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Wrapping up the best of 2025

Shaun looks back at the best bits of some of his biggest rock guests, including Mark Knopfler, Yungblud, Robert Plant plus Def Leppard's appearance at Radio 2 In The Park.

It's been a great year for Rock!

Shaun looks back on the rock landscape of 2025 and curates the best bits of some of his biggest interviews of the year.

Hear Mark Knopfler musing on 40 years of 'Brothers In Arms', Robert Plant on hanging out with Elvis in the '70s, Dan and Patrick from The Black Keys talking about their love of playing live, and Billy Idol looking back at a rock n' roll birthday party in the 80s which spawned the title of one of his biggest hits. He's also got Yungblud's take on his latest project with Aerosmith, plus another chance to hear a bit of live Def Leppard from Radio 2's biggest rock moment of the year - Radio 2 in The Park in Chelmsford!

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57 minutes

Last on

Boxing Day 202523:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Black Sabbath

    Paranoid

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Dire Straits

    Money For Nothing

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.

  • The Black Keys

    A Little Too High

    • No Rain, No Flowers.
    • Easy Eye Sound/Warner Records.
    • 10.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Misty Mountain Hop

    • Led Zeppelin IV.
    • Britannia Music.

  • Billy Idol

    Rebel Yell

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 4.

  • Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD

    My Only Angel

    • One More Time E.P..
    • Island.

  • Def Leppard

    Let's Get Rocked (Radio 2 In The Park 2025)

  • The Beatles

    Tomorrow Never Knows

    • Parlophone.

Broadcast

  • Boxing Day 202523:00
    BBC Radio 2