Say You, Not Me

Lionel Richie, who, by my guess, would have been the headline act, has pulled out of the Radio 2 Hyde Park "festival" because of illness.  Tickets, which cost £35.85 online, seem to be available, though pre-booked picnic hampers, at £64.50 are sold out.  There are also VIP packages at £289 per person plus VAT.  I wonder how the finances of this event work. "Heavy rain shower" with a maximum of 18C is the BBC Weather forecast for Sunday for the Hyde Park postcode.

• 1000am Friday update. Gary Barlow steps into the Richie gap.