Will Young - Performances

Performances

In early 2002, Young joined his fellow Pop Idol contestants in a nationwide arena tour. The final concert at Wembley was in aid of The Prince's Trust, of which Young is an ambassador, together with Gareth Gates and Darius Danesh, the runner-up and third-placed contestant in Pop Idol. In June 2002, Young performed at the Queen's Jubilee Concert in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, singing "We Are the Champions" with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor.

During July 2002, Young sang at two concerts with the renowned songwriter Burt Bacharach at Hammersmith Apollo and at the Liverpool Summerpops event. In August 2002, he performed at the closing ceremony of the 2002 Commonwealth Games, singing "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" in the pouring rain. In November 2003, Young performed the wartime song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square", accompanied by The Squadronaires, at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In 2004 Young appeared at The Olympic Torch Concert, performing a duet of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" with soul legend James Brown. In July 2005, he performed at Edinburgh 50,000 - The Final Push. In November 2005, Young appeared in his second Royal Command Performance. In May 2006, he sang at The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday, which took place at the Tower of London. In October 2006, Young sang at Nitin Sawhney's concert in the BBC Electric Proms series of concerts. In July 2007, he appeared at the Concert for Diana at the new Wembley Stadium. September 2007, Young performed at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with the Vanguard Big Band. He performed in November 2007 with special guests at Islington's Union Chapel. On 24 August 2008 Young appeared at the Olympic Party which took place in The Mall, London. He performed his latest single Changes and I Can See Clearly Now, which was originally sung by Johnny Nash. On 31 December 2008 Young was featured as a guest on Elton John's Live New Year show at the O2 Arena in London. He joined Sir Elton in the song Daniel. On 31 December 2008 Young was featured as a guest on Elton John's Live New Year show at the O2 Arena in London. He joined Sir Elton in the song Daniel.

Young will be performing at various festivals across the UK during the summer of 2009, starting with the Isle of Wight Festival on Saturday 13 June, including T4 On The Beach on Sunday 19 July.

Young is touring again in the UK at the end of 2009. He will take to the stage at The Waterfront, Belfast on the opening night on 9th November, finishing up at the Brighton Centre on 6th December.