05 February 2016
Newsdesk
Tinie Tempah, NCS Ambassador and curator of NCS YES LIVE 2016 today announced that BRIT Critics’ Choice Award Nominee, Izzy Bizu and top ten-selling DJ duo, Blonde have been confirmed to join Tinie and perform at NCS YES LIVE, a pro-social music and awards event hosted by National Citizen Service (NCS). Taking place at The Roundhouse, Camden on 29 March 2016, NCS YES LIVE will celebrate the great achievements of young people, rewarding them for over eight million hours of social action. Stay tuned as one more special music guest is still to be announced!
Izzy Bizu, who’s single ‘White Tiger’ is currently the soundtrack to NCS’s TV advert, which led to the song storming the Shazam charts said: “I’m really looking forward to performing at NCS Yes Live with Tinie Tempah and Blonde. NCS is doing great things for young people and the response to my song being featured on their advert has been amazing, so I jumped at the chance to be involved in the event. It’s going to be a great gig, so if your 16 or 17, sign up and come along ”
Hailing from London and Bristol, 4Music favourites Blonde have been making major waves in the electronic/house music scene lately and said: “It’s really cool to be asked to be a part of NCS Yes Live, a celebration for young people across the country. We’re gonna’ make sure we blow the roof off The Roundhouse and give them a show they deserve!”
NCS YES LIVE will host 3,000 young people at The Roundhouse Camden and in partnership with 4Music, showcasing and celebrating the difference NCS graduates and their social action projects make to local communities in the UK.
As well as live performances from Tinie Tempah, Izzy Bizu and Blonde, two awards will be presented that acknowledge ‘Social Action Star’ and ‘Most Inspirational Team Leader or Mentor’. Special guests will be on hand to champion each nominee for ‘Social Action Star’ and NCS is thrilled to announce, Jamal Edwards, Patron of NCS, is the first to be confirmed. Jamal will shine a light on one of the teens’ social action projects up for the award.
Throughout the day, the already announced all-star YouTuber presenting team of Ali-A, Emma Blackery, Jake Boys and Emily Canham, who have almost 10 million subscribers collectively, will be interviewing the stars of the show in the exclusive Greenroom show and creating digital content documenting the day. Special guest Poppy Jamie, announced as NCS Snapchat Ambassador for NCS YES LIVE will also be reporting live from the event.
You can also catch the full NCS YES LIVE event when it is broadcast exclusively by 4Music along with behind the scenes footage and unprecedented access to artists. Broadcast date to be confirmed, so stay tuned!
To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to NCS YES LIVE, sign up to the 2016 programme at yeslive.ncsyes.co.uk before 29th February. Entrants aged 16 years old on the date of event (29th March) will be entered into a daily prize draw. Applications for the, summer programmes are open year round. (Shorter programmes running during Easter holidays and Autumn half term are also available.) For further information visit www.ncsyes.co.uk.
