The new location for this year's BBC Radio 2 in the Park has been revealed and it's not far from Liverpool.
The 2024 festival will take place in Preston which is around an hours drive from Merseyside. Global superstars are expected arrive at the Lancashire town for two days of live music from Saturday 7 and Sunday, September 8.
While the line-up has not yet been revealed, the two-day festival will take place at Preston's Moor Park later this year, the MEN reveals. The new "mystery" location was revealed this morning on The Zoe Ball Breakfast show on Wednesday, April 24.
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BBC Radio 2's Traffic and travel reporter, Richie Anderson, was live in the park from 6.30am this morning while listeners to the show tried to guess where in the UK he was.
Kylie Minogue, performed her first live UK concert performance for four years at the festival in Leicester last year. With Tears for Fears headlining the Saturday evening with their only UK festival appearance of 2023. Other acts to perform last year included Texas, Bananarama, James Blunt, Busted and Soft Cell.
Speaking about this year's event being held in Lancashire, Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, said: "I'm delighted that this year’s Radio 2 in the Park will take place in Preston. Following last year's epic extravaganza in Leicester, we can't wait to head north with our fantastic family of Radio 2 presenters, as well as some of the most loved music artists on the planet, to party with the good people of Lancashire!"
Adrian Phillips, chief executive at Preston City Council said: "We are absolutely delighted to welcome the BBC to Preston with Radio 2’s flagship live music event, Radio 2 In the Park. As this year’s host city, we’re really excited to be staging two jam-packed days, full of incredible live performances from some of the music world’s biggest stars.
"This is a brilliant coup for Preston and will be a huge boost for the city. We can’t wait to hear who the line-up is for this year and to welcome thousands of Radio 2 listeners to proud Preston!"
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