The UK’s biggest summer party returns to Wembley Stadium! More huge artists added to the star-studded line-up today are: Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff, Tate McRae, Myles Smith, JADE, James Hype, Remember Monday, and Rita Ora.
Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard 2025 will take place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, June 15th. Tickets go on general sale this Wednesday, April 30th, at 9am exclusively on Global Player, the official Capital app. Be ready to get your tickets!
The biggest and best summer party of the year, Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard returns with a star-studded line-up! The UK’s biggest summer party returns to Wembley Stadium for another show-stopping event, with 80,000 Capital listeners and a massive line-up of the world’s hottest artists set to come together in London’s iconic venue on Sunday, June 15th, 2025.
More huge names confirmed to play Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard on Sunday, June 15th were revealed on Capital Breakfast this morning by Jordan North, Chris Stark, and Siân Welby. Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff, Tate McRae, Myles Smith, JADE, James Hype, Remember Monday, and Rita Ora were confirmed to play Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard, following yesterday’s announcement that Mariah Carey leads the star-studded line-up with Benson Boone, KSI, Lola Young, Busted vs McFly, Zara Larsson, Reneé Rapp, and Jessie J all on the bill.
It was revealed live on air this morning that American hip hop duo Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff will play a one-off UK exclusive show at Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard! The two-time GRAMMY award-winning duo are known for their hit singles ‘Summertime’, ‘Miami’, ‘Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It’, ‘Boom Shake The Room’, ‘Men In Black’, and the iconic noughties TV show soundtrack ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’. Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff will bring their funk sound and lyrical spins to the UK’s biggest summer party, playing to Capital listeners for the first time ever!
Capital announced this morning that Global Award-winner Tate McRae is set to play Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard. Tate McRae is a huge hit with Capital listeners having played at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball with Barclaycard back in 2023. Tate McRae’s massive hit ‘Greedy’ catapulted her to stardom, and with the release of her brand new third studio album ‘So Close to What,’ 2025 is set to be another sensational year for her. Tate will delight Capital fans with her high-energy, captivating performance.
Singer-songwriter Myles Smith also joins the bill for Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard. The BRIT Rising Star Award-winner is known for his massive hits ‘Stargazing’ and ‘Nice To Meet You’. Myles Smith recently performed at this year’s BRIT Awards and will now be making his debut at the Ball this year, playing to his biggest audience to date.
BRIT Award-winner JADE is set to return to Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard this summer. Having previously performed at the Ball with Little Mix in 2015 and 2017, the pop sensation will take to the stage solo for the first time at Wembley Stadium. Fresh off her BRIT win for Best British Pop Act and riding high with hits like ‘Angel of My Dreams’, ‘Midnight Cowboy’, ‘Fantasy’, and ‘IT Girl’, JADE is ready to deliver a show-stopping set for Capital listeners.
Global pop icon Rita Ora returns to Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard this summer, having previously wowed Wembley crowds in 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019. With over 10 billion streams, four UK #1s, and a record-breaking 13 Top 10 hits, Rita Ora is one of Britain’s biggest stars, and she is set to bring her unstoppable energy and chart-topping anthems back to the Ball.
DJ and producer James Hype will bring his futuristic set to the Ball, with his summer soundtrack. Known for ‘Ferrari’, ‘Drums’, and ‘More Than Friends’, James Hype will have all the party vibes when he gets behind the deck to play to 80,000 Capital listeners!
Capital announced that Remember Monday will also join the line-up to play at this year’s Ball. The British country-pop girl group rose to fame after appearing on The Voice UK in 2019. The trio are set to take the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 as the UK’s entry, with their song ‘What The Hell Just Happened’.
“Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard is back, and this year we’re bringing some huge names we’ve never had at the Ball before. We’ve got a stellar line-up of global superstars and today’s biggest hit music artists – all set to light up the stage! This is truly one of our best ever line-ups and we can’t wait to see 80,000 Capital listeners enjoy every moment, it’s going to be a day to remember!” said Ashley Tabor-King CBE, Founder & Executive President of Global.
James Rea, Chief Broadcasting & Content Officer of Global, added: “We’ve got a huge line-up for our 80,000 Capital listeners! Every year we go bigger and bigger and we can’t wait for you to see what we have in store this year. A huge thank you to the whole team at Capital and Global for working so hard to put on this amazing event!”
Tickets for Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard are available on Global Player and go on sale at 9am on Wednesday, April 30th. Download Global Player on your smartphone or tablet from the Apple App Store or Google Play App Store – sign up is quick, easy, and free. Capital listeners who are logged into Global Player will get exclusive pre-sale access to tickets from 9am on Tuesday, April 29th through a Capital presale. In addition, Barclaycard customers can get 10% off pre-sale tickets in a Barclaycard presale (via Barclaycard Entertainment or the Global Player link).
The line-up for Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard has been revealed on the station’s Breakfast Show. The event takes place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, June 15th. Yesterday, Jordan North, Chris Stark, and Siân Welby announced the first names as Mariah Carey, Benson Boone, KSI, Lola Young, Busted vs McFly, Zara Larsson, Dasha, Reneé Rapp, and Jessie J. This morning, Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff, Tate McRae, Myles Smith, JADE, James Hype, Remember Monday, and Rita Ora were added to the artists who will be performing.
As part of Global’s partnership with ITV, ITV1 and ITVX will broadcast an entertainment special with all the best bits from Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard later in June.
