Kilimanjaro Live announced as live partner for National Album Day 2024

09 September 2024 - Press release

BRINGING ALBUM MOMENTS TO LIVE WITH THE PRETENDERS, NEW MODEL ARMY, SEA GIRLS AND MORE

National Album Day has announced that Kilimanjaro Live, one of the UK's leading music promoters, will be the official live partner for this year. Scheduled for Saturday, 19th October 2024, this year's National Album Day will celebrate Great British Groups.

Across our National Album Day celebration month, Kilimanjaro Live have a range of incredible live shows from the likes of New Model Army, Sea Girls, Cat Burns, and on National Album Day itself, 19 October, The Pretenders will be igniting the stage in Hull as part of their UK tour.

Kilimanjaro Live will help National Album Day bring the excitement of live album moments to life. As winners of Music Week's Live Promoter of the Year 2023 Award, Kilimanjaro Live sees album tracks transform from their studio format into unprecedented musical moments.  Live performances are where album tracks magically transform into indelible memories, forging unique connections between artists and audiences at each moment in time.

"Kilimanjaro Live are honoured and delighted to become the official live partner for National Album Day,"  comments Stuart Galbraith, CEO of Kilimanjaro Live, part of the KMJ Entertainment Group.  "Nothing compares to the absolute exhilaration between audience and artist when they share an album together during a live performance – that's when you see the true magic of the album spark into an everlasting memory through the wonder of live.  Through this union of Kilimanjaro Live and National Album Day, we aim to open up the sharing-moment of the album across many live shows in the future."  

National Album Day is presented in association with official broadcast partner BBC Radio 2, and will pay tribute to artists who tell their stories behind these significant and influential bodies of work. Artist champions tied into the Great British Groups theme (both heritage and new talent inspired by pioneers), specially reissued albums tied into anniversaries and new releases, promotional events and other activities will be announced in due course, alongside further updates.

Since its launch in 2018, National Album Day has been supported by a broad range of artist champions, including Kylie Minogue, Lewis Capaldi, Mark Ronson, Paloma Faith, Blossoms, Alice Cooper, Mahalia and Jazzie B. Last year Gabrielle, Declan McKenna, Tricky, Nuno Bettencourt, Shola Ama and The Corrs were the latest talents to add their voices as passionate advocates of the album.  

Typically benefitting from around a week-long build up, National Album Day has hosted a variety of activities such as listening events with album platforms including Classic Album Sundays, Pitchblack Playback, The Record Club, Tape Notes and Tim's Listening Parties; live performances, including with charity partner War Child; in-store artist appearances and record store promotions, V&A museum artist in-conversations, and album sleeve artwork exhibitions and street art murals. 

National Album Day is organised jointly by the BPI – the UK association of record companies and independent labels (BRIT Awards and Mercury Prize) – and ERA, the digital entertainment and retail association (Record Store Day). The event is supported across Radio 2 and the breadth of BBC Sounds, radio, TV and online channels, and is backed by the wider recorded music community, taking in UK record labels; AIM, PPL, ERA Members and other trade associations.

Keep track of National Album Day online for regular news updates and for details of how to get involved over the coming months.

Tickets for Kilimanjaro events available from https://myticket.co.uk/