Singapore Grand Prix 2022: Green Day, Westlife, and DJ Marshmello will perform at Formula 1 race

American band Green Day, Irish boy band Westlife and American electronic dance music star DJ Marshmello are set to perform at the Padang Stage at the 2022 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix, which will happen from Sep 30 to Oct 2.

The first wave of acts for the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix have recently been declared.

On 23 May, the Singapore Grand Prix uncovered that Green Day, Marshmello, and Westlife will feature the night race concerts during the current year’s F1 race. The final lineup is said to incorporate more than 75 performers across three stages.

The F1 Singapore Grand Prix will take place from 30 September to 2 October at the Marina Bay Circuit.

This is the first group of acts affirmed for the event.

The last line-up will incorporate more than 75 performances across eight stages, with additional acts to be divulged in the coming weeks, said coordinators on Monday (May 23).

The scene is set for a rip-roaring return of Formula One trackside entertainment, as Singapore GP has lined up blockbuster acts Marshmello, Westlife, and Green Day as headliners for the returning Formula One Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix.

In its first declaration of Padang Stage acts, Singapore GP said on Monday (23 May) that the final line-up will incorporate more than 75 performances over the three-day race from 30 September to 2 October.

These performances will be across eight stages in the Marina Bay Street Circuit Park, along with roaming performers as well as an array of displays and activities to engage the race-watching crowds.

On the first race day on 30 September, Grammy-nominated DJ Marshmello will take to the Padang Stage with his infectious brand of electronic music.

Marshmello, referred to for hit songs, for example, Alone (2016), and Friends and Happier (2018), will perform on the first night, Friday, Sept 30.

With his notorious mask, Marshmello – real name Christopher Comstock – is one of the top 40 most streamed artists in the world on Spotify – clocking right around 12 billion streams across the music-streaming service alone – and the third most subscribed artist on YouTube.

He has enjoyed chart-topping singles and collaborations with the likes of Juice WRLD, Halsey, Demi Lovato, Bastille, Kane Brown, Selena Gomez, and Jonas Brothers, and has been included on the cover of the Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30” issue.

On 1 October, one of the most successful boy bands of all time will get back to Singapore to charm the crowd again on their “The Wildest Dreams Tour”.

Irish boyband Westlife last performed in Singapore in 2019. More than 20,000 people turned up at the National Stadium to see the group as a feature of a tour celebrating their 20th year.

Westlife, whose long series of hits incorporate My Love (2000) and If I Let You Go (1999), will perform on Oct 1. Fans can get the four-man group’s The Wild Dreams Tour at the Padang Stage Zone 4 on Oct 1.

Westlife – comprising of vocalists Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nick Byrne – have appreciated getting through progress since forming in 1998, with 14 of their singles and eight of their 12 studio albums reaching No.1 on British charts and over 24 million in sales in the UK.

The prolific chart-toppers whose hits include Swear It Again, Flying Without Wings, If I Let You Go, and My Love, have gotten various honors, including one World Music Award, two Brit Awards, four MTV Awards, and four Record of the Year Awards.

Green Day, the triplet behind songs like Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (2004) and Basket Case (1993), will perform on Oct 2.

Green Day will highlight on the final day, Oct 2. The punk group was scheduled to hold a concert in Singapore in April last year, after having already delayed from its original March 2020 date. In any case, it was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At long last, legendary punk rock band Green Day will rock out on the Padang Stage after the F1 race on 2 October.

Comprised of vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool, Green Day is one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time, with more than 70 million records sold worldwide and more than 10 billion streams.

The five-time Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are broadly credited with popularising and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock, catapulting a career-long run of #1 hit singles including American Idiot, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), and Wake Me Up When September Ends.

More acts will be revealed in the coming weeks to complete the entertainment program for the return of the F1 to the roads of Singapore following a two-year break. The artist line-up is dependent upon future developments.

All tickets to the Singapore Grand Prix will have access to the Padang Stage in Zone 4. Benefactors should guarantee that they have a valid ticket on the relevant day of an actor’s performance.

In the meantime, extra walkabout and single-day grandstand tickets will be available for sale in the coming days.

Zone 4 and Premier Walkabout tickets will go on sale on Tuesday, at 10 am (Singapore time). Tickets in this category are available as single-day options priced from S$98 for a Friday Zone 4 Walkabout ticket, and three-day tickets from S$288.

A limited release of single-day grandstand tickets will be available for sale from Thursday, at 10 am (Singapore time). Costs start from S$98 for a Bay Grandstand (Friday) ticket.

The Grammy-winning band was initially expected to stage a concert in Singapore in March 2020, which was subsequently delayed to April 2021, however, was eventually canceled because of the pandemic.

They last acted in Singapore at a sold-out show at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in 2010.

The F1 concerts at the Padang stage, where the featuring acts perform, have hosted some of Singapore’s largest concerts over the years, with crowds of up to 65,000 individuals.

The Singapore Grand Prix didn’t take place in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic.

The first wave of tickets for the upcoming edition released toward the beginning of April sold out within hours.

All tickets, which begin from $98 for the Friday night walkabout and Bay Grandstand tickets, will have access to the Padang Stage.

All tickets to the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix will approach the Padang Stage in Zone 4.

Coordinators additionally declared that more tickets will be made available, after the initial offering in early April sold out within hours. These will incorporate extra walkabout and single-day grandstand tickets.

Zone 4 and premier walkabout tickets will go on sale at 10 am on Tuesday. These will be available as single-day options, priced from S$98 for a Friday Zone 4 Walkabout ticket and from S$288 for three-day tickets.

All walkabout ticket holders will have access to “strategically located viewing bleachers as well as concerts on the Padang Stage”, coordinators said.

Single-day Grandstand tickets will likewise be available for a limited release from 10 am on Thursday. Costs start at S$98 for a Bay Grandstand ticket.

Extra tickets, for Zone 4 and Premier Walkabout, for the three-day event will be released in the next coming days. Tickets are priced at SGD 98 for single-day access and SGD 288 for three-day access and will go on sale on 24 May at 10 AM SGT through Singapore Grand Prix.

There will likewise be a limited release of single-day grandstand tickets on 26 May at 10 AM SGT using Singapore Grand Prix, priced at SGD 98.

More acts are supposed to be declared soon and the final line-up will incorporate more than 75 performances that will occur across eight stages in the F1 Circuit Park at the Marina Bay.