Radio 2 in the Park: Live updates from Chelmsford

Fans travel to see their favourite performerspublished at 12:05 British Summer Time

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Any guesses for who Kelly from Bristol wanted to see last night?

Radio 2 presenters Vernon Kay, Scott Mills and Rylan all kicked off the festival last night with a buzzing DJ party.

It’s fair to say 45-year-old Kelly, who travelled down from Bristol, wouldn’t have missed it for the world.

“I’m happy because I feel like I’m in Rylan land,” she said on her first trip to Essex on Friday.

Gill Melder has short brown hair and is smiling while wearing a red dress with white detailing. She is standing in front of small metal barriers.
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Gill Melder came to see DJ Spoony with her friend, Alison Moore

Michelle Visage and DJ Spoony were also bringing the tunes, but some fans in the crowd forgot a vital instrument.

“We forgot our wooden spoons, we’re gutted,” said Gill Melder, who travelled from Chadwell Heath, east London, to see (and wave the cutlery at) DJ Spoony.

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