Alison Howe

Sophie Ellis-Bextor's New Year's Eve Disco

Get ready to boogie into the new year with Sophie Ellis-Bextor as she leads BBC One’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. Expect an unforgettable night of classic dance floor hits, with anthems from across the decades, dazzling performances and some very special guests to keep the party going into the wee small hours.

Coldplay - Live at Glastonbury

Coldplay were the Saturday night headliner at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival. The band is no stranger to the Pyramid Stage top spot. In 2002, they headlined for the first time, with just one album under their belt. Fast-forward 22 years, they’re nine albums deep, and it’s the fifth time these Worthy Farm favourites have topped the bill, making them the only act to have ever reached this milestone. They are a band who are continually pushing their live show to new levels, so expect a visual spectacle and to be singing at the top of your voice to a set list full of bangers!

Rick Astley Rocks New Year's Eve

Celebrated pop legend and star of 2023 Rick Astley is joined by some very special guests for a spectacular show at the iconic Camden Roundhouse on December 12, 2023. Singing and playing his global hits and some surprise numbers, Rick brings down the house and rings in the brand new year.

Cher Meets Rylan

The goddess of pop sits down for a fun and in-depth chat with Rylan Clark about her new record, her biggest hits and her incredible life and career. Featuring archive footage from across the decades of Cher's hit records and television appearances, illustrating her glittering music career, her success in film, her iconic fashion choices and the ways she has influenced so many people.

David Bowie: Glastonbury 2000

David Bowie's iconic 2000 Glastonbury concert.

The Queen's Birthday Party

A celebration concert for Her Majesty the Queen's 92nd birthday, taking place at the Royal Albert Hall in London and attended by HM the Queen and members of the royal family.

Deep Purple - Radio 2 In Concert

Jo Whiley presents the last BBC Radio 2 In Concert of 2017 with one of the biggest heavy metal bands in the world, Deep Purple. After forming in Hertford in 1968, they went on to sell over 100 million albums worldwide, and have inspired a generation of musicians for over 40 decades. Their back catalogue of seminal hits include Smoke On The Water, Child In Time and Highway Star. They take to the stage to play classic tracks along with some new material from their latest album Infinite to an intimate crowd at the BBC's Radio Theatre in London.

Indie Classics at the BBC

A look back through the archives at some of the classic tunes from the world of indie music through the 80s and early 90s, including the likes of Joy Division, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Cocteau Twins, Primal Scream and many more.

Kanye West - Live at Glastonbury

The Main Stage features the Kanye West show at the Glastonbury 2015 festival. The performance marks the debut of the controversial rapper for the first time as headliner of one of the most important music festivals in the world.

Dolly Parton at Glastonbury 2014

Dolly Parton's 2014 performance on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.

Britpop at the BBC

Raiding the BBC archives for a rich treasure trove of the joy and the time that was Britpop. It features Elastica, Sleeper, Suede, Menswear, Blur v Oasis, plus many others.

Paul Weller: BBC Four Sessions

In an exclusive BBC4 session filmed at BBC Television Centre, Paul Weller performs numbers from his album 22 Dreams, solo hits including From the Floorboards Up and Peacock Suit, and a couple of classics from The Jam's back catalogue. Weller performs with his regular five-piece band and is joined on some numbers by the Wired Strings and a brass section. He also has special guests, including Oasis guitarist Gem Archer on Echoes Round the Sun, fiddle player Eliza Carthy on Wild Wood and Where'er You Go and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon on Black River.

Amy Winehouse: BBC One Sessions Live At Porchester Hall

In 2007 Amy was crowned Best British Female at the Brit awards and this exclusive show which followed her award made it clear why. Set in London's prestigious Porchester Hall, Amy performed the much loved classics from her two firsts albums.

James Blunt - Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions

British ex-military singer/songwriter and consummate lady's man James Blunt watched his career go from coffeehouses to stadiums in 2005 with the smash hit "You're Beautiful." Blunt's Rod Stewart-esque croak, wry humor, and earnest balladry is on full display for WEA International's Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions.

Later... with Jools Holland: Cool Britannia

Jools Holland presents a collection of 34 performances from great British bands featured over the last decade on his 'Later...' television show. Running on the BBC since 1992, there have been over 25 series showcasing new musical artists alongside legends in the business. Artists in this collection include Blur, Coldplay, Echo and the Bunnymen, Manic Street Preachers, Oasis, Primal Scream, Radiohead, Suede, Supergrass, The Charlatans, The Darkness, The Libertines, The Verve and Travis.