you. I think everybody wants to say thank you to you for
what you have done for raising the awareness of sign language and for
the deaf community. What would you like your legacy of this extremely
high-profile time that you have had in your life to be? I would like to
carry on with it because I still feel like my work isn't done, I
still have so much work that I could do and I want to do more and I want
to raise more awareness because there is so much to learn about the
deaf community and I really want to share that. You are one of the
people to teach us. Surely, I want to ask you about the dancing because
we will see musical stars tonight from the west and performing, which
will be a treat. I am wondering, because when I get nervous, my legs
get to jelly. How on earth when you are dancing do you keep your nerve
when you are essentially performing as such a huge occasion? Everybody
will be backstage with those flutters in their tummy, ready to
get out onto the stage but the mind will take over, the fact that they
are so well rehearsed and so practised and that they are doing it
on behalf of our Queen. I think it will be absolutely sensational. I am
looking forward to everybody but I am looking forward to a little bit
of diversity, one of my favourite dance groups of all time. The whole
evening will be absolutely phenomenal. Rose, what about that?
Are there particular performers you are looking forward to seeing? Yes,
Diana Ross. Diana Ross! The difficult thing will be not getting
up and dancing if we are in our seats. Diana Ross, what a legend. I
am also a fan of hers and we will all be dancing in our seats because
we all know her songs. She is unbelievably stoic, fantastic. I
want to stand up and dance! You are definitely allowed. And the royal
box will be the first up to dance. If they start dancing, we can all
start dancing. Thank you for joining us. It is so nice to have you here.
Let's go back to Ritchie who is with another performer from tonight's
show. Five minutes until the concert of a
lifetime kicks off. It is great here at the village because people are
walking past all the time.
walking past all the time. I saw Mica Paris but next to me as someone
in high fashion. Celeste! Look at you! You look absolutely incredible.
Tonight, you are on the bill with some of your musical influences. A
few names, Diana Ross, Alicia Keys. I can't wait to hit them both. I
have never seen either in concert before so it is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity. Some selfies afterwards? I will try. I am hearing
there is a special moment involving you tonight but they are saying, I
mean, what could be more special than the outfit, what is it? The
whole thing is pretty special but you will have to wait and see. I am
not going to say anything. I am performing with Hans Zimmer. It will
be really great. I cannot wait to see you in action. Best of luck. We
are nearly there. The atmosphere, this is so exciting.
Let's take a look at the Royal box. The posh seats I think you can call
that. All sitting, looking very well behaved. We have the Princess Royal,
Admiral Tim Lawrence.
Admiral Tim Lawrence. And that was Peter Philips's daughter there
waving her Union Jack. Joining me is the man who has been doing the
entertaining of the crowd, you have been keeping the ball in the air. We
have been listening to it all afternoon because we have been
hearing rehearsals. You did a set for the crowd. How was that? I will
never do a DJ set like that again in my life! I was onstage, you have
people right in the front of the stage but what you can see is as far
as the eye can see down the mall, there are
there are people that is incredible. I will be buzzing about this for
days and days. We have some special guests taking their seats. There is
the glamorous Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. That was Princess
Charlotte who is only seven. Imagine saying that your first concert was
this concert and she is joined by her big brother Prince George who
will be nine. To say this was your first concert, that is quite a
claim. And we have Camilla and she is joined by the Duke of Cambridge,
sorting his cuff links. Or checking he has his VIP pass on. Scott, you
were saying, you are coming down from what was a very big gig. Let's
look ahead than to what is coming tonight. We have a great show opener
with Queen and Adam Lambert. You can't go wrong with that. It's a big
deal. I think they are doing to, maybe three songs. People should
look out for Jax Jones. A lot of people think he is just a DJ. Wait
until you see his show. It is something else. Alicia Keys is going
to be incredible. And I think we are all waiting for Diana Ross, which I
believe is towards the end of the show. And also, I am personally
invested in Sam Ryder. What a pleasure he was. He glows with peace
and love. He was somebody who championed very early on in his, it
has not quite been a career, is it an explosion? He has a lot of
followers on Tik Tok and he gained them in lockdown, singing songs in
his shed. I played a few of his songs on radio one and then, I was
part of the team that were setting up for Eurovision this year and
earlier in the year, we thought he would be our ideal Eurovision
contestant, so positive about it. He looks great, his voice is
unquestionably good. And it went quite well. Did you put a bet on
him? I don't think I was allowed! You clearly have brilliant music
instincts, you know a star when you see one and he seems so excited
about tonight. If you thought the Eurovision outfit was good, wait for
this evening. So nice to see you, thank you. Let's have a reminder of
the star-studded line-up who are about to royally entertain us.
Here we go, it is time, 70 years in the making, a Platinum Party at the
Palace like no other. Believe me, I think it is going to be your cup of
tea.
Thank you for having me. I do hope you're having a lovely Jubilee. Two?
Oh, yes, please.
Oh, terribly sorry. Never mind.
Oh, dear. Perhaps you would like a marmalade sandwich. Always keep one
for emergencies. So do I! I keep mine in here. For later.
The party is about to start, Your Majesty.
Majesty. Happy Jubilee, Ma'am. And thank you, for everything. That's
very kind.
DRUMMERS DRUM: We Will Rock you.
# Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise
# Playing in the street, gonna be a big man some day
# You got mud on your face, you big disgrace
# Kicking your can all over the place
# We will, we will rock you
# Buddy, you're a young man hard man Shouting in the street
# Gonna take on the world some day
# You got blood on your face, you big disgrace
# Waving your banner all over the place
# We will, we will rock you
# Buddy, you're an old man poor man Pleading with your eyes
# Gonna get you some peace some day
# You got mud on your face big disgrace
# Somebody better put you back into your place, do it!
# We will, we will rock you
Yeah, yeah, sing it.
# We will, we will rock you
All right, louder!
# We will, we will rock you
# One more time!
# We will, we will rock you.
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
# Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time
# I feel alive and the world I'll turn it inside out - yeah
# And floating around in ecstasy
# So don't stop me now
# Don't stop me
# Cos I'm having a good time, having a good time
# I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky
# Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
# I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
# I'm gonna go go go
# There's no stopping me
# I'm burnin' through the sky yeah
# 200 degrees
# That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
# I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
# I wanna make a supersonic man out of you
# Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
# I'm having a ball
# Don't stop me now
# If you wanna have a good time just give me a call
# Don't stop me now (Cos I'm having a good time)
# Don't stop me now (Yes I'm havin' a good time)
# I don't want to stop at all
# Yeah, I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars
# On a collision course
# I am a satellite I'm out of control
# I am a sex machine ready to reload
# Like an atom bomb about to
# Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh explode
# I'm burnin' through the sky, yeah
# 200 degrees
# That's why they call me Mr Fahrenheit
# I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
# I wanna make a supersonic woman of you
# Don't stop me don't stop me
# Don't stop me hey, hey, hey
# Don't stop me don't stop me
# Ooh ooh ooh, I like it
# Don't stop me don't stop me
# Have a good time, good time
# Don't stop me, don't stop me ah
# Oh yeah
# Alright
# Oh, I'm burnin' through the sky yeah
# 200 degrees
# That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
# I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
# I wanna make a supersonic man out of you
# Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
# I'm having a ball
# Don't stop me now
# If you wanna have a good time (wooh)
# Just give me a call (all right)
# Don't stop me now (cos I'm having a good time - yeah yeah)
# Don't stop me now (yes I'm havin' a good time)
# I don't want to stop at all
# La da da da daah
# Da da da haa
# Ha da da ha ha haaa
# Ha da daa ha da da aaa
# La da da da daah
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# I've paid my dues
# Time after time
# I've done my sentence
# But committed no crime
# And bad mistakes
# I've made a few
# I've had my share of sand kicked in my face
# But I've come through
# We are the champions, my friends
# And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end
# We are the champions
# No time for losers
# 'Cause we are the champions of the world
# I've taken my bows
# And my curtain calls
# You've brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it
# I thank you all
# But it's been no bed of roses
# No pleasure cruise
# I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
# And I ain't gonna lose
# We are the champions, my friends
# And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end
# We are the champions
# No time for losers
# 'Cause we are the champions of the world
# We are the champions my friends
# And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end
# We are the champions
# No time for losers
# 'Cause we are the champions
# Of the world
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
And now please welcome to the stage, Lee Mack!
Welcome one and all, to The Platinum Party at the Palace!!
We're here outside the gates of Buckingham Palace
for the party of a lifetime.
Finally we can say the words party and gate, and it's a positive!
And weren't Queen amazing?
It was great to see Freddie Mercury on the big screen. It makes me want
to do one of these...
Aaay-oh!
CROWD: Aaay-oh!
Now, just the people watching in The Mall.
Aaay-oh! CROWD: Aaay-oh!
Now for all of you standing or sitting in front
of the stage.
Aaay-oh! CROWD: Aaay-oh!
And now, everyone in the Royal Box.
Aaay-oh!
LAUGHTER
Worth a try.
I bet they don't have to wear a wrist band.
What a show we've got for you tonight.
Later on, all the way from the bonnie wee lochs
of Epping Forest, it's Rod Stewart!
There'll be tiaras but no tantrums, we've got Elton John!
And closing the show tonight, can you believe it, it's...
The Krankies!!!
Not really.
But don't worry because we have got the legend herself...
..Diana Ross!
Absolute music royalty tonight.
Even the Royal Box curtsey when these lot enter a room.
But now, please welcome to the stage, Jax Jones!
# Ooh, na na ay
# Don't act like you know me, like you know me, na na ay
# I am not your homie, not your, hoo, na na ay
# Don't act like you know me, like you know me, na na ay
# You don't know me, yeah
# Ooh, na na ay
# Don't act like you know me, like you know me, na na ay
# I am not your homie, not your, hoo, na na ay
# Don't act like you know me, like you know me, na na ay
# You don't know me, yeah
# Drop it down loaf. # I don't need introduction.
# I don't need introduction, follow my instruction.
# I don't need introduction, follow my simple instruction.
# Ladies and gentlemen, I need you to make some noise.
CHEERING.
# Wind to the left, sway to the right
# Drop it down low and take it back high
# (Who?) No, I don't need introduction
# (Why?) Follow my simple instruction
# Wind to the left, sway to the right
# Drop it down low and take it back high
# (Who?) No, I don't need introduction
# (Why?) Follow my simple instruction
We are just getting warmed up. Make some noise for my good friend Mabel!
# 'Cause I'm good now you ain't mine
# Now, now, now, now, don't call me up
# When you're looking at my photos
# Getting hot, losing control
# You want me more now I let go
# Now, now, now, now
# I'm over you and I don't need your lies no more
# Cause the truth is without you, boy, I'm stronger
# And I know it's sad that I changed, have a cold heart
# But it was your game that left scars
# Ooh, I'm over you
# Don't call me up
# I'm going out tonight
# Feeling good now you're outta my life
# Don't wanna talk about us
# Gotta leave it behind
# One drink and you're outta my mind
# Now, now take it up
# Baby, I'm on a high
# You're alone, going out of your mind
# But I'm here up in the club
# And I don't wanna talk
# So don't call me up
# I'm over you and I don't need your lies no more
# 'Cause the truth is
# Without you, boy, I'm stronger
# And I know it's sad that I changed
# Have a cold heart
# But it was your game that left scars
# Ooh, I'm over you
# Don't call me up
# I'm going out tonight
# Feeling good now you're outta my life
# Don't wanna talk about us
# Gotta leave it behind
# One drink and you're outta my mind
# Now, now take it up
# Baby, I'm on a high
# You're alone, going out of your mind
# But I'm here up in the club
# And I don't wanna talk
Let me hear it!
Make some noise!
# Oh, my love, where did you go?
# Where did you go now?
# I wanna know
# With all my love, where did you go?
# Where did you go now?
# I wanna know
# Where did you go?
# With my love, with my love
# Where did you go?
# With my love, with my love
# You just have to walk in the place
# And all eyes and all eyes are on you are on you
# You could put a smile on your face
# And you'd light up the room
# But then you left me dancing on the floor alone
# And now the DJ's gone and all the lights are on
# You see, I tried to find you, but words can't describe you
# Baby, only one night ain't enough
# Oh, my love, where did you go?
# Where did you go now?
# I wanna know
# With all my love, where did you go now?
# Where did you go now?
# I wanna know
# Where did you go?
# With my love, with my love
# Where did you go?
# With my love, with my love (oh, oh, oh)
# Where did you go?
# With my love, with my love (oh, oh, oh)
# Where did you go?
# With my love, with my love
# Where did you go?
Next tonight, it's Elbow, featuring the Citizens of the World choir.
# Drinking in the morning sun
# Blinking in the morning sun
# Shaking off a heavy one
# Yeah, heavy like a loaded gun
# What made me behave that way?
# Using words I never say
# I can only think it must be love
# Oh, anyway
# It's looking like a beautiful day
# Someone tell me how I feel
# It is silly wrong but vivid right
# Oh, kiss me like the final meal
# Yeah, kiss me like we die tonight
# Cos holy cow I love your eyes
# And now I see the light
# Yeah, lying with me half awake
# Oh anyway
# It's looking like a beautiful day
# So throw those curtains wide
# One day like this a year would see me right
# Throw those curtains wide
# One day like this a year would see me right
# Throw those curtains wide
# One day like this a year would see me right
# For life
# Throw those curtains wide
# One day like this a year would see me right
# Holy cow I love your eyes
# And only now I see the light
# Holy cow I love your eyes
# And only now I see the light
# Throw those curtains wide
# One day like this a year would see me right
# Throw those curtains wide
# One day like this a year would see me right
# Throw those curtains wide
# One day like this a year would see me right
# Throw those curtains wide
# One day like this a year would see me right.#
The citizens of the world choir, everyone.
Now, taking us on a journey through 70 years of British pop
music, please welcome to the stage, Diversity!
If you stop and shut your eyes what enters your mind if you think
about British pop music?
To me it used to be bop to the high street and cop a CD
from the shop music.
Hear the charts and wonder what's at the top music.
Like it or not, the lyrics stuck in your head and we all know
exactly how it drops.
Music, that's British pop music!
For 70 glorious years our Queen has reigned.
As we celebrate her Platinum Jubilee from the vinyl to USB,
our Queen has seen British pop has been revolutionary.
With our history of musical talent, we're not music makers,
we're pop pioneers!
# She Loves you!
So let's rewind to when one of the greats were found.
When we first heard The Beatles' iconic sound
It was undeniable British Pop was sweeping the globe
To overseas from the famous stripes of Abbey Road
# She loves you!
# Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Popular sound with a mass appeal defines pop music itself
It takes Influence from all over the country
And across the Commonwealth
From the Swinging Sixties it's a two step to the Seventies we go
Where flares and funky patterns on a Saturday
Signal the dawn of the Disco
# Night fever, night fever, we know how to do it.
As we journey from the 70s to the 80s
Pop had really found its groove
The sound had changed but feeling hadn't
And it forced your body to move!
# Let's dance!
# dance.
But let's Fast forward to the boybands and girlbands smashing
the noughties and nineties
With armies of fans and catchy hooks the chart topping power was mighty!
# Colours of the world
# Spice up your life
# Every boy and every girl
# Spice up your life
# People of the world
# Spice up your life
# Slam it to the left
# If you're havin' a good time
# Shake it to the right
# If ya know that you feel fine
# Chicas to the front
# Ha ha (uh uh) Go round # Slam it to the left
# If you're havin' a good time
# Shake it to the right
# If ya know that you feel fine
# Chicas to the front
# Ha ha Hai Si Ja Hold tight
# Baby you light up my world like nobody else
# The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
# But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell
# You don't know
# Oh, oh that's what makes you beautiful
# Na ha nah nah you don't know you're beautiful baby
# You light up my world like nobody else
# You don't know that's what makes you beautiful...
Now we arrive in the current times and the face of pop is different
Different genres and subcultures that otherwise would've been hidden
Have moved mainstream to become some of the dominant sounds
Of Britain A surging internet generation has
Changed pop restrictions.
# You're getting way too big for your boots
# You're never too big for the boot
# Dem boy dere tried twist up the truth
# How dare you twist up the truth
# Wanna come round here like a badboy?
# Do it Bun all the talking, go on then, do it
# Running through the party, bottle of Bacardi
# Bro's in my ear saying "Stormz, don't do it"
# Devil on my shoulder, I don't lack
# Hit 'em with a crowbar
# I don't scrap
# Even when I'm sober, I'm so gassed
# Say you ride but there's no car and no mash
# (What you talking 'bout?)
The history of British pop music, what a story to tell.
From Dusty Springfield and the Spice Girls to Bowie,
Ed, Stormzy and Adele
And all of this musical greatness from our small British Isles that
When I look back I realise how incredible it's been
There's no doubt we're a powerhouse nation of the music scene
And how amazing that this whole history of British
pop music has been
Witnessed in it's entirety by Her Majesty the Queen
From aspiring young artists filled with
hopes and dreams
To icons in sold out stadiums filled with
fans and screams
Pop music is a genre we'll continue to lead
Where does Pop music go from here?
I'm so excited to see
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
Now, everyone, give it up for Craig David!
To everyone at home, congratulations to Her Majesty the Queen.
# When you're sober, laugh
# Sometimes you gotta take a chance to break through
# And when the world is not enough
# That's what gives you everything or breaks you
# Feeling empty, feeling used
# It's like we're running off fumes
# A little broken, confused
# But one thing I know for sure
# Ain't giving up on you, ain't giving up on you
# Ain't giving up on you ain't giving up on you
# Oh, oh, oh, ain't giving up on you ain't giving up on you
# Ain't giving up on you
# Oh, oh, oh, ain't giving up on you
# Ain't giving up on you
# Oh, oh, oh
# Ain't giving up on you
# Oh, oh, oh
# Enter, selecta
# Ehh, yeah
# Ehh, eh yeah
# Making moves, yeah, on the dance floor
# Got our groove on dancing yeah, real hard core
# From the front to the back that's where I was at
# You know, you know, the Artful Dodger do it like that
# With Craig David all over
# DJ it's all up to you
# When the crowd go wild
# Tell me, whatcha gonna do
# Re-rewind, when the crowd say bo selecta
# Re-rewind, when the crowd say bo bo bo
# Re-rewind, when the crowd say bo selecta
# Re-rewind
# This goes out to all the DJs
# Ehh, yeah
# Can you fill me in Let's talk about it
# I was checking this girl next door
# When her parents went out
# She phoned said, "Hey, boy, come on right around"
# So I knock at the door
# You was standin' with a bottle of red wine, ready to pour
# Dressed in long black satin and lace to the floor
# So I went in, then we sat down start kissing, caressing
# Told me about jacuzzi, sounded interesting
# So we jumped right in
# All calls diverted to answer phone
# Please leave a message after the tone
# I mean me and her parents were kind of cool
# But they ran a fine line between me and you
# We were just doing things young people in love do
# Parents tryna find out what we were up to
# Saying why were you creeping around late last night
# Why did I see two shadows moving in your bedroom light
# Now you're dressed in black
# When I left you were dressed in white
# Can you fill me in?
# Calls diverted to answer phone
# Red wine bottle, half the contents gone
# When I returned, Jacuzzi turned on
# Can you fill me in?
# Whenever the coast was clear and she'd ask me to come out
The script, flip the script, I can # Feels like I'm getting younger
instead of getting old # Getting involved, a minute or so
as too many times, I was 15 years old
#... APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
For the Queen and shout out for all the time spent, on this Jubilee
weekend, God bless you. CHEERING
And now, please welcome to the stage, Mimi Webb! Are we ready to
go?
# I'm gonna set your house on fire
# I make friends with the head of police
# To make sure he'd suspect me the least
# If I'm caught I'll be out in a week
# I got my story straight down to a T
# Oh I'd say it wasn't me, hmm
# And sure we dated once in a while
# But if there was a motive, it's not enough for a trial
# I saw you out, it was zero degrees
# And you had your hands right under her sleeves
# Oh, you said you don't get cold, you liar
# Now I'ma set your house on fire
# Running, I'm running back to your place
# With gas and a match, it'll go up in flames
# Now I know you're not at home, you liar
# Now I'ma set your house on fire
# If somebody goes and calls the brigade
# I'll already be too far away (far away)
# I bought a map and I planned the escape
# I dye my hair, change my name
# You should've seen this from the start
# When you could've been honest, you could've been smart
# Yeah, we might have touched, we might have kissed
# But, darling, I'm sorry, it's not enough to convict
# I saw you out, it was zero degrees
# And you had your hands right under her sleeves
# Oh, you said you don't get cold, you liar
# Now I'ma set your house on fire
# Running, I'm running back to your place
# With gas and a match, it'll go up in flames
# Now I know you're not at home, you liar
# Now I'ma set your house on fire
# Now I'ma set your house on fire, you liar
# Now I'ma set your house on fire
# I saw you out, it was zero degrees
# And you had your hands right under her sleeves
# Oh, you said you don't get cold, you liar
# Now I'ma set your house on fire
# Running, I'm running back to your place
# With gas and a match, it'll go up in flames
# Now I know you're not at home, you liar
# Now I'ma set your house on fire
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
Next, with a host of musical theatre stars, please welcome to the stage,
Andrew Lloyd Webber!
Your Majesty, your reign has outrun every musical in history.
But may I humbly present Henry VIII's Six Queens, a Lion King,
a Phantom, a Dreamcoat and to help me with American Royalty, Lin
Manuel...
I'm overjoyed to see you face to face.
# You've been getting quite a name all around the place, making ripples
on the Broadway scene
# But do you have a Hamilton selection for our Queen?
# You say that everyone here will be getting a bank holiday
# You see it's not every year there's a platinum Queen's jubilee
# Not so bad, I mean, I'm from New York so I don't really
# Know what that means, but it sounds rad
# It's been quite a journey from Northern Manhattan to Queens?
Your Majesty, the cast of Hamilton!
# My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher
# But there are things that the
# Homilies and hymns won't teach ya
# My mother was a genius (Genius)
# My father commanded respect (Respect, Respect)
# When they died they left no instructions
# Just a legacy to protect
# Death doesn't discriminate
# Between the sinners and the saints
# It takes and it takes and it takes
# And we keep living anyway
# We rise and we fall and we break
# And we make our mistakes
# And if there's a reason I'm still alive
# When everyone who loves me has died
# I'm willing to wait for it (Wait for it)
# I'm willing to wait for it
# I am the one thing in life I can control
# (Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
# I am inimitable
# I am an original
# I'm not falling behind or running late
# (Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
# I'm not standing still
# I am lying in wait (Wait, wait, wait)
# Hamilton takes and he takes.
# I am willing to wait for it. # Life doesn't discriminate.
# We rise and we fall and we break
# And if there's a reason I'm still alive
# When everyone who loves me has died
# I'm willing to wait for it
# (Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
APPLAUSE.
# That voice which calls to me. And speaks my name.
is There Inside my Mind.
# In all your Fantasies.
# You always Knew.
# That man and Mystery
# Were both in You
# And in this Labyrinth
# Where night is Blind.
# The Phantom of the opera is there
# Inside my Mind
# Sing my angel of music
# He's there the phantom of the Opera
# Sing for me sing my angel
# Sing for me
# Sing my angel
# Sing!
# Sing for me.
# Ingonyama
# It's the circle of life
# And it moves us all
# Through despair and hope
# Through faith and love
# 'Til we find our place
# On the path unwinding
# In the circle
# The circle of life
# 'Til we find our place
# On the path unwinding
# In the circle
# The circle of life.#
# Divorced
# Beheaded
# Died
# Divorced
# Beheaded
# Survived
# And tonight, we are
# Live
# Listen up let me tell you a story
# A story that you think you've heard before
# We know you know our names and our fame and our faces
# Know all about the glories and the disgraces
# I'm done 'cause all this time
# I've been just one word in a stupid rhyme
# So I picked up a pen and a microphone
# History's about to get overthrown
# Welcome to the show, to the history mix
# Switching up the flow as we add the prefix
# Everybody knows that we used to be six wives
# But now we're one of a kind no category
# Too many years lost in this story
# We're free to take our crowning glory for five more minutes
# We're six
# We're free to take our crowning glory for five more minutes
# We're six
# Whoa
# We're six
# Whoa
# For five, four, three, two, one more minutes...
# We're six
# I closed my eyes
# Drew back the curtain
# To see for certain
# What I thought I knew
# Far, far away
# Someone was weeping
# But the world was sleeping
# Any dream will do
# I wore my coat (I wore my coat)
# With golden lining
# Bright colors shining
# Wonderful and new
# And in the east (and in the east)
# The dawn was breaking
# And the world was waking
# Any dream will do
# A crash of drums, a flash of light
# My golden coat flew out of sight
# The colors faded into darkness
# I was left alone
# May I return (may I return)
# To the beginning
# The light is dimming
# And the dream is too
# The world and I (the world and I)
# We are still waiting
# Still hesitating
# Any dream will do
# My amazing coloured coat!
When I was 21, I pledged my life to the service of our people
and I asked for God's help to make good that far.
I do not regret or retract one word of it.
Your Majesty, thank you for you continued
presence in our lives, for your leadership and for your
unwavering grace and poise.
I would follow you anywhere ma'am, out of any anaconda door.
I love you, like many other people, so, congratulations and thank
you for 70 beautiful years.
I want to thank you for your genuine warmth to our entire family,
whether you were welcoming a nervous First Lady to Buckingham Palace
for the first time or your extraordinary kindness
toward our children.
I feel deeply honoured to have spent time with you over the years.
Thank you, Ma'am, for your remarkable example.
And now, straight from his brilliant performance at Eurovision,
please welcome Sam Ryder!
# If I was an astronaut, I'd be floating in midair
# And a broken heart would just belong to someone else down there
# I would be the centre of my lonely universe
# But I'm only human and I'm crashing down to earth
# I'm up in space man
# Up in space man
# I've searched around the universe
# Been down some black holes
# There's nothing but space man
# And I wanna go Home
# If I was an astronaut
# I'd speak to satellites
# My navigation systems would search for other life
# But I'd be up here thinking 'bout what I'd left behind
# 'Cause I'm only human with the real world
# on my mind
# I'm up in space man
# Up in space man
# I've searched around the universe
# Been down some black holes
# There's nothing but space
# And I wanna go home
# Gravity keeps pulling me down
# As long as you're on the ground
# I'll stick around
# I'll stick round
# I'm up in space man
# Up in space man
# I've searched around the universe
# Been down some black holes
# There's nothing but space, man
# I've searched around the universe
# Been down some black holes
# Nothing but space, man
# And I wanna go home
Let's remember this wonderful moment of unity. Love, peace, goodbye!
Now it is time for George Ezra!
# Throw a party
# Well she moves like lightning
# And she counts to three
# Then she turns out all the lights
# And says she's coming for me
# Now put your hands up
# This is a heist
# And there's no one in here living
# Gonna make it out alive
# Load it up when the sun comes down
# Getaway car for two young lovers
# Me and the girl straight out of town
# Over the hills and undercover
# Undercover, undercover
# She said
# Green green grass, blue blue sky
# You better throw a party on the day that I die
# Green green grass, blue blue sky
# You better throw a party
# We go together, Adam and Eve
# But the girl is so much more than just another apple thief
# Yeah, she's a genius (genius), watch and learn
# How she sets the world on fire
# Green green grass, blue blue sky
# You better throw a party.
# Throw a party (yeah), throw a party, yeah
# Throw a party (woo)
# Load it up when the sun comes down
# Getaway car for two young lovers
# Me and the girl straight out of town
# Over the hills and undercover
# Undercover, undercover
# She said
# Green green grass, blue blue sky
# You better throw a party.
# Green green grass, blue blue sky
# You better throw a party.
# Green green grass, blue blue sky
# You better throw a party.
# Green green grass, blue blue sky
# You better throw a party.
Thank you very much, it is an honour to be here with you, this next song
is a song called Shotgun.
# Homegrown alligator see you later
# Gotta hit the road gotta hit the road
# Something changed in the atmosphere
# Architecture unfamiliar I could get used to this
# Time flies by in the yellow and green
# Stick around and you'll see what I mean
# There's a mountain top that I'm dreaming of
# If you need me, you know where I'll be
# I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun
# Feeling like a someone I'll be riding shotgun
# Underneath the hot sun
# Feeling like a someone South of the Equator
# Navigator Gotta hit the Road gotta hit the Road
# Deep sea diving 'round the clock
# Bikini bottoms, lager tops I could get used to this
# Time flies by in the yellow and green
# Stick around and you'll see what I mean
# There's a mountain top that I'm dreaming of
# If you need me, you know where I'll be
# I'll be riding shotgun underneath thehot sun
# Feeling like a someone I'll be riding shotgun
# Underneath the hot sun Feeling like a someone
# We got two in the front Two in the back
# Sailing along And we don't look back
# Back, back, back- back-back-back
# Time flies by in the yellow and green
# Stick around and you'll see what I mean
# There's a mountain top that I'm dreaming of
# If you need me you know where I'll be
# I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun
# Feeling like a someone I'll be riding shotgun underneath the
hot sun
# Feeling like a someone I'll be riding shotgun
# Underneath the hot sun
# Feeling like a someone
# I'll be riding shotgun
# underneath the hot sun
# Feeling like a someone
# I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun
# Feeling like a someone
# I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun
# Feeling like a someone, someone someone
# I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun
# Feeling like a someone
# I'll be riding shotgun
Thank you very much, have the best tonight!
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
And now welcome to the stage, a musical legend, Sir Rod Stewart!
# Baby Jane, don't leave me hanging on the line
# I knew you when you had no one to talk to
# Now you're moving in high society
# Don't forget I know secrets about you
# I used to think you were on my side
# But now I'm no longer sure
# I wish I knew what I know now before
# When I give my heart again
# I know it's gonna last forever
# No one tell me where or when
# I know it's gonna last forever
# I won't be that dumb again
# When I fall in love again
The BBC made me sing this one, join in and make it comfortable for me!
# Where it began, I can't begin to knowing
# But then I know it's growing strong
# Was in the spring
# And spring became the summer
# Who'd have believed you'd come along
# Hands, touching hands
# Reaching out, touching me, touching you
# Sweet Caroline
# Good times never seemed so good
# I've been inclined
# To believe they never would
# But now I
# Look at the night and it don't seem so lonely
# We filled it up with only two
# And when I hurt
# Hurting runs off my shoulders
# How can I hurt when holding you
# One, touching one
# Reaching out, touching me, touching you
# Sweet Caroline
# Good times never seemed so good
# I've been inclined
# To believe they never would
# Oh no, no
# Sweet Caroline
# Good times never seemed so good
# Sweet Caroline
# I believe they never could
# Never would
# Sweet Caroline
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
At the NHS! God save the UK! APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
Now with his take on 70 years of British sport, it's Doc Brown!
It really does need to be seen to believed
For 70 years what the Queen has achieved
The only thing left that she hasn't of course
Is knighthoods for random guys rapping about sports
See sports, I'm obsessed
I go through 'em so often
I should confess, I don't do 'em, I watch 'em
The thing is we're Brits And well, this is it
Some sports we're good at
And some sports we're Not so good
Football we're great in, cycling and sailing
Beach volleyball?
We might but it's raining
And no woman, man, boy or girl in the world
Can curl the way British curling curlers curl
Sliding the thing so it's neat and precise
One dude just frantically sweeping the ice
Then there's horses of course, the Queen's favourite
Hands all up in the air like she's raving
As a kid I watched the Commonwealth Games so often
With no ball games, no wealth cos I was common
But those who find success don't always have to come from high up
No, I learnt that you can come from anywhere to triumph
I'm from the borough that birthed Raheem Sterling
Streets of Cyrille Regis, work to keep earning
Wembley out my window - like WOW kinda thing
that brings hope - like Powell
Go for glory, flow with Fury - like Tyson
Spring surprises - Daley - like Tom diving
On driving?
Lewis the truest and brightest Paralympians
flying as high as the sky is
Patiently waiting for the greatest name that'll break in,
Ali Jawad carrying the weight of a nation,
From Daley, Thompson, to Katarina Johnson Thompson
From Ellie Simmonds to Sarah Storey the story's constant
From Andy to Emma the best tennis skill
We mix disciplines like we're Jess Ennis Hill
I guess when it's real is the day we win trophies
So we roar till our throats are all croakey
But see those three lions?
You know what they do to me?
I see them standing for strength love and unity
Same with the Red Dragon, Shamrock and Thistle
White Black and Brown, we unite at the whistle
Sport is the leveller Now to the finish
Son of an immigrant Proud to be British
Whatever the sport
THAT'S what can never be taken
Our spirit
Please welcome to the stage two incredible athletes whose accolades
and achievements in sport have now reached the pinnacle by being name
checked in a rap by me.
It's Jessica Ennis Hill and Tom Daley!
Wow, thank you, Doctor B.
Olympic standard rapping there.
Hello, I'm Tom Daley.
Before I became well known for knitting,
I was fairly good at diving.
And I used to run and jump
and throw things a bit.
We've both represented our country
at sports we love, and knowing that millions of people
around the country, and Her Majesty The Queen,
are behind you, is an incredible feeling.
Knowing everyone back home is rooting for you really gives
you that extra boost to get you over the line or into the water.
And when we succeed and see the flag going up the flagpole,
we know that the whole country helped send us victorious.
And knowing that, as a sports fan, maybe, just maybe,
Her Majesty is watching and feels that we have done her proud.
Well, after all she has done for this
country, that really is priceless.
So Ma'am, thank you for your support and your belief.
It is our great honour to bring pride to you and to this country.
And it is also our great honour to introduce the next guest.
Performing an aria that has come to encapsulate all the excitement,
tension and passion of sport, it is our privilege
to welcome Andrea Bocelli.
APPLAUSE.
# Nessun dorma
# Tu pure, o Principessa
# Nella tua fredda stanza
# Guardi le stelle
# Che tremano d'amore
# E di speranza
# Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me
# Il nome mio nessun sapra
# No, no
# Sulla tua bocca lo diro!
# Quando la luce splendera'
# Ed il mio bacio sciogliera il silenzio
# Che ti fa mia...
# Il nome suo nessun sapra
# E noi dovrem, ahime, morir, morir
# Dilegua, o notte!
# Tramontate, stelle!
# All'alba vincero'
# Vincero! #
CHEERING.
Please go crazy for Duran Duran!
Please welcome to the stage the musical genius, Nile Rogers!
# Notorious
# I can't read about it
# Burns the skin from your eyes
# I'll do fine without it
# Here's one you don't compromise
# Lies come hard in disguise
# They need to fight it out
# Not wild about it
# Lay your seedy judgments
# Who says they're part of our lives?
# You own the money
# You control the witness
# I'll leave you lonely
# Don't monkey with my business
# You pay the prophets to justify your reasons
# I heard your promise but I don't believe it
# That's why I've done it again
# No-no-Notorious
# Girls will keep the secrets
# So long as boys make a noise
# Fools run rings to break up
# Something they'll never destroy
# Grand Notorious slam
# And who really gives a damn for a flaky bandit?
# Don't ask me to bleed about it
# I need this blood to survive
# You own the money
# You control the witness
# I'll leave you lonely
# Don't monkey with my business
# You pay the prophets to justify your reasons
# I heard your promise but I don't believe it
# That's why I've done it again
Your Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, and everybody watching.
# Skin mahogany
# And no I didn't come from a money tree
# I got it out the dirt but honestly if you bout it holla me
# Because I'm getting to the paper
# A Lizzy chaser
# I ain't saving nothin' for later
# Big Momma RIP B-I-G Poppa
# When you're royal everything you do is show-stopping
# My flows an art recognised by the monarch
# By the end of '22 I'm gon' be chart-topping
# They call us a minority to the world we a major
# Don't let that fly off your radar
# Queen B for the Queen's Jubilee
# Ain't none of them badder than we
# You own the money
# You control the witness
# I'll leave you lonely
# Don't monkey with my business
# You pay the prophets to justify your reasons
# I heard your promise but I don't believe it
# You own the money
# You control the witness
# I'll leave you lonely
# Don't monkey with my business
# You pay the prophets to justify your reasons
# I heard your promise but I don't believe it
# That's why I've done it again
# No-no-Notorious
# That's why I've done it again
# No-no-Notorious
# Yeah, that's why I've done it again
# No-no-Notorious
# Yeah, that's why I've done it again
# No-no-Notorious, yeah
# That's why I've done it again
# No-Notorious
# No-no-Notorious.#
Everybody, Nile Rogers and Ms Banks!
Smile, everyone. Nick Rhodes is going to take a photo.
# See them walking hand in hand across the bridge at midnight
# Heads turning as the lights flashing out it's so bright
# Then walk right out to the fourline track
# There's a camera rolling on her back
# And I sense the rhythm humming in a frenzy
# All the way down her spine
# Girls on film
# Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she's falling
# In miles of sharp blue water coming in where she lies
# The diving man's coming up for air cos the crowd all love
# Pulling dolly by the hair
# And she wonders how she ever got here as she goes under again
# Girls on film
# Two minutes later
# Girls on film
# Got your picture
# Girls on film
# Take one last glimpse into the night
# I'm touching close I'm holding bright
# Give me shudders in a whisper
# Take me up till I'm shooting a star
# Shooting Star
# Shooting star.#
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
Over the years, I have tried to follow my father's example,
and to serve you as best I can.
You have given me in return your loyalty and your
understanding and for that, I give you my heartfelt thanks.
Your Majesty, you were so young when you ascended the throne
and you have dedicated yourself to our country and the
Commonwealth ever since.
I think I speak for everyone when I say a whole hearted
thank you, Ma'am.
Thank you, Your Majesty, for the service you have put
in throughout the years for our country and our people.
You are truly an inspiration to us and all around the world.
I know what it feels like to feel under pressure
on the tennis court, but for 70 years, you have
remained calm at all times.
Thank you for everything, Your Majesty.
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. Please welcome onto the stage,
Alicia Keys!
Tonight we are celebrating the most magnificent superwoman, we are also
celebrating our own superpower!
# Everywhere I'm turning
# Nothing seems complete
# Stand up and I'm searching
# For the better part of me
# I hang my head from sorrow
# State of humanity
# I wear it on my shoulders
# Gotta find the strength in me
# Cos I am a superwoman
# Yes I am
# Yes she is
# See, even when I'm a mess
# I still put on a vest
# With an S on my chest
# Oh yes, I'm a superwoman
# Superwoman, yes, I am
# yes, she is
# Yes she is
# See, even when I'm a mess
# I still put on a vest
# With an S on my chest
# Oh yes, I'm a superwoman
# Yes I am
# Yes, you are
# Yes, I am
# Yes, we are
Let's go, are we on fire tonight, London? Where's my girls on fire?!
CHEERING
If you know these words, sing them with me.
# She's just a girl and she's on fire
# Hotter than a fantasy
# Lonely like a highway
# She's living in a world and it's on fire
# Feeling the catastrophe
# But she knows she can fly away
# Oh, she got both feet on the ground
# And she's burning it down
# Oh, she got her head in the clouds
# And she's not backing down
# This girl is on fire
# She's walking on fire
# This girl is on fire
# Oh, oh, oh
# Whoa
# This girl is on fire
# She's just a girl and she's on fire
When I'm in London I feel like I'm at, you know? When I'm in London it
feels so much like New York. I love you, London.
# New York City, please go easy on me tonight
# New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine
# Yeah, look, huh
# New York City, please go easy on me tonight
At home, this song is for you.
# New York City, please go easy on me tonight
# New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine
# That's famous as a place
# For movie scenes...
# Noises always loud # There are sirens all around
# And the streets are mean... # If I can make it here
# I can make it anywhere
# That's what they say
# Seeing my face in lights
# Or my name on marquees
# Found down on Broadway
# Even if it ain't all it seems
# I got a pocket full of dreams
# Baby, I'm from New York
# Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
# There's nothing you can't do
# Now you're in New York
# These streets will make you feel brand new
# Big lights will inspire you
# Hear it for New York
# New York, New York
# On the avenue
# For the big city
# Streetlights, big dreams
# All lookin' pretty
# No place in the world can compare
# Put your lighters in the air
# Everybody say yeah
# London
# Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
# There's nothing you can't do
# Now you're in London
# These streets will make you feel brand new
# Big lights will inspire you
# Hear it for London
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
I love you. And now, a very special moment, focusing on our natural
world, featuring the brilliant Hans Zimmer, and the Royal Ballet.
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: Tonight we are celebrating
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee, 70 years on the throne.
It was very soon after her accession that I had the good fortune to start
travelling all over the globe making programmes about the natural world.
Then, our planet seemed to be almost infinitely large and the activities
of human beings almost irrelevant to its future.
How wrong I was.
Today, the natural world almost everywhere is changing
and in retreat because of what we are doing to it.
But there is hope.
We now have the understanding and the know-how to put right some
of the damage that we have done.
We can, if we wish, begin to restore the health of the planet and protect
the wild places and the animals and plants that live in them.
And the Queen and her family have been a crucial part in working
for the conservation of our green planet.
We are at a crossroads.
The decisions we make today could lead to a brighter future -
not only for the world's wildlife but for all humanity.
MUSIC: Planet Earth II Suite
The future of all life on Earth depends on how
we behave towards one another - and how we treat the plants
and animals that share the world with us.
MUSIC: Planet Earth II Suite
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN: We share the Earth as human beings,
all of us and together as the nations of the world.
We'll leave it to our children and our children's children.
We must be kind to it for their sake.
None of us underestimates the challenges ahead.
But history has shown that when nations come
together in common cause, there is always room for hope.
The impact of the environment on human progress was a subject
close to the heart of my dear late husband Prince Philip,
the Duke of Edinburgh.
It is a source of great pride to me, that the leading role my husband
played in encouraging people to protect our fragile planet,
lives on through the work of our oldest son Charles
and his eldest son William.
I could not be more proud of them.
APPLAUSE
Good evening, everyone.
It's wonderful to be here with you on this incredible night.
And great to see Buckingham Palace turned into an IMAX screen.
As I watch those extraordinary images, it does make me think
of all the monumental and pioneering work of so many visionary
environmentalists that have gone before.
I'm so proud that my grandfather and my father have been
a part of those efforts.
And I'm in awe of people like the great Sir David Attenborough
who look at the beauty and power of our earth and then work
to celebrate and preserve it.
I think of Rachel Carson from America, Wangari Maathai
from Kenya, Sunita Naran from India and so many others.
While no-one's grandmother thanks them for talking about their age,
my own grandmother has been alive for nearly a century.
In that time, mankind has benefited from unimaginable
technological developments and scientific breakthroughs.
And although those breakthroughs have increased our awareness
of the impact humans have on our world, our planet has
become more fragile.
Today, in 2022, as the Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee,
the pressing need to protect and restore our planet has
never been more urgent.
But like her, I am an optimist.
Decades of making the case for taking better care of our world
has meant that environmental issues are now at the top
of the global agenda.
More and more businesses and politicians are answering the call.
And perhaps most inspiringly, the cause is now being spearheaded
by an amazing and united generation of young people across the world.
CHEERING.
Congratulations to all of them, they won't accept the status quo,
they won't accept that change is too difficult to deliver.
Never before have we had so much power to change the big things.
In the past seventy years mankind has put man on the moon,
we have built the World Wide Web.
And we have developed vaccines and solutions to some of the most
life-threatening diseases on Earth.
When humankind focuses its mind, anything is possible.
It's my firm hope that my grandmother's words are as true
in seventy years time as they are tonight -
that as nations we come together in common cause,
because then there is always room for hope.
Tonight has been full of such optimism and joy -
and there is hope.
Together, if we harness the very best of humankind,
and restore our planet, we will protect it for our children,
for our grandchildren and for future generations to come.
They will be able to say, with pride at what's been achieved,
"What a Wonderful World."
APPLAUSE.
Joining Hans Zimmer, please welcome to the stage, Celeste.
# I see trees of green
# Red roses, too
# I see them bloom
# For me and you
# And I think to myself
# What a wonderful world
# I see skies of blue
# And clouds of white
# The bright, blessed days
# Dark, sacred nights
# And I think to myself
# What a wonderful world
# The colours of the rainbow
# So pretty in the skies
# Are also on the faces
# Of people going by
# I see friends shakin' hands
# Sayin', "How do you do?"
# They're really saying
# "I love you"
# I hear babies cry
# I watch them grow
# They'll learn much more
# Than I'll ever know
# And I think to myself
# What a wonderful world
# And I think to myself
# What a wonderful world
# And I think to myself
# What a wonderful world
# And I think to myself
# What a wonderful world
APPLAUSE
I cannot lead you into battle.
I do not give you laws or administer justice.
But I can do something else.
I can give you my heart.
Your Majesty, for the dedication and the devotion and the love
and the care you've shown us for 70 years, our sincere thanks,
and our love to you.
For 70 years you have worked so incredibly hard not just
for the people of this country but for the whole Commonwealth.
Thank you, Ma'am, for your dedication, your service
and for everything that you represent, our country
owes you so much.
You've always shown the importance of strength and determination
in life, something I can completely relate to, so thank you, Ma'am,
for inspiring not just me but people all over the world.
Your Majesty, congratulations on 70 incredible years
as our ruling monarch.
It's been an amazing journey for you and you've been such a great
part of my life ever since I was a child and up
to the present day.
I wanted to record something for you in a place that you would love,
so here we are at the red drawing room at Windsor Castle.
I thought it would be the ideal place to pay tribute
to your amazing reign, and long may you reign.
Thank you.
# It's a little bit funny
# This feeling inside
# I'm not one of those who can easily hide
# I don't have much money
# But boy if I did
# I'd buy a big house where we both could live
# If I was a sculptor
# But then again, no
# Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
# I know it's not much
# But it's the best I can do
# My gift is my song
# And this one's for you
# And you can tell everybody
# This is your song
# It may be quite simple, but
# Now that it's done
# I hope you don't mind I hope you don't mind
# That I put down in words
# How wonderful life is
# While you're in the world
# I sat on the roof
# And kicked off the moss
# Well a few of the verses
# Well, they've got me quite cross
# But the sun's been quite kind
# While I wrote this song
# It's for people like you that
# Keep it turned on
# So excuse me forgetting
# But these things I do
# You see I've forgotten
# If they're green or they're blue
# Anyway, the thing is
# What I really mean
# Yours are the sweetest eyes
# I've ever seen
# And you can tell everybody
# This is your song
# It may be quite simple, but
# Now that it's done
# I hope you don't mind I hope you don't mind
# That I put down in words
# How wonderful life is
# While you're in the world
# I hope you don't mind I hope you don't mind
# That I put down in words
# How wonderful life is
# While you're in the world. #
APPLAUSE
Now, please welcome to the stage, Stephen Fry.
Oh, my goodness, everybody! Paddington, though, I cried!
Thank you, Lee, for that fulsome, heartfelt introduction.
Like most of us, my entire life has been lived out in the time
of Queen Elizabeth II.
We are all Elizabethans, and what a wonderful
thing that is to be.
As a nation we have been lucky, lucky, lucky above all others
to have had our Queen to represent us - over 70 years
of Trooping the Colour, Opening Parliament, Ascot,
the Chelsea Flower Show, royal tours, Christmas Day at 3pm,
these the world sees, but how many local sewage works
has Her Majesty opened with a bright smile,
how many plaques unveiled, how many trees planted,
how many ribbons cut, ships launched, how many prime
ministers tolerated?
For that alone no admiration is high enough...
And come to that,
how many concerts of raucous, loud music has she had to sit through?
Whatever our politics, beliefs or backgrounds,
we can all proudly, happily, giddily celebrate our sovereign's
unparalleled life of resilience, duty, dedication, faith and service.
How lucky we have been, how lucky we are.
Hurray!
And now it is my very happy task to hand over to someone the breadth
of whose passions and interests, fill me with awe, how
ahead of his time he has been on so many issues,
what dedication, expertise and care he pours into so many causes.
Accompanied by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall,
please welcome His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
Your Majesty.
Mummy.
LAUGHTER
The scale of this evening's celebration
and the outpouring of warmth and affection over this
whole Jubilee weekend is our way of saying thank you
from your family, the country, the Commonwealth, in
fact, the whole world.
On behalf of us all, I wanted to pay my own
tribute to your lifetime of selfless service.
In pictures.
In words.
And in light.
CHEERING
Your family now spans four generations.
You are our Head of State, and you are also our mother.
Your "strength and stay" is much missed this
evening but I am sure he is here in spirit.
My Papa would have enjoyed the show and joined us wholeheartedly
in celebrating all you continue to do for your country
and your people.
CHEERING
Looking back, we think of the countless State occasions
that are milestones along this nation's road.
And you will think of red boxes filled with Government papers
at the end of the day.
You will remember those who have led this country.
Indeed all the countries you serve and leaders across the world.
How things have changed.
We think of all you have done to make
the Commonwealth such an important force for good.
You continue to make history.
And there was still time for fun amongst the work.
We might have been celebrating that Derby winner this
evening - next year perhaps?
But I know what really gets my mother up in
the morning is all of you, ladies and gentlemen.
All of you watching at home.
Represented here tonight in this great audience.
Your Majesty, you have been with us in our difficult times.
And you bring us together to celebrate moments
of pride, joy and happiness.
Maybe, this year, it really is Coming Home?
CHEERING
You have met us and talked with us.
You laugh and cry with us and, most importantly, you have been
there for us for these 70 years.
You pledged to serve your whole life - you continue to deliver.
That is why we are here, that is what we celebrate tonight.
These pictures on your house are the story of your life - and ours.
So, Your Majesty, that is why we all say "thank you".
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I know The Queen is watching these
celebrations with much emotion,
Having I hope finished her marmalade sandwich!
Including regret that she cannot be here in person with us this evening.
But Windsor Castle is barely 20 miles away.
So, if we cheer loudly enough, she might just hear us -
so let's all join together...
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
Louder! APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.
ALL: Hooray!
# God save our gracious Queen
# Long live our noble Queen
# God save the Queen
# Send her victorious
# Happy and glorious
# Long to reign over us
# God save the Queen. #
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
And now, please give it up for Sigala featuring Ella Eyre!
# I'm no longer brokenhearted
# So glad I came here tonight
# And I see you got what I wanted
# Baby, you got what I like
# I can see that you're watching me
# Come over, talk to me, need you to give me a sign
# You got that something sweet
# That don't come easily, it's what I need tonight
# I came here for love
# For someone to hold me down
# I won't give it up, no
# I want you to reach out
# I came here for love
# And I want you to reach out
# I'm so ready to get on it
# You follow me, you'll be fine
# And I'm in too deep
# Have I fallen, without anyone
# I can see that you're watching me
# Come over, talk to me, need you to give me a sign
# You got that something sweet
# That don't come easily, it's what I need tonight
# I came here for love
# For someone to hold me down
# I won't give it up, no
# I want you to reach out
# I came here for love
# And I want you to reach out
# This is what we came here for, we came here for love
# I won't give, I won't give it up
# This is what we came here for, we came here for love
# I know this, I know it's enough
# This is what we came here for, we came here for love
# I won't give, I won't give it up
# This is what we came here for, we came here for love
# I want you to reach out
# I came here for love
# For someone to hold me down
# I won't give it up, no
# I want you to reach out
# I came here for love
# I want you to reach out
# Climb every mountain
# Search high and low
# Follow every byway
# Every path you know
# Climb every mountain
# Ford every stream
# Follow every rainbow
# Till you find your dream
# A dream that will need
# All the love you can give
# Every day of your life
# For as long as you live
# Climb every mountain
# Ford every stream
# Follow every rainbow
# Till you find your place
# Climb every mountain
# Ford every stream
# Climb every mountain
# Ford every stream
# Climb every mountain
# Ford every stream
# Follow every rainbow
# Till you find your dream
CHEERING.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a fantastic finale for you but please
first can we have a big round of applause for all your perform ats
tonight and your orchestra! Ladies and gentlemen, finishing off the
show tonight, a particular favourite of the royals and millions and
millions of us around the world. The one, the only, miss Diana Ross!
It's a tremendous honour and privilege to be here this evening,
# You took a mystery and made me want it
# You got a pedestal and put me on it
# You made me love you out of feeling nothing
# Something that you do, ah
# And I was there and not dancing with anyone
# You took a little then you took me over
# You set your mark on stealing my heart away
# Crying, trying, anything for you
# I'm in the middle of a chain reaction
# You give me all the after midnight action
# I wanna get you where I can let you make all that love to me
# I'm on a journey for the inspiration
# To anywhere and there ain't no salvation
# I need you to get me nearer to you
# So you can set me free
# We talk about love, love, love
# We talk about love
# You make me tremble when your hand moves lower
# You taste a little then you swallow slower
# Nature has a way of yielding treasure
# Pleasure made for you
# Oh, you gotta plan
# My arms will cover my lips will smother you
# With no more left to say
# We talk about love, love, love
# We talk about love
# Get in the middle of a chain reaction
# You get a medal when you're lost in action
# I wanna get your love all ready for the sweet sensation
# Instant radiation you let me hold you for the first explosion
# We get a picture of our love in motion
# My arms will cover
# my lips will smother you
# With no more left to say
# We talk about love, love, love
# We talk about love.#
And, on behalf of those here tonight, and the millions
watching around the world, we have one simple message to Her Majesty...
Thank you!
# Every choice and step I make
# Every word every and breath I take
# You're the reason my world keeps turning
# Like the blood running through my veins
# Sunshine when there's only rain
# You're the reason my heart keeps learning
# I will never let go of that feeling
# Cos loving you it makes me feel strong
# And when I feel the pain, you are my healing
# And I know beside you's where I belong
# Cos love it feels like that, feels like that, woah oh
# And I thank God that it is you who's loving me
# Thank you for, thank you for that
# We survived the highs and lows
# Sometimes that's how life goes
# But together, I know we'll make it
# I wouldn't change a single day
# No-one else makes me feel that way
# I know you take care of my heart and never break it
# I will never let go of that feeling
# Cos loving you it makes me feel strong
# And when I feel the pain, you are my healing
# And I know beside you's where I belong
# Love it feels like that, feels like that, whoa, oh
# It will lift you up when that is what you need
# Love it feels like that, feels like that, whoa, oh
# I thank God that it is you who's loving me
# Thank you, thank you
# Thank you for your life
# Thank you for, thank you for that
# Thank you for all the years
# Thank you for the smile
# Thank you for the tears
# Thank you for being who you are, for all those years
# Thank you for the joy
# You are the reason why
# I thank you for the loving you have brought into my life
# Love it feels like that, feels like that, whoa, oh
# It will lift you up when that is what you need
# Love it feels like that
# Feels like that, whoa, oh
# I thank God that it is you who's loving me
# Thank you for, thank you for that
# Thank you for the joy
# Thank you for, thank you for that
Thank you. Thank you so much.
# If you need me, call me
# No matter where you are, no matter how far
# Just call my name
# I'll be there in a hurry
# On that you can depend and never worry
# No wind, no rain or winter's cold can stop me babe
# Baby, if you're my goal ah, no wind, no rain
# Can stop me babe if you're my goal ah, ah oo ah
# Ah, oh
# I know, I know you must follow the sun
# Wherever it leads but remember if you should fall
# Short of your desires
# Remember life holds for you one guarantee
# You'll always have me
# Ain't no mountain high enough
# Ain't no valley low enough
# Ain't no river wide enough
# To keep me from you
# Ain't no mountain high enough
# Ain't no valley low enough
# Ain't no river wide enough
# To keep me from you ain't no mountain high enough
# Nothing can keep me keep me from you
# Ain't no mountain high enough
# Nothing can keep me keep me from you
If you need me, call me.
# Ain't no mountain high enough
# Ain't no valley low enough
# Ain't no river wide enough to keep me from you
# Ain't no mountain high enough
# Ain't no valley low enough
# Ain't no river wide enough to keep me from you
# Ain't no mountain high enough
I am filled with admiration for you.
I am so proud to be here this evening. I know you feel the same.
Say it loud, thank you! Thank you! One more, thank you! Thank you so