Paul McCartney to headline Diamond Jubilee concert

Paul McCartney has been announced as headliner of a new 20,000 capacity FREE Diamond Jubilee Concert held at the Queen Victoria Memorial, with Buckingham Palace as the backdrop.

This event on Monday 4th June, the first bank holiday of the long Jubilee weekend, will be the centrepiece of the celebrations marking The Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The BBC and Gary Barlow are bringing together some of the biggest names from the worlds of music, dance and musical theatre – including Elton John, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Jessie J, JLS, Ed Sheeran, Madness, Annie Lennox, Cliff Richard, Alfie Boe, and classical pianist Lang Lang.

A ballot opened on today for British residents to apply for 10,000 free tickets for the show. Each successful applicant will be allowed to nominate a guest aged 13 or over, and the ballot will not be on a first-come-first-served basis. "There is as much chance of being selected if the application is made on 7 February as by the closing time on 2 March," the organisers said.

Ticket applicants can apply online at bbc.co.uk/diamondjubilee, or on a postcard to The Royal Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012, PO Box 798, Manchester, M60 1WU, between now and 2 March. Applicants must be over 18 and living at a British (or British forces) postal address, and can apply only once, not multiple times.

Those who are successful will be notified by the end of March and tickets will be sent out at the end of May.

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