Jingle Bell Ball


The Jingle Bell Ball is a concert held annually in December by the radio station Capital FM at The O2 Arena. Various notable artists have headlined the concert. 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. The concert series started in 2008, but the 2020 dates were skipped because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2008

Unlike following years, the 2008 festival was held on one night only Wednesday, 10 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".

2009

The 2009 event was held on 5–6 December 2009.

2010

Capital's Jingle Bell Ball 2010 was held on 4–5 December 2010.

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The 2011 event was held on 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.

2012

The 2012 event took place on 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.

2013

The 2013 Jingle Bell Ball was held at The O2 Arena on 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.

2014

The 2014 Jingle Bell Ball was held at London's O2 Arena on 6–7 December 2014, with 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.
5 Seconds of Summer performed at the event missing band member Michael Clifford, who was unable to fly due to the loss of his passport.

Line-up

Acts that performed on 6 December were as follows:
Acts that performed on 7 December were as follows:

2015

Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon revealed that 2015's event would once again be hosted at London's O2 Arena on 5–6 December. For the first time since 2013, the sponsor was Coca-Cola. 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 were the headliner, and Justin Bieber was the headliner on 6 December.

2016

The 2016 Jingle Bell Ball was held on 3–4 December 2016. The line-up was announced on 7–8 November. Tickets went on sale on 10 November at 8am 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. Little Mix was announced as a headliner for the first time.

Line-up

Acts that performed on 3 December were as follows:
Acts that performed on 4 December were as follows:

2017

On 30 October 2017, during Capital Breakfast, Roman Kemp confirmed that the Jingle Bell Ball would run on 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.
Sean Paul didn't perform with Anne-Marie and Dua Lipa.
Clean Bandit didn't perform with Anne-Marie.

Line-up

Acts that performed on 9 December were as follows:
Acts that performed on 10 December were as follows:

2018

The 2018 Jingle Bell Ball took place on 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

Acts that performed on 8 December were as follows:
Acts that performed on 9 December were as follows:

2019

The 2019 Jingle Bell Ball took place on 7–8 December 2019 at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, London. It 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. 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. 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. 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.

Line-up

Acts that performed on 7 December were as follows:
Acts that performed on 8 December were as follows:

2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jingle Bell Ball did not take place at the O2 Arena this year, but Roman Kemp announced on Capital Breakfast on Thursday 26 November that they were doing a Best Of Show sponsored by Barclaycard on Thursday 10 December. The show was broadcast on YouTube, Sky One, Global Player and on Capital Radio.

2021

The 2021 Jingle Bell Ball took place on 11–12 December 2021 at the O2 at Greenwich Peninsula, London. This year's Jingle Bell Ball was sponsored by Barclaycard. This was the first Jingle Bell Ball since 2019 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry which cancelled the 2020 Jingle Bell Ball. The Ball was announced by Rob Howard and Lauren Layfield on Friday, 29 October 2021 at 8am during Capital Breakfast.
Capital Breakfast presenters Roman Kemp, Siân Welby and Sonny Jay hosted both nights. The line-up was announced on Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 November from 8am on the Breakfast show live from Leicester Square in Central London via interactive billboards founded by the listeners.
On Saturday, 11 December 2021, it was announced that Coldplay and Lil Nas X, who were originally scheduled to play on the first and second nights respectively, had to pull out due to members of their team getting COVID-19. It was announced ArrDee and Tom Grennan would be added to the lineup, with ArrDee performing on both nights, whilst Tom Grennan would just be doing the Saturday. It was also announced Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran would both be extending their sets. On 12 December it was announced that Mabel would not be performing for the same reason. Grennan performed on the second night as a result of this.

2022

The Jingle Bell Ball was announced during Capital Breakfast on 4 November 2022 and it was announced that Barclaycard would sponsor the Ball again. The line-up for the first night was announced on 7 November 2022, while the line-up for the second night was announced on 8 November 2022. The Jingle Bell Ball was held at The O2 Arena at Greenwich Peninsula in Greater London on 10 December 2022 and 11 December 2022.
Both nights of the Jingle Bell Ball were hosted by Roman Kemp, Siân Welby, Sonny Jay and Chris Stark.
The Ball also has a new logo for this year after Capital changed its logo in November 2022.
This was the first time the Jingle Bell Ball was held during a FIFA World Cup as the 2022 FIFA World Cup was still happening during Night 1 with England playing France in the Quarter-finals at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar.
On 10 December 2022, it was announced that Tom Grennan would open Night 1 and that Coldplay would close Night 1. On 11 December 2022, it was announced that Dua Lipa would open Night 2 and that Stormzy would close Night 2.

2023

The 2023 Jingle Bell Ball was announced on Friday 10 November. The dates of the ball were 9 and 10 December. This was Roman Kemp's final year of hosting the Jingle Bell Ball, having confirmed his departure on Capital FM to focus on his television career. The line-up for night 1 was announced on Wednesday 15 November and Thursday 16 November for night 2 was also confirmed. Barclaycard remained the sponsors for the ball. Alicia Keys and Sam Ryder performed in both nights of the ball. The 2023 Jingle Bell Ball was held at The O2 Arena at Greenwich Peninsula in Greater London.
Both nights of the Jingle Bell Ball were hosted by Roman Kemp, Siân Welby and Chris Stark.
This was MistaJam’s last Jingle Bell Ball DJ set after he announced his departure from "The Capital Weekender" on 29 June 2024.

2024

The 2024 Jingle Bell Ball was announced on Monday 4 November. The dates of the ball were 7 and 8 December. This was North's first Jingle Bell Ball after Roman Kemp's departure from the station in March 2024. The line-up for the ball was announced on 6 November for Night 1 and 7 November for Night 2 with Coldplay headlining 7 December and Katy Perry headlining 8 December.

2025

The 2025 Jingle Bell Ball took place during 6–7 December at The O2.

Sponsors

The first concert in 2008 was sponsored by Zavvi. In 2009, Windows 7 became the sponsor, in conjunction with the build-up for the operating system's launch. The sponsorship continued through 2011.
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 sponsored the concert in 2019. In 2020, Barclaycard announced a three-year sponsorship deal with Global resulting in Barclaycard sponsoring the 2020 livestream, and the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 shows.