BBC Radio 2 is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band The Beatles releasing their 'Abbey Road' album with a pop-up DAB station. Radio 2 Beatles will run for four days next month broadcasting live and direct from, yeah, you guessed it, Abbey Road Studios.
How will they ever fill four days with nothing but stuff relating to the band The Beatles though? Well, by finding some famous fans of the band The Beatles to present a show.
And it turns out there's plenty of them. Gary Barlow will interview Paul McCartney about his memories of being in the band The Beatles. Dave Grohl, Jack Savoretti and Tom Odell will discuss how the band The Beatles influenced them. And the likes of Guy Garvey, Cerys Matthews, Katie Melua and Level 42's Mark King will perform songs by the band The Beatles with the BBC Concert Orchestra.
There will also be special editions of existing Radio 2 shows focussed entirely on the band The Beatles. Plus Lauren Laverne will present a show called 'Desert Island Beatles', rounding up all the times guests on Radio 4's 'Desert Island Discs' have chosen songs by the band The Beatles. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Basically, it's as much as I could be bothered to list. But rest assured, there'll be plenty more nonsense related to the band The Beatles airing over those four days.
Posted on: 29/08/2019Categories: News from CMU Online
