Live Events
Power Amped was a concert held occasionally by the radio station at Southampton Guildhall. It featured rock style bands and was designed to appeal to more mature music tastes than previous event Power in the Park. Between each of the acts, Maximum Bob DJ'd for the crowd, with other Power FM presenters coming on stage to talk to the crowd and to introduce the next act. There have been a total of three:
- Power Amped 1 = El Presidente, Kubb, The Delays, Embrace
- Power Amped 2 = GunAngel (a school band that won a competition to open the concert), Captain, Vega4, The Zutons
- Power Amped 3 = The Hoosiers, The Twang, Travis
- Power in the Park ran for 10 years and was held at southampton common
In 2008, Power FM had another live event, Power Jam.
As Galaxy South Coast:
- Love Music: Live! = Alesha Dixon, Tinchy Stryder, JLS, Booty Luv and Taio Cruz (who pulled out due to voice issues)
As Galaxy South Coast & 103.2 Capital:
- Other events the station - have promoted and ran competitions for tickets including the originated Capital London's Summertime Ball and Jingle Bell Ball in 2009, 2010 and from 2011 as part of the Capital network held at The O2 Arena (London) in early June and December, respectively.
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