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Pet Shop Boys, Sting to headline BBC Radio 2 in the Park

Connor Gotto by Connor Gotto
June 3, 2024
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Pet Shop Boys and Sting will headline BBC Radio 2 in the Park in Preston this September.

The weekend festival is heading to the north west for three days of music and performances from Sugababes, Manic Street Preachers, Kim Wilde, Craig David, Shed Seven, Delta Goodrem, Sister Sledge and more.

Opening with a Friday night ‘pre-party’ featuring DJ sets from Radio 2 presenters like Sara Cox and Vernon Kay, the event takes place in Preston’s Moor Park from 6-8 September.

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Tickets go on sale from 8.15am BST on June 4 and are available here. The full line-up is below.

Saturday

Sting
Sugababes
Snow Patrol
Craig David
Kim Wilde
Pixie Lott
Shaznay Lewis
Travis

Sunday

Pet Shop Boys
Manic Street Preachers
Sister Sledge feat Kathy Sledge
Paul Heaton
Gabrielle
Shed Seven
Delta Goodrem
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Speaking about their set, Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant – who headlined the event five years ago at London’s Hyde Park – says: “That was a great night! I think it’s good, though, that we’re going up north.”

Alongside performances of their biggest hits like Rent, It’s A Sin and Always On My Mind, he teases: “There’s a possibility we might have a special guest… [but] they haven’t agreed to it yet”.

Meanwhile Sting, who will perform with his new trio, Sting 3.0, playing stripped-down and reworked versions of his biggest hits, adds: “I want to give a full picture of my entire career, so of course I will sing Roxanne, of course I will sing Message In A Bottle, and Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, but there will be some deep cuts too.

“I’ve never been to Preston in my life so I’m really looking forward to it, I really am!”

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Connor Gotto

Connor Gotto

Founder and editor of RETROPOP. Self-proclaimed pop aficionado. Usually seen with a wine in hand.

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