Festival Curator John Simm: Roles of a Lifetime, Shakespeare & Shakin’ Stevens

The Line-Up with Shaun Keaveny
11 May 2022

You may know him best as an actor, but John Simm is also a fine musician, just ask Echo & The Bunnymen or New Order. John shares his early guitar-playing ambitions from gigging with his dad, to switching gears to acting in The Lakes, Doctor Who, Grace and Life on Mars – which may well be returning soon… Music obsessions run deep at John’s Here Comes The Sun fest (minor spoiler) and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Who would play at your dream festival? Shaun Keaveny’s got a lifetime of festival moments (well, the ones he can remember) to draw on as each episode he guides a music-loving guest to share their 5 favourite acts to see on stage in a field somewhere.

From the first band waking up your senses to that emotional sunset slot and the all-important headliner.

Other fantasy festival essentials will be covered too, from choice snacks to tent skills (ha! Celebrities pitching their own tents? No chance…) and of course, are we gonna need a fancy toilet?

The Line-Up with Shaun Keaveny is brought to you by Sony Music Commercial Group UK and is produced by Natalie Jamieson for Cup & Nuzzle.

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