Category: Radio 2
Date: 16.06.2005
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Chris Evans, Davina McCall and Dermot O'Leary are fronting Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2's extensive Live 8 coverage on 2 July.
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Other live music highlights on the network over the summer months include U2 live from Twickenham - the first full U2 gig broadcast live on radio since 1989 - REM live from Hyde Park and extensive coverage of Guilfest and the Cambridge Folk Festival.
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Lesley Douglas, Controller, Radio 2, says: "What makes our offering unique is the wide variety of music on offer to our listeners - from the stadium acts performing at Live 8, to live folk music from the internationally renowned Cambridge Folk Festival; jazz music performed by some of the world's most respected artists at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Jazz Awards; and rock from legends such as REM and U2.
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"It's good to be able to make these 'hot ticket' events accessible to our listeners."
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Chris Evans, Davina McCall and Dermot O'Leary will be presenting Radio 2's Live 8 coverage from Hyde Park on Saturday 2 July, catching up with the star performers backstage and keeping listeners up-to-date with all the action as it happens.
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Jazz Awards also take place on Saturday 2 July at The Mermaid Theatre, London.
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Presented by Paul Gambaccini, the awards are co-hosted by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 and four of the eight categories are voted for by the public, including Jazz Album of the Year and Jazz Artist of the Year. They can be heard on Radio 2 on Monday 4 July.
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Radio 2 listeners can join one of the biggest rock bands in the world, U2, as they perform live at Twickenham Stadium.
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Radio 2 broadcasts the entire gig live on Saturday 18 June (9.00-10.30pm) - the first full U2 gig broadcast live on radio since 1989.
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Dermot O'Leary introduces the concert and soaks up the atmosphere for radio listeners.
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REM perform their huge Hyde Park gig on Saturday 9 July.
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Radio 2 broadcast the gig live between 9.30 and 10.30pm.
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Paul Weller, Status Quo, Echo and the Bunnymen, Lulu and The Pogues are among the acts performing at this year's Guilfest, which takes place in Guildford over the weekend of 15 to 17 July.
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Dermot O'Leary fronts Radio 2's coverage which will bring the best of the festival to listeners between 2.00 and 4.00pm on Saturday 16 July.
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Janice Long introduces highlights from 9.30 to 10.30pm on Saturday night as well as in her Radio 2 show on Sunday night (Monday morning, midnight-3.00am).
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 Cambridge Folk festival takes place from 28 to 31 July.
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Artists performing this year include Lucinda Williams, Christy Moore, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Martha Wainwright, Idlewild (acoustic), Karine Polwart and Jimmy Webb.
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Radio 2 brings live coverage of the performances. Presenters on site include Mark Radcliffe, Mike Harding and Nick Barraclough.
