Jingle Bell Ball
Festival concert by Global Radio | |
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Venue | The O2 Arena, London |
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The Jingle Bell Ball is a concert held every year in December, by the Global Radio-owned Capital network at The O2 Arena. Artists that have headlined the ball are Janet Jackson, Taylor Swift, Take That, The Black Eyed Peas, Cheryl Cole, Girls Aloud, Jessie J, Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Shakira, and Pink. Other notable acts who have performed at the Ball include Little Mix, One Direction, Bruno Mars, JLS, Miley Cyrus, The Pussycat Dolls, Taio Cruz, Tinie Tempah, David Guetta, Years & Years, Jason Derulo, Rita Ora, The Specials, The Wanted, 5 Seconds of Summer, Ed Sheeran, OneRepublic, Calvin Harris, and The Vamps. A portion of ticket sales profit is donated to Global's Make Some Noise, Capital's flagship charity, formerly known as Help a Capital Child and Help a London Child.[1]
2008
It was held over one night – 8 December. David Smyth of the Evening Standard rated it three stars, saying it was "too quick to be boring but too superficial to stick in the mind".[2]
2009
The 2009 event was held over two nights.
Saturday 5 December | Sunday 6 December |
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Lady Gaga
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Janet Jackson
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2010
The 2010 event was also held over two nights: Saturday, 4 December and Sunday, 5 December.
Saturday 4 December | Sunday 5 December |
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The Black Eyed Peas
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Kylie Minogue
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Cee Lo Green was originally scheduled to perform on the Saturday, however, due to bad weather, his flight was rescheduled to the next day and he performed on the Sunday.
2011
The 2011 event was held over two nights: Saturday, 3 December, and Sunday, 4 December, at The O2 Arena.
On 28 October the dates were confirmed by Capital. Olly Murs was the first act announced for the Saturday performance, also on 28 October.
Tickets for the concert on Saturday were released on 31 October 2011 at 8am and sold out in just over three hours.[3]
Saturday 3 December | Sunday 4 December |
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The Wanted
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JLS
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2012
The 2012 event took place on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9 December 2012.
Saturday 8 December |
Sunday 9 December |
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Bruno Mars
Surprise Acts
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P!nk
Surprise Acts
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Little Mix performed as a three-piece, as member Perrie Edwards was unwell. Dave Berry and Lisa Snowden hosted the ball on both nights. 32,000 people attended the event over the two nights. Highlights of the event were also broadcast on Capital TV.
2013
The 2013 Jingle Bell Ball will be held at The O2 Arena on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8 December 2013.
Saturday 7 December |
Sunday 8 December |
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Katy Perry
Pre-Show Acts
Surprise Guests
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Lady Gaga
Pre-Show Acts
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On Saturday night, Katy Perry was the main headliner with Tinie Tempah and Olly Murs as supporting headliners. On Sunday, Lady Gaga was the main headliner alongside Dizzee Rascal and Jessie J supporting. Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon (Capital Breakfast Hosts) hosted the ball on both nights, alongside Pandora. Meanwhile, Rich Clarke, Kat Shoob, The Bassman and Greg Burns hosted on the radio throughout both nights.
Headliner's Setlist
- "I Kissed a Girl"
- "Dark Horse"
- "Part of Me"
- "Wide Awake"
- "Walking on Air"
- "California Gurls"
- "Teenage Dream"
- "Unconditionally"
- "Firework"
- "Roar
- "Poker Face"
- "Just Dance"
- "Bad Romance"
- "Born This Way"
- "Aura"
- "ARTPOP"
- "Do What U Want"
- "Applause"
2014
The first tickets for the show were given away as part of Global's Make Some Noise on 8 October 2014 although at the time the dates for the event were not confirmed. It was later revealed that the dates were 6 and 7 December 2014. It was confirmed on Capital FM on 20 October that the Jingle Bell Ball would be returning, with this years sponsor, major supermarket chain, Morrisons. All information on the ball, that is the venue, dates, acts and when tickets would be on sale was announced on 3 November 2014. It was held at London's O2 Arena on 6 and 7 December 2014, with acts such as OneRepublic, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Jessie J performing. British boy band, Take That headlining on Saturday night, and worldwide sensation and American country star, Taylor Swift as the main headliner for the ball, to be performing on Sunday night. Tickets for general release went on sale on Friday 7 November. Tickets for both dates, sold out in under an hour, which is a record. 5 Seconds of Summer performed at the event as a three-piece as band member Michael Clifford was unable to fly out due to the loss of his passport.
Saturday 6 December |
Sunday 7 December |
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Take That
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Taylor Swift
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Setlist
(Saturday 6th December 2014)
- "Right Here"(Jess Glynne solo)
- "My Love" (Jess Glynne solo)
- "Real Love"
- "Rather Be"
- "Tonight (We Live Forever)"
- "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas"
- "I Can't Make You Love Me"
- "You Got It All"
- "Shine"
- "Greatest Day"
- "Patience"
- "Relight My Fire"
- "Back for Good"
- "Pray"
- "These Days"
- "Rule the World"
- "Never Forget"
(Sunday 7th December 2014)
- "Nobody to Love" (featuring Daniel Pearce)
- "Changing" (featuring Ella Eyre)
- "Wild"
- "It's My Party"
- "Do It like a Dude"
- "Sweet Talker"
- "Domino"
- "Price Tag"
- "Bang Bang"
- "Wait on Me"
- "Rockin' Robin"
- "Me and My Broken Heart"
- "Tonight (We Live Forever)"
- "I Can't Make You Love Me"
- "You Got It All"
2015
Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon revealed that 2015's event will once again be hosted at London's O2 Arena on Saturday 5 December and Sunday 6 December during Capital Breakfast on Monday 2 November 2015. The sponsors were Coca Cola again after a year's break. Tickets were released on the 6th of November, with pre-sales occurring in the week leading up to it. Both headliners were announced on Friday 6 November on Capital Breakfast. On Monday 23 November, Tinie Tempah and Katy B were added to the lineup, whilst Carly Rae Jepsen was added the following day. Ariana Grande was supposed to perform on the Saturday but withdrew for unknown reasons. Marvin Humes confirmed via Twitter he was doing a pre-show DJ Set on both days. On December 5, Coldplay were the headliners and Justin Bieber was the headliner on December 6.
Saturday 5 December |
Sunday 6 December |
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Coldplay |
Justin Bieber |
Setlist
(Saturday 5th December 2015)
- "Be Right There"
- "How Deep Is Your Love"
- "Intoxicated"
- "Alone No More"
- "Easy Love"
- "Sweet Lovin"
- "Can't Feel My Face
- "Lean On"
- "Sorry"
- "Where Are Ü Now"
- "Glitterball"
- "Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)"
- "Not Letting Go" (Tinie Tempah solo) (with Jess Glynne)
- "Sax"
- "In2"
- "Shine"
- "Eyes Shut"
- "Toxic" (Britney Spears cover)
- "King"
- "Salute"
- "Move"
- "Love Me like You"
- "Secret Love Song" (with Jason Derulo)
- "Wings"
- "Black Magic"
- "Play Hard"
- "Bad"
- "Shot Me Down"
- "Ain't a Party"
- "Hey Mama"
- "Can't Feel My Face" (The Weeknd cover)
- "Bang My Head"
- "Hello" (Adele cover)
- "How Deep Is Your Love" (Calvin Harris and Disciples cover)
- "Dangerous"
- "Lovers On The Sun"
- "The Hills" (The Weeknd cover)
- "Titanium"
- "When Love Takes Over"
(Sunday 6th December 2015)
- "Marvin Gaye"
- "One Call Away"
- "See You Again" (Part 2)
- "Wake Up"
- "Rest Your Love"
- "Last Night"
- "Can We Dance"
- "Nobody to Love"
- "Changing"
- "Coming Home"
- "Glitterball" (featuring Ella Henderson)
- "Under Control"
- "Bounce"
- "Feel So Close"
- "Overdrive"
- "Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat"
- "Sweet Nothing"
- "Deep Down Low" (Valentino Khan cover)
- "How Deep Is Your Love"
- "Summer"
- "Shaolin" (Mightyfools cover)
- "Blame"
2016
The first group of acts for the 2016 shows were announced on November 7, 2016 & November 8, 2016.[4] Tickets went on sale on Thursday 10 November at 8am and sold out in less than an hour.[5] More acts were revealed on Monday 28 November & Tuesday 29 November. Capital FM confirmed via Twitter that Marvin Humes would open night one. Videos of the weekend were put on Capital FM's YouTube channel.
Saturday 3 December[6] |
Sunday 4 December[7] |
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Calvin Harris Pre-Show Acts Suprise Guests |
Shawn Mendes Pre-Show Acts |
Setlist
(Saturday 3rd December)
- "Easy Love"
- "Show Me Love" (Steve Angello and Laidback Luke cover)
- "Let's Take it Back to the Old Skool" (DJ Tipstarr cover)
- "Give Me Your Love"
- "Say You Do" (featuring Imani)
- "Sweet Lovin'"(featuring Bryn Christopher)
- "Blow Your Mind"
- "One Dance" (Drake cover)
- "Hotter than Hell"
- "No Lie" (with Sean Paul)
- "Rockabye" (with Anne-Marie and Sean Paul)
- "Tears (with Louisa Johnson)
- "Alarm"
- "Famous"
- "Give It Up"
- "Kiss Me Quick"
- "Over and Over Again"
- "Twist
- "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Outside the O2)
- "Tears"
- "So Good"
- "Love Yourself" (Justin Bieber cover)
- "7 Days"
- "Ain't Giving Up
- "Change My Love"
- "Fill Me In"
- "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)"
- "Nothing Like This"
- "When the Bassline Drops"
- "Salute"
- "Hair"
- "Wings"
- "Move"
- "Secret Love Song" (with Nathan Sykes)
- "Black Magic"
- "Shout Out to My Ex"
- "We Found Love"
- "Sweet Nothing"
- "Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat"
- "I Need Your Love"
- "Blame"
- "My Way"
- "Feel So Close"
- "Hello" (Adele cover)
- "This Is What You Came For"
- "Summer"
(Sunday 4th December)
Radio presenters
The event went live across the nine station Capita radio network in 2011. The build-up was presented by James 'The Bassman' Bassam, Greg Burns, Will Cozens and Rich Clarke. James Barr was on air during the Jingle Bell Ball with Luke Smith on the after party. Roberto/Neil Williams presented online interactive content whilst Kat Shoob was a backstage reporter.
Sponsors
The first concert in 2008 was sponsored by Zavvi. In 2009 Windows 7 became the sponsor, in conjunction with the buildup for the operating system's launch. The sponsorship continued until 2011. During their sponsorship of the event, prizes including thousands of tickets to the ball, laptops, holidays, games consoles, smartphones and money were given away on air.
In 2012, BlackBerry sponsored the concert in a last-minute deal. In 2013, the event was sponsored by Coca-Cola. In 2014, Morrisons emerged as the new sponsor. In 2015 and 2016, Coca-Cola was the sponsor of the event again.
See also
- Summertime Ball (sister concert)
- Capital London
- Capital radio network
- Global Radio
References
- ^ Copsey, Robert (25 October 2010). "The Script, Peas for 'Jingle Bell' gig". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ Smyth, David (11 December 2008). "Pop stars parade in Jingle Bell Ball". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Jingle Bell Ball Day One Tickets Sell Out". Capital. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Capital FM". Facebook.
- ^ "Capital's Jingle Bell Ball 2016 Is Now Sold Out". Capital FM. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Who's On The Jingle Bell Ball Lineup?". Capital FM.
- ^ "Who's On The Jingle Bell Ball Lineup?". Capital FM.
External links
- Jingle Bell Ball at Capital