Pete Tong marked ten years of Ibiza Classics with two December nights at The O2 arena, joined by Jules Buckley, The Essential Orchestra and guest singers.
Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong marked ten years of Ibiza Classics with two nights at The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 December 2025. Jules Buckley and The Essential Orchestra played with him.
Tong grew up in Kent and played his first public gig at a friend’s wedding, aged 15. As an A&R manager at London Records, he put together The House Sound of Chicago, Vol. 1 in 1986, the first British release to gather the genre.
He began his Friday show on BBC Radio 1 in January 1991, branded Essential Selection for its first 15 years. In 2015 he and Buckley played the Radio 1 Ibiza Prom at the BBC Proms.
Buckley, a conductor from Aylesbury, co-founded the Heritage Orchestra in 2004 to bring an orchestra into a club setting. Their album Classic House reached number one at the end of 2016.
Each night had its own guest DJ: Mousse T on the Friday and Marshall Jefferson on the Saturday. Becky Hill sang on the Saturday only.
The other guest singers were Alison Limerick, Clementine Douglas, Jacob Lusk, John Martin and Poppy Baskcomb.