Let's Rock & A Perfect Day - this weekend at Delapre Park
“You can expect a full day of 80s hits
from a whole host of bands” (Sunday Mirror)
The UK’s most iconic retro festival series Let’s Rock is heading to Northampton for the very first time this summer! The inaugural Let’s Rock Northampton will take place at Delapré Park on Saturday June 15th 2024 and will be headlined by ‘80s superstar Billy Ocean. Also performing on the day will be pop legends Tony Hadley, The Boomtown Rats, Go West, Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Heaven 17, Jason Donovan, Altered Images & many, many more.
Billy Ocean broke through in 1976 with the smash ‘Love Really Hurts Without You” and had a string of further hits throughout the late ‘70s and early-mid ‘80s, including ‘Red Light Spells Danger’, ‘Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)’, ‘There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)’ – a US No.1 – and the colossal 1985 UK No.1 ‘When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going’, the theme from the hit film ‘The Jewel Of The Nile’.
The same year, Billy became the first British artist to win the Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. In 2020 he was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to music. Billy Ocean said: “I genuinely love playing Let’s Rock - the atmosphere is always brilliant. Ten thousand crazy fans singing your songs back to you – what could be better?!” Jason Donovan added: “I can’t wait to perform at Let’s Rock in 2024. Let’s Rock means summertime to me and I’m already looking forward to the longer and warmer days. Bring it on!”
Let’s Rock organisers UK Live Ltd: “We’re thrilled to be bringing Let’s Rock to Northampton for the very first time. We hope local ‘80s pop fans will love a line-up that includes iconic artists like Billy Ocean and Tony Hadley We look forward to welcoming you all to Delapré Park on June 15th!”
On Sunday June 16th, James Arthur will headline the very first A Perfect Day festival, an exciting new family-friendly event which brings the very best pop music to Northampton with a local slant – including Britain’s Got Talent finalists Northants Sings Out choir. The group made it all the way to last Sunday’s final of this year’s competition after wowing judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli throughout the competition.
Their performance of Fatboy Slim’s ‘Praise You’ during last Sunday’s final raised the roof, prompting some amazing comments from the judges, including this from Amanda Holden: “The energy, the harmony, the joy, the choreography, the fact that in your VT you said you are ordinary people doing ordinary jobs, trying to hold it down, and then you come up here and you do a performance like that was insane.”
Northants Sings Out have said; "After shining a national spotlight on Northamptonshire, it is a huge pleasure to join such an amazing line-up in the county we love so much. With Indi Local creating a platform to highlight the great in the area, this is certainly a proud moment for us all.” Let’s Rock Northampton and A Perfect Day have announced a partnership with the exciting new street food app Indi Local, founded by Northampton entrepreneur Vanessa Anderson.
Indi Local helps users find street food trucks and local pop-up events, meaning they can discover places and events they may have never heard of before. Owner Vanessa Anderson said: “Indi Local helps spotlight the amazing pop-ups and events we have on our doorsteps, from street food trucks to artisan fairs, music festivals and local pub nights, giving small businesses better visibility to nearby communities and making it easier than ever to support local.
“Launching exclusively in Northampton and Milton Keynes so far, we are excited to be partnering with Let’s Rock and A Perfect Day as it’s events like these that bring more attention to our town, the local artists who we are so proud to support and, of course, our app vendors who will benefit from the extra footfall!”
