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    Sir Paul, Elton, other stars to perform for queen

    LONDON (AP) — Some of the world's biggest pop stars will perform in front of Buckingham Palace on June 4 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, palace officials said Tuesday.

    The lineup will include former Beatle Paul McCartney, singers Elton John and Shirley Bassey and popular boy band JLS. Longtime favorites Cliff Richard and Tom Jones will also perform.

    Concert organizers said that many more stars, including some from America and Australia, will also be on the bill, with details to be released in the coming months.

    "It's going to be fun," Elton John said in a video shown to reporters at Buckingham Palace.

    The event is a centerpiece in the queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, which have already kicked off to mark her 60 years on the throne.

    It follows a raucous Golden Jubilee concert in 2002 that featured a rendition of "God Save the Queen" by Queen guitarist Brian May performed in the open air on the palace roof.

    Take That star Gary Barlow, charged with organizing the gala event, said he hopes as many as half a million people are able to see the concert from the public areas in front of the palace. It will also be broadcast on television and radio.

    "The whole world will be watching," he said, while acknowledging it may be hard to top May's performance at the 2002 gala.

    "We all remember that and we will try to come up with something newer and better," he said.

    Some 10,000 tickets will be awarded by lottery. Tickets will also include entry into the palace garden for a jubilee picnic, with food provided by the palace.

    The queen and husband Prince Philip plan to attend along with other senior members of the royal family.

    Barlow said that the queen's grandsons Prince Harry and Prince William had suggested some performers who may be added to the list. Officials said the queen is "content" with the musical program.

    He said the goal is the have music from all the decades of the queen's reign incorporated into the program.

     

    32 comments

    • Biff  •  3 mths ago
      Isn't Elton a "Sir" as well?
      • Mark 3 mths ago
        Not really....
      • 1540 3 mths ago
        Elton is the queen.
      • Biff 3 mths ago
        Well, he's *a* queen, anyway.
    • Ermon  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      no Black Sabbath!?
    • HANK HILL  •  3 mths ago
      SHOULD OF CALLED MR. BEAN INSTEAD
    • What me friends call me  •  Austin, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      I'm sure Her Majesty is brimming with excitement at the prospect of seeing "popular boy band JLS..." ???
    • HANK HILL  •  3 mths ago
      BLACK ADDER!
    • father of three  •  Manila, Philippines  •  3 mths ago
      Is this what knights have become nowadays?
    • Breonna  •  Alexandria, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      I thought Elton John was the queen of England!
      • Leon 3 mths ago
        Now that's not nice. Heh heh heh!
      • Breonna 3 mths ago
        Yeah but it is sure funny!
      • Chuck 3 mths ago
        He is. Queen, with a small 'q'.
    • TheMitch  •  Abilene, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      A queen performing for a queen. hehe
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Riverside, California  •  3 mths ago
      Isn't Elton John also a queen?
    • Steven S  •  3 mths ago
      Hopefully, She Will Be Off The Throne By Then And Enjoying The Concert...
      • Louis 3 mths ago
        STOP JACKING OFF STEVEN!!!
    • Quintin  •  Brisbane, Australia  •  3 mths ago
      At least one of them is a Queen himself. The fat ugly flaking Elton John. These are low lifes that think the decorations make them something. Dirty little establishment boys.

      " You live with straights who tell you you is king, Jump when they tell you anything" John Lennon to the Gay Paul MCartney.

      Let them play and sing for the Queen like serfs of old. Bum bandits the lot of them.
      • Louis 3 mths ago
        Oh smoke a big turd in Brisbane you #$%$ for brains.
    • Jerico kane  •  Englewood, Colorado  •  3 mths ago
      Hummm wonder if the Sex Pistons will play the river again...
    • Dougspair  •  Sacramento, California  •  3 mths ago
      So, Queens perform for the Queen?
    • boo boo  •  Greenfield, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      sir paul yes ,sir elton not so much , miss elton maybe ,dont really know who catches or who pitches .................either way is sick
    • MP  •  Raleigh, North Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      Contradiction in terms, Sir Elton John the Queen?
    • david  •  3 mths ago
      Elton already performs for his queen every night!
    • 1540  •  3 mths ago
      Elton is performing for himself?
    • Mr FatSkinny  •  Stone Mountain, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      "Sir Paul, Elton, other stars to perform for queen"

      I thought Elton was the biggest queen in Britain.........so who's the other b|tch claiming to be the queen?
    • thebo  •  Intercourse, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      Maybe that parasite will snuff it before then
    • fiver  •  3 mths ago
      Do you think either one of them will flip off the Queen?
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