Jingle Bell Ball

Jingle Bell Ball

Festival concert by Global
Venue	The O2 Arena, London

The Jingle Bell Ball is a concert held every year in December, by the Global Radio-owned Capital network at The O2 Arena. Artists that have headlined the ball are Janet Jackson, Taylor Swift, Take That, The Black Eyed Peas, Cheryl Cole, Girls Aloud, Jessie J, Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Shakira, Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes and Pink. Other notable acts who have performed at the Ball include Little Mix, One Direction, Bruno Mars, JLS, Miley Cyrus, Dua Lipa, The Pussycat Dolls, Taio Cruz, Tinie Tempah, David Guetta, Years & Years, Jason Derulo, Rita Ora, The Wanted, 5 Seconds of Summer, Ed Sheeran, OneRepublic, Calvin Harris and The Vamps. A portion of ticket sales profit is donated to Global's Make Some Noise, Capital's flagship charity, formerly known as Help a Capital Child and Help a London Child.^[1]

2008

It was held over one night – 8 December. David Smyth of the Evening Standard rated it three stars, saying it was "too quick to be boring but too superficial to stick in the mind".^[2]

Saturday 6 December
Rihanna The Pussycat Dolls Boyzone Will Young The Script The Saturdays Anastacia Craig David Sugababes Lemar Alphabeat Scouting for Girls Enrique Iglesias James Blunt James Morrison Gabriella Cilmi

2009

The 2009 event was held over two nights for the first time.

Saturday 5 December	Sunday 6 December
Lady Gaga Miley Cyrus Noisettes Taio Cruz Tinchy Stryder JLS Pixie Lott Chipmunk Sugababes The Saturdays Westlife N-Dubz Surprise Guests Jedward	Shakira Janet Jackson Backstreet Boys Dizzee Rascal Alexandra Burke The Veronicas Flo Rida Esmée Denters Metro Station Agnes Ne-Yo La Roux Alesha Dixon Surprise Guests Jedward

2010

The 2010 event was again held over two nights.

Saturday 4 December	Sunday 5 December
The Black Eyed Peas Taio Cruz Alexandra Burke McFly Jason Derulo Duffy Olly Murs Nicole Scherzinger The Script The Wanted	Kylie Minogue Tinie Tempah Example Labrinth Jay Sean The Saturdays Scouting for Girls Flo Rida Cee Lo Green JLS Akon The Wanted

Cee Lo Green was originally scheduled to perform on the Saturday, however, due to bad weather, his flight was rescheduled to the next day and he performed on the Sunday.

2011

The 2011 event was again held over two nights with Capital announcing them on 28 October. Capital also confirmed that Olly Murs would be the first act for the Saturday performance that same day.

Tickets for the concert on Saturday were released on 31 October 2011 at 08:00 and sold out in just over three hours.^[3]

Saturday 3 December	Sunday 4 December
Rihanna The Wanted Labrinth Pixie Lott Jason Derulo Olly Murs Calvin Harris Surprise Guests Rizzle Kicks	Jessie J JLS The Saturdays Emeli Sandé Wretch 32 One Direction Ed Sheeran Professor Green Surprise Guests James Morrison

2012

The 2012 event took place on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 December 2012.

Saturday 8 December	Sunday 9 December
Bruno Mars Cheryl Cole One Direction Rizzle Kicks Little Mix Lawson JLS The Script Surprise Guests Will.i.am	P!nk Girls Aloud The Wanted Conor Maynard Calvin Harris Rita Ora Example Surprise Guests Tinie Tempah

Little Mix performed as a three-piece, as member Perrie Edwards was unwell. Capital Breakfast presenters Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon hosted the ball on both nights. For the first time, televised highlights of the event were shown on Capital TV.

2013

The 2013 Jingle Bell Ball was held at The O2 Arena on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December 2013.

Saturday 7 December	Sunday 8 December
Katy Perry Tinie Tempah Olly Murs Disclosure Ellie Goulding Union J James Arthur Rizzle Kicks Naughty Boy Pre-Show Acts DJ Fresh Little Nikki Surprise Guests Elyar Fox ShezAr Tanika Sam Smith John Martin Eliza Doolittle Aluna Francis Sasha Keable	Lady Gaga Dizzee Rascal Jessie J Jason Derulo Rudimental Lawson Little Mix The Vamps John Newman Pre-Show Acts Marvin Humes Little Nikki Surprise Guests Elyar Fox Ella Eyre Foxes

On Saturday night, Katy Perry was the main headliner with Tinie Tempah and Olly Murs as supporting headliners. On Sunday, Lady Gaga was the main headliner alongside Dizzee Rascal and Jessie J supporting. Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon (Capital Breakfast Hosts) hosted the ball on both nights, alongside Pandora. Meanwhile, Rich Clarke, Kat Shoob, The Bassman and Greg Burns hosted on the radio throughout both nights.

Headliner's Setlist

2014

The first tickets for the show were given away as part of Global's first ever Make Some Noise day on 8 October 2014 although at the time the dates for the event were not confirmed. It was later revealed that the dates were 6 and 7 December 2014. It was confirmed on Capital FM on 20 October that the Jingle Bell Ball would be returning, sponsored by major supermarket chain Morrisons. All information on the ball was announced on 3 November 2014. It was held at London's O2 Arena on 6 and 7 December 2014, with acts such as OneRepublic, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Jessie J performing. British boy band Take That headlined on the Saturday while worldwide sensation and American country star Taylor Swift headlined on the Sunday. Tickets for general release went on sale on Friday 7 November. Tickets for both dates sold out in under an hour, which is a record. 5 Seconds of Summer performed at the event as a three-piece as band member Michael Clifford was unable to fly out due to the loss of his passport.

Saturday 6 December	Sunday 7 December
Take That OneRepublic Olly Murs The Script Union J Ella Henderson The Vamps Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne Marvin Humes	Taylor Swift Ed Sheeran Jessie J Sam Smith 5 Seconds of Summer Sigma Rixton Fuse ODG Union J Surprise Guests Daniel Pearce Ella Eyre

Setlist

(Saturday 6th December 2014)

(Sunday 7th December 2014)

2015

Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon revealed that 2015's event will once again be hosted at London's O2 Arena on Saturday 5 December and Sunday 6 December during Capital Breakfast on Monday 2 November 2015. For the first time since 2013, the sponsors were Coca-Cola. Tickets were released on 6 November, with pre-sales occurring in the week leading up to it. Both headliners were announced on Friday 6 November on Capital Breakfast. On Monday 23 November, Tinie Tempah and Katy B were added to the lineup, whilst Carly Rae Jepsen was added the following day. Ariana Grande was supposed to perform on the Saturday but withdrew for unknown reasons. Marvin Humes confirmed via Twitter he was doing a pre-show DJ Set on both days. On December 5, Coldplay were the headliners and Justin Bieber was the headliner on December 6.

Saturday 5 December	Sunday 6 December
Coldplay Little Mix David Guetta Jason Derulo Years & Years Jess Glynne Nathan Sykes Tinie Tempah & Katy B Fleur East WSTRN Ariana Grande (withdrew)	Justin Bieber Little Mix Calvin Harris Ellie Goulding Nick Jonas The Vamps Charlie Puth Carly Rae Jepsen Sigma Grace Surprise Guest Ella Henderson

Setlist

(Saturday 5th December 2015)

(Sunday 6th December 2015)

2016

The first group of acts for the 2016 shows were announced on November 7, 2016 & November 8, 2016.^[4] Tickets went on sale on Thursday 10 November at 8am and sold out in less than an hour.^[5] More acts were revealed on Monday 28 November & Tuesday 29 November. Capital FM confirmed via Twitter that Marvin Humes would open night one. Videos of the weekend were put on Capital FM's YouTube channel. Little Mix and Ellie Goulding were the main headliners with Calvin Harris and Shawn Mendes being the support headliners.

Saturday 3 December[6]	Sunday 4 December[7]
Little Mix Calvin Harris Olly Murs Dua Lipa Louisa Johnson Nathan Sykes Craig David Sigala Clean Bandit Calum Scott Anne-Marie Sean Paul Pre-Show Acts Marvin Humes Surprise Guests Imani Bryn Christopher	Ellie Goulding Shawn Mendes Martin Garrix DNCE The Vamps Louisa Johnson Jonas Blue Years & Years James Arthur Sigma Pre-Show Acts Marvin Humes Surprise Guests Dakota Raye JP Cooper Birdy Bebe Rexha

Setlist

(Saturday 3rd December)

(Sunday 4th December)

Most popular performers

Reference:^[8]

Bold indicates they headlined a night of ball that year.

Number of Appearances	Artist	Years Appeared
6	Nathan Sykes *as a member of The Wanted	2010 (Both nights)*, 2011*, 2012*, 2015, 2016
5	Little Mix	2012, 2013, 2015 (both nights), 2016
	Olly Murs	2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
4	Calvin Harris	2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
	Jessie J	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
	Jason Derulo	2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
	JLS	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
	The Saturdays	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
	The Script	2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
	The Vamps	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
	The Wanted	2010 (both nights), 2011, 2012
	Tinie Tempah	2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
3	Ellie Goulding	2013, 2015, 2016
	Rizzle Kicks	2011, 2012, 2013
	Union J	2013, 2014 (both nights)
	Sigma	2014, 2015, 2016
2	Alexandra Burke	2009, 2010
	Clean Bandit	2014, 2016
	Craig David	2008, 2016
	Dizzee Rascal	2009, 2013
	Ed Sheeran	2011, 2014
	Ella Eyre	2013, 2014
	Example	2010, 2012
	Flo Rida	2009, 2010
	James Arthur	2013, 2016
	Jedward	2009 (both nights)
	Jess Glynne	2014, 2015
	Labrinth	2010, 2011
	Lawson	2012, 2013
	Lady Gaga	2009, 2013
	Louisa Johnson	2016 (both nights)
	One Direction	2011, 2012
	Pixie Lott	2009, 2011
	Rihanna	2008, 2011
	Sam Smith	2013, 2014
	Sugababes	2008, 2009
	Taio Cruz	2009, 2010
	will.i.am	2010, 2012
	Years & Years	2015, 2016

Radio presenters

The event went live across the nine station Capital radio network for the first time in 2011. The build-up was presented by James 'The Bassman' Bassam, Greg Burns, Will Cozens and Rich Clarke. James Barr was on air during the Jingle Bell Ball with Luke Smith on the after party. Roberto/Neil Williams presented online interactive content whilst Kat Shoob was a backstage reporter.

Sponsors

The first concert in 2008 was sponsored by Zavvi. In 2009 Windows 7 became the sponsor, in conjunction with the buildup for the operating system's launch. The sponsorship continued until 2011. During their sponsorship of the event, prizes including thousands of tickets to the ball, laptops, holidays, games consoles, smartphones and money were given away on air.

In 2012, BlackBerry sponsored the concert in a last-minute deal. In 2013, the event was sponsored by Coca-Cola. In 2014, Morrisons emerged as the new sponsor. In 2015 and 2016, Coca-Cola was the sponsor of the event again.

See also

• Summertime Ball
• Capital London
• Capital
• Global Radio

References

External links

• Jingle Bell Ball at Capital