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NATIONWIDE LIVE MUSIC EVENTS FEATURING

NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS

STEREOPHONICS, BLOC PARTY, JAMES BAY

COURTEENERS, JOHNNY MARR AND MORE

Radio X will stage a series of major live music events around the UK in November and December this year to celebrate its new national presence. O2 is the official partner for the Radio X Road Trip, which will be hosted by new Radio X breakfast show host Chris Moyles. The events will take place at:

03.11.15: Stereophonics at O2 Academy Bristol

09.11.15: Bloc Party at O2 ABC Glasgow

23.11.15: Courteeners at O2 Academy Leeds

02.12.15: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Johnny Marr, Neon Waltz and Pretty

Vicious at O2 Apollo Manchester

08.12.15: James Bay at O2 Academy 2 Birmingham

Chris Baughen, managing editor of Radio X, said: “Today Radio X goes live right across the UK. To celebrate this we wanted to do something special for listeners. We’ve created the Radio X Road Trip to bring the music and personality of Radio X to music fans in cities up and down the UK. We’ve got some great bands and artists who are going to perform at O2 venues and we’ve got Chris Moyles to host the whole thing. I’m looking forward to the next few months.”

Ian Cafferky, head of marcomms at O2 UK, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Radio X as it expands its reach to a national audience. This partnership builds on our heritage in music, as we will be sponsoring both The Chris Moyles Show and the Radio X Road Trip. The Radio X Road Trip will see some massive bands performing at O2 venues around the country and we will be giving O2 customers the chance to get Priority Tickets 48 hours before they go on sale to the public.”

Priority Tickets for O2 customers go on sale on Wednesday September 30^th at 09.00. Download the Priority app or head to o2priority.co.uk/tickets. Radio X newsletter subscribers can get tickets from Thursday October 1^st at 09.00 and tickets go on general sale from Friday October 2^nd 2015 at 09.00 from radiox.co.uk.