Monday, June 22, 2026

King Charles Coronation Has Lionel Richie, Take That, Orchestras, and Plenty of Other Choices Besides Elton, Adele, or Harry

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I’m getting a chuckle out of these stories marked “No One Wants to Play at King Charles’s Coronation.”

Really? They’ve got Lionel Richie, Take That, Kylie and Danii Minoque, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and a bunch of orchestras.

The UK press circulated that Elton John, Adele, Harry Styles, and the Spice Girls all declined. Are the Spice Girls even in business? Elton was a friend of Princess Diana, I doubt he’d do this gig. Adele is aligned with Meghan and Harry. Harry Styles is on tour.

The Palace has lots of other options. Where are UK standbys Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones? Did anyone ask Paul McCartney or Mick Jagger? How about Sting? There’s a pool of British rock stars who haven’t been mentioned. So everyone should get a grip. I’m sure the Coronation will be full of entertainment!

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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