Platinum Jubilee concert – live: Diana Ross leads grand finale at BBC celebration

All the updates from the star-studded ceremony

Queen pulls out of thanksgiving service after 'discomfort’ at Jubilee celebrations

The Queen’s platinum jubilee will be celebrated with a high-profile concert on Saturday evening (4 June).

Many renowned musicians and bands will perform as part of the Platinum Party at the Palace gig, which is being held by the BBC.

Twenty-two thousand people will attend the event, including 10,000 members of the public who won tickets in the public ballot, which closed on 23 March.

Over 7,500 tickets were designated for key workers, members of the armed forces, volunteers, and charities.

Find all the details on how to watch the concert, as well as full updates from the event, below – and updates from other jubilee events here.

Key Points

• Queen and Adam Lambert begin the night with three rock hits
• The Queen appears with Paddington Bear in a pre-recorded skit
• Lee Mack ad-libs a dig at Boris Johnson while on stage
• Rod Stewart covers Neil Diamond’s ‘Sweet Caroline’, the ‘official song of the jubilee'
• George Ezra censors lyric about dying in ‘Green Green Grass'
• Prince William appears on stage to give speech about the environment
• Stephen Fry has another jab at British prime minister during appearance on stage

[4 June 2022 21:44 · Louis Chilton]

David Attenborough now being projected onto the edifice of the palace. If we picked our heads of state with a public vote tomorrow, I reckon Attenborough would have a pretty decent chance at becoming king...

[4 June 2022 21:46 · Louis Chilton]

Ballet dancers move around to the theme from Planet Earth, while nature footage is projected onto the front of Buckingham Palace. I can’t say I really know what to make of it all.

[4 June 2022 21:52 · Louis Chilton]

Prince William has now come out, after being given a hearty (pre-recorded) pat on the back from his grandmother for his work in the field of environmental issues.

He’s giving a speech. Nice to have a break from the remorseless churn of musical acts tbh.

Prince William on stage at the jubilee concert (BBC)

[4 June 2022 21:54 · Louis Chilton]

This is followed by Celeste, singing “What a Wonderful World”. Quite a radical re-interpretation, I think!

[4 June 2022 22:00 · Louis Chilton]

More tributes – including David Beckham, Judi Dench, and then Elton John, who’s now playing a version of “Your Song” over video.

[4 June 2022 22:02 · Louis Chilton]

Like the nature footage before him, John’s being projected onto the front of Buckingham Palace, which really does look quite majestic in a wide shot.

(BBC)

[4 June 2022 22:04 · Louis Chilton]

Another little dig at the Prime Minister from Stephen Fry, who stands before a ginormous Union Flag. It doesn’t get much more British than this...

[4 June 2022 22:08 · Louis Chilton]

Charles and Camilla now on stage. The duke of Cambridge is addressing the crowd.

First proper acknowledgment of the elephant in the room – the queen’s unfortunate absence.

He makes a crack about “It’s Coming Home”... someone clearly wasn’t watching the Hungary game tonight.

Prince Charles at the Jubilee concert (BBC)

[4 June 2022 22:13 · Louis Chilton]

“God Save Our Queen” is followed by Sigala and Ella Eyre.

[4 June 2022 22:19 · Louis Chilton]

Diana Ross!