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Live from Abbey Road is a 12 part one hour performance
Performance

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 series
Television program

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/documentary
Documentary film

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 that began filming its first season during 2006 at Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios, established in November 1931 by EMI in London, England, is a recording studio located at number 3 Abbey Road , in St John's Wood in the City of Westminster....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Season 2 was filmed between 2007 and 2008 and season 3 is currently in production due for airing in november. The series
Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
 features a total of 72 musical artists to date (about 36 per Season) -- usually 3 per show, performing up to 3 songs per session
Session

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. The sessions are recorded without a live audience.






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Live from Abbey Road is a 12 part one hour performance
Performance

A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people behave in a particular way for another group of people ....
 series
Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
/documentary
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 that began filming its first season during 2006 at Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios, established in November 1931 by EMI in London, England, is a recording studio located at number 3 Abbey Road , in St John's Wood in the City of Westminster....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Season 2 was filmed between 2007 and 2008 and season 3 is currently in production due for airing in november. The series
Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
 features a total of 72 musical artists to date (about 36 per Season) -- usually 3 per show, performing up to 3 songs per session
Session

Session may refer to:...
. The sessions are recorded without a live audience. Filmed in High-Definition
High-definition video

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 with the use of 35 mm lenses, the producers have sought to record performances which “look like a movie and sound like a record”.

Broadcast Licenses

The series
Television program

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 began broadcasting
Broadcasting

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 on Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
 / More 4 in the UK in January 2007 under a license
License

The verb license or grant license means to give permission. The noun license refers to that permission as well as to the document memorializing that permission....
 from Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
. Since season 2 the series
Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
 has been licensed for broadcast in 27 countries around the world, including EBS
EBS

EBS may refer to:In Business Names:* Emdeon Business Services, a medical claims clearinghouse business spun off of WebMD in 2006In Information Technology:...
 in Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
, Sundance Channel
Sundance Channel

Sundance Channel is a cable television Television network devoted to airing independent film, world cinema, documentary film, short films, and original programs, such as news about the latest developments from each year's Sundance Film Festival....
 in the US, Metro TV
Metro TV

Metro TV is Indonesia's first 24-hour news channel based in West Jakarta. The station was established on November 25, 2000 and now has over 53 Transmission sites all over the country....
 in Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
, NHK
NHK

, or Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan's public broadcaster. The NHK is financed by a television licence. This Japanese public corporation has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, NHK....
 in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, Star TV
STAR TV

Satellite Television for the Asian Region is an Asian TV service owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. It is based in Hong Kong, with programming offices in India and Australia, as well as in other south Asian countries....
 in Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, Creative Networks in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
  Arts Central
MediaCorp TV12 Central

MediaCorp TV12 Central was a TV channel in Singapore, launched on 30 January 2000, replacing Premiere 12.The Television channel was a combination of 3 distinct programming belts: Kids Central , Vasantham Central and Arts Central ....
 in Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
, MuchMoreMusic
MuchMoreMusic

MuchMoreMusic is a Canada English language cable television specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia, based at 299 Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario....
 in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, Sony
Sony

is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding US$99.1 billion ....
 in South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, IntraCommunications in Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, Kanal 5
Kanal 5

Kanal 5 is the name of a number of Television channel whose names translate into English language as "Channel 5".* Kanal 5 , a Croatia station...
 in Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 and Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as the ABC, is Australia's national Public broadcasting.With a budget of Australian dollar840 million annually, the corporation provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as overseas through the Australia Net...
 in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. The series
Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
 is distributed for broadcast by Fremantle Media. The series is licensed to 112 territories in total.

Production

Live from Abbey Road Limited is an independent production company formed by the series’ producer, Michael Gleason. The series is produced under a multi year license from EMI
EMI

The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
, owner of Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios, established in November 1931 by EMI in London, England, is a recording studio located at number 3 Abbey Road , in St John's Wood in the City of Westminster....
. Season 3 is currently in production

Musicians


The first series features famous musicians and groups from various genres, artists playing Rock music
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 to Heavy metal
Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
, music influenced by Electronic music
Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology....
 such as Dance
Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to Motion of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of Emotional expression, social social interaction or presented in a spirituality or performance setting....
 and Industrial
Industrial music

Industrial music comprises many styles of experimental music, including many forms of electronic music. The term was coined in the mid-1970s to describe Industrial Records artists....
, Pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 and even Jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 and Blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 have all been featured. The artists spend the day at Abbey Road
Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios, established in November 1931 by EMI in London, England, is a recording studio located at number 3 Abbey Road , in St John's Wood in the City of Westminster....
 rehearsing and performing. Many have their own mixing desk and sound techs on site. The idea is to capture the sound created during the production of a record, and to film the process without an audience, typical of the atmosphere in a recording studio
Recording studio

A recording studio is a facility for Sound recording and reproduction. Ideally, the space is specially designed by an acoustics to achieve the desired acoustic properties ....
.

Series 1


  1. John Mayer, Norah Jones
    Norah Jones

    Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, guitarist, and occasional actress of English people-American and People of India-Bengali people descent....
     and Richard Ashcroft
    Richard Ashcroft

    Richard Paul Ashcroft is an England singer-songwriter. He is the lead singer of The Verve, an English rock music band that he helped form in 1989....
  2. Snow Patrol
    Snow Patrol

    Snow Patrol are an Ireland alternative rock band which formed in Dundee, Scotland. They are based in Glasgow and are signed to Polydor Records....
    , Madeleine Peyroux
    Madeleine Peyroux

    Madeleine Peyroux is an United States jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist.Peyroux is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday....
     and Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award-winning American Rock music band formed in Los Angeles, California, California, in 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members are vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Flea , and drummer Chad Smith....
  3. Ray Lamontagne
    Ray LaMontagne

    Raymond Charles "Ray" LaMontagne is an United States singer-songwriter who lives on a farm in Maine with his wife and two sons. Reportedly, after hearing a Stephen Stills song, LaMontagne decided to quit his job at a shoe factory and pursue a career in music....
    , The Zutons
    The Zutons

    The Zutons is an England indie rock band from Liverpool. They were formed in 2001 but did not release their first album, Who Killed...... The Zutons?, until May 2004....
    , Shawn Colvin
    Shawn Colvin

    Shawn Colvin is a Grammy Award-winning United States singing, songwriter and musician....
     and Nerina Pallot
    Nerina Pallot

    Nerina Natasha Georgina Pallot is a Platinum selling, BRIT Award nominated United Kingdom singer and songwriter. She was born in London and brought up in Jersey to a French people father and mother born in Allahabad, India....
  4. Gipsy Kings
    Gipsy Kings

    Gipsy Kings are a music group from Arles and Montpellier, France. Although group members were born in France, their parents were Romani people in Spain who fled Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War....
    , Natasha Bedingfield
    Natasha Bedingfield

    Natasha Anne Bedingfield is a British people pop music and songwriter.Based in Book St., London, Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance music/electronic music group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle....
     and Iron Maiden
    Iron Maiden

    Iron Maiden are an English Heavy metal music band from Leyton, East London, England, formed in 1975. The band is led by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris ....
  5. Amos Lee
    Amos Lee

    Amos Lee is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His musical style encompasses folk music, soul, and jazz. He has released three albums on Blue Note Records, Amos Lee , Supply and Demand and Last Days at the Lodge....
    , David Gilmour
    David Gilmour

    David Jon Gilmour Order of the British Empire , is an England musician, best known as the guitarist, lead singer, and one of the main songwriters in the band Pink Floyd....
     and Randy Crawford
    Randy Crawford

    Randy Crawford , is an American jazz and Rhythm and blues singer....
  6. Dr. John
    Dr. John

    Dr. John is the stage name of Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. , a pianist, singer, and songwriter, whose music spans, and often combines, blues, boogie woogie, and rock and roll....
    , LeAnn Rimes
    LeAnn Rimes

    Margaret LeAnn Rimes is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actress, who records under the name LeAnn Rimes. She is best known for her rich vocals similar to legendary country music singer Patsy Cline,...
     and Massive Attack
    Massive Attack

    Massive Attack are a United Kingdom trip hop group, founded in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Daddy G, and Andrew Vowles in Bristol, England. The trio were together prior to the formation of this band, as part of The Wild Bunch ....
  7. Craig David
    Craig David

    Craig Ashley David is an England Contemporary R&B singer-songwriter. He has released four studio albums: Born To Do It, Slicker Than Your Average, The Story Goes..., Trust Me and a Greatest Hits album....
    , James Morrison
    James Morrison

    James or Jim Morrison is the name of several persons:In music:* James Morrison , English singer/songwriter* James Morrison , Irish fiddler...
     and Dave Matthews
    Dave Matthews

    David John Matthews is a South African-United States Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band, but he has also worked as a solo artist, and with other musicians such as Tim Reynolds and Trey Anastasio....
  8. Jamiroquai
    Jamiroquai

    Jamiroquai are an England acid jazz/funk/Soul music/disco band. Jamiroquai was initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito , the Brand New Heavies, Galliano , and Corduroy ....
    , Damien Rice
    Damien Rice

    Damien Rice is an Irish people rock music singer.So far, he has released two studio albums: O in 2002, and 9 in 2006....
     and The Goo Goo Dolls
  9. The Kooks
    The Kooks

    The Kooks are an United Kingdom Rock music band, formed in Brighton in 2004. The band currently consists of four members; Luke Pritchard, Hugh Harris, Paul Garred and Peter Denton....
    , Wynton Marsalis
    Wynton Marsalis

    Wynton Learson Marsalis is an United States trumpeter and composer. He is among the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era and is also a well-known instrumentalist in European classical music....
     and Muse
    Muse (band)

    Muse are an English rock music band that was formed in Teignmouth, Devon, England in 1994. Since their inception, the band has comprised Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard ....
  10. Kasabian, Josh Groban
    Josh Groban

    Joshua Winslow Groban is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter. He has concentrated his career so far mostly in concert singing and recordings, although he has stated that he wishes to pursue musical theater in the future....
     and The Good, the Bad & the Queen
  11. Paul Simon
    Paul Simon

    Paul Frederic Simon is an United States singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known for his partnership with Art Garfunkel in the duo Simon & Garfunkel....
    , Corinne Bailey Rae
    Corinne Bailey Rae

    Corinne Bailey Rae is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist who released her eponymous debut album Corinne Bailey Rae in February 2006....
     and Primal Scream
    Primal Scream

    Primal Scream are a Brit awards Scotland alternative rock group formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie . The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes , Martin Duffy , Gary Mounfield , and Darrin Mooney ....
  12. The Feeling
    The Feeling

    The Feeling are a five-piece 2007 BRIT Awards-nominated United Kingdom Band from Sussex and London. The band categorise their music as "pop music"....
    , Gnarls Barkley
    Gnarls Barkley

    Gnarls Barkley is a Grammy award winning United States musical collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and record producer Danger Mouse from New York, and rapper/lead singer Cee-Lo Green , from Atlanta....
     and The Killers
    The Killers (band)

    The Killers are an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002. The group consists of Brandon Flowers , Dave Keuning , Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr....


Series 2


  1. Mary J. Blige
    Mary J. Blige

    Mary Jane Blige is a nine-time Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American R&B music singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor who has sold more than forty eight million albums worldwide....
    , Dashboard Confessional
    Dashboard Confessional

    Dashboard Confessional is an United States Rock music band from Boca Raton, Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. The band started out with Carrabba solely playing intimately personal acoustic songs, and eventually became a full band ensemble....
     and James Blunt
    James Blunt

    James Blunt is an England Acoustic music folk pop singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam, and single releases, especially "You're Beautiful", brought him to fame in 2005....
  2. Rascal Flatts
    Rascal Flatts

    Rascal Flatts is an American country pop band founded in Columbus, Ohio. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus , and Joe Don Rooney ....
    , Kate Nash
    Kate Nash

    Kate Marie Nash is an English people singer-songwriter based in London. She had a UK #2 hit "Foundations " in 2007, followed by the platinum selling UK number 1 album Made of Bricks....
     and Herbie Hancock
    Herbie Hancock

    Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is a jazz pianist and composer. He embraces elements of rock and roll and soul music while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz....
  3. Panic at the Disco, David Gray
    David Gray

    David Gray may refer to:*David Gray , Scottish poet*David Gray , rugby league player for the Connecticut Wildcats*David Gray , English singer-songwriter...
     and Suzanne Vega
    Suzanne Vega

    Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her highly literate lyrics and eclectic folk music-inspired music.Record companies saw little prospect of commercial success in the beginning; Vega's demo tape was rejected by every major record company?twice by A&M....
  4. Stereophonics
    Stereophonics

    Stereophonics are a Wales rock band consisting of Kelly Jones, Richard Jones , Javier Weyler and Adam Zindani. Since their d?but album Word Gets Around which peaked at #6 in the album charts they have had five consecutive albums reach #1 in the UK....
    , Colbie Caillat
    Colbie Caillat

    Colbie Marie Caillat is an American pop music singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California, California. Her father, Ken Caillat, co-produced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Tusk albums; Caillat recalls being around the likes of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie as a child....
     and Joan Armatrading
    Joan Armatrading

    Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, Order of the British Empire, is a United Kingdom singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee ....
  5. Sheryl Crow
    Sheryl Crow

    Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an United States singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock music, country music, pop music and folk music, into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards....
    , Hard-Fi
    HARD-Fi

    Hard-Fi are an England alternative rock musical band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's continual members have been Richard Archer , Kai Stephens , Ross Phillips and Steve Kemp ....
     and Diana Krall
    Diana Krall

    Diana Jean Krall, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. She is known for her graceful contralto vocals....
  6. The Hoosiers
    The Hoosiers

    The Hoosiers are a band from the UK and Sweden. The band members are Irwin Sparkes , Martin Skarendahl and Alphonso Sharland . Their first single "Worried About Ray" reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart in July 2007....
    , The Black Keys
    The Black Keys

    The Black Keys are an American blues-rock music duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. They were formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001....
     and Manu Chao
    Manu Chao

    Manu Chao is a France-born singing and political activism of Spanish people origin. He sings mainly in Spanish language, French language, English language and Portuguese language and occasionally in a number of other languages....
  7. Matchbox Twenty
    Matchbox Twenty

    Matchbox Twenty is a Grammy-nominated rock band formed in Orlando, Florida.Matchbox Twenty has sold over 45 million albums worldwide from the releases of Yourself or Someone Like You, Mad Season , and More Than You Think You Are. They released their latest album, Exile on Mainstream, on October 2, 2007....
    , The Script and Def Leppard
    Def Leppard

    Def Leppard are an England Rock music band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria , Def Leppard became one of the List of best-selling music artists rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldw...
  8. Elbow
    Elbow (band)

    Elbow is a The BRIT Awards and Mercury Prize winning England alternative rock band. The band formed in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1990, and retains its original line-up of lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Guy Garvey, guitarist and back up vocalist Mark Potter , keyboardist and back up vocalist Craig Potter , bassist Pete Turner and dru...
    , MGMT
    MGMT

    MGMT is an United States musical duo based in Brooklyn, New York consisting of Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. Originally with Cantora Records, they signed with Columbia Records/Red Ink/Sony in 2006....
     and Alanis Morissette
    Alanis Morissette

    Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canada singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She has won eleven Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, and has sold over 60 million albums worldwide....
  9. The Kills
    The Kills

    The Kills is an indie rock band formed by American vocalist and guitarist Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince . Their three albums, Keep On Your Mean Side, No Wow and Midnight Boom, have gathered much critical praise....
    , Sara Bareilles
    Sara Bareilles

    Sara Beth Bareilles is an United States singer-songwriter and pianist.She achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit single "Love Song ", which brought her into the number one spot on the Billboard Pop 100 chart....
     and The Fratellis
    The Fratellis

    The Fratellis are a Scotland alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli , bass guitarist Barry Fratelli , and drummer, backing vocalist, occasional guitarist and banjo player Mince Fratelli ....
  10. The Subways
    The Subways

    The Subways are an England alternative rock band. Their debut album, Young For Eternity, was released on 4 July 2005 in the UK and February 14, 2006 in the U.S....
    , Gnarls Barkley
    Gnarls Barkley

    Gnarls Barkley is a Grammy award winning United States musical collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and record producer Danger Mouse from New York, and rapper/lead singer Cee-Lo Green , from Atlanta....
     and Herbie Hancock
    Herbie Hancock

    Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is a jazz pianist and composer. He embraces elements of rock and roll and soul music while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz....
  11. Justin Currie
    Justin Currie

    Justin Currie is a Scottish people singer and songwriter, best known as the founder member of the successful band Del Amitri and, along with Iain Harvie, is one of only two members of the group to be present throughout its entire existence....
    , Ben Harper
    Ben Harper

    Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper is an American musician....
     and Bryan Adams
    Bryan Adams

    Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...
  12. Teddy Thompson
    Teddy Thompson

    Teddy Thompson is a United Kingdom Folk music and Rock music musician. He released his first album in 2000 in music and has been producing music ever since....
    , Martha Wainwright
    Martha Wainwright

    Martha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk music-Rock music singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk/blues musician Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle....
     and Brian Wilson
    Brian Wilson

    Brian Douglas Wilson is a Grammy Award-winning United States musician best known as a member of the American rock and roll band, the Beach Boys....


Series 3

This is yet to be announced

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