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Will Young joins stellar line-up at BBC Proms In The Park
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Saturday 8 September 2007, Hyde Park, London
Pop sensation Will Young is to join this year's BBC Proms In The Park – the annual musical extravaganza held in London's Hyde Park that allows music lovers to enjoy the magic and majesty of the much-loved Last Night of The Proms.
The event, which has a capacity of 40,000 music lovers, is sponsored by NS&I.
Young – whose glittering career has earned him two Brit Awards, four No.1 singles and two No.1 albums – performs at the concert on Saturday 8 September.
He joins a diverse and star-studded line-up that already includes legendary soprano Lesley Garrett, who has just completed a run in the critically-acclaimed The Sound of Music, and last year's BBC Young Musician of the Year, the Liverpudlian clarinettist Mark Simpson.
The event also sees performances from acclaimed Peruvian tenor sensation Juan Diego Flórez and the BBC Concert Orchestra under the baton of Carl Davis.
It will culminate in a live video link-up with the Royal Albert Hall and a nationwide sing-along to traditional favourites including Jerusalem, Rule Britannia! with the help of the Royal Choral Society.
Tony Hadley, former frontman of top Eighties pop band Spandau Ballet, has also been added to the line-up for the afternoon's warm-up events, to be presented by CBBC favourites Dick & Dom.
Also appearing on stage to help prepare the audience for the main broadcast show will be live–wire X-Factor finalist Chico, acclaimed T-Rex tribute band T-Rextasy and classical duo RyanDan.
Now an integral part of the UK's musical calendar, Proms In The Park will be hosted, for the 12th year, by Sir Terry Wogan, and takes places in five locations across all four nations of the United Kingdom – Glasgow, Carrickfergus Castle, Middlesbrough, Swansea and London.
Listings information
BBC Proms In The Park, Hyde Park, London
BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Carl Davis
Hosted by Sir Terry Wogan
Line up: Will Young, Lesley Garrett, Juan Diego Flórez and Mark Simpson
Pre-broadcast entertainment hosted by Dick & Dom
Line up: Tony Hadley, Chico, T-Rextasy, RyanDan
Gates open 4pm; entertainment on stage from 5.30pm. Tickets: £23 (under-3s free) Telephone booking: 0870 899 8100 (24 hours national rate, £2.50 transaction fee applicable) and from the Royal Albert Hall on 020 7589 8212 (9am-9pm, £2.50 transaction fee applicable) or online at bbc.co.uk/proms.
Broadcast information
Televised highlights of all five Proms In The Park events will be shown as part of BBC One and BBC Two's live coverage of the Last Night of The Proms.
Digital TV viewers can press the red button to access an interactive TV service for the Last Night of The Proms on BBC One and BBC Two.
Local BBC Radio networks will broadcast events in Middlesbrough, Swansea, Belfast and Glasgow.
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