PI Week 24 June 8 - June 14 2013 BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio join forces to broadcast live from dawn to midnight at Music City! Day in Derry~Londonderry Programme Information New this week Music City! Day on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle Page 3 BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle join forces to broadcast live from dawn to midnight at Music City! Day in Derry~Londonderry Highlights programme looks back at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend Page 6 David ‘Rigsy’ O’Reilly and Phil Taggart look back on all the highlights of BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend Those Were The Days - North West Page 8 2 Music City! Day on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle join forces to broadcast live from dawn to midnight at Music City! Day in Derry~Londonderry Music City Day! live across BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle, Friday, June 21, from dawn until midnight BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle join forces to broadcast live from dawn to midnight at Music City! Day on Friday, June 21. Music City! will see Derry~Londonderry become one giant performance space with hundreds of free musical performances across the streets, squares, neighbourhoods, venues, churches, offices and workplaces. Among the highlights planned by BBC Ra- dio Ulster/Foyle for this special day include Sean Coyle’s Shopping Dance, Hugo Dun- can live from Guildhall Square and Stephen McCauley’s Electric Mainline live from The Glassworks. Further information on guests lined up for events will be issued closer to the time. Tickets to both Sean Coyle’s Shopping Dance from 10.30am-12noon in the Guild- hall and Stephen McCauley’s Electric Main- line Live in the Glassworks from 9pm-11pm are complimentary and will be allocated on the basis of a random draw. You can apply for tickets from 0900 on Fri- day, May 31 until 1200 noon on Wednesday, June 12. No applications will be accepted after this closing date. A maximum of two tickets will be allocated per household address. No late Hugo Duncan brings his popular radio programme live from Guildhall Square from 1.30-3pm on Music applications will be accepted and duplicate City! Day applications will not be considered. 3 You can apply for tickets online at: bbc.co.uk/tickets. Sean Coyle and his usual team of Janet, Emma and The Undertone will be in the Guildhall, dispensing tea, biscuits and gos- sip to the guests of Sean’s Shopping Dance. The lucky ticket holders will be able to put down their shopping bags, take a rest from a busy Friday in the City of Culture and remember the great dances of the past. They’ll be telling Sean the stories from dances of their youth while taking to the floor to the accompaniment of a specially chosen play list. Stephen McCauley will be showcasing some of the hottest new music talent in an inti- mate gig at the Glassworks with the prom- ise of some cool surprises. Stephen McCauley presents Electric Mainline live Sean Coyle’s Shopping Dance will be held at the from The Glassworks from 9-11pm on Music City! Guildhall from 10.30-12noon on Music City! Day Stephen said: “Electric Mainline Live will be Day an intimate and impassioned celebration of Rounding off the day will be Michael Bra- From country to classical, and traditional alternative music, in a special setting in this dley and Marie-Louise Muir with a Jazz to jazz, it’s all there, underlining the BBC’s special year, on this most musical of days. Wrap Up, live from the City Hotel from commitment to the UK City of Culture cel- In the up-close-and-personal Glassworks 11-11.55pm. ebrations. The longest day of the year just venue, our floor show will include live per- won’t be long enough!” formances from some of Electric Mainline’s BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle presenters will most beloved acts. It will be an unforget- also be reporting live from some of the BBC Northern Ireland is at the heart of table night!” many events organised through the City Derry-Londonderry’s City of Culture cel- of Culture throughout the day. BBC Radio ebrations providing audiences with com- Why not join Hugo Duncan and the team Ulster’s Good Morning Ulster joins up with prehensive coverage of the year’s events live in Guildhall Square from 1.30-3pm with Foyle Breakfast to report from the Sky Or- combined with a range of original program- special guests. Marie-Louise Muir presents chestra – five musical hot air balloons fly- ming. With a line-up including documen- Arts Extra from the City Hotel from ing over the city, while Talkback will include taries, coverage of live events and a focus 6.30-7pm and Lynette Fay brings listeners a a live massed performance of Danny Boy on the high profile cultural celebrations, specially extended edition of Blas, with the from Guildhall Square at 12.30pm. BBC Northern Ireland gives people around best action from the Fleadh stage at Guild- Northern Ireland and across the wider UK hall Square from 7-9pm. Richard Yarr, BBC Co-ordinator, UK City the opportunity to experience, participate of Culture Derry~Londonderry 2013, said: and share in what this momentous year has Hugo Duncan said: “I am so looking forward “Music City promises to be a stand-out to offer. Audiences can find out more at the to going back up to the Guildhall Square on day for Radio Ulster and Foyle. We pride website: bbc.co.uk/cityofculture Music City day. We have some great guests ourselves on our rich music output and, lined up to join us on stage, so if you are with an unprecedented number of outside out and about sure come along and see us broadcasts back to back, listeners will be in for a bit of craic and some brilliant music!” for a diverse range of treats across the day. 4 BBC Radio Ulster (RU)/Foyle (RF) schedule for Music City! Day - Friday, June 21 4.45-5.00 RU/RF: Mark Patterson introduces Radio Ulster/Foyle’s day-long music celebration with a Dawn Chorus from the fort of Grianan of Aileach, performed by The Gateway Singers 5.00-6.30 RU/RF: Kerry McClean sets us up for an extra special day on BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle with a special disc show marking Derry~Londonderry’s Music City Day. 06.30 – 09.00 RU/RF: GMU/Foyle Breakfast broadcasting together including a live report capturing the Sky Orchestra – five musical hot air balloons flying over the city and a repeat of the Dawn Chorus. 10.00 – 10.30 Radio Foyle only: Eve Blair presents a special music-filled edition of Pure Culture live from the BBC Studios at Ebrington. 10.30 – 12.00 RU/RF: Sean Coyle treats listeners to a unique Shopping Dance, live from the newly refurbished Guildhall. 12.00 – 13.30 RU/RF: Talkback will include a live massed performance of Danny Boy from Guildhall Square at 12.30pm 1.30-3.00 RU/RF: Hugo Duncan comes live from Guildhall Square 3.00-5.00 RU/RF: Mark Patterson takes a musical walking tour of the city, dropping into shops and music venues, and chatting to buskers entertaining punters around the walls. 6.30-7.00 RU/RF: Arts Extra Outside Broadcast from the City Hotel Presented by Marie-Louise Muir 7.00 – 9.00 RU/RF: Lynette Fay comes live from Music City’s Fleadh Stage in Derry’s Guildhall Square for this special extended edition of Blas. With special guests. 9.00-11.00 RU/RF: Stephen McCauley presents an Electric Mainline Special, Live concert from The Glassworks. 11.00-11.55 RU/RF: Michael Bradley and Marie-Louise Muir bring our Music City! events to a close with a special Jazz Wrap-Up live the City Hotel, with music by Linley Hamilton and special guests. 5 Highlights programme looks back at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend David ‘Rigsy’ O’Reilly and Phil Taggart look back on all the highlights of BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, BBC Two Northern Ireland, Sunday, June 2, 10pm Olly Murs wows the crowd at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Derry~Londonderry It is access all areas this Sun- David and Phil will be taking viewers back- over the three days including; The Script, day night (June 2) on BBC Two stage at the UK’s biggest free ticketed mu- Olly Murs, Bruno Mars, Calvin Harris, Two sic event with exclusive interviews with the Northern Ireland as David ‘Rigsy’ Door Cinema Club, Robbie Williams and stars that rocked the city over three unfor- Dizzee Rascal and much much more. O’Reilly and Radio 1’s Phil Taggart gettable days featuring some of the biggest look back on all the highlights of artists and top DJs. Viewers will also get a backstage tour BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend that The one-hour highlights programme, BBC and go behind the scenes to see what it was held last weekend in London- Radio 1’s Big Weekend, starting at 10.00pm takes to put on such a huge event as well derry. will bring viewers the top performances as hearing what the fans who were attend- 6 The Script perform on stage during BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend Bruno Mars on stage during BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend ing thought of Radio 1’s Big Weekend at the music industry and attend inspirational Viewers can also visit www.bbc.co.uk/ Ebrington Square.