The legendary singer, songwriter and all around superstar that is Christine and the Queens (AKA Redcar) was recently announced as this iteration’s curator, following on from Grace Jone last year.
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🎶 Why Meltdown: Not your typical cider-in-the-park festival, this annual series of London gigs - the longest-running artist-curated music festival in town - reaches its 28th festival in 2023.
Meltdown (June 9–18) Photo: Southbank Centre, Waterloo. 👀 What we can expect in 2023: Huge headliners include Grace Jones, the legend that is Tom Jones, the Kaiser Chiefs, Rick Astley, Soft Cell, Kool & The Gang and Björn Again have already been announced. ✨ 2022’s highlights : Fantastic performances from Elbow, McFly, Kacey Musgraves, The Human League, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, Crowded House and Ministry of Sound Classical with Fat Tony and Seb Fontaine. Last year saw the likes of Elbow and Crowded House play, so they get some real classics playing here. Enjoy a picnic in the beautiful East Front Gardens before watching world-class acts perform in this stunning setting.
🎶 Why Hampton Court Palace Festival: You can’t get a much more magical place for music festivals than in the Tudor Courtyard of a Grade I-listed, 16th century palace, which was once the home of Henry VIII and his six different wives! I mean… come on. London Festivals in June Hampton Court Palace Festival (June 6–17) Photo: Hampton Court Palace Note that we will be updating this London festivals roundup as and when we get further information on lineups and dates. Here’s our guide to the confirmed London festivals running throughout Summer 2023: So even though Summer still seems a bit of a way off, it’s almost time to crack open the cans of beer, slap on the suncream, lather yourself in glitter and prepare to let loose and show off your moves.
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The behemoth that is Glastonbury has now announced all of their headlining acts for 2023, and all the London festivals this year look to be well and truly stacked full of musical gems too. A Starr was rising.īuy or stream “Twenty-Five Miles” on The Hits Of Edwin Starr.Photo: year saw our London festivals return completely back to normal after a very trying couple of years, and this year looks to be no different. As Starr toured the US, the song’s serious crossover potential was confirmed a few weeks later in No.6 peaks on both charts, also nudging into the Top 40 in the UK, where a reissue of “Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.),” coupled with “Headline News,” had recently reached No.11. The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 for February 15 and Best Selling Rhythm & Blues Singles a week later. Listen to the best of Edwin Starr on Spotify.
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Starr had written “Twenty-Five Miles” some years earlier and tried to persuade Motown to let him record it, but it was rejected as “too rock’n’roll.” His typically rousing performance of the song on the local TV show 20 Grand Live raised the stakes, made the phones ring off the hook, and prompted sales director Barney Ales to tell Starr to hotfoot it to the studio, just like the character in the song, to record it. The follow-up, a version of the Miracles’ “Way Over There,” missed the charts altogether. But since walking through the doors of 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, all he had to show for his Motown output in hit terms was a No.45 R&B chart peak for “I Am The Man For You Baby,” in 1968.
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