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Simple Minds and Chaka Khan to headline BBC Radio 2 In The Park
Chaka Khan and Simple Minds will headline the three-day event, with a Friday DJ pre-party and live coverage on Radio 2, BBC Sounds and iPlayer.
- On Tuesday, BBC Radio 2 announced its 2026 festival in Stirling, Scotland, featuring headliners Chaka Khan and Simple Minds at City Park from September 11 to 13.
- Simple Minds, led by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, will perform their only UK show this year, while Chaka Khan, the 'Queen of Funk,' brings her Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winning career to Saturday night.
- Tickets go on sale Wednesday, June 10, at 8:30am, priced from £84 for the weekend, with performers including The Script, Emeli Sandé, ABC, Jack Savoretti, Lulu, Texas, Level 42, and James Blunt.
- A Friday night pre-party featuring presenters Sara Cox and Vernon Kay costs £40, while listeners can catch all the action live on Radio 2, BBC Sounds, and iPlayer throughout the weekend.
- Jeff Smith, Head of Music for Radio 2, described Stirling as an 'incredible setting,' marking the station's return to Scotland for a major live event since BBC Music's Biggest Weekend in May 2018.
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Simple Minds and Chaka Khan to headline BBC Radio 2 In The Park
The two big names have been confirmed for the Stirling music festival
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