Jingle Bell Ball

For the concert held in the summer, see Summertime Ball.
Not to be confused with Jingle Ball.
Jingle Bell Ball
Festival concert by Global Radio
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, and Pink. Other notable acts who have performed at the Ball include Little Mix, One Direction, Bruno Mars, JLS, Miley Cyrus, The Pussycat Dolls, Taio Cruz, Tinie Tempah, David Guetta, Years & Years, Jason Derulo, Rita Ora, The Specials, 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

2008 Lineup

Rihanna
The Pussycat Dolls
Boyzone
Will Young
Peter Frampton
The Script
The Saturdays
Anastacia
Craig David
Sugababes
Fleetwood Mac
Lemar
Alphabeat
Scouting for Girls
Enrique Iglesias
James Blunt
James Morrison
Gabriella Cilmi

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]

2009

The 2009 event was held over two nights.

Saturday 5 December Sunday 6 December

Lady Gaga
Miley Cyrus
Noisettes
Taio Cruz
Tinchy Stryder
JLS
The Specials
Pixie Lott
Chipmunk
Sugababes
The Saturdays
Westlife
N-Dubz

Surprise Act
Jedward

Janet Jackson
Shakira
Backstreet Boys
Dizzee Rascal
Alexandra Burke
Madness
The Veronicas
Flo Rida
Esmée Denters
Metro Station
Agnes
Ne-Yo
La Roux
Alesha Dixon

Surprise Act
Jedward

2010

The 2010 event was also held over two nights: Saturday, 4 December and Sunday, 5 December.

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 held over two nights: Saturday, 3 December, and Sunday, 4 December, at The O2 Arena.

On 28 October the dates were confirmed by Capital. Olly Murs was the first act announced for the Saturday performance, also on 28 October.

Tickets for the concert on Saturday were released on 31 October 2011 at 8am 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 Act
Rizzle Kicks

Jessie J

JLS
The Saturdays
Emeli Sandé
Wretch 32
One Direction
Ed Sheeran
Professor Green

Surprise Acts
James Morrison

2012

The 2012 event took place on Saturday 8th 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 Acts
Will.i.am

P!nk
Girls Aloud
The Wanted
Conor Maynard
Calvin Harris
Rita Ora
Example

Surprise Acts
Tinie Tempah

Little Mix performed as a three-piece, as member Perrie Edwards was unwell. Dave Berry and Lisa Snowden hosted the ball on both nights. 32,000 people attended the event over the two nights. Highlights of the event were also broadcast on Capital TV.

2013

The 2013 Jingle Bell Ball will be held at The O2 Arena on Saturday 7th 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 Make Some Noise 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, with this years sponsor, major supermarket chain, Morrisons. All information on the ball, that is the venue, dates, acts and when tickets would be on sale 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 headlining on Saturday night, and worldwide sensation and American country star, Taylor Swift as the main headliner for the ball, to be performing on Sunday night. 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
One Republic
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

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. The sponsors were Coca Cola again after a year's break. Tickets were released on the 6th of 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
Jason Derulo
David Guetta
Little Mix
Years & Years
Jess Glynne
Nathan Sykes
Tinie Tempah & Katy B
Fleur East
WSTRN

Justin Bieber
Little Mix
Calvin Harris
Ellie Goulding
Nick Jonas
Sigma
Charlie Puth
Carly Rae Jepsen
The Vamps
Grace
Surprise Guests
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.

Saturday 3 December[6]

Sunday 4 December[7]

Calvin Harris
Clean Bandit
Olly Murs
Dua Lipa
Louisa Johnson
Nathan Sykes
Craig David
Sigala
Little Mix
Calum Scott
Anne-Marie
Sean Paul

Pre-Show Acts

Marvin Humes

Suprise Guests

Imani

Shawn Mendes
Martin Garrix
Ellie Goulding
DNCE
The Vamps
Louisa Johnson
Jonas Blue
Years & Years
James Arthur
Sigma

Pre-Show Acts

Marvin Humes

Setlist

(Saturday 3rd December)

Radio presenters

The event went live across the nine station Capita radio network 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

References

  1. Copsey, Robert (25 October 2010). "The Script, Peas for 'Jingle Bell' gig". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  2. Smyth, David (11 December 2008). "Pop stars parade in Jingle Bell Ball". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  3. "Jingle Bell Ball Day One Tickets Sell Out". Capital. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. "Capital FM". Facebook.
  5. "Capital's Jingle Bell Ball 2016 Is Now Sold Out". Capital FM. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  6. "Who's On The Jingle Bell Ball Lineup?". Capital FM.
  7. "Who's On The Jingle Bell Ball Lineup?". Capital FM.

External links

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