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Noel Gallagher, Billy Ocean and Snow Patrol

Noel Gallagher, Billy Ocean and Snow Patrol join Chris to announce they're playing Â鶹Éç Music's The Biggest Weekend in Perth and Coventry.

Noel Gallagher talks about headlining Â鶹Éç Music's The Biggest Weekend in Perth and rehearsing for his new world tour in a biscuit factory! We check in with soul superstar Billy Ocean as he gets prepared to headline the Coventry leg of Â鶹Éç Music's new mega festival. Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol talks about overcoming his writer's block as he prepares for Coventry's The Biggest Weekend gig and the band's first studio album for seven years! Vassos is joined by Olympic medal winning gymnastics sensation Nile Wilson, we hear your claims to fame in the Robots Top Tenuous and we Pause for Thought with Dave Tomlinson.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Go Your Own Way

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 006.
  • Paloma Faith

    Till I'm Done

    • The Architect.
    • RCA.
  • Huey Lewis and the News

    The Power Of Love

    • Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!.
    • Chrysalis.
  • Original Dodger & Romina Johnson

    Movin' Too Fast

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Naughty Boy

    Should've Been Me (feat. Kyla & Popcaan)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.
  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Simple Minds

    Magic

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Mrs. Robinson

    • Old Friends.
    • Columbia.
  • The Walker Brothers

    Make It Easy On Yourself

    • Best Of Scott Walker & The Walker Bro.
    • Fontana.
  • Joseph J. Jones

    Crawl

    • (CD Single).
    • Communion.
  • Christopher Cross

    Ride Like The Wind

    • Christopher Cross.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Depeche Mode

    Just Can't Get Enough

    • Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.
    • Columbia.
  • Spice Girls

    Wannabe

    • Bad Girls (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Tears for Fears

    Sowing The Seeds Of Love

    • The Best Of Drive Time (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 7.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    International Blue

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    It's A Beautiful World

    • Who Built The Moon?.
    • Sour Mash.
  • Snow Patrol

    Spitting Games

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • Billy Ocean

    When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

    • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
    • Jive.
  • Billy Ocean

    Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)

    • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
    • Jive.
  • Billy Ocean

    Red Light Spells Danger

    • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
    • Jive.
  • Ed Sheeran

    Galway Girl

    • ÷ Divide.
    • Atlantic.
  • Taylor Swift

    Gorgeous

    • reputation.
    • Big Machine.
  • Rudimental

    These Days (feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Guns N’ Roses

    Sweet Child O' Mine

    • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
    • Hits Album.
  • Daniel Bedingfield

    If You're Not The One

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Midge Ure

    Breathe

    • Orchestrated.
    • BMG.
  • Kraftwerk

    The Robots

    • Nick Rhodes & John Taylor Present: Only After Dark.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Tue 30 Jan 2018 06:30

Farewell Chris Evans: The best bits from his last shows at Radio 2

After eight years of hosting the Breakfast Show, Chris Evans leaves Radio 2.

500 Words

Â鶹Éç Radio 2's story-writing competition for kids.