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The Shires

The Shires is a group from the UK, active since 2013.

Group GB since 2013 country uk

TOTAL PLAYS

1,146

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2014-03-20 22:49 · Radio 2 — "Nashville Grey Skies [Live]"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "It Won't Be Like This For Long (Radio 2 Session, 21 May 2026)"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2014 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'14 '16 '18 '20 '22 '24 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,145 100%

6 Music 1 0%

Radio 1 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 10:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Friday Night 101 2023-02-26

2 A Thousand Hallelujahs 82 2020-09-09

3 Nashville Grey Skies 76 2019-07-25

4 Beats to Your Rhythm 69 2017-10-06

5 Guilty 67 2020-02-28

6 State Lines 65 2016-02-14

7 Independence Day 64 2020-03-19

8 Echo 63 2020-03-14

9 All Over Again 58 2019-01-20

10 I Just Wanna Love You 56 2015-11-10

11 Sleepwalk 51 2018-08-02

12 Tonight 50 2025-10-23

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-21 20:47 It Won't Be Like This For Long (Radio 2 Session, 21 May 2026) Radio 2

2026-05-21 20:43 A Thousand Hallelujahs (Radio 2 Session, 21 May 2026) Radio 2

2026-05-21 20:37 Getaway Car (Radio 2 Session, 21 May 2026) Radio 2

2026-05-21 06:52 Watching You Watching Me Radio 2

2026-04-22 01:39 Getaway Car Radio 2

2026-04-21 17:24 Getaway Car Radio 2

2026-04-20 00:53 Getaway Car Radio 2

2026-04-18 11:46 Getaway Car Radio 2

2026-04-17 04:51 Getaway Car Radio 2

2026-04-14 23:57 Getaway Car Radio 2

2026-04-13 01:46 Getaway Car Radio 2

2026-04-12 07:42 Getaway Car Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

96 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Bar Without You —

2 2022-03-25 ▶

A Thousand Hallelujahs —

82 2020-09-09 ▶

A Thousand Hallelujahs (Bob Harris Country session 13.10.16) —

1 2018-10-18 ▶

A Thousand Hallelujahs (Live from the Radio 2 Country Festival 2020) —

1 2020-03-14 ▶

A Thousand Hallelujahs (Radio 2 House Music, 25 Sept 2020) —

1 2020-09-25 ▶

A Thousand Hallelujahs (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018) —

1 2018-09-09 ▶

A Thousand Hallelujahs (Radio 2 Session, 21 May 2026) —

1 2026-05-21 ▶

About Last Night —

33 2020-05-22 ▶

About Last Night (Live from the Radio 2 Country Festival 2020) —

1 2020-03-14 ▶

Accidentally on Purpose —

2 2018-04-26 ▶

Ahead of the Storm —

2 2018-05-13 ▶

All Over Again —

58 2019-01-20 ▶

Baby We're Rich —

2 2022-03-24 ▶

Beats to Your Rhythm —

69 2017-10-06 ▶

Brave —

15 2025-01-09 ▶

Can't Help Falling In Love (Radio 2 Chris Evans at the Royal Wedding 2018) —

1 2018-05-19 ▶

Crazy Days —

36 2022-09-12 ▶

Crazy Days (Radio 2 House Music, 25 Sept 2020) —

1 2020-09-25 ▶

Cut Me Loose —

36 2022-05-20 ▶

Daddy's Little Girl —

41 2024-08-21 ▶

Desperate (Radio 2 Piano Room, 18 July 2017) —

1 2017-07-18 ▶

Drive —

25 2019-08-03 ▶

Easy (Glastonbury 2015) —

1 2015-06-28 ▶

Echo —

63 2020-03-14 ▶

Echo (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018) —

1 2018-09-09 ▶

Echo (Radio 2 Session 12th August 2018) —

1 2018-08-12 ▶

Falling (Radio 2 Piano Room, 17/03/2020) —

1 2020-03-24 ▶

Friday Night —

101 2023-02-26 ▶

Friday Night (Live Version) —

1 2015-12-10 ▶

Friday Night (Radio 2 Session) —

1 2015-05-04 ▶

Getaway Car —

17 2026-04-22 ▶

Getaway Car (Radio 2 Session, 21 May 2026) —

1 2026-05-21 ▶

Good Years —

4 2026-01-08 ▶

Good Years (Live at the Radio 2 Country Festival, 14.03.2020) —

1 2020-03-19 ▶

Good Years (Live from the Radio 2 Country Festival 2020) —

1 2020-03-14 ▶

Guilty —

67 2020-02-28 ▶

Guilty (Live with Chris Evans at the Royal Wedding 2018) —

1 2018-05-19 ▶

Guilty (Radio 2 Chris Evans at the Royal Wedding 2018) —

1 2018-05-19 ▶

Guilty (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018) —

3 2018-09-15 ▶

Guilty (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

2 2018-06-02 ▶

I Just Wanna Love You —

56 2015-11-10 ▶

I Just Wanna Love You (Instrumental) —

1 2021-04-10 ▶

I Just Wanna Love You (Radio 2 Piano Room,18 July 2017) —

2 2017-07-20 ▶

I See Stars —

19 2023-02-06 ▶

I See Stars (C2C: Country to Country Festival 2022) —

1 2022-03-13 ▶

Independance Day —

1 2020-09-09 ▶

Independence Day —

64 2020-03-19 ▶

Independence Day (Radio 2 Piano Room, 17/03/2020) —

1 2020-03-17 ▶

Islands in the Stream —

6 2020-04-12 ▶

It Won't Be Like This For Long (Radio 2 Session, 21 May 2026) —

1 2026-05-21 ▶

It's Only Midnight - session version —

1 2015-01-08 ▶

Jekyll and Hyde —

1 2015-10-10 ▶

Lightning Strikes —

1 2020-02-28 ▶

Lightning Strikes (Live from the Radio 2 Country Festival 2020) —

1 2020-03-14 ▶

Loving You Too Long —

2 2019-01-13 ▶

Made in England —

1 2015-02-08 ▶

Memory (Andrew Lloyd Webber Variations, Apr 2018) —

6 2020-02-15 ▶

My Universe —

9 2019-01-31 ▶

Nashville Country Skies (Live from the Radio 2 Country Festival 2020) —

1 2020-03-14 ▶

Nashville Grey Skies —

76 2019-07-25 ▶

Nashville Grey Skies (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018) —

2 2018-09-10 ▶

Nashville Grey Skies [Live] —

1 2014-03-20 ▶

Nashville Grey Skies [Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park] —

1 2018-12-26 ▶

Nashville Grey Skies: Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park 090918 —

1 2018-09-09 ▶

New Year —

9 2022-12-11 ▶

On the Day I Die —

2 2020-03-18 ▶

On The Day I Die (feat. Jimmie Allen) —

2 2021-05-05 ▶

Only Midnight —

1 2014-09-06 ▶

Plot Twist —

1 2022-03-14 ▶

Plot Twist (C2C: Country to Country Festival 2022) —

1 2022-03-13 ▶

Rewrite The Stars (Radio 2 Session 12th August 2018) —

1 2018-08-12 ▶

Side by Side —

2 2022-03-24 ▶

Sleepwalk —

51 2018-08-02 ▶

Sleepwalk (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

1 2018-05-27 ▶

State Lines —

65 2016-02-14 ▶

State Lines (Glastonbury 2015) —

2 2015-06-28 ▶

State Lines (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018) —

1 2018-09-11 ▶

State Lines (Radio 2 Piano Room, 17/03/2020) —

1 2020-03-17 ▶

State Lines (Radio 2 Session) —

1 2015-05-04 ▶

State Lines - Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park - RX 09/09/2018 —

1 2018-12-26 ▶

Stateline (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018) —

1 2018-09-09 ▶

Stay the Night —

1 2018-04-24 ▶

SW Friday Night —

1 2015-11-10 ▶

SW State Lines —

1 2015-11-10 ▶

SW Tonight —

1 2015-11-10 ▶

The Hard Way —

2 2018-04-24 ▶

The Hard Way (Bob Harris Country Session 17.05.2018) —

1 2019-01-03 ▶

Tonight —

50 2025-10-23 ▶

Tonight (Live from the Radio 2 Country Festival 2020) —

1 2020-03-14 ▶

Tonight (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2018) —

1 2018-09-09 ▶

Tonight (Radio 2 Session) —

1 2015-05-04 ▶

Tonight (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

1 2018-05-27 ▶

Tonight (Undone) —

1 2024-08-08 ▶

Watching You Watching Me —

1 2026-05-21 ▶

When You Say Nothing At All —

1 2025-07-13 ▶

With Or Without You (Radio 2 Piano Room, 18 July 2017) —

3 2017-08-03 ▶