can hear the cheers of the crowd as they come to the end of that song. they were performing beside the victoria monument and at this crowd was not disappointed. liza. victoria monument and at this crowd was not disappointed. was not disappointed. lizo, thank ou ve was not disappointed. lizo, thank you very much- joining me now is lisa verrico, a music journalist for the sunday times. they note here is loud, so i m not sure we can hear lisa for the moment. so a lizo, let me ask another question. who else have we got tonight? we have more queen now. who else are you looking forward to tonight? who else are you looking forward to toniaht? ~ ., ., , .,, , tonight? we re going to be hopefully s-ueakin to tonight? we re going to be hopefully speaking to some tonight? we re going to be hopefully speaking to some of tonight? we re going to be hopefully speaking to some of the tonight? we re going to be hopefully speaking to some of the bigger- tonight? we re going to be hopefully sp
amazing. we will have to try that and. ~ ., ., ., ., and. lin manuel miranda. hamilton reall not and. lin manuel miranda. hamilton really got the and. lin manuel miranda. hamilton really got the crowd and. lin manuel miranda. hamilton really got the crowd going. - and. lin manuel miranda. hamilton really got the crowd going. andrew| really got the crowd going. andrew lloyd webber very sort of funny intro. the crowd all knew that hamilton is absolutely amazing. it is notjust pop, we have sport stars, actors, and we have musicals as well up there. we have musicals. but the musical hamilton, it blew everyone away, definitely. let s talk more about brian may and playing on the victoria monument, not the same as the goldenjubilee, but pretty good. he said he wanted to top what he did any golden jubilee when he was on the roof of buckingham palace and i actually did say earlier he was not going to do it. he absolutely did on the monument and adam lambert was superb as well. the military
top secret, not even members of the royal family knew at all just before the concert began. let s talk a bit more about the music. joining me now is lisa verrico, a music journalist for the sunday times. thank you forjoining on a great show so far, lisa. it has been great, it is really picking up now. a fantastic 70 years of pop diversity, which has been amazing, but it made me want the spice girls to be here. ., , but it made me want the spice girls to be here- to be here. yeah, where is adele? she is busy to be here. yeah, where is adele? she is busy planning to be here. yeah, where is adele? she is busy planning a to be here. yeah, where is adele? she is busy planning a show. - to be here. yeah, where is adele? she is busy planning a show. we l to be here. yeah, where is adele? l she is busy planning a show. we do not need adele! everyone else is here, it is great. here, it is great. queen opening with the queen. here, it is great. queen opening with the queen. the here,
The BBC received widespread criticism for dumbing down the celebrations in 2012. Above: Fearne Cotton holding up a themed sick bag during the coverage a decade ago.
NICHOLAS COLERIDGE: With only four days to go until the start of the big Platinum Jubilee weekend, the sense of excitement and patriotism is here for all to see.