Southampton Summer Sessions announces Billy Ocean and Pete Tong for 2026
The now iconic live music event teases its third consecutive year with two titanic names.
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The Southampton Summer sessions, presented by TK Maxx, is set to host a wealth of talent across the port city for its third year in a row. Across 2024 and 2025, the likes of music legends Tom Jones, Nile Rodgers, Kaiser Chiefs, Rag’n’Bone Man and The Human League performed standout sets in front of the city’s Guildhall. Now, for its third year, the iconic square will see Billy Ocean and dance music trailblazer Pete Tong deliver summertime sets.
Pete Tong, the BBC Radio 1 DJ renowned for his Ibiza Classics show, and influence over the dance music scene, will play on Sunday, June 14th, while defining ‘80s popstar Billy Ocean, behind hits When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going and Red Light Spells Danger, takes the stage a week later, on Sunday, June 21st.
No other artists have been announced as yet for the third year of TK Maxx Presents Southampton Summer Sessions, but if this first line-up reveal is anything to go by, it’ll be another unmissable balmy month for live music maniacs.
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