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Keane and Kanye West line up for Diana memorial concert

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Take That and Rod Stewart also set to play

Keane and Kanye West have been added to the line-up for a commemorative concert to mark the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death.

Take That, Rod Stewart, James Blunt, Bryan Adams, James Morrison, Meatloaf and Orson have also been added to the gig.

As previously reported Pharrell Williams, Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry, Joss Stone, Duran Duran and Elton John are also confirmed to perform.

They will join the likes of Andrew Lloyd Webber and the English National Ballet for the special show to be staged at the new Wembley Stadium in London on July 1. The date would have been Diana’s 46th birthday.

Prince William said: “We want it to represent exactly what our mother would have wanted…we wanted this big concert full of energy-full of fun and happiness.”

The Spice Girls and Dire Straits have been asked to reform especially for the gig. Robbie Williams has been invited and Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon has been offered to duet with Justin Timberlake.

Tickets for the gig sold out within 20 minutes in December, reports The Sun.

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