Rick Astley shares cover of Olivia Rodrigo’s "Drivers License" for BBC Radio 2
13 February 2024, 14:50
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Tyler Damara Kelly
Over the weekend, in BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room, Rick Astley shared a cover of Olivia Rodrigo's 2021 debut singe, "Drivers License".
Accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra and a pair of back-up singers, Rick Astley performed his cover, as well as a version of his 1987 classic, "Never Gonna Give You Up", which was mashed up into a medley with Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You".
Rick Astley’s most recent album was 2023’s Are We There Yet?.
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