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| BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms | |
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| Genre | Pop music |
| Dates | October |
| Years active | 2006–2010 |
| Website | www |
TheBBC Radio 2 Electric Proms (formerly theBBC Electric Proms) was an October pop music festival in London run by theBBC for five years, 2006–2010. On 31 January 2011, the BBC announced that the event would be discontinued with immediate effect due to financial cutbacks.[1]
The name was taken fromThe Proms, a classical music festival running since 1895, and borrowed a few traditions from its counterpart such as the final night culminating in an interpretation of"Land of Hope and Glory". The musical performances at the festival typically involvedindie rock bands incorporating instruments outside of their usual arrangement, most commonly in the form of collaborations with theBBC Concert Orchestra.
Primarily the festival's headline acts played atThe Roundhouse inCamden but events, which included a programme of film, were not limited to this venue. For example, acoustic events took place atCecil Sharp House. In 2008 in acknowledgement of its status asEuropean Capital of Culture, events were staged in bothLiverpool and London.
In Australia, this program started airing onABC2 from 1 May 2009 with episodes in a scattered order.[2]
The 2010 event (rebranded as the BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms) took place solely inThe Roundhouse and ran from Thursday 28 October to Saturday 30 October. The entire event catered to the Radio 2 audience, whereas previously the Electric Proms events featured the involvement of all four of the BBC's national popular music stations.
There were three acts, which were announced byChris Evans on BBC Radio 2.
Elton John (collaborators –Leon Russell,Plan B,Rumer[3])
Robert Plant (collaborators –Band of Joy,London Oriana Choir)
Neil Diamond withLulu andAmy MacDonald
The 2009 event took place solely inThe Roundhouse and ran from Tuesday 20 October to Saturday 24 October.
Robbie Williams (Musical Director –Trevor Horn)
Dizzee Rascal withThe Young Punx and theHeritage Orchestra. (Musical Director –Hal Ritson)
BBC Radio 1Xtra After Party (Studio Theatre)
London:Doves with theLondon Bulgarian Choir and arrangements by Avshalom Caspi;Magazine
Manchester:Florence + the Machine;Metronomy
Shirley Bassey with theBBC Concert Orchestra;Richard Hawley
Roundhouse:Smokey Robinson and his band with theBBC Concert Orchestra
London:Burt Bacharach with theBBC Concert Orchestra;XX Teens;Wild Beasts;Africa Express;Goldfrapp
Liverpool:Tony Christie
London:The Streets;Santogold;Keane;Maddy Prior
Liverpool: BBC MerseysidePeel Night – Milanese;Rolo Tomassi;2 Hot 2 Sweat
London:Nitin Sawhney and theLondon Undersound Orchestra
Liverpool:The Last Shadow Puppets;Stephen Fretwell; BBC Merseyside event withSteve Lamacq
London:Saturday Night Fever curated byRobin Gibb, with special guestsRonan Keating,Stephen Gately,Sam Sparro,Sharleen Spiteri,Gabriella Cilmi andBryn Christopher;Justice,Coldcut viaThe Radiophonic Workshop;Red Light Company;Fox Cubs;Micachu
Liverpool:Razorlight;Kitty Daisy and Lewis;Thomas Tantrum;Esser
London:Oasis with theCrouch End Festival Chorus;Glasvegas;Lowkey; BBC Introducing –Pete and the Pirates;General Fiasco;Pull in Emergency;Chew Lips
Liverpool:Wave Machines;The Maybes?;Candie and Howard;Elliott Payne
Mark Ronson and theBBC Concert Orchestra (with guestsDaniel Merriweather,Charlie Waller,Candie Payne,Wale,Ricky Wilson (substituting forLily Allen),Sean Lennon and others);[4]The Coral;Editors;Blanche;Charlie Louvin;Sigur Rós;Siouxsie Sioux;Agaskodo Teliverek;Daft Punk's Electroma;The Beatles' Help!;Radio Luxembourg
Paul McCartney;Soil & "Pimp" Sessions withJamie Cullum;Hadouken!;The Enemy;The Chemical Brothers;Justice; Tribute toLal Waterson
Kaiser Chiefs viaDavid Arnold;[5][6]Reverend and The Makers;New Cassettes;Cold War Kids;The Metros;Daler Mehndi and The Wolfmen;Bishi;Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford, Ellery Eskelin and Simon H Fell
Bloc Party in The Roundhouse Main Space;Kano PresentsLondon Town;Ghetto; Maps
Ray Davies and Friends;Duke Special;Ben Westbeech;Estelle;The Flaming Lips;Sam Isaac
Paul Weller withAmy Winehouse and others;Guillemots;Kasabian;The Magic Numbers;Jamiroquai;The Young Knives;Klaxons;The Good, the Bad & the Queen;James Brown with theSugababes,Max Beesley and theLondon Community Gospel Choir;Jamie T;The Raconteurs;The Horrors;The View;The Zutons;Jet;The Who;Spencer McGarry Season; Friends of the Bride; Genod Droog.Vashti Bunyan.Donovan both on the same set.
