Summertime Ball

Summertime Ball

Mini-festival concert by Global
Summertime Ball 2013 logo
Venue	Emirates Stadium (2009) Wembley Stadium (2010–)

The Summertime Ball is a mini-festival in London, held each first or second Saturday of June by Global Radio. The first ball was at Emirates Stadium in 2009, and it has since been held at Wembley Stadium. It is promoted and broadcast by the Capital network.^[1] There have been four different sponsors since its first event. Since 2012, Vodafone has been the sponsor. In 2009, Barclaycard sponsored the ball. The following year ASOS.com sponsored the event, with Starbucks sponsoring the event in 2011.

A portion of the profit from ticket sales is donated to Help a Capital Child (formerly Help a London Child), the Capital charity. In 2015, a portion of ticket sales was donated to Global's Make Some Noise.

2009

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 Daniel Merriweather The Saturdays Shontelle Noisettes Ciara Enrique Iglesias Alesha Dixon Dizzee Rascal Calvin Harris

Setlist

2010

The 2010 Summertime Ball took place on Sunday 6 June 2010 at Wembley Stadium. Rihanna and Usher were the main headliners with Cheryl Cole and JLS as the supporting headliners. The event was hosted by Rich Clarke, Kat Shoob, Lisa Snowdon and Johnny Vaughan.

Lineup

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

2011

The Summertime Ball 2011 was sponsored by Starbucks and took place on Sunday 12 June at Wembley Stadium 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 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

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 Ed Sheeran Usher The Wanted Jessie J Kelly Clarkson Flo Rida Example Pitbull Rita Ora Capital FM's Introducing Segment Cover Drive Conor Maynard Lana Del Rey Lawson Surprise Acts Dizzee Rascal Cheryl Special Guests Rizzle Kicks Carly Rae Jepsen

Setlist

2013

The 2013 Summertime Ball was held on Sunday 9 June 2013 at Wembley Stadium. It was announced on 24 April 2013 that Justin Timberlake would be hosting the event. Tickets went on sale on Friday 26 April at 8am, 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 Sunday 9 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.^[2][3] Justin Timberlake also performed at the event, despite only being listed as a host rather than a performer.

Lineup

2013 Summertime Ball Stars
Robbie Williams Taylor Swift will.i.am Justin Timberlake Olly Murs Jessie J The Wanted Labrinth The Saturdays Ellie Goulding Lawson Rizzle Kicks Union J Disclosure AlunaGeorge Charlie Brown 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

Setlist

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 Stadium 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 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 a pre-DJ set. Sam Smith was due to perform, but withdrew from the show due to illness.

Lineup

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

Setlist

2015

The 2015 Summertime Ball returned to Wembley Stadium 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. 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.^[6]

Lineup

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

Setlist

2016

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

Little Mix, Tinie Tempah, were the main headliners for 2016

Zayn was due to perform at the event, however pulled out last minute due to nervous health issues and later apologised to fans.

Lineup

2016 Summertime Ball Stars[7]
Little Mix Tinie Tempah Zayn (Pulled Out) Jess Glynne Mike Posner Ariana Grande Lukas Graham Years & Years Jillionaire The Vamps Clean Bandit & Louisa Johnson Nick Jonas Will.i.am WSTRN Zara Larsson Nathan Sykes Sigala Flo Rida Craig David
Surprise Acts Dizzee Rascal
Special Guests Lydia Lucy Imani Williams John Newman Bryn Christopher Katy B MNEK
Introductory DJ Set Marvin Humes

Setlist

2017

The Summertime Ball returned to Wembley Stadium for the eighth consecutive year on Saturday 10 June 2017. Artists were announced on Capital Breakfast by Roman Kemp the week commencing 8 May 2017. Due to circumstances beyond Capital FM's control, Maroon 5 had to pull out and were replaced by Liam Payne and Sigala.^[8][9] They announced 7 acts per day for 3 days and on the 4th day they announced Bruno Mars was performing.

Little Mix and Bruno Mars were the main headliners for 2017.

Capital FM produced three programs dedicated to this event: on 10/6/2017, it broadcast live backstage from 6am to 3pm with Rob Howard, Will Cozens and Jimmy Hill, then live coverage from Wembley from 3pm to 11pm by three presenters in order: Ant Payne, Vick Hope and The Bassman, and finally JJ ran an "Afterparty" edition until 2am at night; on the next day, JJ reviewed every best moment from the event on his slot 7-10pm. After this, the network moved back to normal programming.

The event can also be watched on Capital TV from 7pm to 10:30pm on 10 June.

Lineup

2017 Summertime Ball Stars[10][11]
Bruno Mars Little Mix Maroon 5 (Pulled Out) 5 After Midnight Sean Paul Rag'n'Bone Man Stormzy Dua Lipa Zara Larrson Clean Bandit Anne-Marie Charlie Puth James Arthur Niall Horan JP Cooper Louisa Johnson Zedd Jax Jones & Raye Julia Michaels Shawn Mendes Martin Jensen Olly Murs Sigala Liam Payne
Special Guests[12][13] Hailee Steinfeld Ella Eyre Imani Williams Craig David
Introductory DJ Set Marvin Humes

Setlist

Most popular performers

• Bold indicates they headlined a ball that year.
• Italics indicates they were a special or surprise guest that year.

Apps.	Artist	Years Appeared
7	Nathan Sykes *as a member of The Wanted	2010*, 2011*, 2012*, 2013*, 2014, 2015, 2016
4	Dizzee Rascal	2009, 2010, 2012, 2016
	The Wanted	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
	Jessie J	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
	Little Mix	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
3	JLS	2009, 2010, 2011
	Calvin Harris	2009, 2010, 2014
	Enrique Iglesias	2009, 2011, 2014
	Kelly Clarkson	2009, 2012, 2015
	Cheryl	2010, 2012, 2014
	Ellie Goulding	2010, 2013, 2014
	Will.i.am	2010, 2013, 2016
	Tinie Tempah	2010, 2015, 2016
	Ed Sheeran	2012, 2013, 2014
	Rita Ora	2012, 2014, 2015
	Flo Rida	2012, 2015, 2016
	Olly Murs	2013, 2015, 2017
	Jess Glynne	2014, 2015, 2016
	Clean Bandit	2014, 2016, 2017
2	Katy Perry	2009, 2012
	The Saturdays	2009, 2013
	Usher	2010, 2012
	Justin Bieber	2010, 2012
	Labrinth	2010, 2013
	Jason Derulo	2010, 2015
	Example	2011, 2012
	Ne-Yo	2011, 2015
	Mike Posner	2011, 2016
	Rizzle Kicks	2012, 2013
	Pitbull	2012, 2015
	Carly Rae Jepsen	2012, 2015
	Union J	2013, 2014
	Ella Henderson	2013, 2014
	Duke Dumont	2013, 2014
	Ella Eyre	2013, 2017
	Rixton	2014, 2015
	The Vamps	2014, 2016
	Ariana Grande	2015, 2016
	Nick Jonas	2015, 2016
	Niall Horan *as a member of One Direction	2015*, 2017
	Liam Payne *as a member of One Direction	2015*, 2017
	Zara Larsson	2016, 2017
	Sigala	2016, 2017
	Louisa Johnson	2016, 2017
	Craig David	2016, 2017
	Imani Williams	2016, 2017

See also

• Jingle Bell Ball
• Capital London
• The Capital Network
• Global Radio

References

External links

• Capital - Summertime Ball
• Wembley Stadium Official Website
• Emirates Stadium Official Website