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David Bowie is to be honoured with a huge tribute concert featuring some of the UK's biggest stars this summer. The show comes ten years after the star's death

David Bowie is set to be honoured with a spectacular tribute concert this summer to mark the 10th anniversary of his death, the Mirror can reveal. The gig at London’s O2 – featuring a host of top stars – will be shown live on the BBC and across the world.

A production company is currently booking acts for the July extravaganza, which are said to include the “world’s greatest young artists”. None are confirmed as yet but a host of big names have said previously how Bowie influenced their careers including Harry Styles, Yungblud and Lorde.

The acts will be backed by an all-star band as well as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. A source said: “Organisers want the event to be seen as a thank you to David Bowie and a celebration of his continued influence among today’s artists.” All proceeds from the gig will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust and the music therapy charity, Nordoff and Robbins.

Insiders say the BBC are fully behind the show in the absence of Glastonbury which is on a fallow year. A source said: “They see this as the jewel in the crown of their summer music plans in a year without Glastonbury. They are throwing everything at it.” Bowie has yet to have a tribute concert of this size in the UK. The Starman singer died in January 2016 after an 18-month battle with liver cancer aged 69.

The largest tribute concert to date was in New York’s Carnegie Hall four months after he died, which saw acts performing include Debbie Harry, Cyndi Lauper and former REM singer Michael Stipe.

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UK stars have lined up to praise Bowie in the past. Styles has often spoken about the singer, saying how he can “do no wrong”, while Yungblud has said: “David Bowie taught me that it was OK to be different.” Meanwhile, Lady Gaga, described Bowie as “one of my heroes”.

Last year Bowie’s entire archive was given to the nation as part of a V&A exhibition. And the Mirror told earlier this year how his childhood home in Bromley was acquired by the Heritage of London Trust. Working with the V&A, it plans to restore the railway workers’ cottage to its 1960s appearance.