Scott returns
Scott returned after his holiday to a weekend dominated by live music: Oasis in Cardiff, Black Sabbath in Birmingham, Justin Timberlake in Lytham and Sabrina Carpenter bringing Duran Duran onto the stage.
He asked listeners who had attended Oasis to send every detail and promised an exclusive live track from the first reunion show.
The Oasis exclusive
Scott played live Oasis audio that had otherwise only been heard inside the stadium.
The programme gathered reaction from fans who had waited years to see Liam and Noel Gallagher together again and compared the reality of the show with the expectation surrounding it.
Listeners described the opening, the crowd response and the emotion attached to songs that had accompanied them for decades.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor joined Scott to discuss new music, touring and the continuing international life of Murder on the Dancefloor.
She reflected on the song’s renewed popularity and the unusual experience of seeing a familiar record become newly attached to another generation.
The conversation covered her Friday-night Radio 2 programme and the way a kitchen-disco idea had grown into a lasting part of her work.
Scott asked about balancing family life with touring and broadcasting, particularly when pop performances often happened late at night.
Sophie also joined the wider conversation about live music and the renewed appetite for major communal shows.
Regular features
The Easiest Quiz and Birthday Game returned with Scott, while Tina and Ellie caught him up on the heatwave and the stories he had missed.
7 July 2025: Vernon Kay
The handover revisited Oasis and Scott’s return, with Vernon assessing whether the reunion had lived up to the scale of the build-up.
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