MEDIA COVERAGE 2019
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor was interviewed by Graham Norton and mentioned Nocturne Live 1 hour 48 minutes 55 seconds onwards.
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Nocturne Live 2019 and Lauryn Hill plug at 1:39:45.
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Nocturne Live 2019 and Lauryn Hill plug on Mary Anne Hobbs 6Music show at 36:00.
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Mary Anne Hobbs plugged Lauryn Hill’s show at Nocturne Live 2019.
BBC Radio 6Music 26th May 2019
Laura Mvula interview starts at 2hrs 20 mins (Nocturne Live plug from 2hr 21 mins 50 secs)
Magic Soul June 14th 2019
Angie Greaves interviews Kathy Sledge ahead of her concert at Nocturne Live
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Nocturne Live plug at 1hr 56 mins in
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Fans of Lauryn Hill greet her eventual arrival
Kathy Sledge with Disco Classical at Nocturne Live.
This year’s record event was a resounding success on so many levels
ic hip-hop and soul album The Mideseducation of Lauryn Hill on Friday. Ms Hill keeping fans waiting for almost an hour before coming on stage to a rapturous response from patient admirers. Tears for Fears delighted fans with a tuneful set of electropop, featuring hits Mad World, Shout and Everybody Wants to Rule the World on Saturday, while the festival was brought to a spectacular finale by Kylie on Sunday. The Australian singer, joined by athletic dancers, performed a career-spanning set featuring early hits I Should be So Lucky
Kylie – the view from the palace roof Nocturne. Picture: Tim Hughes
The elaborate stage set for Kylie on Sunday
year’s event was a resounding success on so many levels. “We presented a really diverse bill, with each night offering a totally unique line-up of world class acts, and we welcomed more people than ever through the gates. “The grounds of Blenheim Palace offer a truly outstanding setting for live music and we look forward to announcing our first acts for 2020 in the coming months.” Among the country’s premier outdoor concert series, Nocturne Live was launched in 2015 and has presented shows from Elton John, the Jacksons, Gary Barlow, Ennio Morricone, Noel Gallagher, Nile Rodgers and Chic, Elvis Costello and Van Morrison. Coming the weekend before Glastonbury, many artists use it as an opportunity to hone their live shows before heading to Worthy Farm. Kylie and Lauryn Hill, will both be playing the Somerset festival.
Disco fever for Kathy Sledge and Disco Classical
and Loco-Motion, through to anthems Confide in Me and Can’t Get You Out of My Head and ending with a rousing encore of Dancing and Spinning Around, which had the whole audience singing and clapping along. Support came from a glamorous Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who got the crowd in the mood with hits Groovejet, Take Me Home and a sing-along to Murder on the Dancefloor. She joked that Winston Churchill, who was famously born at the palace, had himself ordered the installation of the palace’s large disco ball, which hung above the stage. Audiences watched the shows from rows of seats in the palace’s Great Court, but took to their feet for the headline sets. They were blessed with fine weather, as even Sunday’s forecast downpours failing to materialise. Nocturne founder and director Ciro Romano said: “This
PARTY: Kylie, Tears for Fears, Gladys and Lauryn Hill attract a record crowd
All pictures: Tim Hughes Kylie and her dancers bring the crowd to their feet. Right, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Headline sets by the ‘Empress of soul’ Gladys Knight, hiphop star Lauryn Hill, synthpop band Tears for Fears and pop survivor Kylie Minogue brought in its biggest crowds ever, with 35,000 people coming through the grand gates of the stately home from Thursday to Sunday. Highlights included a highenergy dance party featuring Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge and the Disco Classical project, culminating in a fireworks display, on the Thursday, and a punchy set of tunes from icon-
WITH acts spanning more than half a century, featuring chart-topping pop stars, legendary performers and new artists, Blenheim Palace’s Nocturne Festival pulled in a record number of fans for four extraordinary days of music.
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Tim Hughes
The view from the mixing desk for Tears for Fears
Lauryn Hill performs songs from her hit album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, and finishes on Fugees’ song Fu-Gee-La.
All pictures:Tim Hughes
Stars of pop, soul and disco rock the palace for best Nocturne yet
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