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The Gibraltar Music Festival, as of 2017 known as MTV Presents Gibraltar Calling, is an annual pop
music festival A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or h ...
held in the
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of
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. The
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's
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confirmed on 10 August 2012, that the inaugural event would be held on 8 September 2012 at Victoria Stadium. The first festival had a
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artist,
Jessie J Jessica Ellen Cornish (born 27 March 1988), known professionally as Jessie J, is an English singer. Born and raised in London, she began her career on stage, aged 11, with a role in the West End musical '' Whistle Down the Wind''. She studied ...
, as headlining act. The rest of the line-up consisted of
Ali Campbell Alistair Ian Campbell (born 15 February 1959) is an English singer and songwriter who was lead singer of the British reggae band UB40. As part of UB40, Campbell sold over 70 million records worldwide and toured the globe for 30 years. In 2008, C ...
from
UB40 UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the ...
, and local bands Noiz and Jetstream. Tickets for the event sold at £30 for general standing entry, £50 for unreserved seats and £100 for
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entry. They were available online, at local shops and stores in
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. Free tickets were available for children under 12 years of age accompanied by a ticket holding adult. The festival is an annual event. The event is organised by the Government of Gibraltar as part of the celebrations running up to
Gibraltar National Day Gibraltar National Day, celebrated annually on 10 September, is the official national day of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The day commemorates Gibraltar's first sovereignty referendum of 1967, in which Gibraltarian voters wer ...
. The music festival is the largest held on The Rock. The Government of Gibraltar decided in 2017 to partner with
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to run the festival and renamed it to ''MTV Presents Gibraltar Calling''. Following the sale of Victoria Stadium to the
Gibraltar Football Association The Gibraltar Football Association or also Gibraltar FA (GFA) is the governing body for Gibraltarian football and futsal. It was formed as the ''Gibraltar Civilian Football Association'' in 1895, changing to its current name in later years. It is ...
, the future of the festival at its current venue was cast into doubt.


Line ups

* 2012 -
Jessie J Jessica Ellen Cornish (born 27 March 1988), known professionally as Jessie J, is an English singer. Born and raised in London, she began her career on stage, aged 11, with a role in the West End musical '' Whistle Down the Wind''. She studied ...
as headlining act. The rest of the line-up consisted of
Ali Campbell Alistair Ian Campbell (born 15 February 1959) is an English singer and songwriter who was lead singer of the British reggae band UB40. As part of UB40, Campbell sold over 70 million records worldwide and toured the globe for 30 years. In 2008, C ...
from
UB40 UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the ...
, The Noiz, Jetstream, 12,000 tickets were sold. * 2013 -
Emeli Sandé Adele Emily Sandé, ( ; born 10 March 1987), known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a Scottish singer and songwriter. Born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, and raised in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, by an English mother and a Zambian fathe ...
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Olly Murs Oliver Stanley Murs (born 14 May 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, and television presenter. He was runner-up on the sixth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2009 and was subsequently signed to RCA Records and Sony Music in the United Kingdom, ...
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10cc 10cc are an English rock band formed in Stockport in 1972. The group initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – who had written and recorded together since 1968. The group featured t ...
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Gabrielle Aplin Gabrielle Ann Aplin (born c. October 1992) is an English singer-songwriter. After amassing a following for her acoustic music covers on YouTube, Aplin signed a recording deal with Parlophone in February 2012. She rose to prominence the following ...
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, Afterhours, The Propellers, Bank, Guy Valarino, April * 2014 -
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topped the bill with
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, Jetstream, Headwires, Orfila,
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, Rosario Flores Cantante, All Saints, The Vamps,
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, Los Secretos,
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, The Second Sons, Jetstream, Frontiers, April, Dead City Radio, Travis,
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, Tiggs Da Author, Jake Isaac, Macka B & the Roots Ragga Band, [The Age Of LUNA, Dan Owen, Passport to Stockholm, The Modern Strangers Juan Zelada, Sam Brookes, Leo Napier, Gabriel Angel Moreno + Friends, Olcay Bayir, ORFILA, Nadia Álvarez, Anna McLuckie Music, Georgia Thursting Music, Cais, Lucinda Sieger Music, Ale Victoria, Kristian Celecia, Layla Bugeja, Ethan Rocca. * 2017 - Ricky Martin, Fatboy Slim, Charli XCX, Years & Years, The Vaccines, Craig David, Steve Aoki, Clean Bandit, Bananarama, Black Box (band), Black Box, Glen Matlock, Go West (band), Go West,
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, Afterhours, Angelwings, Come In Leon, Jetstream, Reach, The Layla Rose Band, The Undesirables 141, R3wire & Varski * 2018 -
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, Angelwings, April, Dead City Radio, GLOW Gib and Jetstream. * 2019 -
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, Tom Walker,
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, Reach, The Layla Rose band, Dead City Radio and Jetstream.


See also

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* Gibraltar World Music Festival


References

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External links


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