Becky Hill | Mia
Haydock Park, Ashton in Makerfield
eighth August 2025
On a heat summer time night at Haydock Park, after the horse racing had completed, the racecourse traded galloping hooves for pounding basslines as Becky Hill introduced her commanding voice to The Jockey Membership Reside stage. With a profession constructed on powerhouse vocals and dancefloor anthems, she’s come a great distance since her breakthrough on The Voice UK, turning into the primary contestant from the present to land a UK No. 1 and racking up chart-toppers with Wilkinson, Sigala, and David Guetta.
The viewers arrived dressed to impress, adorned in all their finery for the races, and because the night progressed, the ambiance grew vigorous and full of excellent spirits, with everybody desperate to benefit from the music forward.
Kicking issues off was the diminutive, however dynamic Mia (Kirkland), a fast-rising Sony-signed expertise, fusing dance-pop gloss with drum & bass grit. From busking on the streets of York to blowing up on TikTok, she’s constructed a loyal following and has collaborated with heavyweights like DJ Zinc and Friction. A Mission Icon finalist praised by Becky Hill herself, Mia’s uncooked, heartfelt vocals and unfiltered presence made her a fascinating opener.
The group roared with appreciation when Becky Hill opened her set with True Colors, the placing lead observe from her second album Imagine Me Now?, a compelling collaboration with Self Esteem.
She saved the power excessive together with her 2022 single Loopy What Love Can Do, a hovering house-pop anthem celebrating love and friendship that had everybody hooked from the primary beat. Becky then shifted gears with Piece of Me, delivering heartfelt lyrics and uncooked emotion that gave the group a second to catch their breath and join together with her vulnerability earlier than the evening surged again into full swing.
Turning up the tempo once more with False Alarm, a pulsating, high-energy observe that reignited the group and had everybody dancing like there was no tomorrow. Subsequent got here Again & Forth, identified for its catchy melody and club-ready beat.
The set rolled on with extra fan favourites like Gecko, Final Time, Exterior Of Love, and the uplifting Afterglow. Becky’s power by no means flagged as she moved via Disconnect, Misplaced Management, and the heartfelt My Coronary heart Goes (La Di Da). She closed the evening with highly effective performances of Give up, Swim, and the euphoric Want You Properly, earlier than delivering the anthemic Bear in mind, a preferred dance observe that united the entire crowd in tune and left the air buzzing with electrical energy.
Becky delivered a set filled with chart-topping hits and excessive power, reworking the grandstand into one big dancefloor. And for those who’re fast, you possibly can catch her at Studying Pageant on August twenty third and Leeds Pageant on August twenty fourth.
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