Chris Moyles added to bill for Manic Street Preachers concert at Audley End on Saturday August 2

DJ Chris Moyles has been added to the bill for Manic Street Preachers’ concert at Audley End House and Gardens this summer.

The longest-serving breakfast host in BBC Radio 1 history will play a DJ set in support of the Welsh rockers on Saturday August 2.

Moyles joins The Charlatans and Ash on the bill for the open-air gig at the English Heritage property near Saffron Walden.

The broadcaster began his radio career in his hometown of Leeds at the age of just 16 before going on to work for Radio Luxembourg and London’s Capital FM before joining BBC Radio 1 and becoming one of the stations most talked about and popular DJs.

He presented the breakfast show to an audience of eight million people for a record-breaking eight-and-a-half years.

Moyles is also a two-time Sunday Times best-selling author and has released two top 20 albums of his popular parody songs.

He currently hosts his own show on Radio X, which began in 2015, and its weekly podcast attracts over half a million downloads a month.

Headliners the Manics released debut album Generation Terrorists in 1992 and have gone on to enjoy a hugely successful career.

They have won 11 NME Awards, eight Q Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards and four BRIT Awards, and were nominated for the Mercury Prize and the MTV Europe Music Awards.

At their live shows, early tracks such as You Love Us and Motorcycle Emptiness comfortably sit alongside huge chart hits such as the Number 1 single If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next while other classics like You Stole The Sun From My Heart and Design For Life play alongside newer songs such as International Blue and Orwellian.

The Jacksons will kick off the Audley End Heritage Live series on Thursday July 31 with support from Sister Sledge, featuring founding member Debbie Sledge, and seven-piece band Miss Disco.

The Who frontman Roger Daltrey is the headliner for the Friday August 1 gig, supported by Ocean Colour Scene and Cast.

Underworld top the bill for the concluding Audley End gig of this summer’s series, with support from Simian Mobile Disco and Groove Armada, on Sunday August 3.

Go to www.heritagelive.net for more information.