British Summer Time (concerts)
British Summer Time Hyde Park (BST Hyde Park) is a series of concerts held over two or three weekends once a year in London's Hyde Park. Since 2013, BST Hyde Park has seen headliners such as Arcade Fire, Celine Dion, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, the Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Barbra Streisand, Lionel Richie, Kylie Minogue, Black Sabbath, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Guns N' Roses, The Who, Blur, The Strokes, Robbie Williams, Taylor Swift, P!nk, Adele, Duran Duran, Take That, Billy Joel and Blackpink.[1] In 2023, the capacity was 65,000.[2]
Venue | Hyde Park, London |
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Attendance | 65,000 |
Website | bst-hydepark |
2023
2022
2020
- Note: Below is the scheduled line-up for the 2020 series; on 8 April 2020, the entire series was cancelled due to public assembly concerns in regards to the coronavirus pandemic.[8]
Scheduled line-up[9][10] | |||||
Thursday 2 July | Saturday 4 July | Sunday 5 July | Friday 10 July | Saturday 11 July | Sunday 12 July |
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Post Malone | Little Mix | Kendrick Lamar | Pearl Jam | Taylor Swift | Duran Duran |
2019
Line-Up[9][11] | ||||
Friday 5 July | Saturday 6 July | Sunday 7 July | Saturday 13 July | Sunday 14 July |
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Céline Dion
Jazz Morley The Adelaides Alice Chater Kerri Watt |
Stevie Wonder Lionel Richie Lianne La Havas Corinne Bailey Rae Norman Jay MBE The Heavy Benedict Cork |
Barbra Streisand Bryan Ferry Kris Kristofferson Ramin Karmiloo The Kingdom Choir Richard Marx Jamie Lawson Fauozia Riva Taylor Hannah Grace AJ Brown |
Florence + the Machine The National Lykke Li Khruangbin Nadine Shah Aldous Harding Cherry Glazerr Marlon Williams Let's Eat Grandma Self Esteem Goat Girl Roses Gabor Connie Constance Mathilda Homer CC Honeymoon |
Robbie Williams
Black Eyed Peas |
2018
Line-Up[9] | |||||
Friday 6 July | Saturday 7 July | Sunday 8 July | Friday 13 July | Saturday 14 July | Sunday 15 July |
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Roger Waters Richard Ashcroft Seasick Steve Squeeze |
The Cure Interpol Goldfrapp Editors Ride Slowdive The Twilight Sad |
Eric Clapton Santana Steve Winwood Gary Clark Jr Zucchero Fornaciari |
Michael Bublé Van Morrison Bananarama The Feeling The Shires The Adelaides Rob Green Gypsyfingers The Tailormade |
Bruno Mars Khalid DJ Rashida |
Paul Simon James Taylor & His All-Star Band Bonnie Raitt Callaghan Night Flight Sarah Darling Jesca Hoop Blueprint Blue |
As well as the music artists showed above, the FIFA World Cup semi-final match between England and Croatia was screened. This was the largest London screening of a football match since 1996.[12]
2017
2016
Line-up[16] | |||||
Friday 1 July | Saturday 2 July | Sunday 3 July | Friday 8 July | Saturday 9 July | Sunday 10 July |
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Massive Attack with Young Fathers | Florence + The Machine
Kendrick Lamar
Todd Terje
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Carole King | Mumford & Sons
Alabama Shakes
Baaba Maal
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Take That | Stevie Wonder |
2015
Line-up[17] | |||||
Thursday 18 June | Saturday 20 June | Sunday 21 June | Friday 26 June | Saturday 27 June[18] | Sunday 28 June |
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Great Oak Stage | |||||
The Strokes
Fufanu
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Blur
Broken Hands |
Kylie Minogue
Grace Jones
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The Who
Paul Weller
The Rifles
Sleaford Mods
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Taylor Swift
Ellie Goulding
Iris Gold
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Union J
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2014
2013
Line-up[20] | |||||
Friday 5 July | Saturday 6 July | Sunday 7 July | Friday 12 July | Saturday 13 July | Sunday 14 July |
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Great Oak Stage | |||||
Bon Jovi | The Rolling Stones | JLS The Beach Boys The Saturdays
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Ray Davies | The Rolling Stones | Lionel Richie Jennifer Lopez Chic featuring Nile Rodgers
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The Theatre | |||||
The Horrors
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Village Hall | |||||
Rival Sons
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Tribes
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Charlie Brown
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Bandstand | |||||
All the Young
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Triggerfinger
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Avalon Comedy Stage |
Thea Gilmore
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Keziah Jones
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Elton John had been scheduled to perform on Friday 12 July, but he had to cancel due to illness. All tickets were refunded and the event was made free as a one-off.[21]
References
- "Previous Headliners". bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- "AEG Presents' Jim King on how BST Hyde Park is coming back 'bigger and better'". Interview. Celebrity Land. 26 June 2022. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- "Line Up". BST Hyde Park. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- Dunworth, Liberty (1 June 2023). "BLACKPINK announce more support acts for London BST Hyde Park show". NME.
- Richards, Will (1 June 2022). "Elton John announces Rina Sawayama, Berwyn and more as BST Hyde Park support". NME. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- Evans, Connie (26 May 2022). "The Rolling Stones' support acts for BST Hyde Park announced". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- Dalley, Hannah (23 June 2022). "Adele Announces All-Female Bill With Kacey Musgraves, Gabrielle, Mahalia & More for BST Hyde Park Festival". Billboard. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- Neale, Matthew (8 April 2020). "BST Hyde Park 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus". NME. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- "Line-Up (2018)". bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- Park, BST Hyde. "Events (2020) BST Hyde Park". www.bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- Park, BST Hyde. "Barbra Streisand - The ultimate icon in London | BST Hyde Park". www.bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- "British Summer Time announce huge screening of England vs Croatia World Cup match and Lightning Seeds performance at Hyde Park". NME. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- "Line-Up (2017)". bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- Kerrang! Radio (10 August 2017), Tigress live at Barclaycard Presents BST Hyde Park, retrieved 20 September 2017
- Park, Barclaycard presents BST Hyde. "Support acts for The Killers announced! | Barclaycard presents BST Hyde Park". www.bst-hydepark.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- "Line-Up (2016)". bst-hydepark.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- "Line-Up (2015)". efestivals.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- "BST 2014 Line Up". Facebook. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- "Line-Up (2014)". efestivals.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- "British Summer Time 2013 line-up and rumours - eFestivals.co.uk". www.efestivals.co.uk.
- "Elton John cancels British Summertime". Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.