Scott Mills removed from DJ set at summer concert following BBC sacking
By Casey Cooper-Fiske, Press Association Senior Entertainment Reporter
Former BBC Radio 2 DJ Scott Mills has been removed from the line-up of the Ibiza Symphonica summer concert because of the “serious nature” of allegations against him.
The 53-year-old was sacked by the BBC shortly before it emerged the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into him in 2016 over allegations of serious sexual offences involving a teenage boy under 16 between 1997 and 2000.
Mills was due to perform a DJ set at the event at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate on August 15th.
An Ibiza Symphonica statement read: “We have carefully considered the serious nature of matters in the public domain concerning Scott Mills and have decided to move forward without Scott as part of our line-up.
“We feel this is the most appropriate way to maintain the focus on the spirit of Ibiza Symphonica which is an event rooted in enjoyment, celebration and positivity.
“We cannot wait to welcome audiences to what promises to be a joyful and memorable evening on august 15th.
“Further line-up announcements will be made in due course.”
It comes after Channel 4 announced it would not show the final episode of The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer, which features the DJ as a celebrity contestant, because of allegations against Mills – saying the show would be replaced by an alternative episode.
Following his sacking, Mills stepped back from his role as an ambassador for MS Society UK on Tuesday, while children’s cancer charity Neuroblastoma UK has decided to “part ways” with Mills, who had been a patron since 2021.
He has also been dropped as the host of the BBC’s new Race Across The World spin-off podcast.
Since Mills’ sacking, the BBC has admitted it knew about a police investigation into allegations of a historical sexual offence in 2017, but said it “acted decisively” after receiving “new information” in the weeks before his sacking.
On Wednesday last week, Mills released a statement through his lawyers saying he had been the subject of “rumour and speculation” since he was fired, and that he “co-operated fully” with the police investigation into allegations of a historical sexual offence.
