Hollywood actor and singer Hugh Jackman has been announced as the latest headliner for BST Hyde Park festival 2024.
The Deadpool & Wolverine star will be performing a set of songs from musical theatre while accompanied by a live orchestra at the London event on Sunday 6 July.
Tracks from musicals including The Boy From Oz, The Greatest Showman, Les Miserablesand The Music Man will be on the setlist, along with “some surprises”.
Jackman, 56, is best known for his starring role as Wolverine in the X-Men franchise but began his career in musical theatre, starting with a role as Gaston in an Australian production of Beauty and the Beast.
He received an Olivier award nomination for his performance in the West End’s Oklahoma! and won a Tony for Broadway’s The Boy from Oz.
Jackman marked a return to musicals in 2012 when he took on the role of Jean Valjean in the feature film adaptation of Les Miserables, opposite an ensemble cast including Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried and Helena Bonham Carter.
Following the 2017 box-office hit The Greatest Showman, which earnt him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, he returned to the stage for a Broadway revival of The Music Man in 2021, which ran for two years.
Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Wednesday 6 November. A pre-sale for Amex cardmembers will begin at 2.30pm today (Friday 1 November).
A further two pre-sales have been scheduled: one for Hugh Jackman fans at 10am on Monday 4 November, and another for BST Hyde Park at 2pm the same day.
Jackman joins previously announced headliners Jeff Lynne’s ELO and Zach Bryan for 2025, with more artists to be announced soon.
ELO, known for hits including “Mr Blue Sky” and “Don’t Bring Me Down”, will perform as part of their farewell tour, as part of their planned retirement from music.
Founded in Birmingham by Lynne and keyboardist Roy Wood, the latter whom departed two years later, ELO broke up in 1986 but relaunched in 2014 with Lynne as the sole core member.
“My return to touring began at Hyde Park in 2014,” Lynne said in a statement announcing the show. “It seems like the perfect place to do our final show.
“We couldn’t be more excited to share this special night in London with our UK fans. As the song goes, ‘We’re gonna do it One More Time!’”
ELO will perform on Sunday 13 July 2025.
