FEATURE:
The Digital Mixtape
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A Stevie Wonder Playlist
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MY second Digital Mixtape…
in as many days, there is a special reason for this one. It has just been announced that the legendary Stevie Wonder will headline BST Hyde Park 2025. He is also embarking on his LOVE, LIGHT & SONG U.K. tour. Because of that, I wanted to do a career-spanning playlist. One that reveals the full scope of his genius. It will be an incredible experience seeing him on the stage. Before getting to the mixtape, NME report the news of some exciting dates. Even if you are not a massive Stevie Wonder fan then you will want to catch him. It will be as life-altering experience:
“Stevie Wonder is set to headline London’s BST Hyde Park 2025 as part of his ‘LOVE, LIGHT & SONG’ UK tour. Find all the details below.
The tour will take the legendary singer-songwriter to cities across the UK including Lytham, Birmingham, Cardiff, London and Manchester, with the summer trek set to kick off with a headline performance at Lytham Festival on July 3.
From there, he’ll head to Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena, Birmingham’s Utilita Arena and Cardiff’s Blackweir Fields, before wrapping things up in London with a headline BST Hyde Park concert on July 12.
Marking his third appearance at the festival, the soul legend will take to the Great Oak stage on July 12, with support acts to be announced later. Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (March 21), and you can find yours here.
The ‘Superstition’ singer is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having produced a slew of hits across his career and garnered 25 Grammy Awards, as well as being inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Wonder joins the previously announced BST Hyde Park 2025 headliners Neil Young, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, Zach Bryan, Noah Kahan and Jeff Lynne’s ELO.
Tickets for Stevie Wonder’s Hyde Park gig also go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (March 21) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Alternatively, Amex customers can access a pre-sale today (Monday March 17).
Stevie Wonder’s ‘LOVE, LIGHT & SONG’ 2025 UK tour dates are:
July
3 – TK Maxx Presents Lytham Festival
5 – Co-op Live, Manchester
7 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
9 – Blackweir Fields, Cardiff
12 – BST Hyde Park, London
News of his Hyde Park headline show follows last year’s surprise announcement of the ‘Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart’ US tour, so-called after Wonder’s 2024 single by the same name, the release of which marked his first new song in four years”.
I will revisit Stevie Wonder in May as he turns seventy-five then. One of the all-time great artists, his Hyde Park show will be one of his career highlights. I have been a fan of his music since I was a child so I am really glad that he is still performing and undertaking these huge shows. The love he will get on the road. To celebrate a big announcement and these upcoming shows, below is a career-spanning mixtape of…
STEVIE Wonder gold.