The first headliner has been announced for this year’s Live At Melbourne Hall event series.
Jo Whiley’s 90s Anthems will be playing the hall’s famed walled garden on Friday 1st September.
Having previously announced the return of Johnny Vegas to the South Derbyshire stately home, bosses are delighted this year’s boutique event line-up is now beginning taking shape in earnest.
Jo Whiley, of course, is the ultimate authority on British music – and the definitive voice of a generation.
She’s heading to Melbourne Hall with a dazzling new show as she rummages through her record bag to dig out the very best 90s anthems.
No-one knows the 90s like Jo – she was right there on the front line, leading the charge as Britpop blew up, dance music exploded and the indie scene went wild.
She’s introduced the nation to countless incredible emerging bands and global superstars throughout her generational Radio 1 show, meaning no-one is better qualified to take you on an aural retrospective of the 90s than “the queen of the decade of mayhem, magic and misty memories”.
She started out in local radio before landing a job as a booker for the tv show The Word, where she brought Nirvana and Rage Against The Machine to the UK’s screens for the first time.
Whiley moved on to Radio 1 in 1993 and hosted The Evening Session with Steve Lamacq, a weekday show she maintained for 16 years before moving to weekends.
She will forever remain the iconic face and voice of Glastonbury too, fronting coverage on Radio 1, as well as on tv for the BBC and Channel 4.
She now hosts the 7-9pm weekday slot on Radio 2, and is still on the cutting edge of new music.
Jo Whiley will always be the ultimate authority on the classic sounds of the 90s, and is an institution in her own right and a national treasure.
We can’t wait!
With glamping, top comedians, music, food and more planned for 2023, Melbourne Hall stately home is quickly becoming a destination for much more than simply its iconic gardens.
