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Zone One set for 8 million listeners

Zone One Brass will be performing as part of Radio 2's '2Day' feature with Chris Evans this morning — so make sure you tune in!

Zone One in action
 

Zone One Brass will be playing live on the Radio 2 Chris Evans Breakfast Show this morning.

2Day

The presenter launches '2Day', which features all of Radio 2's music in one day, live from the stage of London's Hackney Empire Theatre.

Zone One will be conducted by a certain other Radio 2 presenter, Frank Renton and will perform a number of times between 7.00am and 10.00am.

8 million

The show is the most listened to radio programme in the country, with over eight million listeners.

"It's not everyday that brass bands get that kind of audience!" Zone One MD Richard Ward told 4BR.

"It's going to be an early start, and will see a convoy of cabs leaving at 4.30am to get us there on time, but we're all looking forward to it! It's a huge profile date for us and banding in general and we hope we can do the movement proud!"

Lesson

Zone One will be involved in the whole show, and there will be introduction to all the instruments involved, with Jon Stokes giving sports reporter Vassos Alexander lessons on the trombone!

The band will be playing a mix of pop tunes and some Chris Evans favourites, as well as live versions of the Breakfast Show jingles.

The show is the most listened to radio programme in the country, with over eight million listeners4BR

Special

A very special rendition of ‘Candyman’ will be sang by George Daniel Long who played Sammy Davis Jr in the West End production of 'The Rat Pack' and top arranger Evan Jolly has been drafted in too to write a new version of the band's signature tune 'Ring of Fire'!

The show can be watched as well as listened too, as it is being shown live online and on the television via the 'red button'.

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