Legendary British rock icon Rod Stewart has announced that he will be performing at the BBC Music Awards (via the Evening Standard). The Grammy Living Legend played at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park earlier this year and got a crowd of 50,000 roaring in the popular festival in the middle of London. Now he is set to rock 11,000 fans in Birmingham on Thursday 10th December.
In a statement with the Evening Standard he said:
“I’m really looking forward to performing at the BBC Music Awards. Birmingham is a terrific city and what a perfect way to round off the year with my loyal UK fans!”
2015 has been a standout year for the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee who at the age 70, reunited with his Faces bandmates for a one-off charity show, was sampled by rising rapper A$AP Rocky and released his 29th studio album “Another Country”.
Joining him on the line-up is the “Hold Back The River” Hitmaker James Bay who recently has been riding on the success of his number one debut LP ‘Chaos and the Calm’ and his performance at Glastonbury. Bay announced the exciting news via a selfie on Twitter showing how excited he was to be performing at the iconic music award show which was captioned: “Also so excited to announce that I’m going to be performing at the #BBCMusicAwards in December!!”
Also so excited to announce that I’m going to be performing at the #BBCMusicAwards in December!! pic.twitter.com/MR7lDS1Pa3
— James Bay (@JamesBayMusic) November 17, 2015
The award show will be hosted by Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton and will take place from 4-6pm on Thursday 10th December. It will be broadcast the same evening on BBC One, Radio 1, Radio 2 and bbc.o.uk/music. You will be able to see coverage of the Red Carpet arrivals, back stage gossip and exclusive interviews/sessions.
Five awards will be featured at the BBC Music Awards (supported by Birmingham City Council), this includes: British Artist of the Year alongside International Artist of the Year decided by the BBC Music panel, Song of the Year voted for by the public and a special award for a BBC Introducing artist. The award show has revealed a new award this year – BBC Live Performance of the Year – which will be awarded to the artist or band who has delivered the most iconic BBC Music live moment of 2015 which is also voted on by the BBC Music panel.
Another act that has been recently announced are The Shires, who’s album “Brave” made chart history as it became one the only UK Country acts to ever make the Top 10 meaning that they were named as one of the musics biggest successes this year. These three acts will join the likes of Ellie Goulding, Hozier, Little Mix, Jess Glynne, OMI, Mumford & Sons and popular boy band One Direction, plus BBC Introducing Artist of the Year, Jack Garratt. 2015’s amazing music success will be celebrated by performances from this stellar line up alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra to finish off the year with a bang.
Tickets are now on sale, and are priced from £39 to £53 (plus booking fee). Visit bbc.co.uk/musicawards for full details.
