BBC Music Day Live!

Summary

BBC Music Day has been a nationwide celebration of music, bringing people together from different generations and communities
Events took place across the UK, with coverage across BBC TV, radio and online
Highlights included Hadrian's Wall of Sound, a 7,000-mile record-breaking duet and live concerts in Glasgow, Belfast and Cardiff

Live Reporting

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Hadrian's Wall of Soundpublished at 14:53
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A couple perform at the Hadrian's Wall of Sound relay
When Phil Spector invented the 'wall of sound', he probably didn't envisage a man riding a unicycle, and brass band playing on top of a bus or a full choir being pulled along by a tractor as they perform.
But that's exactly what's going on along the length of Hadrian's Wall today. With 600 performers stretching between Cumbria and North Tyneside and passing a relay baton (shaped like a musical note) between them.
From string quartets to bluegrass bands and hip-hop artists, most musical tastes are covered for.
Both bizarre and beautiful, the whole event is being covered by BBC Radio - Stuart Maconie is there right now for 6 Music, while Radio Cumbria and Radio Newcastle are hot on the heels of the baton the whole way.
And there's even a live blog.
Postpublished at 14:42 BST 5 June 2015

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Live nowpublished at 14:33

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What's going on?published at 14:23
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One Direction fans in Cardiff
If you are just joining us, happy BBC Music Day! There's loads happening:
A unique relay of 600 musicians on Hadrian’s Wall of Sound started at 7.00am and will go on until 7.00pm. We also have events in Bristol, Liverpool, Bradford, Plymouth, across Northern Ireland and in Cardiff.
Glasgow hosts a big concert tonight with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Jamie Cullum, while Manic Street Preachers will play to a crowd of 10,000 at Cardiff Castle.
Before that though, BBC Radio 3 and Radio Cymru will join forces to try and break a World Record, bridging more than 7,000 miles to try and set the greatest distance between people singing a duet at 4.30pm.
Get inspired and get involved using #BBCMusicDay
Get in touchpublished at 14:11
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The Hadrian's Wall of Sound open top bus
We want to hear what you are doing on BBC Music Day, especially if you are at one of our events taking place around the UK.
e-mail bbcmusicday@bbc.co.uk
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Are you a believer?published at 13:54

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Bristol is bestpublished at 13:49

BBC Music Day in Bristol is truly inclusive. Set in the foyer of Bristol’s iconic Colston Hall, conductor Charles Hazlewood and members of the world renowned British Paraorchestra will perform four original pieces alongside youth and adult choirs from across the West Country.

The concert will include around 200 children from the Bristol Youth Choir and members of the OpenUp Music Orchestra, and the entire event will be an inaugural celebration of accessible music, performed and enjoyed by all, regardless of age, background or disability.

The event will be simulcast across local stations including BBC Radio Bristol from 3.00pm.

What's not to like?

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Wind on the wallpublished at 13:43
Catch up with Kenpublished at 13:39
If you missed Ken Bruce's Radio 2 show earlier, live from Glasgow's Pacific Quay, then you also missed live performances from Rae Morris, James Bay, Midge Ure, Black Star Riders and Howard Jones.
Fortunately though, you can listen again. Click here to do just that.
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Ken Bruce and Rae Morris
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The Pacific Quay audience
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James Bay
Unsung Heroespublished at 13:30
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Denise White
BBC Music Day isn't just about events taking place along Hadrian's Wall, or a potential World Record-breaking 7,000-mile duet between Wales and Patagonia., external
We're also celebrating Unsung Heroes from local communities across the UK.
Five winners, including Denise White, have been selected by a BBC panel after being nominated by members of the public, and will all receive a BBC Music VIP Pass, giving them and their friends tickets to a major BBC Music event of their choice, from the BBC Proms to the BBC Music Awards to the Radio 2 Folk Awards and beyond.
And they really deserve it - click here to find out why.
But they are very deserving. Four have already been announced, and the final winner will be revealed later during Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2.
Live music at lunchtimepublished at 13:26

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Sarah Walker is live from Snape Maltings in Suffolk for a special Lunchtime Concert for BBC Music Day on BBC Radio 3, featuring three of their New Generation Artists and members of the Britten-Pears Young Artist programme.

Click here to listen live.
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Tigers loose in Bradfordpublished at 13:11

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