T4 On The Beach is a British one day music event which is held on the beach at Weston-super-Mare and televised for Channel 4. The event began in 2003 as Pop Beach in Great Yarmouth, changing to the current title and venue in 2005.

The day consists of a number of major contemporary pop and rock music acts from the UK and overseas, performing short sets in front of an audience of over 40,000 predominantly 16-24 year olds. In addition to the main stage a smaller 4Music stage has provided a platform for newer upcoming bands. It has been confirmed to return in 2010. ^[1]

T4 On The Beach 2009

T4 On The Beach 2009 was held at Weston-Super-Mare beach on July 19 and was presented by Steve Jones, Miquita Oliver, Rick Edwards and Jameela Jamil.

T4 Stage

• Alesha Dixon
• The Saturdays
• Metro Station
• Dizzee Rascal - Headliner
• The Gossip - Opener
• Calvin Harris
• Tinchy Stryder featuring Amelle Berrabah
• N-Dubz
• The Noisettes
• JLS
• Will Young
• Taio Cruz
• Diversity
• Basement Jaxx
• Florence And The Machine
• Daniel Merriweather
• Ironik Ft. Chipmunk
• Shontelle
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor
• Peter Andre
• Little Boots

4Music Stage

• Sam Twiner (band) with Greg Unitt, Tom Hemming, Jordan Pugsley and Alex 'Gen' Cocker.
• Hockey
• Frankmusik
• Tommy Reilly
• Fightstar
• Paloma Faith
• The Maccabees
• Newham Generals Ft. Dizzee Rascal
• Killa Kella
• Little Boots
• The Enemy
• Master Shortie

T4 On The Beach 2008

2008's T4 On The Beach took place on 20 July 2008. The event was hosted by T4 presenters Steve Jones, Alexa Chung, Miquita Oliver, Rick Edwards, Gerard McCarthy & Zoe Lister and was broadcast live on Channel 4. Also, Rock Schools Lil Chris presented on the 4Music Stage. Artistes appearing:

T4 Stage

• Basshunter
• The Zutons
• Kelly Rowland - Headliner
• Ne Yo
• Scouting For Girls
• The Hoosiers - Opened the Show
• Robyn
• The Feeling
• Adele
• Pigeon Detectives
• McFly
• Guillemots
• Alphabeat
• Feeder
• The Ting Tings
• Duffy
• Reverend And The Makers
• OneRepublic

4Music Stage

• Sugababes
• Dirty Pretty Things
• Black Kids
• Five O?Clock Heroes featuring Agyness Deyn
• Lightspeed Champion
• The Automatic (see below)
• The Script
• Envy and Other Sins
• One Eskimo

Cage the Elephant were due to play on the 4Music stage, but because of an injury to a band member, they were replaced by Welsh indie rockers The Automatic.

T4 On The Beach 2007

The T4 presenter hosts of the event in 2007 were June Sarpong, Steve Jones and Miquita Oliver.

The event saw the appearance of the 4Music stage for the first time as the venue for slghtly longer sets from newer bands that were considered to have significant potential.

Main Stage

• Kaiser Chiefs - Headliners
• Maroon 5
• Manic Street Preachers
• Akon
• Natasha Bedingfield
• Mika
• Amerie
• Girls Aloud
• McFly - Opened the Show
• Just Jack
• Calvin Harris
• Mutya Buena
• Dizzee Rascal
• Funeral for a Friend
• Kate Nash
• Super Furry Animals
• Reverend and The Makers
• Sophie Ellis Bextor
• Athlete
• The Pigeon Detectives

4Music Stage

• Badly Drawn Boy
• Mark Ronson
• The Maccabees
• Hadouken!
• Jamie Scott And The Town
• Remi Nicole
• The Hoosiers
• The Twang

T4 On The Beach 2006

Acts performing at the 2006 event included:

Tom Fletcher of McFly performs on the beach in 2006.

• All American Rejects
• The Automatic
• Basement Jaxx
• Busta Rhymes
• Dannii Minogue
• Embrace
• The Feeling
• Frank
• Feeder
• Orson
• Lily Allen
• Matt Willis
• McFly
• Ne-Yo
• Pet Shop Boys
• Pussycat Dolls
• Razorlight
• Shayne Ward
• Simon Webbe
• Will Young
• The Zutons

References

External links

• ''T4 on the Beach'' at Channel4.com
• ''T4 On The Beach Official Facebook page''
• ''T4 On The Beach Official MySpace page
• '' T4 On The Beach Official Bebo page''
• ''T4 On The Beach Official Twitter page''
• ''T4 On The Beach Official Last.fm page''
• ''Review of the 2009 event by The Times''
• ''Pictures from the 2009 event''

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