Special guests added to Lionel Richie HeritageLive Festival at Sandringham

Special guests have been announced for international superstar and Grammy Award-winning performer Lionel Richie’s exclusive UK show for 2026 at The Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.

Joining Richie for the highly anticipated show on Thursday 20 August as part of HeritageLive Festival’s blockbuster summer lineup will be the iconic Dave Stewart Eurythmics featuring Vanessa Amorosi, soul great Joss Stone, and the hotly-tipped Brooke Combe.

The incredible lineup for HeritageLive Festival at Sandringham for 2026 also features headliners Janet Jackson on Wednesday 19 August, Christina Aguilera on Friday 21 August, Ricky Martin on Saturday 22 August, and Eric Clapton on Sunday 23 August. Multi-day tickets are available for the events.

Dave Stewart, the acclaimed singer, songwriter, musician and producer who co-founded Eurythmics with Annie Lennox, brings the band’s groundbreaking catalogue to audiences around the world with a live show featuring an all-female band, including Australian multi-million-selling vocalist, Vanessa Amorosi.

Stewart is behind some of the most iconic songs in pop music history, including “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” “Here Comes The Rain Again,” “Love Is A Stranger,” “Would I Lie To You,” “Missionary Man” and “There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart).”

The performances follow last year’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” and honour the music that made Eurythmics one of the most influential acts of the 1980s and beyond. Following the duo’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Stewart has revisited the songs that helped define a generation. Known for their distinctive mix of synth-pop, new wave, soul and rock, Eurythmics have sold more than 75 million albums worldwide and remain enduring icons of contemporary music.

Joss Stone is a GRAMMY and BRIT Award-winning artist who released her acclaimed debut album, The Soul Sessions, in 2003, at the age of 16. Over her career, she has released nine studio albums, selling over 15 million copies worldwide.

Stone has performed and collaborated with legendary artists including James Brown, Burt Bacharach, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Sting, Van Morrison, Melissa Etheridge, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger and Damien Marley, amassing over one billion streams in the US alone.

Her 2022 release, Never Forget My Love, was her eighth studio album, written with and produced by Dave Stewart, with whom she also co-wrote music and lyrics for the West End musical The Time Traveller’s Wife.

Brooke Combe released her debut album Dancing At The Edge of The World last year, introducing her signature blend of raw emotion, soul-infused melodies, and fearless storytelling. Produced by The Coral’s James Skelly, it is redolent of those first offerings from Michael Kiwanuka and Leon Bridges, revelling in lush, orchestral arrangements, irresistible rhythms and a voice that could have come right out of Motown.

With a captivating performance on Later…With Jools Holland earlier this year, acclaim across the board for her debut album and tipped by Rolling Stone UK as ‘One of 2023’s defining artists’ in their ‘Ones To Watch’ and in Dork Magazine’s ‘Hype List 2023,’ as well as garnering support from the likes of The Guardian, NME, Clash, BBC Radio 1, BBC 6Music and Radio X, Brooke Combe continues to rise as one of the UK’s hottest talents.

Famed for his iconic hits such as “All Night Long”, “Dancing on the Ceiling”, and “Hello”, Lionel Richie’s music is part of the fabric of popular culture, with more than 125 million albums sold worldwide.

Richie has won an Oscar®, a Golden Globe®, four Grammy Awards®, and in 2022 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

In 2022 he received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the American Library of Congress, and is the 12th recipient of the prestigious award.

Richie’s further mega-hits such as “Endless Love”, “Lady”, “Truly”, “Penny Lover”, “Stuck on You”, “Say You, Say Me”, as well as his hits with The Commodores including “Three Times a Lady”, “Still”, and “Easy”, have seen him become one of music’s best-loved and most iconic stars. Richie is one of only two solo songwriters who has written eight number one hits that made the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Renowned for his world-class showmanship and ability to connect with audiences across generations, Richie’s performances are a masterclass in both nostalgia and energy. His headline performance on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2015 drew the festival’s largest crowd of the year, cementing his place as a legendary live performer.

P.S. Cooper

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