Olly Murs And Labrinth Soundcheck At Jingle Bell Ball 2011

3 December 2011, 13:59 | Updated: 3 December 2011, 14:08

The first soundchecks have started on stage at the O2 Arena ready for this evening's huge event.

Olly Murs and Labrinth have both completed their stage soundchecks ahead of tonight's Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball.

The 'Earthquake' rapper is scheduled to perform at the Ball today (3rd December), on a bill that also includes Rihanna, Calvin Harris, The Wanted, Pixie Lott and Jason Derulo.

Olly also took to the O2 Arena stage this afternoon to prepare for his set, which will open the Jingle Bell Ball later today, and will include The Xtra Factor judge's popular single, 'Heart Skips A Beat'.

Labrinth is expected to debut several new tracks during his set, ahead of the launch of his debut studio album in 2012.

Fans have been speculating across Twitter all day about who will make a surprise appearance at tonight's Capital FM event.

The Jingle Bell Ball begins this evening and will continue on Sunday (4th December) with a day two line-up of Jessie J, JLS, One Direction, The Saturdays, Emeli Sande and Wretch 32.

Capital FM will be coming live from the Jingle Bell Ball at London's O2 Arena all weekend. Keep checking Capitalfm.com for all the latest news, photo galleries and interviews from this year's festive spectacular.

You can also watch the live backstage stream from the O2 Arena on our Jingle Bell Ball live stream, featuring interviews and fly on the wall footage of all your favourite Jingle Bell Ball stars.

Don't forget that you can also follow the action as it happens by following Capital FM on Twitter and Facebook.