{"id":546001,"date":"2026-04-23T07:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546001\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:05:08","slug":"bbc-radio-2s-gary-davies-to-come-to-the-o2-academy-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546001\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Radio 2&#8217;s Gary Davies to come to the O2 Academy in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  BBC Radio 2&#8217;s Gary Davies will come to Bournemouth&#8217;s O2 Academy on Friday, June 19, with a high-energy 80s party as part of his biggest UK tour to date.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The party promises non-stop hits from the iconic decade with classics to dance to from stars such as Wham, Erasure, ABBA, Madonna, Queen and many more.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Legendary 80s DJ and host of BBC Radio 2\u2019s Sounds of the 80s show &#8211; Gary Davies will come to the O2 Academy in Bournemouth on June 19. (Image: M P Promotions)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  80s dress up is actively encouraged, so be ready to re-live the golden age of pop culture in true style.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Adding to the nostalgia will be dancers, confetti showers, lights, lasers and mirror balls.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  For those wishing to be part of this throwback night, tickets are available to purchase in advance online.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  So get your shoulder pads on and your Frankie T-shirts out of the wardrobe for what promises to be a memorable night of 80s fun.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  For a full list of Gary Davies&#8217; tour dates, more information, or to book tickets, visit the Gary Davies Disco for Grown Ups page on the Eventbrite website.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Did you know you can make the Bournemouth Echo your preferred source of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole news in Google?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This means more breaking news and the latest must-read stories from your area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bournemouthecho.co.uk\/news\/26003805.local-newsquest-title-preferred-source\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Here\u2019s what it means for you and how you can do it<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC Radio 2&#8217;s Gary Davies will come to Bournemouth&#8217;s O2 Academy on Friday, June 19, with a high-energy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-546001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}