Hollywood star Hugh Jackman announced as surprise headliner for BST Hyde Park

Despite being amended known for his roles connected screen, Jackman volition showcase a medley of classics from his signifier vocation astatine the 2025 festival.

It comes aft Jeff Lynne’s ELO were announced arsenic the archetypal headliner successful what is acceptable to beryllium their last ever show. Meanwhile, state creator Zach Bryan has been unveiled arsenic the 2nd headliner.

While Jackman is champion known for his blockbuster films, successful which he’s played a drawstring of iconic characters, including Wolverine successful the X-Men franchise, helium really got his commencement successful philharmonic theatre arsenic Gaston successful Beauty and the Beast successful Australia.

His theatre résumé besides includes an Olivier-nominated show successful the West End’s Oklahoma! and a Tony Award-winning relation successful Broadway’s The Boy from Oz.

He besides got attraction for his singing with his performances successful the 2012 movie Les Misérables and 2017’s The Greatest Showman.

Jackman returned to Broadway successful 2021 for a revival of The Music Man, which became a container bureau smash.

Following Jackman’s caller his announcement of Hugh Jackman Live: From New York With Love astatine Radio City Music Hall for a bid of US concerts successful 2025, helium is acceptable to bring his talents to the UK for this highly anticipated show.

It’s possibly nary astonishment that the histrion volition beryllium facing his buggest assemblage successful the UK astatine BST adjacent year. He’s often shared his emotion of London, successful particular, and adjacent campaigned for the NHS.

In July, helium and Ryan Reynolds called connected fans to beryllium “heroes” by donating humor successful an entreaty video for the NHS.

The Hollywood stars formed the collaboration with NHS Blood and Transplant up of the motorboat of their superhero movie Deadpool & Wolverine the pursuing month.

“Our characters person spilled countless blistery tubs worthy of humor successful the sanction of entertainment, but don’t interest it’s each fake – mostly”, Vancouver-born Reynolds says successful the clip.

Australian histrion Jackman adds: “Real humor is harder to travel by, that’s wherefore the NHS needs heroes similar you to donate blood.

“Just 1 hr of your clip could prevention up to 3 lives.”

The video finishes with Reynolds asking “Will you beryllium a giver to a receiver successful need?” and urging viewers to publication an appointment, with Jackman and Reynolds some apologising for the Deadpool star’s tongue-in-cheek comment.