Radio 2's Piano Room Month returns for 2024 as Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and pianist Bruce Hornsby performs live at the BBC's Maida Vale studios with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Still best known ...

Chris Martin had only heard the Proclaimers single “Sunshine on Leith” for the first time three days before Coldplay performed a cover of the 1988 record for BBC’s Radio 2 Piano Room. But the frontman ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Radio 2 Piano Room month sees an abundance of world famous, award-winning artists ...

Radio 2’s listening figures have stabilised after a sharp drop earlier in the year that coincided with the relaunch of its ...

Back in 2009, Franz Ferdinand covered Britney Spears’ chart-topping hit “Womanizer” for BBC Radio 1. Sixteen years later, the Scottish rockers have another spears cover on deck for a different BBC ...

Trailblazer and icon Chrissie Hynde performs her Pretenders classic ‘I’ll Stand By You’, a duet with Rufus Wainwright of ‘Always On My Mind’, and a cover of Frank Sinatra’s ‘I’m A Fool To Want You’, ...

Chrissie Hynde kicks off a run of autumn performances of The Radio 2 Piano Room, performing a classic, a new track and a very special cover with with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Show more Chrissie ...

Live performances from much-loved music stars, alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra, at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios. Plus classic sets from the archive. What a Week 2025 – Week 1. Coldplay, Kim Wilde, ...

Vernon Kay has admitted that replacing Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2 is “like replacing Alex Ferguson” at Manchester United. The TV presenter is gearing up for his first weekday morning show on Monday ...