Lemar, Jamelia and Girls Aloud are joined by a mysterious guest artist for Days of Thunder
Due to an appearance at Channel 4’s ‘T4 Pop Beach Party’ extravaganza at Great Yarmouth on Sunday 6th June, BRIT award winner Lemar, Jamelia and Girls Aloud will now be playing at the ‘Pop at the Rock’ festival on Sunday 4th July as part of the third Days of Thunder event.
The trio of headline acts with be joined on the Rockingham stage by Romanian singing duo The Cheeky Girls and by a guest artist, turning the 4th July event into a summer music festival.
“This will be Rockingham’s biggest day of music yet,” said Rockingham CEO Ashley Pover. “July 4th is one of the busiest days in the sporting calendar with the Euro 2004 football final, the Mens Final at Wimbledon and, of course, Days of Thunder. Rather than try and fly the artists from Great Yarmouth where they will be performing on June 6th, we decided to move Lemar, Jamelia and Girls Aloud to the third event,” Pover continued. “We will be naming the fourth artist next week once their tour dates have been announced on Radio One. With these four acts and the Cheeky Girls, the third Days of Thunder event will be the biggest music event in the region. We will be announcing a replacement act for 6th June shortly.”
Tickets go on sale for the 4th July event at 9am on Monday 1st March and are available by ringing the 24 hour credit card hotline 08702 647 625. Advance general admission tickets to the event cost £14.95 for adults, £5 for children (5 to 16), Children under 5 are Free. There is a special family ticket for two adults and two children for £32. These tickets include access to the entire event, including unreserved grandstand seating and paddock entry for the racing and then entry for the concert.
There will also be a limited allocation of 1000 VIP Front Stage passes for the concert at £20 each, which will allow fans to stand right in front of the main stage. These special passes can only be bought with a general admission ticket. These special passes sold out in 72 hours for the Blue concert on 2nd May and Rockingham is expecting demand to be high for the 4th July.
The Days of Thunder series – featuring 170mph American V8 car racing as seen in the Tom Cruise film of the same name – will take place on the first Sunday of each month, from May to October. Rockingham’s 52,000 seater venue offers 100% visibility from 95% of its seats, which means fans can witness all the action at Europe's fastest circuit.
LEMARA finalist in the 2002 Fame Academy TV show, Lemar has proved himself to be a winner when it comes to the charts. The hit records Dance (With U), the double A-side 50/50/Lullaby and his debut album, Dedicated have confirmed Lemar as one of the UK’s leading solo artists. These achievements have led to two nominations at this months BRITS and winning best British Urban Act.
JAMELIAJamelia’s singing career started at the age of 15. The singer from Birmingham burst back onto the music scene in 2003 with the huge hit singles ‘Bout, and Superstar and September 2003 saw the release of her second album, Thank You. Jamelia, like Lemar, has also received two BRIT nominations, one for Best British Female Solo Artist and the other for Best British Single.
GIRLS ALOUDIn just over a year Nadine Coyle, Cheryl Tweedy, Sarah Harding, Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts have raised the stakes in the UK chart scene. Girls Aloud saw their debut single ‘Sounds of the Underground’ take the coveted Christmas No 1 spot in 2002 and was the best selling single in the UK for a month. This was followed up by the smash hit singles No Good Advice and Jump.
