King Charles’ coronation is officially over! The historic event concluded with the coronation concert on May 7.
Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald of Take That headlined and Katy Perry, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lionel Richie all performed as well.
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Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel and Freya Ridings performed at the coronation concert too.
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Despite the impressive lineup, a number of A-listers actually declined invitations to perform at the concert.
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According to The Sun, Elton John, Harry Styles, the Spice Girls, Ed Sheeran, Adele and Robbie Williams all turned down the chance to sing during the concert, with most citing scheduling issues as the reason they couldn’t do it.
An insider source said in February, “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,” the source continued.
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The same insider claimed that Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Geri Horner, Mel B and Mel C all had extremely full calendars and therefore, couldn’t reunite as the Spice Girls for the concert because they didn’t have enough time to adequately rehearse.
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