This announcement marks the first full line-up unveiled for any of this year’s BST headliners, with Stevie Wonder’s show currently the only complete bill confirmed.

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Joining as special guests are Ezra Collective, the 2023 Mercury Prize winner’s and genre-blending jazz quintet from London. Known for their energetic fusion of afrobeat, calypso, hip-hop, reggae, soul, and jazz, the group has pushed boundaries and made waves in the UK music scene. In 2025, they made history as the first jazz act to win Group of the Year at the BRIT Awards.

Also performing is Corinne Bailey Rae, the acclaimed singer-songwriter behind the soulful classic “Put Your Records On”. Her 2006 debut album topped the UK charts, making her the fourth British female solo artist to debut at number one. Her work was recognised with a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2008.

Elmiene, the rising 23-year-old British-Sudanese neo-soul and R&B singer, is also on the bill. Since emerging in 2023, Elmiene has received widespread praise and has been hailed by Sir Elton John as “one of Britain’s greatest new artists.” He was nominated for the Rising Star award at the 2025 BRIT Awards.

Rounding out the support line-up are Thee Sacred Souls, a soul trio from San Diego whose nostalgic yet fresh sound has earned them international acclaim. Their self-titled 2022 debut was met with universal acclaim, and they followed it up with 2024’s Got a Story to Tell. The band describes their style as “Sweet Southern Californian soul”- they are carving out their own path while honouring soul’s legacy and heritage.

This will be Stevie Wonder’s third time headlining the Great Oak Stage at BST Hyde Park, following standout performances in 2016 and 2019.

Stevie Wonder’s performance on July 12 also marks the final date of his upcoming ‘Love, Light and Song’ UK tour. The tour kicks off on July 3 at Lytham festival and is followed by performances in Manchester’s Co-op Live arena on July 5, Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on July 7 and Cardiff’s Blackweir Feilds on July 9. Tickets for the ‘Love, Light and Song’ tour can be accessed here.

Other acts set to headline BST Hyde Park 2025 include Olivia Rodrigo (June 27), Zack Bryan (June 28-29), Noah Kahan (July 4), Sabrina Carpenter (July 5-6), Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts (July 11) and Jeff Lynne’s ELO (July 13). Tickets for BST Hyde Park can be accessed here.

For those who missed it, our coverage of the original announcement of Stevie Wonder’s headline slot can be found here.

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The 74-year-old joins a diverse list of headliners, with everything except the support acts for Wonder’s performance now in place. The full line-up consists of Olivia Rodrigo (27 June), Zach Bryan (28 and 29 June), Noah Kahan (4 July), Sabrina Carpenter (5 and 6 July), Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts (11 July), and Jeff Lynne’s ELO (13 July). Wonder’s performance will fill the gap between Neil Young and Jeff Lynne’s ELO, setting the final weekend up to be a nostalgia-filled celebration.  

This year’s festival has already generated considerable buzz, with Jeff Lynne’s ELO performance set to be his last before stepping back from playing live. Actor Hugh Jackman was also announced to be playing theatre standards, backed by a live orchestra, before pulling out and being replaced with pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter.  

Wonder’s last UK appearances were both at BST Hyde Park, headlining in 2016 and 2019. The 2016 show was an extension of his Songs in the Key of Life Tour, with the musician playing the album in full, as well as a few extras. His 2019 performance was more well-rounded and closer to a greatest hits set, pulling tracks from a variety of albums from across his storied career.

His 2019 show received a four-star review from The Independent, with Kate Solomon saying: “If the first half of the set is about flexing his musical muscles, the second is about blasting Hyde Park with hit after hit.”   

Wonder’s touring schedule slowed considerably in recent years. Between 2013 and 2017, the musician played 167 shows, but from 2019 to 2024, the same amount of time, that dropped to just 50 shows.  

The BST Hyde Park appearance will be the final stop on the UK leg of his ‘Love Light & Song’ tour, which will see Wonder play shows in Lancashire (3 July), Manchester (5 July), Birmingham (7 July), and Cardiff (9 July). Tickets for all four shows go on general sale at 10am on Friday 21 March, though each venue has a variety of presale events, accessible through Ticketmaster.   

Superb news for Stevie Wonder fans. He’s set to play his first gig in Wales for more than 40 years!The Master Blaster will headline Cardiff’s new Blackweir Live series. His last Welsh gig was in Swansea back in ‘84.Surely no show Hotter than July 9th, this summer?!#StevieWonder

[image or embed] — Sue Charles (@suecharles.bsky.social) 17 March 2025 at 20:02

  Tickets for his Hyde Park appearance will also go on general sale this Friday (21 March), again at 10am, with prices starting at £79.95 plus booking fees. This price places Wonder in the middle price bracket, just below Sabrina Carpenter and Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, and Zach Bryan’s second show. The only cheaper tickets are for Noah Kahan (£69.95).  

The announcement of Wonder, and his wider tour, caused huge excitement online, with plenty of fans sharing their anticipation. In response to a question about whether the ‘Superstition’ singer still “had it”, one Reddit user quickly confirmed that he definitely did, explaining his own experience and saying, “Did Stevie struggle on a few runs? Yes, but he is also still going for the craziest vocal runs with no hesitation.”  

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Between Wonder slowing down his touring, and BST Hyde Park’s headliners selling out all but one show, fans wanting to see him live will have to act quickly to secure tickets. Although he has other dates around the UK, the London show will be the closest for any fans in the south of England. Tickets for his BST Hyde Park shows will be available here.

Zach Bryan is headlining his first UK festival in London’s Hyde Park next summer!

One of America’s most acclaimed singer-songwriters, #ZachBryan, is coming to American Express presents @BSTHydePark on Saturday 28 June 2025, with a full lineup to be announced

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— BST Hyde Park (@BSTHydePark) October 25, 2024

Bryan is not the only artist to have been announced to take the British Summer Time stage: on Sunday 13^th July 2025, Jeff Lynne’s Elo will be playing the Great Oak Stage. Tickets are already on sale to see the Electric Light Orchestra bid farewell to their home country of England; in fact, the Birmingham-born band has announced their last-ever tour which will culminate in Hyde Park next July, so far, the only European date for the “The Over and Over tour” which will terminate its American leg tomorrow in Phoenix, Arizona. You can read more about that here.

Zach Bryan will be headlining BST Hyde Park as part of his “The Quitting Time Tour”, which will take him around North America for a good few months, but so far, the only European date announced is London’s British Summer Time. It’s unclear whether Bryan will announce more dates across the United Kingdom or Europe, but the success of his latest album “The Great American Bar Scene”, as well as the popularity his songs have been reaching on TikTok would suggest that the “Pink Skies” singer might want to visit more European cities than just London.

But of course, Zach Bryan and Jeff Lynne’s Elo won’t be the only two acts present at the iconic London festival! Ever since its creation in 2013, the British Summer Time has never failed to propose exciting and talented performers, bringing icons of each and every music genre to the London public, that is never disappointed with the final line up. Acts from the Black Sabbath to Taylor Swift, from Andrea Bocelli to Bruce Springsteen have entertained crowds of thousands inside the famous Royal Park in Central London. We are all excitedly waiting for the next announcement!

Tickets for Zach Bryan headlining London’s very own BST will go on sale to the general public on October 30th at 10am GMT, starting from £79.95 for general admission. As always, VIP tickets are offered as part of packages: for example, a “Gold Circle” ticket can be purchased for £149.45, guaranteeing a front view of the main stage, and an “Ultimate VIP Experience” guarantees unbeatable views of the main stage. For more tickets and prices, visit the BST Hyde Park website.

Breaking the BST headliner news on her social media channels, Nicks said: “Anything that draws me back to London – and therefore to England – fills my heart with joy. And to be able to visit and make music … is always a dream come true…”

Best known for her contributions to rock band Fleetwood Mac, Nicks joined the group in 1975 and made a name for herself with her captivating vocals and poetic songwriting, eventually going on to have a successful solo career with hits like ‘Edge of Seventeen‘ and ‘Bella Donna‘. After the death of her bandmate Christine McVie in November last year, Nicks informed fans that this would in fact be the end of the road for the group following a jampacked revival tour and emotional final performance at Radio City Music Hall in 2018, closing the chapter on a much beloved era for millions of fans around the globe.

As for the remainder of the UK summer line-ups, Nicks has been tipped as one of the rumoured artists for Glastonbury 2024 after organiser Emily Eavis announced this year’s legend slot would be occupied by a female artist. The world-renowned performer and hugely influential fashion icon also recently unveiled her 2024 US tour, as well as a string of 12 extra dates, including New York, Salt Lake City and Nashville.

For those eager to snatch tickets, general sale kicks off at 10am on Wednesday March 6. You’ll be able to buy tickets on the official BST website here. For presale access on Monday March 4, you can sign up here. American Express Cardmembers can take advantage of the presale from Friday 1 March at 10am. Prices for all of the shows at this year’s festival have not been revealed, but like all BST shows, tickets will be divided into different packages, including General Admission, Gold Circle access and VIP Packages such as the Ultimate Diamond VIP experience, The Ultimate VIP Hydeaway and Great Oak Roof Garden.

Del Rey kept fans waiting for an additional 30 minutes before gracing the stage at 11pm, explaining to the crowd, “I’m so fucking late they may cut my set. I’m sorry, my hair takes so long. If they cut the power, let’s keep going.”

Due to the curfew, the festival organisers were forced to cut her set short just one hour after she began her performance, abruptly pulling the plug midway through. This came after Del Rey addressed the crowds, saying, “I was so fucking late that I am about to rush this set to death.”

Del Rey continued, “If they cut the power, I’m super fucking sorry. Let’s keep on running the set as it’s supposed to go.”

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— jude (@jfloridakilos) June 24, 2023

Despite telling the crowds, “I love you to death,” fans were understandably feeling let down by the performer’s inability to arrive on time to deliver a complete performance. The power was cut midway through Del Rey’s planned set, forcing the crowds and Lana to complete the iconic “Video Games” a capella.  

Lana getting the crowd to sing along to Video Games after they cut the mic pic.twitter.com/nf1Q7nAfwu — jude (@jfloridakilos) June 24, 2023

Despite the onslaught of boos from the crowd, Del Rey continued to perform with no power, approaching the crowds in the pit to perform an a capella version of “Summertime Sadness” as her final track of the night before being escorted away by her team.

Lana singing Summertime Sadness with fans as her final song pic.twitter.com/Daf5p0IQAI

— jude (@jfloridakilos) June 24, 2023

Six songs were cut from the set as a result of Del Rey’s lateness, including “Venice Bitch,” an unreleased track titled “Bittersweet Anthem” and the fan favourite “Summertime Sadness,” which was performed in a rushed version as Del Rey stood barefoot in front of the pit with no microphone and no screens to aid her.  

Whilst Del Rey was met with boos from the crowd at the beginning and end of her performance, some fans channeled their annoyance towards the Glastonbury organisers, with one fan tweeting that Glastonbury “did her dirty” during “the biggest show of her career.”

Nah @glastonbury firstly Lana should have been a Pyramid headliner and you did her dirty. THEN you cut her Mic off when she’s playing easily the biggest show of her career. Revolting behaviour. Especially when other artists are still playing other stages. Rude. — Emily (@EmilyG_____) June 24, 2023

Another fan called it “the best Glasto performance I”ve seen for years,” despite all the problems.  

Can’t believe they cut Lana Del Rey sound @glastonbury before finishing set, best Glasto performance I’ve seen for years. Insanity

— Matt Bellamy (@MattBellamy) June 24, 2023

Del Rey is set to perform at a sold out show at British Summer Time Hyde Park on 09/07/2023. Here’s hoping she arrives on time.

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Frontman Eddie Vedder addressed the audience to pay tribute to Hawkins, “There’s another guy who really loved London… we all knew him and loved and respected, and we were enlightened by him. It was one of the brutal losses we’ve had recently. I’m talking about Mr Taylor Hawkins.” During the performance, Vedder also took the time to acknowledge those involved in the struggles currently affecting Ukraine and those fighting against Russia, “I just want to send one out to the good folks fighting for their homeland back in Ukraine.”

The grunge icons first took to London’s Hyde Park on Friday 8th July 2022, when the band embarked on their second night Vedder promised the crowd that they would perform “all the songs we didn’t play last night”. The 57-year-old singer also added, “We are very, very grateful to you – you great bunch of humans. With two years of no shows we’re out of practice, but you’re already better than ever.” Upon striding onto the Great Oak Stage, the group bestowed an incredible 22 song-set to their cheering crowd, fans were treated to such hits as “Black”, “Yellow Ledbetter”, “Rats” and “Animal“.

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Many fans attended both nights of Pearl Jam’s two-day residency at London’s beloved summer event, this was due to both nights having different support acts. Within the band’s second and final night they were supported by British rockers Stereophonics, legendary musician Johnny Marr, Imelda May, Temples, The Last Internationale, La Luz, The Wild Things, JJ Wilde, Tigerclub, Whispering Sons, Petrol Girls, James & The Cold Gun, Peaks and Connor Selby.

Music fans screamed with excitement when Marr joined Pearl Jam on stage during their headlining set, the former The Smiths guitarist performed within an expanded guitar solo within a cover of “Throw Your Hatred Down”. The track first appeared within the Neil Young album Mirror Ball, released in 1995 the LP was the 21st studio album to be released by iconic musician. Famously, Pearl Jam have long been fans of Young and were featured within the album as performers as well as co-writers of selected tracks.

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Marr later returned to the stage during the end of the set, for the set’s final song both acts performed a cover of The Who’s “Barbara O’Reilly”. Before leaving the stage and concluding their two-night residency, Vedder said to the crowd, “Thank you for the last two days. Take care of yourselves, take care of our planet. We love you.”

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The “Tiny Dancer” singer has announced that he will be joined by recent collaborator Rina Sawayama, the musical partnership was birthed from an already established friendship and resulted in the release of the track “Chosen Family”. The talent pair’s duet was released last year and is a reworked version of an original track written by Sawayama, the single was initially released in 2020 and appeared on the singer’s debut album.

Sir John has become known for more than a large collection of hits and accolades, the singer has been a long-time supporter of new and emerging artists. This dedication to up and coming music can be seen within the concert’s supporting acts, the day’s lineup has been handpicked and curated by Sir John himself. Scheduled to join the Grammy award winning artist are a list of special guests including Gabriels, Let’s Eat Grandma, Berwyn, Thomas Headon, Tom A Smith and Juanita Euka.

CEO of European Festivals at AEG presents, Jim King has given the following statement concerning Sir John’s upcoming performance, “American Express presents BST Hyde Park has always stood for the world’s biggest and most loved artists bringing not just a performance but a truly one-off and memorable event.”

King continues to describe the importance of Sir John’s music, “Elton John has provided the soundtrack to the lives of so many of us and to know that his last tour is coming to Hyde Park, possibly the last time many of us will ever see him play, is one of the most important and ‘must see’ nights of BST Hyde Park ever.”

Also set to appear at this year’s summer concert series are fellow British legends The Rolling Stones, the “Paint It Black” hitmakers will take to Hyde Park on Saturday 25th June 2022 and Sunday 3rd July 2022. American rockers Eagles are scheduled to perform a headlining set on Sunday 26th June 2022, the performance will also mark half a century of the “Hotel California” rockers musical career. Scheduled to provide support are Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Little Bog town, Cam, Morgan Wade, The Wandering Hearts and Patrick Droney with more acts yet to be confirmed.

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Music fans will also be treated to a two-day residency from Grammy award winning singer Adele, the “Easy On Me” singer will perform on 1st and 2nd July 2022. The forthcoming sets will be the singer’s first UK live show in over five years, Adele last took to a UK stage in 2017. Grunge pioneers Pearl Jam will also perform two dates, the group will perform on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th July 2022.

On Friday, the “Even Flow” performers will be joined by fellow 90’s icons Pixies, the first day of their residency will also feature Cat Power, White Reaper, The Murder Capital, The Glorious Sons, Simon Townshend, La Luz, Sick Joy and Dream Nails. La Lux will also join the band during their second and last set, the group will also be supported by British rockers Stereophonics, Imelda May, The Last Internationale, Wilde and The Wild Things.

This year’s BST Hyde Park concert series will be closed by Duran Duran, the “Rio” performers will appear at Hyde Park on Sunday 10th July 2022, marking the group’s debut appearance at the London event. The re-scheduled event will also see the group joined by Nile Rodgers & CHIC, the set will be the group’s first Hyde Park appearance in over six years. The disco legends last appeared at the Hyde Park event in 2015, the band performed on the Great Oak Stage along with Kylie Minogue and Grace Jones.

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The Grammy award winning singer’s concert series entitled Weekends With Adele will see the singer perform twice every weekend. Adele will take the stage at the 41,100-seat theatre for over three months, her residency will start on 21st January 2022 and will end on 16th April 2022.

Since the release of her new album 30, the 33-year-old songstress has dominated the music news with rave reviews and record-breaking statistics. The album was released on 19th November 2021 via Columbia Records and Melted Stone. The singer’s fourth studio album was released to huge acclaim and debuted at number one within the charts. The album’s two singles, “Easy On Me” and “Oh My God” have also achieved great chart success.

Adele will join the ranks of many highly acclaimed artists who have taken up residencies in Las Vegas. The Caesars Palace’s theatre has hosted residencies from Sir Elton John, Celine Dion, Sir Rod Stewart and Usher. The Colosseum is situated within the heart of the Las Vegas strip and is often called the Home Of The Greatest Entertainers in the world.

Sir John has enjoyed two residencies in Las Vegas, both held at The Colosseum. His first concert residency was entitled The Red Piano and began on 13th February 2004. The iconic pianist’s residency was originally scheduled for 75 shows performed over three years; due to its popularity the residency was extended to 247 shows over six years. The residency came to close on 22nd April 2009 and was replaced by two other shows, Cher at the Colosseum and Bette Midler’s residency The Showgirl Must Go On.

The “Tiny Dancer” singer began a second residency at The Colosseum on 28th September 2011. The concert series entitled The Million Dollar Piano was recorded during a sell-out show in February 2012, the show was released via DVD and also featured a behind the scenes documentary. The residency came to a close on 17th May 2018 after over 197 performances.

Adele’s Las Vegas residency comes ahead of the singer’s performances at next year’s BST Summertime series. Adele is set to perform at the London Hyde Park festival on 1st and 2nd July 2022. The Summer performances will mark her first UK live show since 2017 and will be her only UK performances for 2022. The singer will also be joined by fellow Las Vegas performer, Sir John will be performing with special guests on 24th June 2022.

Registration for presale tickets for Weekends With Adele went live on 30th November 2021. The initial emails to pre-register were sent to Ticketmaster Verified Fan users. The lucky fans with the special codes will be able to purchase tickets. Once demand has exceeded pre-sale, tickets will be removed to buy publicly.

Despite having agreed terms with the festival’s promoters AEG, a Freedom Of Information request by The Daily Mirror shows that the deal was vetoed by Royal Parks, the body that runs Hyde Park, due to concerns that his lyrics would unsettle other Hyde Park visitors.

The decision was referred to Boris Johnson, however, his chief of staff Sir Edward Lister said: “Until receipt of both emails I had no knowledge of Eminem and his style of music and still do not.” It was then adjudged to be a decision for Royal Parks to make.

The Daily Mirror’s article goes on to speak of how AEG’s Jim King responded to the initial decision by stating “I don’t want to split hairs but I do question how easy it is for any offensive lyrics to be heard and actually understood outside of our event site,” adding that he was not “aware of any other case whereby he has been prevented from performing in the UK”.