Summertime Ball

Capital's Summertime Ball is a mini-festival in London, held on either first or second Saturday or Sunday of June by the radio station Capital. The first ball was at Emirates Stadium in 2009, and it has since been held at Wembley Stadium. The 2020 Summertime Ball was to be held at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium because Wembley was due to host games of Euro 2020, but was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Summertime Ball

Mini-festival concert by Capital FM
Arrangers	Global / BarclayCard
Location	London, England
Venue	Emirates Stadium (2009) Wembley Stadium (2010–present)
Duration	8 hours (2–10pm)^[1]
No. of shows	One per year
Attendance	80,000^[2]
Website	Official website

History

The event is promoted and broadcast by the Capital network.^[3] There have been five different sponsors since its first event. From 2012 until 2018, Vodafone UK was the sponsor. In 2009, Barclaycard sponsored the ball. In 2010 ASOS.com sponsored the event, with Starbucks sponsoring the event in 2011, Apple Music sponsoring the event in 2019 and Barclaycard once again sponsoring the event in 2022 since sponsoring the 2009 event.

Event by year

2009

 

Leona Lewis headlining the first Summertime Ball.

 

Katy Perry performing during the inaugural edition of the ball.

Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis and Akon were the headline acts for the first ever Summertime Ball. Blue and Katy Perry were the supporting headliners.

The event was hosted by Capital London presenters Rich Clarke, Kat Shoob, Lisa Snowdon and Johnny Vaughan. The show was sponsored by Barclaycard.

Lineup

2009 Summertime Ball Stars
Kelly Clarkson Leona Lewis Akon Blue Katy Perry James Morrison JLS Mark Ronson Calvin Harris The Saturdays Shontelle Noisettes Ciara Enrique Iglesias Alesha Dixon Dizzee Rascal Daniel Merriweather

2010

Summertime Ball this year took place on Sunday 6 June at Wembley Stadium. The backstage action ran from 10am to 4pm, while Summertime Ball 2010 itself started at 4pm and ended at 9:30pm. The concert was hosted by Capital Breakfast DJs Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon.

Stars of the 2010 Summertime Ball
Rihanna Usher Justin Bieber Cheryl Cole JLS Ke$ha Dizzee Rascal Scouting for Girls Alexandra Burke Jason Derulo Pixie Lott Chipmunk Asking Alexandria Capital's Introducing Segment We Came As Romans Ellie Goulding The Wanted Tinie Tempah Marina and the Diamonds Surprise Performers Esmee Denters will.i.am Labrinth Sean Kingston Florence and the Machine

2011

The Summertime Ball 2011 was sponsored by Starbucks and took place on Sunday 12 June at Wembley in London. Jennifer Lopez was the headline act for this year's ball. Tickets for the event sold out on 3 June 2011. However, in the weeks running up to the Summertime Ball, Capital held on-air competitions to allow listeners to win tickets to the event.

Lineup

2011 Summertime Ball Stars
Jennifer Lopez JLS Jessie J Enrique Iglesias Nicole Scherzinger The Wanted Cee Lo Green LMFAO Mike Posner Alexis Jordan Far East Movement Katy B Example Wretch 32 Mann Ne-Yo Surprise & Guest Acts Dev & The Cataracs Lauren Bennett Devlin

The first Summertime Ball to be aired across the Capital network of radio stations was presented by James 'The Bassman' Bassam, Greg Burns and Rich Clarke. Roberto presented interactive content and Kat Shoob was a backstage reporter.

2012

 

Jessie J performing at the 2012 edition.

The Summertime Ball 2012 was sponsored by Vodafone and took place at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 9 June 2012. Katy Perry and Coldplay were both headline acts for this year's ball, with Justin Bieber and Jessie J being supporting headline acts. The line-up for this year's event was announced on localised Capital Breakfast shows across the United Kingdom on 21 April 2012. This year the event features a brand new logo. Ticketmaster sold out in all categories.

Lineup

2012 Summertime Ball Stars
Katy Perry Coldplay Justin Bieber Usher Ed Sheeran The Wanted Jessie J Kelly Clarkson Flo Rida Example Pitbull Rita Ora Conor Maynard Lana Del Rey
Surprise Acts Cover Drive Lawson Dizzee Rascal Cheryl
Special Guests Rizzle Kicks Carly Rae Jepsen

2013

The 2013 Summertime Ball was held on Saturday 8 June 2013 at Wembley Stadium. It was announced on 24 April 2013 that Justin Timberlake would be the guest presenter hosting the ball for 2013. Tickets went on sale on Friday 26 April at 8 am, and sold out in under 2 hours. The 2013 Vodafone Summertime Ball featured the most acts ever for a single Capital FM ball with 21 performers. The headliners, Robbie Williams and Taylor Swift made their ball debuts on Saturday 8 June, with will.i.am, performing at his fourth ball, but his first one solo, and Olly Murs, who made his debut Summertime Ball performance, being the supporting headline acts. The Wanted's fourth appearance at this ball made them the most frequent performers at the Summertime Ball. Band member Nathan Sykes returned after having major throat surgery earlier on in the year, making this his first performance after his throat surgery. Justin Timberlake also performed at the event, despite only being listed as a host rather than a performer.

Lineup

2013 Summertime Ball Stars
Taylor Swift Robbie Williams Justin Timberlake will.i.am Olly Murs Jessie J The Wanted Labrinth The Saturdays Ellie Goulding Lawson Rizzle Kicks Union J Disclosure AlunaGeorge Robin Thicke Naughty Boy Rudimental Duke Dumont James Arthur Psy
Special Guests Eliza Doolittle Sam Smith Ella Henderson B.o.B A*M*E Ella Eyre John Newman Ed Sheeran
DJ Sets Marvin Humes
Host Justin Timberlake

2014

The 2014 Summertime Ball was officially announced by Capital FM on Monday 28 April 2014, and the announcement stated that ticket and venue details will be announced the following week. On 6 May, it was confirmed that the ball would return to Wembley for the fifth consecutive time and be held on Saturday 21 June. The first headliner, Miley Cyrus was announced on 7 May. The full line-up followed on 8 May, with Pharrell Williams and David Guetta as other headliners. Calvin Harris, Ed Sheeran, Little Mix and Enrique Iglesias were later revealed to be the supporting headliners of the mini-festival. Tickets officially went on sale the following day. Marvin Humes opened the show with an introductory DJ set.

Lineup

2014 Summertime Ball Stars
Miley Cyrus Pharrell Williams David Guetta Little Mix Ed Sheeran Enrique Iglesias Cheryl 5 Seconds of Summer Calvin Harris Ellie Goulding The Vamps Jessie J Iggy Azalea Rita Ora Foxes Clean Bandit Ella Henderson Austin Mahone Duke Dumont Union J Kiesza Rixton
Special Guests Jess Glynne Charli XCX Nathan Sykes DJ Cassidy Kelli-Leigh Jax Jones
Introductory DJ Set Marvin Humes

2015

The 2015 Summertime Ball returned to Wembley for the sixth consecutive time and was held on Saturday 6 June 2015. The show sold out within the second few hours of ticket shows.^[4] On 27 April 2015 One Direction announced they were going to be the first headliners for the show.^[5] LunchMoney Lewis was added to the lineup on 19 May, with Rixton and Nick Jonas being added the following day. Former The Wanted star Nathan Sykes joined the lineup on 22 May.^[6] After appearing at the ball four times together with The Wanted and joining Jessie J on stage at the Summertime Ball last year plus his awaited performance this year, it was Sykes' sixth consecutive appearance since 2010 making him the most performed act to date. Sam Smith was due to perform, but withdrew from the show due to illness. Kelly Clarkson performed bare foot at this ball.

Lineup

2015 Summertime Ball Stars^[7]
Ariana Grande One Direction Avicii Little Mix Sam Smith (Pulled Out) Olly Murs Kelly Clarkson Jason Derulo Flo Rida Carly Rae Jepsen Pitbull Meghan Trainor Martin Garrix Rita Ora Ne-Yo Fifth Harmony Jess Glynne Rixton Omi Nathan Sykes LunchMoney Lewis
Special Guests Tinie Tempah
Introductory DJ Set Marvin Humes

2016

The Summertime Ball returned to Wembley for the seventh consecutive year on Saturday 11 June 2016.

Little Mix and Tinie Tempah were the headliners for 2016.

Zayn Malik was due to perform at the event, but pulled out last minute due to nervous health issues and later apologized to fans. He has never performed a concert since.^{[citation needed]}

Lineup

2016 Summertime Ball Stars^[8]
Little Mix Tinie Tempah Ariana Grande Flo Rida will.i.am Zara Larsson Nick Jonas Jess Glynne The Vamps Clean Bandit & Louisa Johnson Years & Years Jillionaire Craig David Lukas Graham Nathan Sykes Sigala Mike Posner WSTRN
Surprise Acts Dizzee Rascal
Special Guests Lydia Lucy Imani Williams John Newman Bryn Christopher Katy B MNEK
Capital Weekender Introductory DJ Set Marvin Humes

2017

The Capital Summertime Ball with Vodafone returned to Wembley Stadium on Saturday 10 June 2017 with the event being announced on Friday 28 April 2017 by Roman Kemp and Vick Hope via Capital Breakfast. They announced 7 acts per-day from Monday 7 May until Wednesday 9 May and the headlining act was announced on Thursday 10 May with tickets going on sale the same day and selling out in 30 minutes. Maroon 5 pulled out of the event and were replaced by Liam Payne and Sigala on Thursday 8 June. Bruno Mars and Little Mix headlined the event with Shawn Mendes and Niall Horan as supporting headliners.

Capital FM produced three programs dedicated to this event: on 10 June 2017, it broadcast live backstage from 6 am to 3 pm with Rob Howard, Will Cozens and Jimmy Hill, then live coverage from Wembley from 3 pm to 11 pm by three presenters in order: Ant Payne, Vick Hope and The Bassman, and finally JJ ran an "Afterparty" edition until 2 am at night; on the next day, JJ reviewed every best moment from the event on his slot 7-10 pm. After this, the network moved back to normal programming. Highlights of the event were aired on Capital TV from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm on the day of the ball. This was the final performance of Dua Lipa and Sean Paul together with their song No Lie.

Lineup

2017 Summertime Ball Stars^[9]^[10]
Bruno Mars Little Mix Maroon 5 (Pulled Out) Shawn Mendes Niall Horan Charlie Puth Zedd Olly Murs Stormzy Dua Lipa Zara Larsson Anne-Marie 5 After Midnight James Arthur JP Cooper Louisa Johnson Sean Paul Jax Jones & Raye Julia Michaels Martin Jensen Rag'n'Bone Man Sigala Liam Payne
Special Guests^[11]^[12] Hailee Steinfeld Ella Eyre Imani Williams Craig David
Introductory DJ Set Marvin Humes

2018

The Capital Summertime Ball returned to Wembley on Saturday 9 June 2018 and was announced by Roman Kemp and Vick Hope on Capital Breakfast on Friday 28 April. 5 acts were announced everyday from Monday 30 April 2018 until 3 May 2018. Tickets went on sale on Thursday 3 May 2018 and sold out in 5 days. Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello headlined the event, with Rita Ora and Charlie Puth as supporting headliners. Marvin Humes did a DJ set from 2:40 pm before the main show began at 3 pm.

Lineup

2018 Summertime Ball Stars^[13]
Shawn Mendes Camila Cabello Charlie Puth Rita Ora Rudimental Jess Glynne Jax Jones Clean Bandit Stefflon Don Jonas Blue Yungen Craig David Anne-Marie Mabel James Arthur Sean Paul Sigala Raye G-Eazy Years & Years
Special Guests Demi Lovato Louisa Johnson Ramz Not3s Ella Eyre Dan Caplen Yxng Bane JP Cooper Dakota Jack & Jack HRVY Paloma Faith
Introductory DJ Set Marvin Humes

2019

The 2019 Summertime Ball was held on Saturday, 8 June 2019 at Wembley for the 10th consecutive year. The lineup was announced on Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp, Vick Hope and Sonny Jay from Monday, 29 April 2019.^[14] The lineup was announced by being revealed on billboards across the United Kingdom.^[15] The person who spotted the 'Ballboards' had to text 83958 with their location and the artist they saw and as a result of confirming an artist Kemp would give the caller a pair of tickets to this year's event.

The headliner was announced to be Calvin Harris on 2 May 2019. Marvin Humes did an Introductory DJ Set at 2:00 pm, with the show starting at 2:30 pm BST and finishing at approximately 10 pm BST. Roman Kemp, Vick Hope and Sonny Jay hosted the Ball. Tickets sold out six days after they went on sale.^[16]

There was also a livestream on the Capital FM website, the Global Player app and on Capital's channel on Apple News which started at 2:30 pm BST hosted by Vick Hope, Jimmy Hill and Marvin Humes (as Backstage Reporter). The livestream was also available to watch on Capital's TikTok page hosted by HRVY.^[17] Highlights & vlogs of the 2019 Summertime Ball were uploaded to Capital's and other people's YouTube channels from Sunday 9 June 2019. There were also Ball updates on Capital's Instagram, Twitter and Facebook pages.

Lineup

2019 Summertime Ball Stars^[18]^[19]
Calvin Harris Mark Ronson 5 Seconds of Summer Maroon 5 Jess Glynne Sigala Anne Marie Jonas Blue Sigrid Mabel Tom Walker Ava Max Khalid Jax Jones Jonas Brothers Ellie Goulding Lauv Halsey Rita Ora
Hosts Roman Kemp Vick Hope Sonny Jay
Special Guests HRVY Goodboys Ella Eyre Becky Hill Raye Stefflon Don Busted
Introductory DJ Set Marvin Humes

2020

The 2020 Summertime Ball was due to be hosted on Saturday 6 June 2020 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. However, on 19 March 2020, Capital announced that it had cancelled the Ball due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and Government issued advice surrounding the event.^[20] The ball was due to return in 2021.^[21] On 6 May 2020, Capital announced a replacement event called The Best of the Capital Summertime Ball. The two-hour special showcased highlights from the previous decade and was shown on Sky One, Capital FM, YouTube and Global Player from 5:00 pm BST on 16 May.^[22][23]

2021

Summertime Ball did not take place in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, "Capital Up Close with Barclaycard" took place at London's Under the Bridge venue. Tickets were awarded to Capital FM listeners as competition prizes.^{[citation needed]}

2022

This was the first Summertime Ball in three years. It took place on Sunday, 12 June at Wembley Stadium.^{[citation needed]}

After an introductory DJ set Ed Sheeran opened the 2022 Summertime Ball at 14:00 BST. David Guetta was the closing act.^{[citation needed]}

2023

The 2023 Summertime Ball took place on 11 June at Wembley Stadium. The line-up was announced on 24 and 25 April.

It was hosted by Capital Breakfast's Roman Kemp, Siân Welby and Chris Stark. This was Stark's first Summertime Ball since joining the station in October 2022 and Kemp's last Summertime Ball as he confirmed his departure on Capital FM to focus on his television career. Highlights from the gig were shown on ITV (plus streaming services ITVX and STV Player) for the first time on 17 June 2023 from 7pm to 8:30pm BST.^[24]

On 5 June 2023, it was announced that Lewis Capaldi had pulled out.^{[citation needed]}

2024

Expected to take place on Sunday 9 June.

Jordan North will host the event for the first since joining Capital in April 2024 after Roman Kemp left the station. Chris Stark & Sian Welby will also co-host the event.

See also

• Global Radio
• Jingle Bell Ball

References

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6. "Kiss Us Quick Nathan! The UK Singing Sensation Joins Our Summertime Ball Line Up".
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12. "Instagram post by @ellaeyre • Jun 10, 2017 at 6:59pm UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
13. "Capital on Instagram: "Class of 2018 😍 #CapitalSTB – Tickets are now on sale, link in bio 👊"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
14. "Capital's Summertime Ball 2019". Capital. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
15. "Capital's Summertime Ball Is Back But There's A Huge Twist To The Line-up Reveal..." Capital. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
16. "Capital's Summertime Ball 2019 Tickets Are Now SOLD OUT". Capital. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
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20. Fletcher, Harry (19 March 2020). "Capital's Summertime Ball at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium cancelled as organisers react to threat of coronavirus". Evening Standard.
21. "Global cancels Capital's Summertime Ball 2020". Radio Today. 19 March 2020.
22. "Get Ready For The Best Of Capital's Summertime Ball With Barclaycard!".
23. "Capital FM's 'virtual' Best of Summertime Ball - here's how to watch". This is Local London. 16 May 2020.
24. Laurie, Ali (18 May 2023). "ITV to broadcast Capital's Summertime Ball and Jingle Bell Ball 2023". Global. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

External links

• Official website