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Concert for Diana
Location(s) Wembley Stadium, London, England
Years active 2007
Founded by Prince William and Prince Harry
Date(s) 1 July 2007
Genre(s) Concert
Website www.concertfordiana.com

Concert for Diana was a concert held at the new Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom in honour of the late Diana, Princess of Wales on 1 July 2007, which would have been her 46th birthday; 31 August that year brought the 10th anniversary of her death. Wembley Stadium is a Stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland For actual Princes of Wales called Henry see Henry Prince of Wales. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. Wembley Stadium is a Stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne On 31 August 1997, Diana Princess of Wales died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road The concert was hosted by Diana's sons, Prince William and Prince Harry who helped to organize for many of the world's most famous entertainers and singers to perform at the concert. For actual Princes of Wales called Henry see Henry Prince of Wales.

The concert was broadcast in 140 different countries across the world[1] with an estimated potential audience of 500 million homes. [2][3] In December 2006, 22,500 tickets were made available for purchase for the concert, selling out in just 17 minutes,[1] while 63,000 people turned out to Wembley Stadium to watch the performances to commemorate Diana. Wembley Stadium is a Stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, England. [1][4][5] At the end of the performances, a video montage of Diana as a child was presented, accompanied by the Queen song "These Are the Days of Our Lives". Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist " These Are the Days of Our Lives " is a song by the British rock band Queen.

The concert started at 16:00 BST and finished at approximately 22:15 BST - there were two short intermissions during the concert. Western European Summer Time ( WEST) is a summer Daylight saving time scheme 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Western European Summer Time ( WEST) is a summer Daylight saving time scheme 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

A 2-Disc DVD set of the full concert was released on the 5 November 2007. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Contents

Performers and speakers

Order of Performances

  1. Sir Elton John (first performance) - "Your Song"
  2. Duran Duran - "(Reach Up for the) Sunrise", "Wild Boys" and "Rio"
  3. James Morrison - "You Give Me Something" and "Wonderful World"
  4. Lily Allen - "LDN" and "Smile"
  5. Fergie - "Glamorous" and "Big Girls Don't Cry"
  6. The Feeling - "Fill My Little World" and "Love It When You Call"
  7. Pharrell Williams - "Drop It Like It's Hot" and "She Wants To Move (Remix)"
  8. Nelly Furtado - "Say It Right", "I'm Like a Bird" and "Maneater"
  9. English National Ballet - "Swan Lake" (Act IV)
  10. Status Quo - "Rockin' All Over the World"
  11. Joss Stone - "You Had Me" and "Under Pressure"
  12. Roger Hodgson - Supertramp Medley ("Dreamer", "The Logical Song" and "Breakfast in America") and "Give a Little Bit"
  13. Orson - "Happiness" and "No Tomorrow"
  14. Sir Tom Jones and Joe Perry - "Kiss", "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "Ain't That A Lot of Love?" (with Joss Stone)
  15. Will Young - "Switch It On"
  16. Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten"
  17. Bryan Ferry - "Slave to Love", "Make You Feel My Love" and "Let's Stick Together (Extended)"
  18. Anastacia - "Superstar" from Jesus Christ Superstar
  19. Connie Fisher and Andrea Ross - "Memory" from Cats
  20. Andrea Bocelli - "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera
  21. Josh Groban and Sarah Brightman - "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera
  22. Donny Osmond, Jason Donovan and Lee Mead featuring the Chicken Shed Theatre Company - "Any Dream Will Do" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  23. Rod Stewart - "Maggie May", "Baby Jane" and "Sailing"
  24. Kanye West - "Gold Digger", " Touch the Sky", "Stronger", "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" and "Jesus Walks"
  25. P. Diddy - "I'll Be Missing You"
  26. Take That - "Shine", "Patience" and "Back for Good"
  27. Ricky Gervais - "Freelove Freeway" (featuring Mackenzie Crook), "Chubby Little Loser"
  28. Sir Elton John (second performance) - "Saturday Nights Alright(For Fighting)" "Tiny Dancer" "Are You Ready For Love"

Order of speakers

  1. Prince William of Wales and Prince Harry of Wales
  2. Sienna Miller and Dennis Hopper
  3. Kiefer Sutherland
  4. Ryan Seacrest, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson
  5. Natasha Kaplinsky
  6. Dennis Hopper
  7. Fearne Cotton
  8. Gillian Anderson
  9. Boris Becker and John McEnroe
  10. Cat Deeley
  11. Patsy Kensit
  12. Jamie Oliver
  13. David Beckham
  14. Ben Stiller (pre-recorded message)
  15. Ricky Gervais
  16. Prince William of Wales and Prince Harry of Wales
  17. Nelson Mandela (pre-recorded message)
  18. Bill Clinton (pre-recorded message)
  19. Tony Blair (pre-recorded message)

Notable spectators

Prince Charles was not among the spectators. Sean John Combs (born November 4 1969 known by his Stage names Puff Daddy, P David Furnish (born 25 October, 1962) is a Canadian Filmmaker who is the Civil partner of British Entertainer Michael James Tindall, MBE (born October 18, 1978 in Otley, near Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a Rugby union footballer Together with Queen Elizabeth II, Gordon Brown, and Tony Blair he was among the spectators at the Lady Diana memorial service on August 31, 2007 in the chapel of the Queen's lifeguard. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Planning

Broadcasting

The concert was broadcast in 140 countries. Jamie Theakston, Fearne Cotton and Claudia Winkleman interviewed acts backstage for the BBC and many other television channels across the world. Jamie Theakston (born 21 December 1970 in Ditchling, East Sussex) is a popular English Television and Radio Fearne Cotton (born 3 September 1981 is an English Presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops Claudia Anne Mary I Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is a British Television presenter and Journalist. In the United States, VH1's coverage was helmed by Aamer Haleem and Kate Thornton with Dave Berry interviewing performers backstage. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television Aamer Haleem is a VH1 on-air personality and host of the show Bands Reunited. Kate Louise Thornton (born 7 February 1973) is an English journalist and television presenter best known in the UK as the first presenter of Dave Berry (born 1978 is a British Television presenter and former model from Charlton, south east London England

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom the concert was broadcast on BBC One, BBC HD and BBC Radio 2 (from 3:30 p. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located BBC HD is a High-definition television channel provided by the BBC. m. BST). Western European Summer Time ( WEST) is a summer Daylight saving time scheme 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

The concert was watched by an average of 8. 9 million viewers, and peaked with 14. 8 million. Over the 8 hour period it had a 44% viewing share. [10] It received considerably more viewers than the Live Earth concert which was broadcast a week later. Live Earth is an annual event developed to to combat climate change. [11]

United States

In the USA MHD, VH1 and VH1.com broadcast the concert live from 11 a. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television m. (EDT) The concert drew near double the viewing figures for the 2005 Live 8 concert with 1. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Live 8 was a string of Benefit concerts that took place on 2 July, 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. 4 million average over the 8 hours. [12]

NBC broadcast a highlights show between 8 p. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's m. -11 p. m. EDT. The NBC showing was the US most watched programme, averaging 8. 7 million viewers. [13]

Other places

In Canada, the concert was broadcast live on CTV with a two hour primetime special highlighting the best performances. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page CTV is a Canadian English language Television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network the main television asset of CTVglobemedia The concert reached 2. 8 million viewers and the primetime recap peaked at nearly 1 million viewers. [14]

Foxtel on FOX8 in Australia, which was hosted by Molly Meldrum (with a highlights package broadcast by the Nine Network)

VH1 Latin America broadcast the concert in Latin America, the Caribbean and Central America. Foxtel is an Australian Pay television company formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media FOX8 is an Australian Cable and Satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum OAM (born 29 January 1946 in Orbost, Victoria) is an Australian Popular music The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney VH1 Latin America is a music channel from Viacom -owned MTV Networks Latin America. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting

M-Net carried it in Africa. M-Net is also the name of a computer bulletin board service operated by Arbornet in Ann Arbor Michigan. Star TV throughout Asia, except Japan where is was shown by WOWOW. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. WOWOW was the first private satellite broadcasting and pay TV station in Japan.

A number of broadcasters showed the concert in Europe. Some countries saw the entire show live, others had only highlights. In Germany the broadcaster RTL II showed the highlights from 8. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. RTL II (RTL 2 is a privately owned commercial general-interest German Television channel. 15 p. m. - 12. 15 a. m CEST

Video On Demand

VH1's minisite for the Concert For Diana has videos of all the performances from the concert (except Fergie's "Glamorous" which lost her lead vocal during the live broadcast) on their VSPOT video on demand service in the United States

CTV's Concert For Diana minisite has VOD for the performances for Canadian viewers.

The BBC's minisite, Concert For Diana, also had VOD for seven days, which showed the concert in three parts for viewers in the UK.

Virgin Media has over 4 and a half hours of the Concert for Diana on its "Catchup TV On Demand" service. Virgin Media Inc (formerly known as ntlTelewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global Inc

Ricky Gervais

As with many 'live' music events, the Concert for Diana was plagued by a number of technical problems, the most glaring of which occurred during comedian Ricky Gervais's stand up routine, before Elton John's musical finale. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer As a planned seven minute routine became ten minutes and finally fifteen, viewers saw a visibly flustered Gervais floundering as a stagehand held up signs saying 'two minutes', 'then 'one minute'. The stand-up comic looked somewhat bewildered as he rapidly ran out of material, delivering a rendition of a song that David Bowie performed on his show Extras before finally being told to 'link to the BBC'( he choose not to turn to material from his recent 'Fame' stand-up act. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Extras is a British television sitcom about extras working on Film sets and in Theatre. Before handing back to an equally unprepared Claudia Winkleman and Jamie Theakston, Gervais remarked 'this is a shambles'. Claudia Anne Mary I Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is a British Television presenter and Journalist. Jamie Theakston (born 21 December 1970 in Ditchling, East Sussex) is a popular English Television and Radio During the piece, by popular demand from the crowd, he performed his famous "dance" from The Office. This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the

It is thought that the delay led Elton John to drop his hit "Crocodile Rock" from his set. " Crocodile Rock " is a Song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and recorded in June 1972 at the Strawberry Studios [15]

Charities

All net proceeds from the Concert will go to the charities chosen by Prince William and Prince Harry. "[16] These charities include Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, Centrepoint and Sentebale, a charity founded in April 2006, by Prince Harry and Lesotho's Prince Seeiso. Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was established after the death of Diana Princess of Wales, in 1997. Centrepoint is a United Kingdom charity working to improve the lives of socially excluded young Homeless people Sentebale is a charity set up in April 2006 by Prince Seeiso of Lesotho and the Prince Harry of Wales, the younger son of Diana Princess of Wales and Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso of Lesotho (born April 16, 1966) is the younger brother of Lesotho 's king Letsie III, and son of the southern African It helps vulnerable children and young people in Lesotho - particularly those orphaned as a result of AIDS. Lesotho (lɪˈsuːtuː) officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a Landlocked country and Enclave — entirely surrounded by the Republic of South [17]

During the airing of the concert, Diana, Princess of Wales was hailed for her generous charity work with the Chain of Hope, Luton Indoor Bowling Club, and British Deaf Association charities. British Deaf Association is a British charity representing those deaf people who use British Sign Language. She was also celebrated for her work with the British Red Cross in helping get the word out on land mines in Angola. The British Red Cross Society is a prominent part of the largest impartial Humanitarian organisation in the world – the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central

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Gallery

Take That performing at the Concert for Diana.

Elton John's second performance at the Concert for Diana.

External links

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