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Music legend Paul McCartney joins bill for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms 2007
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 Five-days, eight venues and more than 80 artists
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Sir Paul will be playing at Camden's world famous Roundhouse on 25 October 2007, the second night of the five-day festival.
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Other artists already confirmed include Mark Ronson, The Kaiser Chiefs, Jamie Cullum and Sigur Ros.
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Festival Director Lorna Clarke added: "It is a real coup to have a true legend and one of the world's most creative artists performing for us at the festival.
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"We are delighted that he has embraced the spirit of what the Electric Proms are all about – creating new moments in music – I can't wait to hear what he has come up with."
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Paul McCartney's performance will be shown on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two and available to view at bbc.co.uk/electricproms.
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Tickets will be on sale from 12 September 2007. For further ticket information and transmission details please visit:
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bbc.co.uk/electricproms
Electric Proms information hotline: 08703 333 432
Mini-Com: 020 7485 9009
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Notes to Editors
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- ´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms is a five-day festival featuring music and film taking place in Camden, London.
- Venues include The Roundhouse, The Barfly, KOKO, The Electric Ballroom, The Jazz Café, Dingwalls and Cecil Sharp House.
- Tickets for the festival go on sale on 12 September 2007 at noon.
- There will be a very restricted number of reduced price tickets (£5) that will be made available in the week of the festival.
- Last year over 250,000 people visited the Electric Proms website with over 850,000 requests to watch performances.
- Electric Proms will be broadcast across ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1, 2, 3, 1Xtra, 6 Music, the Asian Network and ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service.
- There will be televised highlights broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two with more performance available via the red button service for digital television customers.
- bbc.co.uk/electricproms will carry extensive coverage of the five-day festival and will offer comprehensive listings of what is being broadcast when, during and after the festival.
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