More big names say no to King Charles
With King Charles' Coronation just weeks away, the Palace is scrambling to secure big-name musicians to perform on the big day.
According to reports from The Sun, the royal team is struggling to secure artists for His Majesty’s big Windsor Castle concert on May 6th, after three more acts have reportedly turned down the royal gig.
Elton John, the Spice Girls and Harry Styles had all been invited to perform, but have had to turn down the offer due to conflicting tour schedules.
A source tells The Sun, “Organisers are working against the clock to pull together an exciting line-up but have hit a series of challenges."
“Elton John was top of Charles’ list but due to his European tour, which sees him performing in Germany the Friday before then again soon after the Windsor concert, he isn’t able to make the dash to the UK work."
“Meanwhile, man-of-the-moment Harry Styles is also tied up with touring and unable to get key band members together as they’ll be on much-needed downtime.”
British singer Olly Murs is rumoured to be filling in the performance spot, joining Take That’s Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald who are due to headline the concert, which will also feature Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Andrew Lloyd Webber and US soul great Lionel Richie.
The royal source said, “Olly has such stage presence and a huge fanbase, he’d be a great addition.”
The news comes just weeks after Ed Sheeran, Adele and Robbie Williams also turned down the offer.
Prior to the acts pulling out of the Coronation celebrations, organisers of the event had stated that King Charles was enthusiastic about their appearances, with one source sharing that “the King has suggested a number of people he would like to perform and Adele and Ed were on that list. He was very keen that they were part of the concert."
The same source went on to explain that "there is a team set up to get the talent signed up so they approached the two of them, but got replies saying that they were unavailable, which was a massive disappointment."
"They are titans of the showbiz industry and are quintessentially British but also known across the globe. It's such a shame."
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