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Summertime Ball 2009 Official Logo |
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The Summertime Ball is a mini-festival held each June by Global Radio. The first ball was at Emirates Stadium and the second at Wembley Stadium both promoted and broadcast by Capital London. The third ball is returning again to Wembley Stadium and for the first time was promoted and broadcast across the Capital network.[1]
A portion of ticket sales profit is donated to Help a London Child, the Capital London charity, now known as Help a Capital Child.
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Artists (in order of performance):[2]
The first three acts to be announced were Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis and Akon. These three acts were promoted as the headline acts. The critical response to the mini-festival was generally positive; Kelly Clarkson performed an outstanding acoustic version of her song "Because of You". The mini-festival was also touted as Leona Lewis' home-coming gig, due to the fact that she had spent the majority of the year in the USA promoting her album. The critical response to her "Bleeding Love" was mainly positive. Lionel Richie also performed in front of the 55,000-strong crowd, and Capital FM managed to reform boy band Blue for a one-off gig. Katy Perry opened the show, performing in front of her largest ever audience, and was also rated highly as one of the most interesting artists that day. Many had expected Lady Gaga to be a headliner, but although she never appeared at the Summertime Ball, she later appeared at the Jingle Bell Ball on 5 December 2009.[3]
The event was hosted by Capital London presenters Rich Clarke, Kat Shoob, Lisa Snowdon and Johnny Vaughan.
Artists:[4]
Capital's 'Introducing Segment':[5]
Special guests included:
The line-up can be found on the Capital web page.[4]
The event was again hosted by Capital London presenters Rich Clarke, Kat Shoob, Lisa Snowdon and Johnny Vaughan.
The Summertime Ball 2011 was sponsored by Starbucks and took place on Sunday 12 June at Wembley Stadium in London. 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.
Artists (In order of appearance) [1]
The first Summertime Ball to be aired across the Capital was presented by The Bassman/James Bassam, Greg Burns and Rich Clarke. Roberto/Neil Williams presented interactive content and Kat Shoob was a backstage reporter.