Jingle Bell 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

• Summertime Ball (sister concert)
• Capital London
• Capital radio network
• Global Radio

References

External links

• Jingle Bell Ball at Capital