NEWS
MCFLY ’ S DANNY JONES AND TOM KERRIDGE ANNOUNCE SUMMER OF ROCK N ROLL COOKING AT PUB IN THE PARK
SUGABABES AND FAT FREDDY ’ S DROP COMPLETE CASTLE CONCERT LINE UP
DANNY JONES
Superstar musician Danny Jones from McFly is teaming up with legendary chef Tom Kerridge to kickstart a summer of Rock n Roll Cooking at Pub in the Park . Bringing together two of the greatest joys in life – food and music - festivalgoers can expect a series of collaborations between chefs who have a passion for music and musicians that fancy themselves a bit of a maestro in the kitchen . In other words … chefs who rock and musicians that cook !
Danny will be the first to don his chef apron and take to the chef demo stage on the opening night of the tour which will be one of five appearances for Rock n Roll Cooking including a double act in Tunbridge Wells with Si King of The Hairy Bikers .
SUGABABES
After his stint as a finalist on Celebrity MasterChef last year , Danny ’ s cooking prowess has continued to grow and no doubt he will be bringing food and music together masterfully as the frontman of Pub in the Park ’ s Rock n Roll Cooking programme .
Danny Jones said : “ I ’ m buzzing to be joining Pub in the Park again this year , but also as a try hard chef ! It ’ s the biggest food and music festival in the UK and I can ’ t wait to combine my first love with my newest passion . I ’ m so excited to get stuck in whizzing up some banging recipes with amazing chefs . Keep your eyes peeled for more announcements , as I see who I can persuade to get up on stage with me . It ’ s going to be epic !”
Danny will also be playing on the mainstage with the rest of the McFly gang in Bath , Tunbridge Wells and Chiswick .
KYM MARSH AND DAUGHTER EMILIE CUNLIFFE TO STAR IN GREATEST DAYS
Premiering at Bromley ’ s Churchill Theatre this May , TV presenter Kym Marsh and her daughter Emilie Cunliffe are set to star as Rachel and Young Rachel respectively in the official Take That musical , Greatest Days .
Coinciding with the summer 2023 release of the official movie version of the smash-hit musical , starring Aisling Bea and Jayde Adams , and celebrating the 30th anniversary of Take That ’ s first ever UK number one single , ‘ Pray ’, Greatest Days features more than 15 record-breaking Take That songs alongside a heart-warming and hilarious story of love , loss and laughter from the award-winning writer Tim Firth ( Calendar Girls , Kinky Boots ). The musical follows a group of five best friends in the 1990s who are obsessed with their favourite boy band . The girls then reunite more than 20 years later with a plan to see their heartthrobs one last time in what could be the Greatest Day of their lives .
FAT FREDDY ’ S DROP
Joining the previously announced Nile Rodgers & Chic and Soft Cell , Rochester Castle Concerts complete their line up of headliners with Sugababes and Fat Freddy ’ s Drop performing across four nights in the grounds of Rochester Castle . The festival is now in its third year and firmly established as a must see summer event in the South East and Greater London .
Sugababes became one of the most successful British girl bands of the 21st century with six number one singles , millions of global sales and multiple multi-platinum albums . Along the way , they told one of the most spectacular stories of the modern pop era , but it all started with one song , three voices and a mysterious white label record . Fast forward two decades , the original line up of Mutya Buena , Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy have arrived back in full force .
Fat Freddy ’ s Drop is internationally regarded as one of the world ’ s finest live draws . The seven-piece band has navigated its way from the incubator of sunshine reggae through a colour-saturated field of soul psychedelia before swerving onto a desolate Detroit super highway at night . This euphoric vibe demands to be heard live , a potent mixture of jazz virtuosity and diaphragm-wrecking digital sonics .
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