Multi-million selling Norwegian pop act a-ha will perform at the 2009 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards in London on June 5.
The appearance precedes the U.K. release of the Universal Music act’s ninth studio album, “Foot of the Mountain,” on July 13.
The 14th annual radio awards will be held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel and hosted by Absolute Radio DJ Christian O’Connell. The event, organized by U.K. industry body RadioCentre, recognizes excellence and talent in the commercial radio industry.
Over 400 entries were submitted for this year’s awards and nominations, which were chosen by a panel of industry experts and announced earlier this month. As well as the nominated awards, winners of the commercial radio special award, the gold award, the Neil Robinson memorial award, the schools radio award, the chairman’s award and the PPL most played artist on commercial radio award will be revealed at the ceremony.