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Published: 2 October 2008

Oasis play the Electric Proms later this month

They’re electric! Oasis to wind up this year’s Proms

PREVIEW: ELECTRIC PROMS
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OASIS will bring an explosive end to Camden’s Electric Proms after they were confirmed as the final act to join the festival playlist.
The mouthy Mancs will team up with Crouch End Festival Chorus to close to the five-day festival.
Easy listening crooner Burt Bacharach, The Streets, a Bee Gee doing Saturday Night Fever and Chaka Khan are among the power-list set to knock spots off the previous two Proms. This year’s line-up is just as good as it ever was, making the event one of the festivals of the year.
Set up to give the classical proms a run for their money and “create new moments in music”, the Proms have been responsible for some unforgettable pairings.
They have also brought us the people we’re all desperate to see, along with the greats of bygone eras – introducing them to new ears and old fans.
Last year saw man of the moment Mark Ronson perform with big-hitting singers such as Sean Lennon, Terry Hall and Tim Burgess, while the first Proms presented us with James Brown.
This year is no different. Robin Gibb singing some of the best disco tunes of all time on Saturday October 25 is bound to be a showstopper. But opening with Bacharach is the festival’s big coup. Watching the man responsible for some of the biggest pop songs is bound to be enlightening.
Grooves revealed in an interview last year that festival director Lorna Clarke wanted to take the show on the road to Liverpool. And sure enough, the Last Shadow Puppets, along with Razorlight and Tony Christie, are all set to do their turn on the Mersey.
Other stars set to flit across the spotlight at Koko, Barfly, Dingwalls, Cecil Sharpe and the Roundhouse include Kentish Town rockers Kitty Daisy and Lewis, Nitin Sawhney, The Streets and Keane. (Sadly, at the last minute Chase and Status, Bashy and Ny have mysteriously cancelled.)

To see as many as you can, make like Ms Clarke and follow that drumbeat on a motorbike.
• The Proms take place from October 22-26. Tickets at www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms

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