Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall was a charity music concert held at the
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London. One of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings, it is held in trust for the nation and managed by a registered charity which receives no govern ...
in
London,
England on 12 November 2009. The concert was organised by
Take That singer-songwriter
Gary Barlow as one of a series of events to raise money for
Children in Need 2009. The huge success of the concert inspired Barlow to organise ''
Children in Need Rocks Manchester'' at the
Manchester Arena,
Manchester in 2011.
Background
The concert was broadcast on
BBC One and BBC HD on 19 November 2009, the day before the
official appeal telethon.
Short films of projects being funded by the charity were shown at various points throughout the show, often featuring one of the celebrities meeting a child or group of children.
The event was hosted by
BBC Radio 1 presenters
Chris Moyles and
Fearne Cotton along with Sir
Terry Wogan, who had been involved with ''
Children in Need'' since 1980. The acts performing on the night included Barlow's band
Take That,
Muse,
Mika, and
Girls Aloud member
Cheryl Cole.
The
house band
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It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to bands which ...
was led by
Mike Stevens and
Steve Sidwell
Steven James Sidwell (born 14 December 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Sidwell was a product of the Arsenal academy, and after winning two FA Youth Cups, he had constructive loan spells at Bren ...
.
Paul McCartney brought his own band to the concert.
Tickets for the concert were sold from £50.
Performances
*
Take That – "
Greatest Day",
*
Robbie Williams – "
Bodies" and "
You Know Me"
*
Muse – "
United States of Eurasia"
*
Leona Lewis – "
Happy
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Sinc ...
" and "
Run
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* Run (stream), a stream in the Dutch province of North Brabant
People
* Run (rapper), Joseph Simmons, now known as "Reverend Run", from the hip-hop group ...
"
*
Paolo Nutini – "
Pencil Full of Lead"
*
Katherine Jenkins
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" (
The Godfather theme) (with
Julian Lloyd Webber on cello)
*
Cheryl Cole – "
Fight for This Love"
*
Mika – "
Rain"
*
Annie Lennox
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– "
Why"
*
Shirley Bassey
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– "
This Time" (with
Gary Barlow on piano) and "
Diamonds Are Forever" (with
Dizzee Rascal)
*
Snow Patrol
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– "
Chasing Cars" and "
Set the Fire to the Third Bar" (with Cheryl Cole)
* Dizzee Rascal and
Shingai Shoniwa – "
Dirtee Cash"
*
Lily Allen – "
The Fear" and "
Who'd Have Known"/"
Shine
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Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Shine'' (film), a 1996 Australian film based on the life of David Helfgott, a pianist
* Shine, a fictional character in the American animated TV series ''Shimmer and Shine''
Lite ...
" (with Take That)
* Take That – "
Rule the World"
*
Paul McCartney – "
Back in the USSR", "
Get Back" and "
Hey Jude
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" (with Take That and others)
See also
*
Children in Need 2009
References
External links
Official website*
{{Gary Barlow
Children in Need
2009 in British music
2009 television specials
November 2009 events in the United Kingdom