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BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms
 The BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms (formerly the BBC Electric Proms) was an October pop music festival in London run by the BBC for five years, 2006–2010. On 31 January 2011, the BBC announced that the event would be discontinued with immediate effect due to financial cutbacks.[1] The name was taken from The Proms, a classical music festival running since 1895, and borrowed a few traditions from its counterpart such as the final night culminating in an interpretation of "Land of Hope and Glory". The musical performances at the festival typically involved indie rock bands incorporating instruments outside of their usual arrangement, most commonly in the form of collaborations with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Primarily the festival's headline acts played at The Roundhouse in Camden but events, which included a programme of film, were not limited to this venue. For example, acoustic events took place at Cecil Sharp House. In 2008 in acknowledgement of its status as European Capital of Culture, events were staged in both Liverpool and London. In Australia, this program started airing on ABC2 from 1 May 2009 with episodes in a scattered order.[2] 2010 line-upThe 2010 event (rebranded as the BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms) took place solely in The Roundhouse and ran from Thursday 28 October to Saturday 30 October. The entire event catered to the Radio 2 audience, whereas previously the Electric Proms events featured the involvement of all four of the BBC's national popular music stations. There were three acts, which were announced by Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2. 28 OctoberElton John (collaborators – Leon Russell, Plan B, Rumer[3]) 29 OctoberRobert Plant (collaborators – Band of Joy, London Oriana Choir) 30 OctoberNeil Diamond with Lulu and Amy MacDonald 2009 line-upThe 2009 event took place solely in The Roundhouse and ran from Tuesday 20 October to Saturday 24 October. 20 OctoberRobbie Williams (Musical Director – Trevor Horn) 21 OctoberDizzee Rascal with The Young Punx and the Heritage Orchestra. (Musical Director – Hal Ritson) BBC Radio 1Xtra After Party (Studio Theatre) 22 OctoberLondon:Doves with the London Bulgarian Choir and arrangements by Avshalom Caspi; Magazine Manchester: Florence + the Machine; Metronomy 23 OctoberShirley Bassey with the BBC Concert Orchestra; Richard Hawley 24 OctoberRoundhouse: Smokey Robinson and his band with the BBC Concert Orchestra 2008 line-up22 OctoberLondon: Burt Bacharach with the BBC Concert Orchestra; XX Teens; Wild Beasts; Africa Express; Goldfrapp Liverpool: Tony Christie 23 OctoberLondon: The Streets; Santogold; Keane; Maddy Prior Liverpool: BBC Merseyside Peel Night – Milanese; Rolo Tomassi; 2 Hot 2 Sweat 24 OctoberLondon: Nitin Sawhney and the London Undersound Orchestra Liverpool: The Last Shadow Puppets; Stephen Fretwell; BBC Merseyside event with Steve Lamacq 25 OctoberLondon: Saturday Night Fever curated by Robin Gibb, with special guests Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Sam Sparro, Sharleen Spiteri, Gabriella Cilmi and Bryn Christopher; Justice, Coldcut via The Radiophonic Workshop; Red Light Company; Fox Cubs; Micachu Liverpool: Razorlight; Kitty Daisy and Lewis; Thomas Tantrum; Esser 26 OctoberLondon: Oasis with the Crouch End Festival Chorus; Glasvegas; Lowkey; BBC Introducing – Pete and the Pirates; General Fiasco; Pull in Emergency; Chew Lips Liverpool: Wave Machines; The Maybes?; Candie and Howard; Elliott Payne 2007 line-up24 OctoberMark Ronson and the BBC Concert Orchestra (with guests Daniel Merriweather, Charlie Waller, Candie Payne, Wale, Ricky Wilson, Sean Lennon and others);[4] The Coral; Editors; Blanche; Charlie Louvin; Sigur Rós; Siouxsie Sioux; Agaskodo Teliverek; Daft Punk's Electroma; The Beatles' Help!; Radio Luxembourg 25 OctoberPaul McCartney; Soil & "Pimp" Sessions with Jamie Cullum; Hadouken!; The Enemy; The Chemical Brothers; Justice; Tribute to Lal Waterson 26 OctoberKaiser Chiefs via David Arnold;[5][6] Reverend and The Makers; New Cassettes; Cold War Kids; The Metros; Daler Mehndi and The Wolfmen; Bishi; Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford, Ellery Eskelin and Simon H Fell 27 OctoberBloc Party in The Roundhouse Main Space; Kano Presents London Town; Ghetto; Maps 28 OctoberRay Davies and Friends; Duke Special; Ben Westbeech; Estelle; The Flaming Lips; Sam Isaac 2006 line-upPaul Weller with Amy Winehouse and others; Guillemots; Kasabian; The Magic Numbers; Jamiroquai; The Young Knives; Klaxons; The Good, the Bad & the Queen; James Brown with the Sugababes, Max Beesley and the London Community Gospel Choir; Jamie T; The Raconteurs; The Horrors; The View; The Zutons; Jet; The Who; Spencer McGarry Season; Friends of the Bride; Genod Droog. Vashti Bunyan. Donovan both on the same set. See alsoReferences
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