Jingle Bell Ball
The Jingle Bell Ball is a concert held every year in December, by the radio station Capital FM at The O2 Arena. Artists that have headlined the concert include Taylor Swift, Little Mix, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, The Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Stormzy, Lady Gaga, and Janet Jackson. 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.
2008
Unlike following years, the 2008 festival was held on one night only Saturday, 6 December 2008. The Evening Standard rated it three stars, saying it was "too quick to be boring but too superficial to stick in the mind".Line up
Following are the acts that performed. Headliners are shown in bold.2009
The 2009 event was held on Saturday and Sunday, 5–6 December 2009.Line up
Headliners are shown in bold.Acts that performed on Saturday, 5 December, were as follows:
Acts that performed on Sunday, 6 December, were as follows:
Setlists
Saturday, 5 December
2010
Capital's Jingle Bell Ball 2010 was held on Saturday and Sunday, 4–5 December 2010.Line up
Headliners are shown in bold.Acts that performed on Saturday, 4 December, were as follows:
Acts that performed on Sunday, 5 December, were as follows:
Cee Lo Green was originally scheduled to perform on Saturday, however, due to snow, his flight was rescheduled and he performed on Sunday.
[|2011]
The 2011 event was held on Saturday and Sunday, 3–4 December 2011. It was announced by Capital on 28 October. Capital also confirmed that Olly Murs would be the first act for the Saturday performance. Tickets for the concert on Saturday were released on 31 October at 08:00 and sold out in just over three hours.Line up
Headliners are shown in bold.Acts that performed on Saturday, 3 December, were as follows:
Acts that performed on Sunday, 4 December, were as follows:
2012
The 2012 event took place on Saturday and Sunday, 8–9 December 2012.Little Mix performed as a three-piece, as member Perrie Edwards was unwell. Capital Breakfast presenters Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon hosted the ball on both nights. For the first time, televised highlights of the event were shown on Capital TV.
Line up
Headliners are shown in bold.Acts that performed on Saturday, 8 December, were as follows:
Acts that performed on Sunday, 9 December, were as follows:
Setlists
Saturday, 8 December
Sunday, 9 December
2013
The 2013 Jingle Bell Ball was held at The O2 Arena on Saturday and Sunday, 7–8 December 2013. On Saturday night, Katy Perry was the main headliner, with Tinie Tempah and Ellie Goulding as supporting headliners. On Sunday, Lady Gaga was the main headliner, with Dizzee Rascal and Jessie J supporting.Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon hosted the ball on both nights, alongside Pandora. Meanwhile, Rich Clarke, Kat Shoob, James 'The Bassman' Bassam, and Greg Burns hosted on the radio throughout both nights.
Line up
Headliners are shown in bold.Acts that performed on Saturday, 7 December, were as follows:
Acts that performed on Saturday, 8 December, were as follows:
Setlists
Saturday, 7 December
Sunday, 8 December
2014
The 2014 Jingle Bell Ball was held at London's O2 Arena on Saturday and Sunday, 6–7 December 2014, with acts such as OneRepublic, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Jessie J performing. The first tickets for the show were given away as part of Global's first ever Make Some Noise day on 8 October, although, at the time, the dates for the event were not confirmed. It was confirmed on Capital FM on 20 October that the Jingle Bell Ball would be returning, sponsored by Morrisons Supermarket. All information on the ball was announced on 3 November 2014. Tickets for general release went on sale on 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.
Line up
Headliners are shown in bold.Acts that performed on Saturday, 6 December, were as follows:
Acts that performed on Sunday, 7 December, were as follows:
Setlists
Saturday, 6 December
Sunday, 7 December
2015
and Lisa Snowdon revealed that 2015's event would once again be hosted at London's O2 Arena on Saturday and Sunday, 5–6 December, during Capital Breakfast on 2 November. For the first time since 2013, the sponsor was Coca-Cola. Tickets were released on 5 November, with pre-sales occurring in the week leading up to it. Both headliners were announced on Friday, 6 November, on Capital Breakfast. On 23 November, Tinie Tempah and Katy B were added to the line-up, whilst Carly Rae Jepsen was added the following day. For the first time, Little Mix performed for both nights. Ariana Grande was supposed to perform on Saturday but withdrew for unknown reasons. Marvin Humes confirmed via Twitter he was doing a pre-show DJ Set on both days. On 5 December, Coldplay was the headliners and Justin Bieber was the headliner on 6 December.Line up
Headliners are shown in bold.Acts that performed on Saturday, 5 December, were as follows:
Acts that performed on Sunday, 6 December, were as follows:
Setlists
Introductory DJ set (for both nights)
Saturday, 5 December
Sunday, 6 December
2016
The 2016 Jingle Bell Ball was held on Saturday and Sunday, 3–4 December 2016. The line ups were announced on 7–8 November. Tickets went on sale on 10 November at 8 am and sold out in less than an hour. On 28 November, Anne-Marie, Sean Paul and Calum Scott were added to Night 1. On 29 November Sigma were added to Night 2. Capital FM confirmed via Twitter that Marvin Humes would open night one. Videos of the weekend were put on Capital FM's YouTube channel. Little Mix was announced as a headliner for the first time.Line up
Headliners are shown in bold.Acts that performed on Saturday, 3 December, were as follows:
Acts that performed on Sunday, 4 December, were as follows:
Setlists
Introductory DJ set (for both nights)
Saturday, 3 December
Sunday, 4 December
2017
On 30 October 2017, during Capital Breakfast, Roman Kemp confirmed that the Jingle Bell Ball would run on Saturday and Sunday, 9–10 December 2017 at The O2 Arena. On 6 November Roman Kemp and Vick Hope confirmed the line-up for night one and on 7 November the line-up for night two was revealed.Major Lazer performed as a duo as Jillionaire did not turn up for unknown reasons.
Line up
Headliners are shown in bold.Acts that performed on Saturday, 9 December, were as follows:
Acts that performed on Sunday, 10 December, were as follows:
Setlists
Introductory DJ set (for both nights)
Saturday, 9 December
Sunday, 10 December
2018
The 2018 Jingle Bell Ball took place on Saturday and Sunday, 8–9 December 2018 at The O2 Arena.Capital Breakfast presenters Roman Kemp, Vick Hope, and Sonny Jay hosted the event on both nights. The line up was announced by the hosts on the Breakfast Show during the week of 5 November. For the first time since 2011, highlights of the event were not shown on Capital TV as it shut down on 10 October 2018, so highlights were only available on Capital FM and its website and Sky One. Loud Luxury was added to the night 1 line up.
Line up
Headliners are shown in bold.Acts that performed on Saturday, 8 December, were as follows:
Acts that performed on Sunday, 9 December, were as follows:
Setlists
Introductory DJ set (for both nights)
Saturday, 8 December
Sunday, 9 December
2019
The 2019 Jingle Bell Ball took place on Saturday and Sunday, 7–8 December 2019 at The O2 Arena in Greenwich, London. This year's Jingle Bell Ball was sponsored by SEAT.Capital FM presenters Will Manning & Aimee Vivian hosted both nights. The line-up was announced everyday from Monday, 4 November to Thursday, 7 November 2019 on the Breakfast show live from Leicester Square in Central London. Tickets went on sale on Thursday, 7 November 2019 at 8am GMT, right after the exclusive pre-sale via Global Player and O2 Priority. Between 4 and 5 November 2019, Jax Jones, Sigala and Ella Henderson joined Kemp, Hope and Jay to help announce the rest of the line-up for both nights. Tickets were officially sold out in just over an hour, which led to their dealing through Capital's on-air competitions. Due to Roman Kemp being confirmed as one of twelve I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! contestants, Will Manning hosted the event alongside Aimee Vivian. The show started at 6:30pm GMT each night and performances and backstage videos can be found on @CapitalOfficial and #CapitalJBB on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. Sky One will also show TV highlights from both nights of the Ball throughout the festive season. Stormzy closed night 1 and Taylor Swift closed night 2. Liam Payne opened night 1, whilst Anne-Marie opened night 2. Capital Late Show presenter Marvin Humes did a Capital Weekender DJ Set at 6:15pm GMT. It was also confirmed that due to being in Australia, cheering on Roman Kemp, Sonny Jay missed both nights of the ball and therefore didn't present the show.
The radio schedule for both nights was follows:
- 9am- 12pm - Rob Howard
- 12pm - 3pm - Aimee Vivian
- 3pm - 6pm - Will Manning
- 6pm - 10pm - Capital's Jingle Bell Ball live
Line-up.
Acts that performed on Saturday, 7 December, were as follows:
Acts that performed on Sunday, 8 December, were as follows:
Setlists
Introductory DJ set (for both nights)
Saturday, 7 December
Sunday, 8 December
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- "How Do You Sleep"
- "Promises"
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Most frequent performers
- Bold indicates they headlined a night of ball that year.
- Italics indicates they were a special guest or surprise act that year.
| Artist | Years appeared | |
| 6 | Nathan Sykes
| 2010 *, 2011*, 2012*, 2015, 2016 |
| 6 | Little Mix | 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 |
| 6 | Olly Murs | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| 6 | The Script | 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019 |
| 5 | Jason Derulo | 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018 |
| 5 | Liam Payne | 2011*, 2012*, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 4 | Anne-Marie | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 4 | Calvin Harris | 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 |
| 4 | Ella Eyre | 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 |
| 4 | Ellie Goulding | 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 |
| 4 | James Arthur | 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| 4 | Jessie J | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| 4 | JLS | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| 4 | Jonas Blue | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 4 | Rita Ora | 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 4 | Sam Smith | 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019 |
| 4 | Sigala | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 4 | The Saturdays | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| 4 | Tinie Tempah | 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 |
| 4 | The Vamps | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| 4 | The Wanted | 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| 3 | Cheryl Cole | 2012 and *, 2018 |
| 3 | Clean Bandit | 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| 3 | Craig David | 2008, 2016, 2017 |
| 3 | Ed Sheeran | 2011, 2014, 2017 |
| 3 | Ella Henderson | 2014, 2015, 2019 |
| 3 | Harry Styles | 2011*, 2012*, 2019 |
| 3 | Jax Jones | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 3 | Jess Glynne | 2014, 2015, 2018 |
| 3 | JP Cooper | 2016, 2017, 2019 |
| 3 | Louisa Johnson | 2016, 2017 |
| 3 | Mabel | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 3 | Niall Horan | 2011*, 2012*, 2017 |
| 3 | Raye | 2016, 2017, 2019 |
| 3 | Rizzle Kicks | 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| 3 | Sigma | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| 3 | Taylor Swift | 2014, 2017, 2019 |
| 3 | Years & Years | 2015, 2016, 2018 |
| 2 | Sugababes | 2008, 2009 |
| 2 | Alexandra Burke | 2009, 2010 |
| 2 | Scouting for Girls | 2008, 2010 |
| 2 | Dakota | 2016, 2017 |
| 2 | Flo Rida | 2009, 2010 |
| 2 | Taio Cruz | 2009, 2010 |
| 2 | Pixie Lott | 2009, 2011 |
| 2 | Labrinth | 2010, 2011 |
| 2 | Example | 2010, 2012 |
| 2 | Eliza Doolittle | 2010, 2013 |
| 2 | One Direction | 2011, 2012 |
| 2 | Lawson | 2012, 2013 |
| 2 | Union J | 2013, 2014 |
| 2 | John Newman | 2013, 2017 |
| 2 | David Guetta | 2015, 2018 |
| 2 | Dua Lipa | 2016, 2017 |
| 2 | Imani Williams | 2016, 2017 |
| 2 | Kelli-Leigh | 2017 |
| 2 | Rak-Su | 2017, 2018 |
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Radio presenters
The event went live across the Capital FM network for the first time in 2010. The build-up was presented by James 'The Bassman' Bassam, Greg Burns, Will Cozens and Rich Clarke. James Barr was on air during the event with Luke Smith on the after party. Neil 'Roberto' Williams presented online interactive content whilst Kat Shoob was a backstage reporter.More recently The build-up has been presented by Ant Payne, Will Manning, Aimee Vivian & Rob Howard. Will Cozens was on air during the event with Niall Gray on the after party. JJ presented online interactive content whilst Jimmy Hill 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 through 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 and 2015–2018, the event was sponsored by Coca-Cola. Morrisons Supermarket was the sponsor in 2014. SEAT is set to be the sponsor of its 2019 edition.