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Stevie Wonder Caps Love, Light and Song UK Tour With Marathon Hyde Park Performance

He extended the festival finale past curfew to deliver classic hits featuring family collaborators, musical tributes, a call for blindness empowerment.

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Stevie Wonder headlined the BST festival in Hyde Park on Saturday. (Picture: Sharlaine Forest/Wire Images)

Overview

  • Stevie Wonder headlined BST Hyde Park on July 12 to conclude his five-show UK tour before 65,000 fans in his first London appearance since 2019.
  • His near-three-hour set opened with “Love’s in Need of Love Today” and spanned six decades of hits alongside surprise covers like John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
  • Aisha and Kailand Morris joined their father onstage, each delivering solo performances and backing vocals during the evening.
  • He paid homage to legends John Lennon, Marvin Gaye and the late Sly Stone through his attire and featured Corrine Bailey Rae for a rendition of “Everybody Is a Star.”
  • He used his platform to champion blindness accessibility, celebrating adaptive technologies and urging every person who is blind to “see in their own way.”