Encouraged by a 23-year-old country musician Jackson Dean, the broadcaster now sports new ink on his right wrist.

Bob hosted this year’s C2C Festival at the O2 along with Alana Springsteen - take a look at the pictures!

“What was an incredible @c2cfestival weekend of music, sessions, broadcasts and love - a weekend that I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to host.”

Legendary broadcaster 'Whispering Bob' Harris speaks to Headliner about the 2022 C2C (Country 2 Country) music festival at the O2 in London, the genre's 21st century boom and his new BBC Radio 2 series celebrating its most exciting new talent.

In March, Radio 2 Celebrates Country offers listeners a feast of country music. As the official broadcast partner of C2C Country to Country, the biggest country music festival in Europe, the network broadcasts from backstage at the festival in London’s O2 Arena with two shows. On Saturday 12 March (3pm-6pm), host of Radio 2’s The Country Show (Thursdays, 9pm), Bob Harris, introduces highlights from the festival.

Bob was delighted this morning to discuss the forthcoming series of events on Radio 2’s celebration of Country Music in lieu of the postponed C2C: Country to Country festival.