The Magic Numbers take to the stage bang on time to gleefully announce that they're making history as the first band to play the beautifully refurbished Roundhouse. The band perform new tracks from their forthcoming album as well as hits from their superb debut together with a string septet.
Klaxons, one of the hottest new bands around, come on stage at the Barfly with a raucous set.
Jamiroquai was over the moon to return to the Jazz Cafe for the first time since 1992 and entertained the audience with a greatest hits show.
Paul Weller produced a fantastic, crowd winning performance at the Roundhouse which featured hits from his 30 year career and included some memorable collaborations. Introduced by Phill Jupitus, Weller took the stage looking very dapper in a striped blue shirt and smart waistcoat. The crowd were warmed up nicely with favourites 'Splinters' and 'Above The Clouds' before the first special guests, Amy Winehouse, was introduced.
The Young Knives bound onto the stage at the Barfly and produce a rockin' set that includes hits "She's Attracted to" and "Weekends".
Jazz on 3 presented three groundbreaking duos, pairing some young lions of the British Jazz scene with some elder statesmen.
From the Roundhouse in north London, as part of the inaugural Electric Proms, James Brown performs a selection of his greatest songs with his 24-piece band plus collaborations with the Sugababes and the London Community Gospel Choir.
Fat Boy Slim plays one of his most intimate gigs in years as he performs an outstanding set at the Lock Tavern in Camden. The lucky 100 people, who won tickets by listening to Radio 1, have an absolutely brilliant night.
There's a highly charged atmosphere in the Main Space as Kasabian arrive on stage. The turn the Round House into one huge party as their anthemic rock is soundtracked by the BBC Concert Orchestra. It's hard to know who's loving it more - the crowd or the band. "It's been f****n' monumental!" declares lead singer Tom Meighan as the fans leave the building singing all the way.
Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are on blistering form in a session recorded at the Roundhouse in north London, as the grand finale of the BBC's Electric Proms in 2006. The setlist showcases a sprinkling of songs from their new mini-opera Wire and Glass, but it's also packed with big singalong tunes like My Generation, Who Are You, Baba O'Riley and Pinball Wizard. (Recorded 29th October 2006 at the Electric Proms. First shown 26th November 2006 as part of the BBC1 Sessions)
Highlights from the 2006 inaugural Electric Proms presented by the BBC from Camden in North London. Presented by Edith Bowman and Zane Lowe.
DJ Mark Ronson performs reworked tracks from his album Version, backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and featuring a line-up of special guests including Lily Allen, Sean Lennon and Terry Hall of The Specials.
Paul McCartney performs a selection of old Beatles hits plus newer solo songs at the Roundhouse in London.
BBC Electric Proms were proud to host the UK premiere of Sigur Rós' Heima and welcomed the band for a unique acoustic performance.
The Kaiser Chiefs, backed by music producer David Arnold, and The Cold War Kids perform at the Roundhouse Main Space. BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq presents Reverend and the Makers, The Metros and New Cassettes, all playing at Barfly.
Edith Bowman presents East London art-rockers Bloc Party as they rock out the Roundhouse for the BBC Electric Proms. Fresh from a tour of the UK and US, the four-piece fronted by Kele Okereke are joined by a 22-person choir for songs from albums 'Silent Alarm' and 'Weekend In The City'.
Legendary singer-songwriter and former Kinks' frontman Ray Davies is the star of the last night of the Electric Proms, presented by Stuart Maconie from Camden's Roundhouse. Joined by guests Johnny Borrell and the Crouch End Chorus, he'll perform tracks from his new album "Working Man's Cafe" for the first time. Also includes a rich back catalogue including "Lola", "Waterloo Sunset" and "All Day and All Of The Night".
Edith Bowman and Zane Lowe close this year's coverage with a look back at the highlights of the festival that's taken over seven venues in Camden over the past five days. Featured here are clips from all the headliner concerts at the Roundhouse. Top of the billing is Paul McCartney's set. Revelling in playing such an intimate venue, he plays a concert that features Beatles, Wings and solo songs. The 'art-rock' production recalls the "happenings" at the Roundhouse in the 1960s.
Legendary American songwriter and performer Burt Bacharach opened the 2008 BBC Electric Proms at the Roundhouse in London. He performed with the BBC Concert Orchestra accompanied by guest vocalists, Adele, Beth Rowley and Jamie Cullum as well as his own band. Burt's unparalleled six-decade career has defined romantic song with cherished hits such as Walk On By, The Look of Love, and I Say A Little Prayer.
Britain's greatest rock n roll band Oasis were the final headliner on this year's festival bill. Oasis treated music fans to a very special performance accompanied by the Crouch End Festival Chorus. Classic Oasis anthems and tracks from their highly anticipated latest album Dig Out Your Soul were elevated at this one off gig. Playlist: Rock 'N' Roll Star, Lyla, The Shock Of The Lightning, Cigarettes And Alcohol, Meaning Of Soul, To Be Where There's Life, Waiting For The Rapture, The Masterplan (with the Crouch End Festival Chorus), Songbird, Slide Away, Morning Glory, Ain't Got Nothing, The Importance Of Being Idle, I'm Outta Time (with the Crouch End Festival Chorus), Wonderwall (with the Crouch End Festival Chorus), Supersonic, Don't Look Back In Anger (with the Crouch End Festival Chorus), Falling Down, Champagne Supernova (with the Crouch End Festival Chorus), I Am The Walrus (with the Crouch End Festival Chorus).
BBC Electric Proms was proud to present a true British legend. Dame Shirley Bassey graced the Roundhouse stage with a unique performance celebrating 50 years at the top of show business. Dame Shirley will be joined on stage by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Mike Dixon, performing some of her most famous tracks alongside new songs from her forthcoming album, 'The Performance'. The show will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2. Britain's most successful female artist ever, Dame Shirley Bassey is rightly famous for her commanding renditions of classics Big Spender, Light My Fire and Something. Her Bond themes - Goldfinger, Moonraker and Diamonds Are Forever - are perhaps the finest in the series. This evergreen artist continues to influence a new generation of musicians. In 2007, at Glastonbury festival, Arctic Monkeys paid tribute to the Dame performing a version of Diamonds Are Forever. The same song was reworked by Kanye West for his hit Diamonds From Sierra Leone. At the Roundhouse, Dame Shirley Bassey was joined by Tom Baxter, Richard Hawley and the Manic Street Preachers' James Dean Bradfield. Dame Shirley treated the Roundhouse to numbers from her much-loved songbook whilst premiering new work. Said the artist, "What I'm most looking forward to at the BBC Electric Proms is performing songs from my new album 'The Performance' for the first time - it really will be a special moment for me." It is worth noting that this was Dame Shirley Bassey's only live show this year. BBC Electric Proms is delighted that she chose to celebrate 50 years of song with this very special intimate concert.
Florence and the Machine perform for BBC Electric Proms 2009 in partnership with BBC New Music Shorts and 6 Music. Earlier this year, filmmakers were asked to submit ideas for an inventive and original short film inspired by the music of Florence and the Machine and Metronomy. BBC New Music shorts has commissioned Keith McCarthy to make a short film inspired by Florence and the Machine's 'Dog Days Are Over'. With her darkly romantic songs and hugely charismatic stage presence, Florence Welch harks back to British eccentrics like Kate Bush, Siouxsie Sioux and Annie Lennox. 2009's Mercury Prize-nominated debut album Lungs is a through the looking glass-fantasy - one where tribal drums and Florence's distinctive, powerful voice soundtrack gothic fables of love, lust and coffin-making. For BBC Electric Proms, Florence and the Machine and Metronomy perform in the Roundhouse's Studio Theatre, after the big screen premier of the films inspired by their music.
One of the most successful musicians and flamboyant showmen of all time, Elton John has won a multitude of awards from Brits, Grammys, Golden Globes to Oscars. For this special event two pianos took centre stage. One for Elton, and the other, for an artist who inspired Elton as a young musician; singer songwriter Leon Russell. Leon has written classic songs such as This Masquerade and Delta Lady, as well as working with legends of popular music like The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Frank Sinatra and The Rolling Stones. Russell and Elton first worked together and toured the US in the early 1970s, but lost touch for many years. Then last November Elton, Leon, Bernie Taupin and producer T Bone Burnett started collaborating in an L.A. studio on a new album, The Union. Making the new record, Elton told Mojo magazine in August, "made me fall in love with a guy I fell in love with years ago,all over again". As well as looking back at his roots, Elton's looked ahead by bringing on board two exciting new names, Plan B and Rumer to perform alongside him. The show was broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 at 20:00 and then shown on BBC Two on Saturday 30 October, together with an exclusive documentary about his music and life. An inspiring and emotional demonstration of poignant songwriting performed at its best.
Robert Plant has enjoyed great solo success since the 1980s, and recently won five Grammy Awards for the album Raising Sand, in which he collaborated with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss. Although best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the phenomenally successful rock band Led Zeppelin, Plant's Electric Proms performance concentrated on his personal musical influences: ranging from Delta blues through to rock, and the native sounds of Africa. He was joined on stage by rock group Band Of Joy including vocalist Patty Griffin (the band name itself is recycled from Plant's own pre-Zeppelin group, formed in the mid-1960s) and The London Oriana Choir. The set featured a number of much-loved Led Zeppelin and solo numbers together with eclectic new material from his latest critically acclaimed release, Band of Joy.
Neil Diamond in concert from London's Roundhouse with his six-piece band performing tracks from his 2010 album Dreams, which explores the 60s and 70s songs he loves, and reinventing his classics. This is Neil Diamond stripped down with strings in his most intimate performance for years
