{"id":356215,"date":"2025-03-17T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/?p=356215"},"modified":"2025-03-17T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:33:00","slug":"stevie-wonder-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/entertainment\/stevie-wonder-2\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Stevie Wonder to headline 2025 Lytham Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Legendary singer-songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stevie_Wonder\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stevie_Wonder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stevie Wonder<\/a> has been announced as the headline act for Lancashire&#8217;s Lytham Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The veteran music star will perform on 3 July, the day after US rock band Kings of Leon open the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lytham Festival co-founder Peter Taylor said: &#8220;He&#8217;s a global icon, a superstar, and to get him to come to Lytham is a coup for us and we&#8217;re very proud.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justin Timberlake, Alanis Morissette, Simple Minds and Texas will also perform at the event on Lytham Green on 2-6 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lytham.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-356217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lytham.jpg?w=976&amp;ssl=1 976w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lytham.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lytham.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American rock band Kings of Leon will open the event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Taylor said: &#8220;He&#8217;s a proper musician and his massive set is three hours long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been 15 years in the making, I met him in LA eight years ago and we chatted, but the stars had never aligned before now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have over 100,000 people come to the festival now, so we&#8217;ve definitely put Lytham on the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great for the town and for tourism.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past headliners have included Shania Twain, Lionel Ritchie, Kylie Minogue and Diana Ross, as well as Sting and Lewis Capaldi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/category\/entertainment\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/category\/entertainment\/\">More Stories Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder has been announced as the headline act for Lancashire&#8217;s Lytham Festival. 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