Olivia Rodrigo opened BST Hyde Park 2025 with a 19-song set for 65,000 people, and Ed Sheeran joined her for “The A Team”.
Olivia Rodrigo, the American singer behind “Drivers License”, opened the 2025 series of BST Hyde Park on Friday 27 June 2025. The festival billed the night as her biggest UK show to date.
Rodrigo was born in Murrieta, California, in 2003 and began her career as a child actress. She became known through the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark and the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
She signed with Geffen Records in 2020. Her debut album, Sour, came out the following year and topped the Billboard 200. Guts followed in 2023, led by the number-one single “Vampire”.
It was her first time at BST, and 65,000 people watched a 19-song set. Ed Sheeran joined her on stage for a guitar duet of his 2011 song “The A Team”.
The Last Dinner Party and girl in red played earlier in the day, with newer names Aziya and Ruti further down the bill.