The two-day event will take place at Moor Park and feature music from some of the world’s biggest stars
This year's BBC Radio 2 in the Park will take place in Preston. Global superstars will descend on the Lancashire town later this year for two days of live music from some of the world's most-loved pop acts.
The location was revealed this morning on The Zoe Ball Breakfast show this morning . Stand-in presenter Gaby Roslin also revealed that they will be giving away some tickets to the huge event after 8am.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.
For the first time, the festival also featured a Radio 2 DJ stage where some of the broadcaster's favourite presenters and DJs played some of the best music in the world from the last seven decades. Other acts to perform last year included Texas, Bananarama, James Blunt, Busted and Soft Cell. 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.
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