BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend

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BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend
BBC Radio 1s Big Weekend logo.png
GenrePop, rock, dance, grime, hip hop, R&B
DatesVaries (last weekend of May, since 2012)
Location(s)United Kingdom (touring)
Years active2000–present
Founded byBBC Radio 1
Websitebbc.co.uk/events/e4q9hn

BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend (previously known as One Big Weekend, for 2012 as Radio 1's Hackney Weekend, and for 2018 as BBC Music's Biggest Weekend) is a music festival run by BBC Radio 1. It is held once a year, in a different location within the United Kingdom each time. It was the biggest free-ticketed music event in Europe, until a fee for tickets was introduced in 2018, and always includes a host of new artists.

The festival is a spin-off of Radio 1's "One Big Sunday", where in each Sunday during July and August, a different town would host the roadshow, usually next to a beach or in a large park. These were also free, but non-ticketed. Both events are successors to the Radio 1 Roadshow which toured the country during every summer from 1973 until the 1990s.

Originally a "One Big Weekend" would run twice a year, although that last happened in 2004 since when it has been held once a year instead - usually in May, with the exception of 2012 when a larger festival took place over the weekend of 23–24 June in Hackney, East London.[1]

The form of the event has varied over the years, from one tent at the events in 2003 to as many as six stages in 2012. Every event since 2013 has consisted of one outdoor main stage, one tented second stage, and one much smaller stage dedicated to showcasing emerging talent supported by BBC Introducing. Additionally, the early events dedicated their Saturday exclusively to dance music and their Sunday to bands. The dance day was replaced by a second day of bands from 2006 onwards, although there was a dance-orientated ‘Outdoor Stage’ between 2007 and 2012. The ‘dance day’ was effectively reinstated for the 2013 event in Northern Ireland, with a day of electronic music being held on the Friday of the weekend. This approach has been repeated in most years since.

The next edition of the event was scheduled to be held between 22 and 24 May 2020 in Dundee, with Camperdown Park becoming the first site to host the event twice. The event however was cancelled in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, in late April 2020 it was announced that there would be a virtual version airing on Radio 1 on the weekend Friday 22nd - Sunday 24 May 2020.

Venues[]

Venue Date Website
Heaton Park, Manchester, England (Saturday cancelled due to adverse weather) 3–4 May 2003[2] www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onebigweekend/2003/manchester
Cardiff, Wales 13–14 September 2003 www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onebigweekend/2003/cardiff
Prehen, Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland 24–25 April 2004 www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onebigweekend/2004
Perry Park, Birmingham, England 18–19 September 2004 www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onebigweekend/birmingham
Herrington Country Park, Sunderland, England 7–8 May 2005 www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend05
Camperdown Park, Dundee, Scotland 13–14 May 2006 www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend06
Moor Park, Preston, Lancashire, England 19–20 May 2007 www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2007
Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent, England 10–11 May 2008 www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2008
Lydiard Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, England 9–10 May 2009 www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2009
Faenol Estate, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales 22–23 May 2010 www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2010
Carlisle Airport, Carlisle, Cumbria, England 14–15 May 2011 www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2011
Hackney Marshes, Hackney, London, England 23–24 June 2012 www.bbc.co.uk/events/e9wmxj
Ebrington Square, Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland 24–26 May 2013 www.bbc.co.uk/events/e82wrz
Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland 23–25 May 2014 www.bbc.co.uk/events/ep3g9r
Earlham Park, Norwich, England 23–24 May 2015

www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewh8q9

Powderham Castle, Exeter, England 28–29 May 2016 www.bbc.co.uk/events/e2f9rz
Burton Constable Hall, Hull, England 27–28 May 2017 www.bbc.co.uk/events/eppp6q
Titanic Slipways, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland
Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales
War Memorial Park, Coventry, England
25–26 May 2018
25–26 May 2018
26–27 May 2018
27–28 May 2018		 [3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
Stewart Park, Middlesbrough, England 24–26 May 2019 www.bbc.co.uk/events/e4q9hn
Camperdown Park, Dundee, Scotland (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but

happened virtually instead)

22-24 May 2020 www.bbc.co.uk/events/egrj6q

Tickets[]

Tickets to the festival are, notably, free (except the small booking fee which was introduced from the 2012 event onwards) but are usually now restricted to one pair per person. Prior to 2006, a ticket booth would be set up in an easy location in the centre of the hosting city, and anybody who wished to obtain a pair of tickets would queue up, before a Radio 1 DJ gave them out (pairs of tickets for the Saturday given away on a Saturday and on the following day for the Sunday), on a first-come first-served basis. The theory there was that the majority of tickets would go to local residents, as people from further away would not make the journey. However, as more and more 'non-local' residents came to the giveaways, and the capacity at the events grew year-on-year, it was decided that a different system was needed. From 2006, therefore, pairs of tickets have been given away through an online lottery. People wishing to attend register on the BBC Radio 1 website and pairs of tickets are then randomly allocated and given out. In order to make sure that those who live locally get the majority of tickets, the applications are split into categories of 'local postcodes' and 'other postcodes' and the majority of the tickets (usually 95%) are reserved for the former.

Despite the tickets being free, some people often attempt to sell them on eBay, and in recent years this has meant that various security measures have been introduced, most notably the barcodes on tickets which are scanned at the gate, the rule that the person whose name is registered on the ticket has to be in attendance and, from 2012, passport-style pictures being required as part of the application process. Tickets are also given away as prizes via various competitions held on Radio 1 (and now 1Xtra) in the weeks running up to the event, which is usually the only way in which members of the public can obtain passes for both days of the event. For the 2013 event, no pre-registration was necessary, and instead all tickets were given away on a 'first come first served' basis - albeit still with the skewing of 90% of tickets being held back for residents of Northern Ireland. After an initial 24-hour delay due to technical difficulties, the tickets all sold out within an hour. 2014's event in Glasgow saw the 'first come first served' ticket release return with no pre-registration needed. 50% of tickets were reserved for residents within the boundaries of Glasgow City Council with a further 45% reserved for those in the rest of Scotland. However, for the first time ever, members of the public could obtain tickets to all three days of the festival. This led to complaints from some disappointed fans who were left without tickets to any day while others bagged tickets for the entire weekend.

For the 2006 event in Dundee, less than half of the tickets were given to local residents,[7] and allegations were made of postal workers stealing tickets.[8]

May 2003[]

On 3 and 4 May, the One Big Weekend was held in Manchester.[9]

Saturday 3 May Sunday 4 May
Judge Jules The White Stripes
Paul van Dyk Dirty Vegas
Rob Tissera Aqualung
The Coral
Good Greef Crew Feeder
Badly Drawn Boy
Stereophonics

September 2003[]

On 13 and 14 September, the One Big Weekend held in Cardiff.[10]

Saturday 13 September Sunday 14 September
Basement Jaxx Pink
The Chemical Brothers Travis
Erick Morillo Dido
Seb Fontaine The Darkness
Lottie and Yousef Starsailor
Sander Kleinenberg The Thrills
Hybrid Kosheen
Time Flies DJ

April 2004[]

On 24 and 25 April 2004, the first of two in that calendar year - was held at Prehen Fields, Derry. It featured the following line-up:

Line-up[]

Saturday 24 April

Main Stage
Faithless
Pete Tong
Seb Fontaine
Judge Jules
Fergie
Armin van Buuren
Agnelli & Nelson
Tall Paul

Sunday 25 April

Main Stage
Keane
Ash
Avril Lavigne
The Streets
Franz Ferdinand
Kelis

September 2004[]

On 18 and 19 September 2004, the final 'One Big Weekend' under that name - and the second of that calendar year - was held at Perry Park, Birmingham. It featured the following line-up:

Line-up[]

Saturday 18 September

Main Stage Second Stage
Tiesto Groove Armada
Fat Boy Slim David Guetta
Deep Dish Darren Emerson
Judge Jules Xpress 2
Dave Pearce Yousef
Steve Lawler Mylo
Nick Fanciulli Behrouz
Mutiny
Josh 'Rinse' Roberts

Sunday 19 September

Main Stage Second Stage
Lostprophets Kasabian
Goldie Lookin' Chain 22-20's
Mouldy Lookin' Stain The Music
Joss Stone The Departure
Damien Rice 13 Senses
Razorlight Skinnyman
Estelle Exist
Natasha Bedingfield
Broken Dolls

2005[]

On 7 and 8 May 2005, the Big Weekend was held at Penshaw Monument in Herrington Country Park, Sunderland, and featured artists included:

Line-up[]

Saturday 7 May

Main Stage Second Stage
Foo Fighters Mauro Picotto
Kasabian Pete Tong
Natalie Imbruglia Judge Jules
Chemical Brothers Fergie
Battle Shapeshifters
KT Tunstall
Rooster

Sunday 8 May

Main Stage Second Stage
The Black Eyed Peas The Futureheads
Gwen Stefani Maxïmo Park
Kaiser Chiefs Interpol
Feeder The Magic Numbers
Basement Jaxx The Subways
Jamiroquai Do Me Bad Things
The Bravery
Lemar

2006[]

In 2006, the Big Weekend was held in Camperdown Park, Dundee on 13 and 14 May 2006 and featured artists which included:

Line-up[]

Saturday 13 May

Main Stage In New Music We Trust Stage
Paolo Nutini The Fratellis
Corinne Bailey Rae Mystery Jets
Gnarls Barkley Boy Kill Boy
Orson Dirty Pretty Things
Razorlight Bloc Party
Muse Primal Scream
The Streets
Snow Patrol
Mylo

Sunday 14 May

Main Stage In New Music We Trust Stage
The Feeling The View
The Ordinary Boys Hot Chip
Sugababes We Are Scientists
Feeder Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Editors The Kooks
Pink The Zutons
Keane
Franz Ferdinand (Surprise Guests)

Many of the BBC Radio 1 DJs including Pete Tong, Tim Westwood and Chris Moyles attended too, and held a number of competitions so that people could win tickets. In addition, Radio 1 also created a experience in the virtual reality application Second Life.[11] Avatars on the BBC Radio 1 islands could watch the event on live screens while the audience could see their virtual counterparts on massive stage side screens at the real event in Dundee. The event was hailed as the first ever festival with a professional line-up to take place in a virtual universe.[11]

2007[]

On Saturday 19 May and Sunday 20 May, Radio 1's Big Weekend was held in Moor Park in Preston.

For the first time in the history of the event, all tickets had barcodes and were scanned on arrival at the park. The barcodes contained information such as name and address of the winner of the tickets. Having the barcodes meant that Radio 1 could cancel lost or stolen tickets and issue new ones to those affected. In an effort to stop people buying tickets from eBay or through other mediums, the public was told they would be asked to prove their home address if their tickets were thought to be suspect.[12] However, the BBC decided to scrap this idea on the day as they thought it would cause angry scenes if people were to be turned away.

At the close of entry on 8 May 2007, over 450,000 people registered for a chance to get tickets for the 2007 festival. On Tuesday 8 May on The Chris Moyles Show, Chris announced that a further 5,000 tickets will be available taking the total for both days being 35,000.

Tickets were also given away in an alternate reality game online using Radio 1 fan forums. The situation surrounded a man called Paul Denchfield who was supposedly sacked from the station. Throughout the run up to the event 'Frozen Indigo Angel' would appear in various places online and on-air, with it being the player's mission to hunt down tickets.[13]

The line up was as follows:

Line-up[]

Saturday 19 May[14]

Main Stage In New Music We Trust Stage Outdoor Arena
Scissor Sisters Groove Armada Westwood
Razorlight Gossip MistaJam
Kasabian LCD Soundsystem Seamus Haji
The Fratellis CSS Meck
The Fray Biffy Clyro Groove Armada (DJ Set)
Natasha Bedingfield Cold War Kids Judge Jules
The Twang The Pigeon Detectives Tim Deluxe vs The Audio Bullys
Jamie T Simian Mobile Disco
Annie Mac

Sunday 20 May[15]

Main Stage In New Music We Trust Stage Outdoor Arena
Kaiser Chiefs Bloc Party Bobby & Nihal
Stereophonics Maxïmo Park Rob Da Bank
Mika Klaxons Zane Lowe & Mark Ronson
The View Dizzee Rascal Klaxons (DJ Set)
Rihanna Get Cape Wear Cape Fly Pete Tong & Vernon Kay
Mark Ronson The Enemy David Guetta
Just Jack CSS Trophy Twins
Calvin Harris M.I.A Fergie
Tylor Leigh
Dave Pearce

2008[]

In 2008, the festival was held over the weekend of Saturday 10 May and Sunday 11 May, at Mote Park in Maidstone, which can hold up to 20,000 people.[16] 85% of tickets went to people living in Kent, 10% went to those living in areas bordering Kent, including parts of Sussex, Surrey, Essex and London, and the other 5% were handed to others living across the United Kingdom.[17] Concern was raised after a large number of locals commented that even those living within the close vicinity of the park did not receive tickets, with some in the Medway towns winning multiple times.[18]

Line-up[]

The full line-up (except for Paramore) was announced on BBC Radio 1 on Monday 21 April 2008.[19]

Saturday 10 May

Main Stage In New Music We Trust Stage Outdoor Stage BBC Introducing Stage
Madonna Editors Fatboy Slim White Lies
Usher The Futureheads Chris Moyles vs Judge Jules James Yuill
The Fratellis We Are Scientists Zane Lowe vs Scott Mills Magistrates
Scouting for Girls Foals Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso AG Dolla
Duffy Vampire Weekend Count & Sinden Fighting With Wire
The Feeling Paramore Dave Spoon Natty
Robyn The Ting Tings Annie Mac It Hugs Back
The Hoosiers Nic Fanciulli Folk Face
Jaguar Skills
Kissy Sell Out

Sunday 11 May

Main Stage In New Music We Trust Stage Outdoor Stage BBC Introducing Stage
The Kooks The Raconteurs Zane Lowe Golden Silvers
The Enemy The Zutons Pendulum (DJ Set) Twisted Wheel
Nelly (ft. Kelly Rowland) The Wombats Justice (DJ Set) Ebony Bones
Goldfrapp Hot Chip Vernon Kay vs Pete Tong Outl4w
The Pigeon Detectives Gallows Dave Pearce Chipmunk
Newton Faulkner Pendulum Basshunter Kate Goes
OneRepublic Justice Rob Da Bank Tom Williams & The Boat
Adele Black Kids Kutski Wing
MistaJam
Wiley
H "Two" O ft. Platnum
Jodie Aysha
Cameo vs DJ Q

The national newspapers had also reported that Justin Timberlake could be a special guest - performing with Madonna.[20] Although this later turned out to be untrue. Pendulum were hailed as one of the festivals' best acts, outshining even Madonna and packing the INMWT tent.[21]

  • On the main stage on 10 May 2008, Paul Schrader, Chris Carmack and Rachel McAdams appeared whilst doing promotional work for Tarzan.

Headline sets[]

Madonna
  1. "Candy Shop"
  2. "Miles Away"
  3. "4 Minutes"
  4. "Hung Up"
  5. "Give It 2 Me"
  6. "Music"

2009[]

The 2009 event was held in Swindon.

Line-up[]

Saturday 9 May

Main Stage In New Music We Trust Stage Outdoor Stage
Snow Patrol Basement Jaxx Annie Mac
Kasabian Jack Peñate Nerm and D-Code
Dizzee Rascal Doves Kutski
The Script Friendly Fires Pete Tong vs Vernon Kay
Calvin Harris Deadmau5 2ManyDJs
Chris Moyles Florence and the Machine Zane Lowe
The Wombats The King Blues Rob da Bank
Daniel Merriweather Fightstar Tim Westwood
The Saturdays

Sunday 10 May

Main Stage In New Music We Trust Stage Outdoor Stage
The Prodigy The Enemy Judge Jules
Lily Allen Maxïmo Park Jaymo and Andy George
Ne-Yo Gossip Kissy Sell Out
Franz Ferdinand Enter Shikari Chase & Status (DJ set)
Akon Tinchy Stryder David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland
Scouting for Girls Chase & Status Chris Moyles vs Tim Westwood
Alesha Dixon Ladyhawke Fabio & Grooverider
N-Dubz White Lies BBC Radio 1Xtra - MistaJam featuring Wiley, Skepta, Bashy, Chipmunk and Doneao
Little Man Tate Trevor Nelson and Jaguar Skills

2010[]

On 24 February 2010, it was announced on The Chris Moyles Show that the 10th Big Weekend would take place on the Faenol Estate near Bangor, Wales on Saturday 22 May and Sunday 23 May 2010. Pixie Lott also performed on the show and was announced as the first act on the bill and Lostprophets was announced while they were on tour. Jaguar Skills announced on his website that he would be playing at the event, but he was not on the announced line-up. On the morning of 26 April 2010, the full main stage and INMWT stage listings were announced during the Fearne Cotton Show (which was hosted by Annie Mac, as Cotton was on vacation).

20,000 pairs of free tickets were made available to the public for each day of the weekend. Applicants were able to register for tickets to the event on the Radio 1 website from 26 April 2010 until 3 May 2010.

Line-up[]

Saturday 22 May[22]

Main Stage In New Music We Trust Stage BBC Introducing Stage Outdoor Stage
Florence & The Machine Faithless Frankie & The Heartstrings Westwood + Kelly Rowland
Dizzee Rascal MGMT The Joy Formidable Target & Cameo + Roll Deep
Alicia Keys Ellie Goulding What Would Jesus Drive? Ras & Seani B + Chiddy Bang & Skepta
Lostprophets Tinie Tempah Menis MistaJam + Professor Green, Blame & Wiley
Cheryl Cole Bombay Bicycle Club Pete Tong vs Vernon Kay
Chipmunk Hadouken! The Wonder Villains Faithless DJs
Thirty Seconds to Mars Stornoway Alan Pownall Zane Lowe
Justin Bieber Example Y Promatics Rob da Bank
Scouting For Girls Pegasus Bridge Toddla T & Alex Metric
Annie Mac

Sunday 23 May

Main Stage In New Music We Trust Stage BBC Introducing Stage Outdoor Stage
Pendulum Vampire Weekend Beatbullyz Westwood + Scorcher
Rihanna You Me At Six Envy Semtex & Robbo Ranx
Biffy Clyro Sub Focus Tempa T Bailey & Fabio
Kesha Plan B UTE Rampage & MistaJam + Devlin & McLean
JLS Marina & The Diamonds My Tiger My Timing Chris Moyles vs Westwood
Paramore Crystal Castles Pete Lawrie Tiesto
Jason Derulo Kids In Glass Houses We Are Animal Judge Jules
Paolo Nutini Delphic Django Django Jaymo & Andy George
Pixie Lott Yr Ods Kissy Sell Out
Huw Stephens

Live Lounge Tent

Diana Vickers
Ellie Goulding
Lostprophets
Joe McElderry
Florence and the Machine
Example
Biffy Clyro
Taio Cruz
Kate Nash

2011[]

The announcement of location and dates for Radio 1's Big Weekend 2011 was made by Scott Mills on 30 March 2011, with his breakfast show (he was covering for Chris Moyles that week) being broadcast from Trinity School, Carlisle that morning. Over 750,000 people applied for tickets to the event.[23]

20,000 pairs of tickets were available for the two-day event with the usual allocation policy applying. It was announced that the priority areas for tickets would be the borders of Carlisle, Cumbria, the Scottish Borders and the North East of England.

As usual, competitions to win VIP tickets were run on various Radio 1 shows in the weeks leading up to the Big Weekend.

Line-up[]

Line-up
Saturday 14 May Sunday 15 May
Main Stage

Foo Fighters
The Black Eyed Peas
Tinie Tempah
Chase & Status
Nicole Scherzinger
Plan B
Ellie Goulding
Jessie J
Arctic Monkeys

Lady Gaga
My Chemical Romance
Taio Cruz
The Script
Katy B
Professor Green
Olly Murs
The Wombats
Bruno Mars

In New Music We Trust Stage

Swedish House Mafia
Friendly Fires
Nero
Panic! at the Disco
Everything Everything
Cage the Elephant
The Joy Formidable
Wretch 32

The Strokes
Magnetic Man
Noah and the Whale
Devlin
Two Door Cinema Club
The Vaccines
Yasmin
Pulled Apart By Horses

BBC Introducing Stage

Friends Electric
Aaron Delahuntly
Rizzle Kicks
Yaaks
Luke Bingham
Fiona Clayton
Saturday Night Gym Club
Baron Van Alias
Birds vs Planes

MOPP
MyElectrik
Masters in France
DJ Vimto vs Jah Digga
Linc
Polarsets
Among Brothers
Let's Buy Happiness
Colt 45

Outdoor Stage

Zane Lowe
Jaymo and Andy George
Judge Jules
Pete Tong
Riva Starr
Pete Tong vs Vernon Kay
Rob da Bank
MistaJam
Annie Mac vs. Nick Grimshaw
Target
Cameo
Westwood

Skream and Benga
Annie Mac
Toddla T
Fabio and Grooverider
Kutski
Kissy Sell Out
Calvin Harris
Westwood vs. Moyles
Jaguar Skills
Zane vs. Fearne
Dev
DJ Semtex
Westwood

Headline sets[]

Foo Fighters
  1. "Bridge Burning"
  2. "Rope"
  3. "All My Life"
  4. "My Hero"
  5. "Learn to Fly"
  6. "White Limo"
  7. "Times Like These"
  8. "The Pretender"
  9. "Walk"
  10. "Cold Day in the Sun"
  11. "Best of You"
  12. "Monkey Wrench"
  13. "Everlong"
  14. "This Is a Call"
  15. "Tie Your Mother Down"
Lady Gaga
  1. "Born this Way"
  2. "Bad Romance"
  3. "Telephone" / "Poker Face" / "Alejandro"
  4. "Orange Colored Sky"
  5. "Speechless"
  6. "The Edge of Glory"
  7. "You and I"
  8. "Americano"
  9. "Just Dance"
  10. "Judas"

TV & radio coverage[]

Radio 1's Big Weekend 2011 was streamed live on the Radio 1 website. The headliners of each day (Foo Fighters and Lady Gaga on Saturday and Sunday respectively) were broadcast live on BBC Three and BBC HD. The Big Weekend was also broadcast live on BBC Radio 1. Highlights of the event were also broadcast on BBC Three and BBC HD during the week following the Big Weekend.

2012[]

On 23 May 2011, it was announced that for 2012, Radio 1 would be replacing the Big Weekend with a 'Hackney Weekend' to form part of the London 2012 Festival, in the buildup to the 2012 Olympics.[1] The festival duly took place on the Hackney Marshes over the weekend of 23 and 24 June 2012.

50,000 people attended each of the two days in 2012, meaning a total of 100,000 people visited the site over the weekend: more than double the previous highest attendances (40,000 across the weekends in each of 2010 and 2011). Due to the upgraded scale of the festival, the number of stages were increased (from four to six) and, for the first time, the Main Stage was outdoors rather than inside a tent.

Florence + The Machine were initially announced as playing on Saturday 23 June, but a double booking at another European festival meant that they actually performed on Sunday 24 June.[24]

The Ting Tings were initially announced as to be playing on Saturday 23 June, but due to logistical reasons beyond their control they had to pull out of the bill.[25]

On both days of the festival, a number of unannounced special guests performed with artists on the bill, the most noteworthy of which were Rihanna, M.I.A. and Kanye West appearing as part of Jay-Z's headlining set on Saturday; and, in turn, Jay-Z went on to return the favour and make a special multiple-song contribution during Rihanna's own headlining set the next day.

Line-up[]

Saturday 23 June

Line-up
Saturday 23 June Sunday 24 June
Main Stage

Jay-Z
Kasabian
Nicki Minaj
Ed Sheeran
Example
Rizzle Kicks
Leona Lewis

Rihanna
Dizzee Rascal
Florence and the Machine
Tinie Tempah
Jessie J
Plan B
Professor Green

In New Music We Trust Stage

Jack White
Lostprophets
The Vaccines
The Maccabees
Rudimental
Delilah
Michael Kiwanuka
Rita Ora
Jessie Ware

Chase & Status
Magnetic Man
Lana Del Rey
Enter Shikari
Sub Focus
Ben Howard
Santigold
Bombay Bicycle Club

1Xtra Arena

Sean Paul
Flo Rida
will.i.am
D'banj
Trey Songz
Tinchy Stryder
Chip
Boy Better Know
DJ Fresh
Emeli Sandé
Dappy

Nas
Wretch 32
B.o.B
Gyptian
Taio Cruz
Azealia Banks
Maverick Sabre
Devlin
Sway
Lethal B
Mindless Behavior
Labrinth

Dance Arena

Swedish House Mafia
Deadmau5
Calvin Harris
Eric Prydz
Nero
Annie Mac

David Guetta
Andy C
Madeon
Pete Tong
Flux Pavilion & Doctor P
Zane Lowe

DJ Stage

Nihal
Robbo Ranx
Semtex
Benji B
Mosca
Rob da Bank
Moyles vs Westwood
DJ Target
DJ Cameo
Tim Westwood

DJ Edu
Nihal
Robbo Ranx
Toddla T
Friction
B.Traits
Skream & Benga
Vernon vs Charlie Sloth
MistaJam
Tim Westwood

BBC Introducing Stage

Random Impulse
The Skints
In Search Of
Isaac Danquah
Lil Simz
My Panda Shall Fly
Paigey Cakey
Cheekie Bugga
UD Vocal Collective
Xploder

Arthur Beatrice
Driving Lolita
Joe Black
Kersha Bailey
Lola King and The Kickstarts
Pepstar
Project Hackney Collective
Savages
Stevie Neale
ShezAr

Headline sets[]

Jay-Z
  1. "Run This Town" (with Rihanna)
  2. "Dirt Off Your Shoulder"
  3. "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"
  4. "PSA"
  5. "Where I'm From"
  6. "Jigga What, Jigga Who"
  7. "U Don't Know"
  8. "99 Problems"
  9. "'03 Bonnie & Clyde"
  10. "Girls, Girls, Girls"
  11. "On to The Next One"
  12. "Dead Presidents"
  13. "Swagga Like You"
  14. "Paper Planes" - Performed by M.I.A.
  15. "Bad Girls" - Performed by M.I.A
  16. "Izzo (H.O.V.A)"
  17. "Empire State of Mind"
  18. "Otis" (featuring Kanye West)
  19. "Gotta Have It" (featuring Kanye West)
  20. "Who Gon Stop What?" (featuring Kanye West)
  21. "No Church in the Wild" (featuring Kanye West)
  22. "Lift Off" (featuring Kanye West)
  23. "Niggas in Paris" (featuring Kanye West)
Rihanna
  1. "Only Girl (In the World)"
  2. "Disturbia"
  3. "S&M"
  4. "Cockiness (Love It)"
  5. "Birthday Cake"
  6. "What's My Name"
  7. "Rude Boy"
  8. "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)"
  9. "Man Down"
  10. "Where Have You Been"
  11. "Wait Your Turn"
  12. "Hard"
  13. "Don't Stop the Music"
  14. "Run This Town" (featuring Jay-Z)
  15. "Talk That Talk" (featuring Jay-Z)
  16. "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z)
  17. "We Found Love"

2013[]

The new Radio 1 Breakfast Show host Nick Grimshaw announced that the Big Weekend would return to Derry in May 2013 to celebrate its title of UK City of Culture 2013, the same city that hosted the first of the two 2004 Big Weekends (although the actual site is different). For the first time, the Big Weekend extended to a third day - which focused on dance music. Alongside that initial announcement were the confirmation of the first two acts, Olly Murs and Two Door Cinema Club, with the rest of the line-up being announced by Grimshaw during another Radio 1 Breakfast Show on Monday 6 May. Both of the stages were in Ebrington Square - unlike recent Big Weekends there was no BBC Introducing Stage or Live Lounge Tent at this event. The '1Xtra' and 'In New Music We Trust' stages from Hackney 2012 were combined into a single venue.

Line-up[]

Line-up
Friday 24 May Saturday 25 May Sunday 26 May
Main Stage

Calvin Harris
Chase and Status
Dizzee Rascal
Rudimental
Pete Tong
B.Traits
Zane Lowe
Danny Howard
Toddla T
MistaJam

Biffy Clyro
The Vaccines
Two Door Cinema Club
Labrinth
Foals
Ellie Goulding
Conor Maynard
The Saturdays

Bruno Mars
Paramore
Thirty Seconds to Mars
The Script
Olly Murs
Jake Bugg
Wretch 32
Little Mix

1Xtra Arena/In New Music We Trust Stage

Rita Ora
A$AP Rocky
J. Cole
Wiley
Maverick Sabre
Katy B
AlunaGeorge
Angel Haze

DJ Fresh
Kendrick Lamar
alt-J
Bring Me the Horizon
The 1975
Iggy Azalea
Kodaline
Laura Mvula
Frightened Rabbit

Vampire Weekend
Disclosure
Bastille
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Everything Everything
Jessie Ware
Miles Kane
We Are The Ocean
HAIM

  • Due to issues at Heathrow Airport, two acts on the bill for Friday were unable to attend the event: those being Angel Haze and AlunaGeorge. Further acts also had their performances affected by the flight disruptions but were still able to appear: J. Cole was forced to substitute his band for a backing track, and Rudimental's equipment was stuck in London, forcing them to use the equipment of Chase and Status.
  • The above tables do not always represent the stage orders - for example, Two Door Cinema Club opened the Main Stage on Saturday, as opposed to The Saturdays, who in fact performed second on the day. Similarly, 30 Seconds To Mars opened the Main Stage on Sunday.

Headline sets[]

Calvin Harris
  1. "Spectrum"
  2. "Awooga"
  3. "We Are Your Friends"
  4. "Reload"
  5. "Flashback"
  6. "Bounce"
  7. "Monkey See Monkey Do"
  8. "Drinking From The Bottle"
  9. "Here We Fucking Go"
  10. "We Found Love"
  11. "Be Strong"
  12. "Ladi Dadi"
  13. "You Got The Love"
  14. "Yeahhh"
  15. "In My Mind"
  16. "We'll Be Coming Back"
  17. "Epic"
  18. "Feel So Close"
  19. "Metropolis"
  20. "Promises" (cover of Nero)
  21. "Move"
  22. "Rage"
  23. "Need U 100%" (cover of Duke Dumont)
  24. "Million Voices"
  25. "Turn It Up"
  26. "I Need Your Love"
  27. "One More Time" (cover of Daft Punk)
  28. "Sweet Nothing"
  29. "Bura"
  30. "Let's Go"
Rita Ora
  1. "Radioactive"
  2. ""
  3. "Love and War"
  4. "Hot Right Now"
  5. "Shine Ya Light"
  6. "Roc the Life"
  7. "Hella Good"
  8. "She Wants To Move"
  9. "How We Do (Party)"
  10. "R.I.P."
Biffy Clyro
  1. "Stingin' Belle"
  2. "The Captain"
  3. "Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies"
  4. "Biblical"
  5. "Sounds Like Balloons"
  6. "God & Satan"
  7. "Who's Got A Match?"
  8. "Bubbles"
  9. "Spanish Radio"
  10. "Opposite"
  11. "Glitter and Trauma"
  12. ""Many of Horror"
  13. "That Golden Rule"
  14. "Black Chandelier"
  15. "Mountains"
DJ Fresh
  1. "The Feeling"
  2. "Gold Dust"
  3. "Talkbox"
  4. "Hypercaine"
  5. "Levels" (cover of Avicii)
  6. "Hip Hop"
  7. "Paradise" (cover of Coldplay)
  8. "Lassitude"
  9. "Seven Nation Army" (cover of The White Stripes)
  10. "The Power"
  11. "Fire Over Water"
  12. "Hot Right Now"
  13. "The Edge"
  14. "Skyhighatrist"
  15. "Forever More"
  16. "Louder"
Bruno Mars
  1. "Locked Out Of Heaven"
  2. "Natalie"
  3. "Treasure"
  4. "Marry You"
  5. "Runaway Baby"
  6. "When I Was Your Man"
  7. "Grenade"
  8. "Just The Way You Are"
Vampire Weekend
  1. "Cousins"
  2. "White Sky"
  3. "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
  4. "Diane Young"
  5. "Step"
  6. "Holiday"
  7. "Unbelievers"
  8. "Everlasting Arms"
  9. "A-Punk"
  10. "Ya Hey"
  11. "Campus"
  12. "Oxford Comma"
  13. "Giving Up the Gun"
  14. "Walcott"

2014[]

On 30 January, Nick Grimshaw, Rita Ora and Paolo Nutini announced that the 2014 event would be held in Glasgow to celebrate the 2014 Commonwealth Games. For the first time, the event took place in two different locations in the same city. The Friday night of the event was held in George Square and was dedicated to dance music.[26] The remaining two days followed the traditional format of the Big Weekend and took place at Glasgow Green. Coldplay, Rita Ora, Paolo Nutini, Pharrell Williams and The 1975 performed. On 31 March, 60,000 weekend tickets for the event sold out in 30 minutes.[27] The Main Stage lineup was announced on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show on 28 April 2014. It was announced that Katy Perry would headline on the Sunday night while One Direction and Kings of Leon would open the Main Stage on the Saturday and Sunday respectively. Local Scottish band Baby Stange performed on the BBC Introducing Stage.

Line-up[]

Line-up
Friday 23 May Saturday 24 May Sunday 25 May
George Square Stage Main Stage
Tiësto
Martin Garrix
Pete Tong
Zane Lowe
Annie Mac
Danny Howard
Coldplay
Calvin Harris
Ed Sheeran
Lily Allen
Jake Bugg
Pharrell Williams
Bastille
One Direction
Katy Perry
Paolo Nutini
Tinie Tempah
The 1975
Rita Ora
John Newman
The Vamps
Kings of Leon
In New Music We Trust Stage
Example
Clean Bandit
Lorde
Bombay Bicycle Club
Katy B
Twin Atlantic
Wilkinson
The Kooks
Kasabian
Sub Focus
You Me at Six
London Grammar
Sam Smith
Chvrches
Klaxons
Gorgon City
BBC Introducing Stage
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Honeyblood
XO
Darlia
A-L-X
KARI
Lyger
Saint Raymond
Sega Bodega
Coasts
Model Aeroplanes
Racing Glaciers
Indiana
Little Shoes Big Voice
RHODES
Shy Nature
Leon Else
MDNGHT
Royal Blood
Baby Strange
Juce
Rosie Lowe
Algernon Doll

Headline sets[]

Coldplay
  1. "Paradise"
  2. "Charlie Brown"
  3. "Magic"
  4. "Yellow"
  5. "Clocks"
  6. "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall"
  7. "True Love"
  8. "Viva la Vida"
  9. "Oceans"
  10. "A Sky Full of Stars"

Encore

  2. "Fix You"
Katy Perry
  1. "Roar"
  2. "Part of Me"
  3. "Wide Awake"
  4. "Dark Horse"
  5. "I Kissed a Girl"
  6. "The One That Got Away" (with small excerpts of "Thinking of You")
  7. "Unconditionally"
  8. "Walking on Air"
  9. "Teenage Dream"
  10. "California Gurls"
  11. "Birthday"
Encore
  2. "Firework"

2015[]

Main article: Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015

On 23 January, Nick Grimshaw announced on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, that the 2015 event would be held at Earlham Park in Norwich, Norfolk, next to the University of East Anglia, taking place on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 May. On 31 March, 50,000 tickets went on sale and sold out within 40 minutes. The full lineup for main stage and the INMWT tent was announced on 20 April, Muse headlined on the Saturday and Foo Fighters on the Sunday. The majority of acts for the BBC introducing stage were announced on 22 April with the remaining acts announced on 4 May.

Line-up[]

Line-up
Saturday 23 May Sunday 24 May
Main Stage
Muse
Florence and the Machine
David Guetta
Fall Out Boy
Ben Howard
Charli XCX
The Vaccines
5 Seconds of Summer
Foo Fighters
Taylor Swift
George Ezra
Imagine Dragons
Rita Ora
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Clean Bandit
Olly Murs
In New Music We Trust Stage
Rudimental
Jess Glynne
Hozier
Years & Years
Circa Waves
Ella Eyre
Mallory Knox
Snoop Dogg
Slaves
Jamie T
Alt-J
Sigma
James Bay
Jungle
Lethal Bizzle
SOAK
Raury
Lower Than Atlantis
BBC Introducing Stage
Port Isla
Laurel
HUNTAR
Context
Ted Zed
Fickle Friends
Amber-Simone
Get Inuit
Ruen Brothers
KLOE
The Hearts
Kill It Kid
Laura Doggett
Star.One
Honne
Hot Cops
Formation
Will Robert
Harry Edwards
Best Friends
Cash+David
Franko Fraize
Youth Club
Claws
  • Due to their vocal cord operation, Sam Smith's performance on Sunday was cancelled and replaced by Catfish and the Bottlemen.

2016[]

The event was held in Powderham Castle, Kenton near Exeter on 28 and 29 May. Coldplay headlined the second and final night, with other acts performing including Bring Me the Horizon, Chase & Status, Ellie Goulding and Craig David.[28] On 1 March, it was announced that The 1975 and Jake Bugg had been added to the lineup.[29] Ticket information was announced on Monday 21 March.[30] Tickets went on sale at 8 am on Monday 4 April. As usual, the tickets themselves were free, but there was an £8.50 administration fee with each ticket. In 2016, 60% of the tickets were reserved for residents living in areas covered by Exeter City Council and Teignbridge district council. A further 35% went to residents in surrounding areas of Exeter, including those with any other Exeter (EX) and Torquay (TQ) postcodes and those with Truro (TR), Plymouth (PL), Taunton (TA) and Dorchester (DT) postcodes, whilst the remaining 5% of tickets were available to the rest of the UK.[31] The full line-up was announced in April 2016.

Line-up[]

Line-up
Saturday 28 May Sunday 29 May
Main Stage
Mumford & Sons
Chase & Status
Bastille
Jess Glynne
Jake Bugg
Sigma
Meghan Trainor
Tom Odell
Nick Jonas
Coldplay
The Weeknd
Ellie Goulding
The 1975
Iggy Azalea
Years & Years
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Kygo
OneRepublic
In New Music We Trust
Bring Me the Horizon
Fetty Wap
Tame Impala
CHVRCHES
Stormzy
Flume
Twenty One Pilots
Craig David
Biffy Clyro
Alesso
The Last Shadow Puppets
Skepta
Wolf Alice
Jack Garratt
Alessia Cara
Panic! at the Disco
BBC Introducing Stage
Tiny Folds
Louis Berry
Declan McKenna
Wolfie
Cortes
Rosie Lowe
Jealous of the Birds
Barns Courtney
The Hunna
Spring King
Shannon Saunders
Reuel Elijah
Catholic Action
Blossoms
Emmi
Black Foxxes
Vital
KYKO
Alice Jemima
Tobi Sunmola
Yonaka
Izzy Bizu
BB Diamond
James Cherry

Controversies[]

Twenty One Pilots had their set cut short due to "safety concerns". Frontman Tyler Joseph climbed a mast whilst singing "Car Radio", which prompted BBC officials to appear and cut his microphone off, and ask bandmate Josh Dun to stop drumming. They could not continue with their set and had to leave the stage.[32]

2017[]

For 2017, the event was held at Burton Constable Hall approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east of Hull. The location was confirmed the morning of 23 January, acts confirmed include Kings of Leon, Little Mix and Stormzy.[33] On 16 March 2017, it was announced Katy Perry will be headlining the Saturday night.[34]

Line-up[]

Line-up
Saturday 27 May Sunday 28 May
Main Stage
Katy Perry
Biffy Clyro
Emeli Sandé
Kasabian
Lorde
Imagine Dragons
James Arthur
Galantis
Zara Larsson
Kings of Leon
Clean Bandit
The Chainsmokers
Rita Ora
Bastille
Sean Paul
Shawn Mendes
Stormzy
Little Mix
Where It Begins
Plan B
Two Door Cinema Club
HAIM
Lana Del Rey
You Me at Six
London Grammar
Rag'n'Bone Man
JP Cooper
The Amazons
Royal Blood
alt-J
Christine and the Queens
Twin Atlantic
Dua Lipa
Circa Waves
Mura Masa
Blossoms
Anne-Marie
BBC Introducing Stage
Zuzu


Shells

Declan McKenna



LIFE
Superfood
Pale Waves
Freak
Cosima
Lumer

Loyle Carner



The Big Moon
Mullally
Our Girl

Headline sets[]

Katy Perry[35]
  1. "Chained to the Rhythm"
  2. "Bon Appétit"
  3. "Teenage Dream"
  4. "Firework"
  5. "Dark Horse"
  6. "E.T."
  7. "Part of Me"
  8. "California Gurls"
  9. "I Kissed a Girl"
  10. "Swish Swish"
  11. "Roar"
Kings of Leon[36]
  1. "Waste a Moment"
  2. "The Bucket"
  3. "Supersoaker"
  4. "Fans"
  5. "Reverend"
  6. "On Call"
  7. "WALLS"
  8. "Find Me"
  9. "Crawl"
  10. "Notion"
  11. "Use Somebody"
  12. "Radioactive"
  13. "Sex on Fire"

2018[]

In order to take advantage of the absence of the Glastonbury Festival in 2018, 4 separate Big Weekends were held simultaneously between 25 and 28 May. Stylized as "BBC Music's Biggest Weekend", events were held in Swansea (with a line-up curated by Radio 1), Coventry and Perth (both curated by Radio 2) and Belfast (curated by Radio 6).[37] Tickets sold out for the Swansea, Perth and Coventry Big Weekends.

Line-up[]

Belfast

Line-up
Friday 25 May Saturday 26 May
Main Stage
Orbital
Beck
Manic Street Preachers
The Breeders
Courtney Barnett
Public Service Broadcasting
Lykke Li
Father John Misty
Ulster Orchestra
Underworld
Franz Ferdinand
First Aid Kit
Neneh Cherry
Ash
Little Dragon
Young Fathers
Goldie
Radio 6 Recommends Stage
David Holmes
The Orielles
Jordan Rakei
Hannah Peel
Baloji
TOUTS
Phoebe Bridgers
Mary Anne Hobbs
Shame
Superorganism
Hollie Cook
Dream Wife
Imarhan
SOAK

Perth

Line-up
Friday 25 May Saturday 26 May
Main Stage
Nigel Kennedy
Danielle de Niese
Evelyn Glennie
Eddi Reader
Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Mica Paris & Michael Xavier
Karine Polwart
Jamie Cullum
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Simple Minds
Emeli Sandé
Squeeze
The Shires
Amy Macdonald
The Beat starring Dave Wakeling
Julie Fowlis
Radio 2 Stage
Moishe's Bagel
Namvula
Mezcla
Breabach
Sistema Scotland
Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Rae Morris
Callum Beattie
Blue Rose Code
Andy Brown
Hannah Grace
ONR
Emma McGrath
Vistas

Swansea

Line-up
Saturday 26 May Sunday 27 May
Main Stage
Sam Smith
Craig David
Jess Glynne
George Ezra
Years & Years
Liam Payne
Clean Bandit
Anne-Marie
Ed Sheeran
Florence + the Machine
Taylor Swift
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Shawn Mendes
Camila Cabello
Jason Derulo
Demi Lovato
Luis Fonsi
Niall Horan
Rita Ora
Radio 1's Other Stage
Bastille
Wolf Alice
CHVRCHES
MØ
Mabel
Not3s
Sigrid
Jorja Smith
Steel Banglez
James Bay
Panic! at the Disco
Christine and the Queens
J Hus
Jessie Ware
Stefflon Don
Hailee Steinfeld
Jax Jones
Tom Walker
BBC Music Introducing Stage
Astroid Boys
Band Pres Llareggub
Chroma
Mellt
Annabel Allum
Bad Mannequins
Alicai Harley
Isaac Gracie
Connie Constance
Fizzy Blood
Sea Girls
Trampolene
Rachel K Collier
Boy Azooga
Serol Serol
Esha Maria
The Howl & The Hum
Caitlyn Scarlett
Mahalia
Declan J Donovan
Yungblud
Art School Girlfriend

Coventry

Line-up
Sunday 26 May Monday 27 May
Main Stage
Liam Gallagher
Stereophonics
Paloma Faith
UB40
Billy Ocean
Snow Patrol
Jamie Cullum
The Selecter
Nigel Kennedy
Strictly Come Dancing
BBC Concert Orchestra
Miloš Karadaglić
Eliza Carthy
GoGo Penguin
Angélique Kidjo
Radio 2 Stage
Turin Brakes
The Wandering Hearts
Jalen N'Gonda
Catherine McGrath
Ten Tonnes
Nikhil
Brother Zulu
Joe Dolman
Dinosaur
Dorcha
JK
Jon Boden
Jaguar Land Rover Band
Sam Smith[38]
  1. "One Last Song"
  2. "I'm Not the Only One"
  3. "Like I Can"
  4. "Lay Me Down"
  5. "Latch"
  6. "Money on My Mind"
  7. "Midnight Train"
  8. "Baby, You Make Me Crazy"
  9. "Him"
  10. "Pray"
  11. "Stay with Me"
  12. "Too Good at Goodbyes"
  1. "Queen of Peace"
  2. "Only If for a Night"
  3. "Hunger"
  4. "Sweet Nothing"
  5. "Dog Days Are Over"
  6. "Sk"
  7. "You Got the Love"
  8. "Ship to Wreck"
  9. "What Kind of Man"
  10. "Shake It Out"

2019[]

On 27 February Greg James announced on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show that the Big Weekend would be held in Stewart Park, Middlesbrough, England for 2019 with Miley Cyrus, The 1975, Little Mix, Mabel, Zara Larsson and Khalid performing. The daily capacity was 32,000.[40]

Line-up
Friday 24 May Saturday 25 May Sunday 26 May
Dance Stage Main Stage
Mark Ronson

MK

Annie Mac

Danny Howard

Wilkinson x Sub Focus x Dimension

Purple Disco Machine

Miley Cyrus

Foals

Khalid

James Arthur

Billie Eilish

Sigala

Anne-Marie

Mumford & Sons


The 1975

Ellie Goulding

Sean Paul

Rita Ora

Catfish and the Bottlemen

Jax Jones

Zara Larsson

Little Mix

Got What It Takes?

The 1 for New Music Stage
Bring Me the Horizon

Future

Vampire Weekend

Charli XCX

Lewis Capaldi

The Amazons

Sam Fender

Stormzy

Twenty One Pilots

Dave

Two Door Cinema Club

Mabel

Sigrid

Pale Waves

Hrvy

CamelPhat

AJ Tracey

BBC Music Introducing Stage
Aitch

Dylan Catridge

Hamzaa

The Amazons

Eve Conway

Barny Fletcher

L Devine

Jade Bird

Rika

Charlotte OC

Slowthai

Bloxx

Joy Crookes

Cape Club

Bellah

Llovers

Tom Walker

The Orielles

Sophie and The Giants

Emily Burns

Headline sets[]

Miley Cyrus
  1. "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart"
  2. "Mother's Daughter"
  3. "Cattitude"
  4. "D.R.E.A.M."
  5. "We Can't Stop" with Charli XCX
  6. "Malibu"
  7. "Jolene"
  8. "Party in the U.S.A."
  9. "Can't Be Tamed"
  10. "Wrecking Ball"
The 1975
  1. "Give Yourself a Try"
  2. "TooTimeTooTimeTooTime"
  3. "Sincerity Is Scary"
  4. "It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)"
  5. "Love Me"
  6. Robbers"
  7. "I Like America & America Likes Me"
  8. "Somebody Else"
  9. "I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)
Encore
  2. Love It If We Made It"
  4. "Chocolate"
  6. "Sex"
  8. "The Sound"

2020[]

On 27 January, Greg James announced on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show that the Big Weekend would be returning to Camperdown Park in Dundee in 2020 with Dua Lipa and Harry Styles headlining. With Camperdown Park having previously hosted the Big Weekend in 2006, it would have been the first time the same venue hosted the event twice - and the second time the Big Weekend has visited the same city twice, after Derry in 2004 and 2013.

On 13 March 2020, it was announced that the Big Weekend had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[41]

However, in late April 2020 it was announced that there would be a virtual version airing on Radio 1 on the weekend of Friday 22 - Sunday 24 May 2020. The new Big Weekend festival featured newly recorded mini sets from the artist's homes as well as re-airings of full sets from previous Big Weekend performers over four "virtual stages".[42]

Line-up
Friday 22 May Saturday 23 May Sunday 24 May
Dance Stage Main Stage
Fatboy Slim and Eats Everything
Bicep
Jamie Jones
Hannah Wants
Solardo
The Black Madonna
CamelPhat
High Contrast
Disclosure
Armand van Helden 		Sam Smith
Anne-Marie
Blossoms
Mabel
Lauv
Yungblud
Becky Hill
Haim
Aitch x AJ Tracey
Doja Cat
Jonas Brothers
Rita Ora
Niall Horan
Biffy Clyro
Dermot Kennedy
Sean Paul
Declan McKenna
Young T & Bugsey
Rex Orange County
Ellie Goulding
Headliner's Stage
Katy Perry (2014)
Coldplay (2016)
Ed Sheeran (2018)
Billie Eilish (2019)
Kings of Leon (2017)
Shawn Mendes (2018)
One Direction (2014)
Calvin Harris (2014)
Bruno Mars (2013)
Khalid (2019)
Jay-Z (2012)
Little Mix (2019)
The 1975 (2019)
Lady Gaga (2011)
Stormzy (2019)
Rhianna (2012)
Mumford & Sons (2019)
Miley Cyrus (2019)
Muse (2015)
Florence and the Machine (2018)
Twenty One Pilots (2019)
Foo Fighters (2015)
Bring Me the Horizon (2016)
1 Xtra Stage
Stormzy (2017)
Alicia Keys (2010)
J Hus (2018)
Snoop Dogg (2015)
Koffee
Dave (2019)
Pharrell Williams (2014)
Nas (2012)
Ms Banks
Dizzee Rascal (2013)
Mahalia
AJ Tracey (2019)
ASAP Rocky (2013)
Afro B
Aitch (2019)
Stefflon Don (2018)
Jorja Smith (2018)
  • Artists in italics have recorded new performances for the 2020 Big Weekend.

2021[]

Due to the continuing pandemic, the 2021 edition of Big Weekend was again held virtually. As with 2020, the event included a mixture of newly recorded performances and archive sets from previous years. It was held on 29 and 30 May 2021.[43][44][45]

Line-up
Dance Stage Main Stage Headliner's Stage Live Lounge Piano Sessions
Eric Prydz
Bicep
Floorplan
Honey Dijon
Logic1000
Michael Bibi
Patrick Topping
Paul Woolford
Solomun
The Blessed Madonna 		Ed Sheeran
Coldplay
Jorja Smith
AJ Tracey
Royal Blood
Mabel
Wolf Alice
Celeste
London Grammar
Anne-Marie 		Billie Eilish (2019)
Stormzy (2019)
Little Mix (2019)
Foo Fighters (2015)
Jay-Z (2012)
The 1975 (2019)
Shawn Mendes (2018)
Rihanna (2012)
Sam Smith (2018)
Miley Cyrus (2019)
Blossoms (2020)
Katy Perry (2014)
Bring Me The Horizon (2016)
Doja Cat (2020)
Florence and the Machine (2018)
Calvin Harris (2014)
Twenty One Pilots (2018)
Lady Gaga (2011)
Kings of Leon (2017)
Khalid (2019)
Mumford and Sons (2019)
Rex Orange County (2020) 		Ariana Grande (2018)
Harry Styles (2019)
Dua Lipa (2018)
Lewis Capaldi (2019)
Lizzo (2020)
Alicia Keys (2020)
George Ezra (2018)
Lana Del Rey (2019)
Charli XCX and Christine and the Queens (2019)
Hayley Williams (2020)
Years & Years (2018)
Sam Fender (2020)
Sigrid (2021)
The xx (2017)
Vampire Weekend (2019)
Glass Animals (2020) 		Phoebe Bridgers and Arlo Parks (2020)
Foals (2020)
Haim (2020)
Lianne La Havas (2020)
Thom Yorke (2018)
Griff (2021)
Tom Grennan (2020)
Dodie (2019)
Låpsley (2020)
Clairo (2019)
Alessia Cara (2018)
King Princess (2019)
Mac Demarco (2019)
  • Artists in italics recorded new performances for the 2021 Big Weekend.

Headline sets[]

Ed Sheeran
  1. "Castle on the Hill"
  2. "The A Team"
  3. "Galway Girl"
  4. "Visiting Hours"
  5. "Sing"
  6. "Bloodstream"
  7. "Thinking Out Loud"
  8. "I See Fire"
  9. "Perfect"
  10. "Shape of You"
  11. "Afterglow"
Coldplay
  1. "Music of the Spheres"
  2. "Higher Power"
  3. "Something Just Like This"
  4. "The Scientist"
  5. "Magic"
  6. "Human Heart"
  7. "Adventure of a Lifetime"
  8. "Viva la Vida"
  9. "Fix You"
  10. "A Sky Full of Stars"

BBC Introducing sets[]

  1. "23, Never Me" - Dead Pony

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