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Summertime Ball - The party of the summer!
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The Jingle Bell Ball
This year, it's a whole new ball game...
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What we got up to last year
Check out all the action from the biggest party of 2008, including the kiss that rocked The O2 Arena.
Summertime Ball photo galleries All the pictures, all the action
Ooh Enrique!
The smouldering singer makes one lucky girl's dreams come true. Check out all the pics from the Summertime Ball right here.
Katy Perry wows the crowd
Dressed to kill, Katy kicks things off with a bang.
Dizzee joins Calvin onstage
Calvin Harris teamed up with Dizzee Rascal for Dance Wiv Me.
Alesha's a natural
Oozing star quality Alesha storms through her set.
On stage with JLS
The crowd went wild as the hunky foursome took to the stage.
The Noisettes
Don't dare upset their rhythm!
Ciara
Ciara delivered the most raunchy, sexy and sassy show of the afternoon.
Leona Lewis
Playing to her home crowd, London went mad for Leona
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie brought all the favourites to the party of the year. It was a barnstorming set.
Akon
The atmosphere is electric as AKON descends on the crowd.
James Morrison
He really sang from the heart at the Summertime Ball
Shontelle
Keeping her T-shirt on!
Kelly Clarkson
What a voice! Sounding fantastic at the Emirates Stadium...
Enrique Iglesias
Would he get a girl up on the stage? What do you think...
Daniel Merriweather with Mark Ronson
Daniel Merriweather brought his pal and producer Mark Ronson along...
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Interview with Enrique Iglesias
He only went and snogged another girl on stage that cheeky devil, but which Summertime Ball star does he want to lock lips with. Find out here.
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Interview with Dizzee Rascal
Capital's Roberto caught up with the fantastic Dizzee Rascal after his performance to talk about what it's like to get up onstage in front of 50,000 people.
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Interview with Katy Perry
Katy Perry opened the Summertime ball with a bang on Sunday. Check out what her amazing outfit and find out what she thought of the whole day right here.
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Interview with Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris got the crowd up on their feet at the Emirates on Sunday. Find out what he had to say about his performance here.
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Interview with JLS
It's fair to say that the JLS had one of the biggest reactions of the Summertime Ball. Find out what they had to say about their newly found super stardom here.
Summertime Ball Your fantastic MMS photos!
Tongues out!
How very dare you! Sticking out your tongue at Capital FM!
Thumbs up!
Thumbs up for the party of the summer!
More MMS photos
Yes, we got flooded with your pics, here are some more...
Holding tickets and other stuff
Check out these shots...
Wearing shades at the Summertime Ball
"Oooh, look at this lot!"
Summertime Ball All the news...
Did you Singalong at the Summertime Ball?
Thanks to our friends at T-Mobile, we had a great time singing along to some classic tracks at the Summertime Ball.
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How to build a stage in 60 seconds
So apparently it only took our team of stage builders one minute to build the mahoosive Summertime Ball stage. Don't believe us? Well take a look here!
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Behind the scenes at the Ball
Before the show got underway, we let our evening hosts Rich & Kat run wild behind the scenes at the Emirates. For your viewing pleasure you can watch what happened here.
thelondonpaper
Get the latest showbiz goss on the Summertime Ball in thelondonpaper...
A 3D look around the Emirates Stadium
The Capital team have been spending a lot of time at the Emirates Stadium recently, funnily enough. Fancy a little look around?
Who was your favourite artist at the Summertime Ball?
It was indeed the party of the summer, sixteen of the world's biggest artists flown in for you, but amongst all the quality on show, did you have a favourite?
Capital DJs at the Summertime Ball
See what the team got up to...