This year's Urban Classic takes place at the Barbican Centre in London on Saturday 3 March.
The exciting event witnesses a meeting of musical cultures, uniting multiple BRIT and MOBO award-winner Ms Dynamite, N-Dubz producer Fazer, Essex grime boy Devlin and London MC Skepta with the 80-strong BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Urban Classic will feature the artists' new material and big hits with fresh orchestral arrangements conducted by Jules Buckley.
Urban Classic is part of the BBC's Music Nation – a nationwide weekend of live music events across the UK on the weekend of the 3 and 4 March. 2012. As well as marking the Barbican Centre's 30th Birthday, the event is part of the countdown to the London 2012 Festival.
Urban Classic will be broadcast in full, live on BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra between 7pm and 9.30pm on 3 March.
Urban Classic
Feat. Fazer, Ms Dynamite, Devlin, Skepta and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
3 March 2012 / 19:30
Barbican Hall
Tickets: £10 - 20
www.barbican.org.uk
The exciting event witnesses a meeting of musical cultures, uniting multiple BRIT and MOBO award-winner Ms Dynamite, N-Dubz producer Fazer, Essex grime boy Devlin and London MC Skepta with the 80-strong BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Urban Classic will feature the artists' new material and big hits with fresh orchestral arrangements conducted by Jules Buckley.
Urban Classic is part of the BBC's Music Nation – a nationwide weekend of live music events across the UK on the weekend of the 3 and 4 March. 2012. As well as marking the Barbican Centre's 30th Birthday, the event is part of the countdown to the London 2012 Festival.
Urban Classic will be broadcast in full, live on BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra between 7pm and 9.30pm on 3 March.
Urban Classic
Feat. Fazer, Ms Dynamite, Devlin, Skepta and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
3 March 2012 / 19:30
Barbican Hall
Tickets: £10 - 20
www.barbican.org.uk