Adele & Ed Sheeran Decline To Perform At King Charles' Coronation

British pop megastars Adele and Ed Sheeran were requested to perform at King Charles' Coronation Concert, but apparently declined to perform, The Sun and The Daily Mail report.

While Adele's last scheduled gig (so far) is on 25 March at her Las Vegas residency and she doesn't have any events slated for the date of the King's coronation - 7 May, Ed Sheeran will be performing in Texas the night before the big day. The travel required to travel from Texas to London likely prevents the Celestial singer from performing at King Charles' coronation concert.

"The King has suggested a number of people he would like to perform, and Adele and Ed were on that list. He was very keen that they were part of the concert," a source involved in the concert told The Daily Mail. 

They added, "There is a team set up to get the talent signed up, but they were unavailable, which was a massive disappointment. They are titans of the showbiz industry and are quintessentially British but also known across the globe. It's such a shame."

Lionel Richie and the Spice Girls (without Victoria Beckham at this stage) are likely to perform on the day, with Andrew Lloyd Webber putting together 12 new pieces of music commissioned by King Charles.

Ed Sheeran is currently on tour across Australia. 

Describing the power of his performance on night one in the country, The Music writer Liv Dunford remarked, "No ordinary person would be able to hold the attention of an entire stadium with just a voice and a guitar, but Ed Sheeran is no ordinary person. 

"Except that he is, in the way we all are, and that’s the magic of his music. Sometimes a guitar and a voice are all you need to puncture the heart when it comes down to it. Not every song needs to be anthemic to be an anthem or be sonically unreal to belong in a stadium."

Dunford continued, "Sheeran’s songs have made such an impact over the years because he invites us to be ordinary, to be human. He’s on a stage on his own, singing about life experiences, but what he’s really saying to us is, 'Come and be human with me.'

"And we do."