Shaun Tilley, Smiley Miley, Gary Davies and Mike Read celebrate the special relationship Wales had with the legendary Radio 1 Roadshow during the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.

The Radio 1 roadshow was a remarkable beast and one which toured the nation during July and August from 1973 to 1999. But it proved no less popular than the behemoth which would eventually replace it.

The typical roadshow summer season started in July and ran for eight weeks, broadcasting live on Radio 1 from the roadshow locations from 11 am to 12.30 pm each weekday.

Radio 1 had arrived. Its first DJ was 24-year-old Tony Blackburn – who, a few short years before, had been a wannabe pop star gigging in the music venues of Bournemouth.

Hundreds of people came together in the heart of Southampton for the arrival of the legendary Radio 1 Roadshow at Hoglands ...

Hundreds of people came together in the heart of Southampton for the arrival of the legendary Radio 1 Roadshow at Hoglands Park.

The sun's shining, everyone's in shorts, and Chesney Hawkes is rolling up to Markeaton Park. It can only be May 1991, when the Radio 1 Roadshow came to rock Derby in a massive open-air gig. The ...

At the end of the 90s, BBC Radio 1 bosses decided to ditch the roadshow and opt for one-day mini-festivals instead. It was the start of a journey which would lead us to the Big Weekend, and now ...