Steve Winwood was among the many performers at the Coronation Concert for England’s King Charles, held at Windsor Castle on Sunday evening.
The hitmaker, identified for his solo success, in addition to his tenures within the band Traffic and the supergroup Blind Faith, delivered a rousing rendition of his traditional observe “Higher Love.”
Backed by a choir and full symphony, Winwood carried out the 1986 chart-topper in entrance of a crowd of greater than 20,000 followers, with thousands and thousands extra watching the occasion on tv and streaming across the globe. Other performers at the occasion included pop star Katy Perry, opera singer Andrea Bocelli, R&B legend Lionel Richie and (suprisingly) Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog of the Muppets.
Watch Winwood play “Higher Love” at the Coronation Concert beneath.
The efficiency was simply Winwood’s second public gig in roughly 4 years. In 2022, he made a shock look throughout a pageant set in Oxfordshire, England, taking part in three songs with the Staks Band.
Winwood’s final full live performance happened in 2019. He was scheduled to hit the street with Steely Dan in 2020 – later pushed again to 2021 – nonetheless the pandemic put the kibosh on these plans. Winwood has not introduced any new live shows for the reason that cancellation of his Steely Dan dates.
The English rocker – whose hometown of Handsworth is roughly 120 miles north of the situation the place the Coronation Concert was held – has a connection to the royal household that goes past the current efficiency. In 2011, his daughter Mary-Clare Winwood married Ben Elliot, a multi-millionaire entrepreneur and nephew to the newly topped Queen Camilla.
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