The line-up has been announced for BBC Radio 6 Music Festival 2021. The festival, taking place on 26th to 28th March, will feature artists Bicep, Michael Kiwanuka, Laura Marling, Poppy Ajudha, Working Men’s Club, Dry Cleaning, Nubya Garcia, Shame, and Black Country, New Road. The event will also present performances from previous years, including musicians such as Depeche Mode, Foals, James Blake, Róisín Murphy, Underworld and Young Fathers.
For this year’s #6MusicFestival we’re bringing you 9 brand new performances recorded at Alexandra Palace and BBC Radio Theatre alongside some of our favourite archive performances from previous years.
26th-28th March.
Watch on @BBCiPlayer and listen on @BBCSounds. pic.twitter.com/QunY9Ib55e
— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) March 12, 2021
The festival will take place virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will be available on BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer, with select performances being aired on 6 Music. The new performances were filmed at Alexandra Palace and the BBC Radio Theatre in BBC Broadcasting House, adhering to social distancing guidelines.
Kiwanuka said about the upcoming festival: “It feels great to be playing the 6 Music Festival this year, especially because I missed last year – I was so sad and gutted not to perform. This year is a special year because there are very few opportunities to get to play live, with the situation we’re in in the world. So it’s great to be able to express myself the way I know how and with the 6 Music family. It means a lot.”
Head of BBC Radio 6 Music Samantha Moy added: “With venues closed across the UK, we are determined to celebrate live music, as we know 6 Music listeners are missing gigs as much as we are. So we’ve raided the 6 Music Festival archives and moved heaven and earth to record some new performances, to ensure that the festival will go on!”
There will also be a special programme aired on BBC 4 on Friday 26th March at 11pm, airing clips from the headline performances of Kiwanuka, Marling and Bicep. The show will also feature an interview of Kiwanuka from Radio 6 presenter and singer Cerys Matthews.
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