{"id":725109,"date":"2026-06-09T12:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/725109\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:22:12","slug":"radio-2-in-the-park-headline-acts-announced-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/725109\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio 2 in the Park headline acts announced \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chaka Khan and Simple Minds will headline Radio 2 in the Park 2026 in Stirling across the weekend of 11th to 13th September.<\/p>\n

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The line-up for the event was announced by BBC Radio 2 earlier this morning.<\/p>\n

A Friday night DJ Pre Party will open the event, with sets from Sara Cox, DJ Spoony, Gary Davies, Michelle Visage and Rylan.<\/p>\n

Listeners and viewers can follow the event live across Radio 2, BBC Sounds and iPlayer throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n

Chaka Khan said: \u201cStirling is such a magical place. I just love the charm and spirit of the \u2018Gateway to the Highlands\u2019. Can\u2019t wait to share the songs, the love, and make some beautiful memories together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jim Kerr said: \u201cWell we are delighted, we\u2019re really delighted. The fact that it\u2019s gonna be in Stirling which is not so far from our neck of the woods, and the fact that you know, Simple Minds in Scotland inevitably is always a bit special, so all of that combined with the fact that it\u2019ll be Simple Minds\u2019 first and only gig in the UK this year\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeff Smith, Head of Music for Radio 2, said: \u201cIt\u2019s a real privilege to bring some of the world\u2019s biggest artists, including many of Scotland\u2019s greatest, to the historic city of Stirling for this year\u2019s Radio 2 in the Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe range of musical genres represented is a testament to the breadth and diversity of music played on Radio 2 \u2013 there is truly something for everybody!\u201d<\/p>\n

The line-up is:<\/p>\n

Saturday 12th\u00a0September\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chaka Khan\u00a0
\nThe Script\u00a0
\nEmeli Sand\u00e9\u00a0
\nABC\u00a0
\nJack Savoretti\u00a0
\nLulu\u00a0
\nTexas\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sunday 13th September<\/p>\n

Simple Minds
\nLevel 42\u00a0
\nJames Blunt
\nBlue\u00a0
\nCast\u00a0
\nAppleton\u00a0
\nDeacon Blue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chaka Khan and Simple Minds will headline Radio 2 in the Park 2026 in Stirling across the weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-725109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}