BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend#Line-up

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{{infobox music festival

| music_festival_name = BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend

| image = BBC Radio 1s Big Weekend logo.png

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| location = United Kingdom (touring)

| years_active = 2003–present

| dates = Varies (last weekend of May, since 2013)

| genre = Pop, rock, dance, grime, hip hop, R&B

| website = {{Official website|https://www.bbc.co.uk/bigweekend}}

| founders = BBC Radio 1

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BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend (R1BW) (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 British 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.

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Background and history

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The festival is a spin-off of Radio 1's "One Big Sunday", where in each Sunday during the summer months a different town would host the roadshow, usually next to a beach or in a large park. These were also free, but non-ticketed and held from 2000 to 2002. Both events are successors to the Radio 1 Roadshow which toured the country during every summer from 1973 and continued throughout the 1990s.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/675523.stm|title=End of the Roadshow for Radio 1|website=BBC News|date=13 March 2000|access-date=29 May 2022}}

Originally a "One Big Weekend" would run twice a year, although that last happened in 2004. Since 2005 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/hackneyweekend/2012/ |title=Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012 |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 February 2014}}

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 night 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 and went virtual. The 2021 Big Weekend was also moved into a virtual mode.

In late 2021, it was revealed that Radio 1's Big Weekend would return in a live tradition for the first time in three years, with Coventry being the host city for this event on 27 to 29 May 2022.{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-59292358 | title=Radio 1's Big Weekend 2022 to be live in Coventry | work=BBC News | date=16 November 2021 }}

On 30 January 2023, it was announced that Dundee would host Big Weekend from 26 to 28 May 2023. The city was originally due to host in 2020 but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 29 January 2024, it was announced that Luton would host Big Weekend from 24 to 26 May 2024.{{cite news |title=Radio 1's Big Weekend coming to Luton |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-68107402 |access-date=29 January 2024 |publisher=BBC News |date=29 January 2024}} A full Friday programme took place in Luton, with all stages being used on this day for the first time, although it was still generally based around dance music.

On 28 January 2025, it was announced that Liverpool would host Big Weekend from 23 to 25 May 2025.{{Cite web |title=Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2025 to take place in Liverpool |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/radio-1-big-weekend-2025 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}

Venues

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{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=55.87 |long=-4.27 |label=Glasgow |position=right}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=54.6 |long=-5.91 |label=Belfast |position=right}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=54.9975 |long=-7.32 |label=Derry |position=left}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=52.48 |long=-1.9025 |label=Birmingham |position=left}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=51.55 |long=-0.058333 |label=Hackney |position=right}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=54.91 |long=-1.385 |label=Sunderland |position=right}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=56.462 |long=-2.9707 |label=Dundee |position=right}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=51.272 |long=0.529 |label=Maidstone |position=bottom}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=53.759 |long=-2.699 |label=Preston |position=left}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=51.56 |long=-1.78 |label=Swindon |position=top}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=54.891 |long=-2.944 |label=Carlisle |position=top}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=53.228 |long=-4.128 |label=Bangor |position=left}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=52.63 |long=1.297 |label=Norwich |position=top}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=50.725556 |long=-3.526944 |label=Exeter |position=left}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=56.395833 |long=-3.433333 |label=Perth |position=left}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=53.744444 |long=-0.3325 |label=Hull |position=top}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=52.4128163|long= -1.5089521 |label=Coventry |position=right}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=54.5767 |long=-1.2355 |label=Middlesbrough |position=right}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=51.61 |long=-3.95 |label=Swansea |position=left}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=51.87967|long=-0.41748 |label=Luton |position=right}}

{{location map~ |United Kingdom |lat=53.383333|long=-2.933333 |label=Liverpool |position=bottom}}

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VenueDateRef(s)
colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |One Big Weekend
Heaton Park, Manchester, England{{efn|Saturday cancelled due to adverse weather}}3–4 May 2003{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onebigweekend/2003/manchester/press_release.shtml |title=Radio 1 - One Big Weekend |publisher=BBC |date=3 May 2003 |access-date=29 May 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onebigweekend/2003/manchester/|title=BBC - Radio 1 - One Big Weekend|website=BBC}}
Coopers Field (within Bute Park), Cardiff, Wales{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/08_august/29/big_weekend_cardiff.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - One Big Weekend Cardiff|website=BBC}}13–14 September 2003{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onebigweekend/2003/cardiff/|title=BBC - Radio 1 - One Big Weekend|website=BBC}}
Prehen, Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland24–25 April 2004{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onebigweekend/2004/|title=BBC - Radio 1 - One Big Weekend|website=BBC}}
Perry Park, Birmingham, England18–19 September 2004{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onebigweekend/birmingham/|title=BBC - Radio 1 - One Big Weekend Birmingham 2004|website=BBC}}
colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend
Herrington Country Park, Sunderland, England7–8 May 2005{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend05/|title=BBC - Radio 1 - Big Weekend- 2005|website=BBC}}
Camperdown Park, Dundee, Scotland13–14 May 2006{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend06/|title=BBC - Radio 1's Big Weekend 2006|website=BBC}}
Moor Park, Preston, Lancashire, England19–20 May 2007{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2007/|title=BBC - Radio 1's Big Weekend 2007|website=BBC}}
Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent, England10–11 May 2008{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2008/|title=BBC - Radio 1's Big Weekend - Home|website=BBC}}
Lydiard Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, England9–10 May 2009{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2009/|title=BBC - Radio 1's Big Weekend - 2009|website=BBC}}
Faenol Estate, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales22–23 May 2010{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2010/|title=BBC - Radio 1 - Big Weekend 2010|website=BBC}}
Carlisle Airport, Carlisle, Cumbria, England14–15 May 2011{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2011/|title=BBC - Radio 1's Big Weekend 2011 - Home|website=BBC}}
Hackney Marshes, Hackney, London, England{{efn|Held as BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend}}23–24 June 2012{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e9wmxj|title=Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012|website=BBC Music Events}}
Ebrington Square, Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland24–26 May 2013{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e82wrz|title=Big Weekend 2013|website=BBC Music Events}}
George Square and Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland23–25 May 2014{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ep3g9r|title=2014|website=BBC Music Events}}
Earlham Park, Norwich, England23–24 May 2015{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewh8q9|title=2015|website=BBC Music Events}}
Powderham Castle, Exeter, England28–29 May 2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e2f9rz|title=2016|website=BBC Music Events}}
Burton Constable Hall, Hull, England27–28 May 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eppp6q|title=Radio 1's Big Weekend 2017|website=BBC Music Events}}
colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |BBC Music's Biggest Weekend
Titanic Slipways, Belfast, Northern Ireland

| rowspan="2"|25–26 May 2018

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2h9gcrbtTWXQf63tz96GxP1/the-biggest-weekend-belfast|title=BBC Music - Biggest Weekend - The Biggest Weekend: Belfast|website=BBC}}

Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3kz9J3ztc3QRW107Jljpdq2/the-biggest-weekend-perth|title = BBC Music - Biggest Weekend - the Biggest Weekend: Perth}}

Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales

| 26–27 May 2018

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4bzvTKWBMzGGdDCxfcWhgyd/the-biggest-weekend-swansea|title=BBC Music - Biggest Weekend - The Biggest Weekend: Swansea|website=BBC}}

War Memorial Park, Coventry, England

| 27–28 May 2018

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5J2zvkJvB7J3mrcpXn8XMmy/the-biggest-weekend-coventry|title = BBC Music - Biggest Weekend - the Biggest Weekend: Coventry}}

colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend
Stewart Park, Middlesbrough, England24–26 May 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e4q9hn|title=Radio 1's Big Weekend 2019|website=BBC Music Events}}
Camperdown Park, Dundee, Scotland{{efn|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but happened virtually instead}}

| 22–24 May 2020

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/egrj6q|title=Radio 1's Big Weekend 2020|website=BBC Music Events}}

War Memorial Park, Coventry, England

| 27–29 May 2022

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ebrp8g|title=Radio 1's Big Weekend 2022|website=BBC Music Events}}

Camperdown Park, Dundee, Scotland

| 26–28 May 2023

| {{Cite news |date=2023-01-30 |title=The 1975 and Lewis Capaldi to play Radio 1's Big Weekend |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-64432022 |access-date=2023-01-30}}

Stockwood Park, Luton, England

| 24–26 May 2024

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Sefton Park, Liverpool, England

| 23–25 May 2025

| {{Cite web |title=Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2025 to take place in Liverpool |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/radio-1-big-weekend-2025 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}

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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,{{cite news |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2006/05/11/newsstory8325400t0.asp |title=Home |newspaper=The Courier |access-date=29 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605015604/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2006/05/11/newsstory8325400t0.asp |archive-date=5 June 2011}} and allegations were made of postal workers stealing tickets.{{cite news |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2006/05/11/newsstory8325423t0.asp |title=Home |newspaper=The Courier |access-date=29 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605015625/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2006/05/11/newsstory8325423t0.asp |archive-date=5 June 2011}}

2000s

=May 2003=

On 3 and 4 May, the One Big Weekend was held in Manchester.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onebigweekend/2003/manchester/ |title=Radio 1 - One Big Weekend |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 May 2017}}

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Saturday 3 MaySunday 4 May
Judge JulesThe White Stripes
Paul van DykDirty Vegas
Rob TisseraAqualung
Eddie HalliwellThe Coral
Good Greef CrewFeeder
Badly Drawn Boy
Stereophonics

=September 2003=

On 13 and 14 September, the One Big Weekend held in Cardiff.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/08_august/29/big_weekend_cardiff.shtml |title=Press Office - One Big Weekend Cardiff |publisher=BBC |date=24 September 2014 |access-date=29 May 2017}}

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Saturday 13 SeptemberSunday 14 September
Basement JaxxPink
The Chemical BrothersTravis
Erick MorilloDido
Seb FontaineThe Darkness
Lottie and YousefStarsailor
Sander KleinenbergThe Thrills
HybridKosheen
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

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

Sunday 25 April

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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

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Main StageSecond Stage
TiestoGroove Armada
Fat Boy SlimDavid Guetta
Deep DishDarren Emerson
Judge JulesXpress 2
Dave PearceYousef
Steve LawlerMylo
Nick FanciulliBehrouz
Mutiny
Josh 'Rinse' Roberts

Sunday 19 September

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Main StageSecond Stage
LostprophetsKasabian
Goldie Lookin' Chain22-20's
Mouldy Lookin' StainThe Music
Joss StoneThe Departure
Damien Rice13 Senses
RazorlightSkinnyman
EstelleExist
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==

=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

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Main StageIn New Music We Trust Stage
Paolo NutiniThe Fratellis
Corinne Bailey RaeMystery Jets
Gnarls BarkleyBoy Kill Boy
OrsonDirty Pretty Things
RazorlightBloc Party
MusePrimal Scream
The Streets
Snow Patrol
Mylo

Sunday 14 May

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Main StageIn New Music We Trust Stage
The FeelingThe View
The Ordinary BoysHot Chip
SugababesWe Are Scientists
FeederYeah Yeah Yeahs
EditorsThe Kooks
PinkThe 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 virtual festival experience in the virtual reality application Second Life.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4766755.stm | work=BBC News | title=BBC starts to rock online world | date=12 May 2006 | access-date=22 May 2010}} 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.

=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/tickets/faq.shtml |title=BBC - Radio 1's Big Weekend - Tickets FAQs |access-date=30 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504131945/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/tickets/faq.shtml |archive-date=4 May 2007 }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.unofficialmills.co.uk/communities/showthread.php?t=6555 |title=Forums |publisher=Unofficial Mills |date=23 February 2016 |access-date=29 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215114828/http://www.unofficialmills.co.uk/communities/showthread.php?t=6555 |archive-date=15 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}

The line up was as follows:

==Line-up==

Saturday 19 May{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2007/artists/190507/ |title=Radio 1's Big Weekend - Artists |publisher=BBC |date=20 May 2007 |access-date=29 May 2017}}

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Main StageIn New Music We Trust StageOutdoor Arena
Scissor SistersGroove ArmadaWestwood
RazorlightGossipMistaJam
KasabianLCD SoundsystemSeamus Haji
The FratellisCSSMeck
The FrayBiffy ClyroGroove Armada (DJ Set)
Natasha BedingfieldCold War KidsJudge Jules
The TwangThe Pigeon DetectivesTim Deluxe vs The Audio Bullys
Jamie TSimian Mobile Disco
Annie Mac

Sunday 20 May{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2007/artists/200507/ |title=Radio 1's Big Weekend - Artists |publisher=BBC |date=20 May 2007 |access-date=29 May 2017}}

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Main StageIn New Music We Trust StageOutdoor Arena
Kaiser ChiefsBloc PartyBobby & Nihal
StereophonicsMaxïmo ParkRob Da Bank
MikaKlaxonsZane Lowe & Mark Ronson
The ViewDizzee RascalKlaxons (DJ Set)
RihannaGet Cape Wear Cape FlyPete Tong & Vernon Kay
Mark RonsonThe EnemyDavid Guetta
Just JackCSSTrophy Twins
Calvin HarrisM.I.AFergie
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=196789&command=displayContent&sourceNode=196788&contentPK=19888598&folderPk=112383&pNodeId=196828 |title=Leicester News, Sport and What's On in Leicester |website=Thisisleicestershire.co.uk |access-date=29 May 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2008/tickets/faq/ |title=Radio 1's Big Weekend - Tickets - FAQs |publisher=BBC |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=29 May 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/speakout/view_topic.asp?topic_recid=395 |title=Welcome to Kent Online | Your gateway to Kent |access-date=29 May 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507123020/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/speakout/view_topic.asp?topic_recid=395 |archive-date=7 May 2008 }}

==Line-up==

The full line-up (except for Paramore) was announced on BBC Radio 1 on Monday 21 April 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.unofficialmills.co.uk/communities/showthread.php?t=9110 |title=Forums |publisher=Unofficial Mills |date=23 February 2016 |access-date=29 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215114858/http://www.unofficialmills.co.uk/communities/showthread.php?t=9110 |archive-date=15 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}

Saturday 10 May

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Main StageIn New Music We Trust StageOutdoor StageBBC Introducing Stage
MadonnaEditorsFatboy SlimWhite Lies
UsherThe FutureheadsChris Moyles vs Judge JulesJames Yuill
The FratellisWe Are ScientistsZane Lowe vs Scott MillsMagistrates
Scouting for GirlsFoalsSteve Angello & Sebastian IngrossoAG Dolla
DuffyVampire WeekendCount & SindenFighting With Wire
The FeelingParamoreDave SpoonNatty
RobynThe Ting TingsAnnie MacIt Hugs Back
The HoosiersNic FanciulliFolk Face
Eddie HalliwellJaguar Skills
Kissy Sell Out

Sunday 11 May

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Main StageIn New Music We Trust StageOutdoor StageBBC Introducing Stage
The KooksThe RaconteursZane LoweGolden Silvers
The EnemyThe ZutonsPendulum (DJ Set)Twisted Wheel
Nelly (ft. Kelly Rowland)The WombatsJustice (DJ Set)Ebony Bones
GoldfrappHot ChipVernon Kay vs Pete TongOutl4w
The Pigeon DetectivesGallowsDave PearceChipmunk
Newton FaulknerPendulumBasshunterKate Goes
OneRepublicJusticeRob Da BankTom Williams & The Boat
AdeleBlack KidsKutskiWing
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.unofficialmills.co.uk/communities/showthread.php?t=9118 |title=Forums |publisher=Unofficial Mills |date=23 February 2016 |access-date=29 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215114744/http://www.unofficialmills.co.uk/communities/showthread.php?t=9118 |archive-date=15 February 2009 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Pendulum-Rock-Radio-1s-Big-Weekend/2446/ |title=Pendulum Rock Radio 1's Big Weekend |website=Skiddle.com |access-date=29 May 2017}}

==Headline sets==

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  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==

2010s

= 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{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2010/lineup/ |title=Radio 1 - Big Weekend - 2010 - Line Up |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 February 2014}}

class="wikitable"
Main StageIn New Music We Trust StageBBC Introducing StageOutdoor Stage
Florence & The MachineFaithlessFrankie & The HeartstringsWestwood + Kelly Rowland
Dizzee RascalMGMTThe Joy FormidableTarget & Cameo + Roll Deep
Alicia KeysEllie GouldingWhat Would Jesus Drive?Ras & Seani B + Chiddy Bang & Skepta
LostprophetsTinie TempahMenisMistaJam + Professor Green, Blame & Wiley
Cheryl ColeBombay Bicycle ClubI Am AustinPete Tong vs Vernon Kay
ChipmunkHadouken!The Wonder VillainsFaithless DJs
Thirty Seconds to MarsStornowayAlan PownallZane Lowe
Justin BieberExampleY PromaticsRob da Bank
Scouting For GirlsPegasus BridgeToddla T & Alex Metric
Annie Mac

Sunday 23 May

class="wikitable"
Main StageIn New Music We Trust StageBBC Introducing StageOutdoor Stage
PendulumVampire WeekendBeatbullyzWestwood + Scorcher
RihannaYou Me At SixEnvySemtex & Robbo Ranx
Biffy ClyroSub FocusTempa TBailey & Fabio
KeshaPlan BUTERampage & MistaJam + Devlin & McLean
JLSMarina & The DiamondsMy Tiger My TimingChris Moyles vs Westwood
ParamoreCrystal CastlesPete LawrieTiesto
Jason DeruloKids In Glass HousesWe Are AnimalJudge Jules
Paolo NutiniDelphicDjango DjangoJaymo & Andy George
Pixie LottYr OdsKissy Sell Out
Huw Stephens

Live Lounge Tent

class="wikitable"
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2011/faqs/ |title=Radio 1's Big Weekend 2011 - FAQs |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 February 2014}}

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==

class="wikitable"

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Line-up

Saturday 14 May

!Sunday 15 May

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Main Stage
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Foo Fighters


The Black Eyed Peas


Tinie Tempah


Chase & Status


Nicole Scherzinger


Plan B


Ellie Goulding


Jessie J


Arctic Monkeys

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Lady Gaga


My Chemical Romance


Taio Cruz


The Script


Katy B


Professor Green


Olly Murs


The Wombats


Bruno Mars

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| In New Music We Trust Stage
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Swedish House Mafia


Friendly Fires


Nero


Panic! at the Disco


Everything Everything


Cage the Elephant


The Joy Formidable


Wretch 32

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

The Strokes


Magnetic Man


Noah and the Whale


Devlin


Two Door Cinema Club


The Vaccines


Yasmin


Pulled Apart By Horses

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| BBC Introducing Stage
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Friends Electric


Aaron Delahuntly


Rizzle Kicks


Yaaks


Luke Bingham


Fiona Clayton


Saturday Night Gym Club


Baron Van Alias


Birds vs Planes

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

MOPP


MyElectrik


Masters in France


DJ Vimto vs Jah Digga


Linc


Polarsets


Among Brothers


Let's Buy Happiness


Colt 45

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Outdoor Stage
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

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

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

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==

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  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"

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  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.

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.{{cite web|url=http://florenceandthemachine.net/live |title=Live |publisher=Florence and the Machine |access-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219203830/http://florenceandthemachine.net/live/ |archive-date=19 February 2014}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetingtings.com/site/ |title=news |publisher=The Ting Tings |date=14 November 2011 |access-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226132226/http://www.thetingtings.com/site/ |archive-date=26 December 2013}}

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

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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Line-up

Saturday 23 June

!Sunday 24 June

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Main Stage
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Jay-Z


Kasabian


Nicki Minaj


Ed Sheeran


Example


Rizzle Kicks


Leona Lewis

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Rihanna


Dizzee Rascal


Florence and the Machine


Tinie Tempah


Jessie J


Plan B


Professor Green

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| In New Music We Trust Stage
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Jack White


Lostprophets


The Vaccines


The Maccabees


Rudimental


Delilah


Michael Kiwanuka


Rita Ora


Jessie Ware

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Chase & Status


Magnetic Man


Lana Del Rey


Enter Shikari


Sub Focus


Ben Howard


Santigold


Bombay Bicycle Club

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1Xtra Arena
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Sean Paul


Flo Rida


will.i.am


D'banj


Trey Songz


Tinchy Stryder


Chip


Boy Better Know


DJ Fresh


Emeli Sandé


Dappy

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Nas


Wretch 32


B.o.B


Gyptian


Taio Cruz


Azealia Banks


Maverick Sabre


Devlin


Sway


Lethal B


Mindless Behavior


Labrinth

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Dance Arena
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Swedish House Mafia


Deadmau5


Calvin Harris


Eric Prydz


Nero


Annie Mac

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

David Guetta


Andy C


Madeon


Pete Tong


Flux Pavilion & Doctor P


Zane Lowe

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| DJ Stage
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Nihal


Robbo Ranx


Semtex


Benji B


Mosca


Rob da Bank


Moyles vs Westwood


DJ Target


DJ Cameo


Tim Westwood

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

DJ Edu


Nihal


Robbo Ranx


Toddla T


Friction


B.Traits


Skream & Benga


Vernon vs Charlie Sloth


MistaJam


Tim Westwood

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| BBC Introducing Stage
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Random Impulse


The Skints


In Search Of


Isaac Danquah


Lil Simz


My Panda Shall Fly


Paigey Cakey


Cheekie Bugga


UD Vocal Collective


Xploder

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:170px;"|

Arthur Beatrice


Driving Lolita


Joe Black


Kersha Bailey


Lola King and The Kickstarts


Pepstar


Project Hackney Collective


Savages


Stevie Neale


ShezAr

==Headline sets==

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  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)

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  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==

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| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Line-up

Friday 24 May

!Saturday 25 May

!Sunday 26 May

colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Main Stage
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Biffy Clyro


The Vaccines


Two Door Cinema Club


Labrinth


Foals


Ellie Goulding


Conor Maynard


The Saturdays

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Bruno Mars


Paramore


Thirty Seconds to Mars


The Script


Olly Murs


Jake Bugg


Wretch 32


Little Mix

colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 1Xtra Arena/In New Music We Trust Stage
style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

Rita Ora


A$AP Rocky


J. Cole


Wiley


Maverick Sabre


Katy B


AlunaGeorge


Angel Haze

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

DJ Fresh


Kendrick Lamar


alt-J


Bring Me the Horizon


The 1975


Iggy Azalea


Kodaline


Laura Mvula


Frightened Rabbit

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px;"|

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==

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  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"

}}

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  1. "Radioactive"
  2. "Facemelt"
  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."

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  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"

}}

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  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"

}}

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  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"

}}

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  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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/25957642 |title=Newsbeat - Radio 1's Big Weekend 2014 to take place in Glasgow |publisher=BBC |date=30 January 2014 |access-date=27 February 2014}} 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.{{cite news|title=BBC Newsbeat|work=BBC News|date=31 March 2014|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/26820600|access-date=1 April 2014}} 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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

| colspan="3" | Line-up

Friday 23 May

!Saturday 24 May

!Sunday 25 May

George Square Stage

! colspan="2" | Main Stage

rowspan="5"| 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

colspan="2" | 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

colspan="2" | 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==

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  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

  1. "Fix You"

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  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

  1. "Firework"

}}

=2015=

{{Main|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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

| colspan="2" | Line-up

Saturday 23 May

!Sunday 24 May

colspan="2" | 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

colspan="2" | 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

colspan="2" | 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

=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03gz85c |title=BBC Radio 1 - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, 2016, Watch Nick Grimshaw announce the Big Weekend 2016 lineup! |date=February 2016 |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 May 2017}} On 1 March, it was announced that The 1975 and Jake Bugg had been added to the lineup.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35694444/the-1975-are-added-to-radio-1s-big-weekend-in-exeter-devon|title=The 1975 are added to Radio 1's Big Weekend in Exeter, Devon|work=Newsbeat|date=March 2016}} Ticket information was announced on Monday 21 March.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e2f9rz|title=Radio 1's Big Weekend 2016|work=BBC}} Tickets went on sale at 8{{nbsp}}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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2GSBbRdjtj1nt08BPXpHlXJ/ticket-information |title=BBC Radio 1 - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, 2016 - Ticket Information |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 May 2017}} The full line-up was announced in April 2016.

==Line-up==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

| colspan="2" | Line-up

Saturday 28 May

!Sunday 29 May

colspan="2" | 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

colspan="2" | 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

colspan="2" | 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.{{cite web|last1=Biddulph|first1=Andy|title=TWENTY ONE PILOTS HAVE FESTIVAL SHOW CUT SHORT|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/twenty-one-pilots-have-festival-show-cut-short|website=Rocksound|access-date=3 February 2017}}

=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.{{cite news|title=Kings of Leon and Little Mix to play Radio 1's Big Weekend in Hull|work=BBC News|date=23 January 2017|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38715190/kings-of-leon-and-little-mix-to-play-radio-1s-big-weekend-in-hull|access-date=23 January 2017}} On 16 March 2017, it was announced Katy Perry will be headlining the Saturday night.{{cite web |date=16 March 2017 |title=Katy Perry to headline Radio 1's Big Weekend in Hull |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39284511/katy-perry-to-headline-radio-1s-big-weekend-in-hull |access-date=29 May 2017 |publisher=BBC}}

==Line-up==

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| colspan="2" | Line-up

Saturday 27 May

!Sunday 28 May

colspan="2" | 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

colspan="2" | 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

colspan="2" | BBC Introducing Stage
Zuzu
Krrum
FLAWES
Shells
Scorpz
Declan McKenna
Stevie Parker
The Modern Strangers
The Hubbards
LIFE
Superfood
Chiedu Oraka

| Pale Waves
Freak
Cosima
Lumer
Haarm
Loyle Carner
Seramic
Brand New Friend
Jack Conman
The Big Moon
Mullally
Our Girl

==Headline sets==

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| content =

  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"

}}

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| content =

  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 in four cities each in the UK's four countries. 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 Music).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2lRg7Krtz7mv1ZS0xc34JFJ/about-the-biggest-weekend|title = BBC Music - Biggest Weekend - About the Biggest Weekend}} Tickets sold out for the Swansea, Perth and Coventry Big Weekends.

==Line-up==

===Belfast===

===Perth===

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! colspan="2" | Line-up

Friday 25 May

!Saturday 26 May

colspan="2" | 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

colspan="2" | 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===

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! colspan="2" | Line-up

Saturday 26 May

!Sunday 27 May

colspan="2" | 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

colspan="2" | Radio 1's Other Stage
Bastille
Wolf Alice
CHVRCHES

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

colspan="2" | 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===

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! colspan="2" | Line-up

Sunday 26 May

!Monday 27 May

colspan="2" | 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

colspan="2" | 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

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| content =

  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"

}}

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| content =

  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.{{cite news |title=Radio 1 Big Weekend 2019 Middlesbrough: Lineup, timings, parking and everything else you need to know |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/radio-1-big-weekend-middlesbrough-15888806 |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=TeessideLive}}

class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center;"|
colspan="3" |Line-up
Friday 24 May

!Saturday 25 May

!Sunday 26 May

Dance Stage

! colspan="2" |Main Stage

rowspan="5" |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?

colspan="2" |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

colspan="2" |BBC Music Introducing Stage
Aitch
Dylan Cartlidge
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==

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  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"

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  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

  1. Love It If We Made It"
  2. "Chocolate"
  3. "Sex"
  4. "The Sound"

}}

2020s

=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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51878354|title = Radio 1 Big Weekend cancelled due to coronavirus|work = BBC News|date = 13 March 2020}}

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".{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-52548974|title = Radio 1 announces alternative Big Weekend 2020 line-up|work = BBC News|date = 5 May 2020}}

class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center;"

! colspan="3" |Line-up

Friday 22 May

!Saturday 23 May

!Sunday 24 May

Dance Stage

! colspan="2" | Main Stage

rowspan="5" | 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

colspan="2" | 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)
Rihanna (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)

colspan="1" | 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e4x3v2/performances/2021/05/28|title=Radio 1's Big Weekend of Live Music 2021|website=BBC Music Events}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57231866|title=Radio 1's Big Weekend 2021: Who's performing and how can I watch or listen?|date=28 May 2021|work=Newsround|publisher=CBBC}}

class="wikitable collapsible"

! colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |Line-up

style="text-align:center;" | Dance Stage

! Main Stage

! Headliner's Stage

! Live Lounge

! Piano Sessions

rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| Eric Prydz
Bicep
Floorplan
Honey Dijon
Logic1000
Michael Bibi
Patrick Topping
Paul Woolford
Solomun
The Blessed Madonna

|style="text-align:center;"| Ed Sheeran
Coldplay
Jorja Smith
AJ Tracey
Royal Blood
Mabel
Wolf Alice
Celeste
London Grammar
Anne-Marie

|style="text-align:center;"|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 (2019)
Lady Gaga (2011)
Kings of Leon (2017)
Khalid (2019)
Mumford & Sons (2019)
Rex Orange County (2020)

| style="text-align:center;"|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)

|style="text-align:center;"|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==

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  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"

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  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"

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==BBC Introducing sets==

  1. "23, Never Me" - [https://open.spotify.com/artist/3lGO6uBIzoFyU6OoGMER1B?si=jqgga3CWTpOcfHmGdM14xQ&dl_branch=1 Dead Pony]

= 2022 =

In late 2021, it was revealed that Radio 1's Big Weekend would return in a live tradition for the first time in three years, with Coventry being the host city for this event on 27 to 29 May 2022.

On 14 May and 16 March 2022, Saturday's & Sunday's main stage line-up were retrospectively announced on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Greg James whilst the Future Sounds Stage line-up was announced on Radio 1's Future Sounds with Clara Amfo.

class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center;"
colspan="3" |Line-up
Friday 27 May

!Saturday 28 May

!Sunday 29 May

colspan="3" |Main Stage
{{N/A|No performances}}

|Calvin Harris
Ed Sheeran
Anne-Marie
Aitch
Central Cee
AJ Tracey
Joel Corry
Yungblud

|Harry Styles
George Ezra
Lorde
Becky Hill
Dermot Kennedy
Jax Jones
Mabel
Chase & Status

colspan="3" | Radio One's Future Sounds Stage
Disclosure
BOYOCA
Danny Howard
Eats Everything b2b Shermanology
Jodie Harsh
LP Giobbi b2b Ben Hemsley
Patrick Topping
Pete Tong b2b Franky Wah
Sam Divine
Sarah Story b2b Jaguar

|Sam Fender
Easy Life
Fontaines D.C.
KSI
Mimi Webb
Sigrid
Tom Grennan
Pa Salieu

|Foals
Alfie Templeman
Griff
Holly Humberstone
Joy Crookes
Koffee
Wet Leg
Rina Sawayama

colspan="3" | Radio One Dance Stage
AmyElle
Bklava
Craig & Grant Gordon
Emily Nash
LF System
Meg Ward
Nia Archives
Prospa

|Arielle Free
Charlie T
Jaguar
Pete Tong
René LaVice
Sarah Story
Charlie Hedges

|Danny Howard
Jeremiah Asiamah
Kenny Allstar
Target

colspan="3" |BBC Music Introducing Stage
Anish Kumar
Barry Can't Swim
Hannah Laing
Jaguar B2B ABSOLUTE
Junior SIMBA
Kilig
Lau.ra
TAAHLIAH

|Artemas
Celina Sharma
Deyah
Jordan Mckampa
Tamera
Thomas Headon
USNA
Willow Kayne

A1 x J1

|Alfie Indra
Crawlers
Danniella Dee
Hope Tala
Lizzie Esau
Piri & Tommy
Queen Millz
Sad Night Dynamite

Tom Walker

colspan="3" |Radio 1 Relax Tent
{{N/A}}

| Penelope
Sian Eleri

| Jess Iszatt
Jessie Marcella

==Headline sets==

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| header = Ed Sheeran

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  1. "Shivers"
  2. "Overpass Graffiti"
  3. "Castle on the Hill"
  4. "The A Team"
  5. "2step" (with Potter Payper)
  6. "Perfect"
  7. "Bloodstream"
  8. "Shape of You"
  9. "Thinking Out Loud"
  10. "Bad Habits"

}}

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| header = Harry Styles

| content =

  1. "Golden"
  2. "Watermelon Sugar"
  3. "Music for a Sushi Restaurant"
  4. "Adore You"
  5. "Daylight"
  6. "Lights Up"
  7. "Treat People with Kindness"
  8. "What Makes You Beautiful"
  9. "Late Night Talking"
  10. "As It Was"
  11. "Sign of the Times"
  12. "Kiwi"

}}

= 2023 =

On 30 January 2023, Dundee (which was originally scheduled to host the 2020 festival) was announced as the host city for the 2023 edition of Big Weekend alongside the initial line-up. Dundee is the first Scottish city and second overall city to host the event twice.{{Cite news |date=2023-01-30 |title=The 1975 and Lewis Capaldi to play Radio 1's Big Weekend |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-64432022 |access-date=2023-01-30}}

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colspan="3" |Line-up
Friday 26 May

!Saturday 27 May

!Sunday 28 May

colspan="3" |Main Stage
{{N/A|No performances}}

|The 1975
Jonas Brothers
ArrDee
Jess Glynne
Joel Corry
Mimi Webb
Tom Grennan

|Lewis Capaldi
Wet Leg
Anne-Marie
Becky Hill
Nothing But Thieves
Royal Blood
Zara Larsson
Niall Horan

colspan="3" | Radio One's Future Sounds Stage
Jamie XX
LF System

Jayda G
Danny Howard
Eliza Rose
Ben Hemsley
Denis Sulta
Pete Tong b2b Sarah Story
Testpress

|Rudimental
Danny Howard
FLO
Headie One
Pale Waves
Piri
Romy
Self Esteem
The Snuts

|Sub Focus
Arlo Parks
Ashnikko
Cassyette
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Cat Burns
Georgia
Inhaler
Jack Saunders
RAYE

colspan="3" | Radio One Dance Stage
Hannah Laing
AmyElle

Carly Wilford
D.O.D
Hayley Zalassi
Melle Brown
Salute
Schak

|Charlie Tee
Connor Coates
Danny Howard
Jaguar
Pheobe Inglis-Holmes
Sarah Story

|Arielle Free
Charlie Hedges
Connor Coates
Jaguar
Jeremiah Asiamah
Kenny Allstar

colspan="3" |BBC Music Introducing Stage
Barry Can't Swim
Boo

DAINTY
Jaguar B2B KILIMANJARO
Kintra
Pheobe I-H
TIBASKO
Van Damn

|Akemi Fox
ARXX
Bemz
Caity Baser
Olivia Dean
Chowerman
Sliime
Tom A. Smith
Venbee

|Aby Coulibaly
Brooke Combe

Gretel Hanlyn
Katie Gregson-MacLeod
Michael Aldag
Piers James
Rose Gray
Terra Kin

==Headline sets==

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  1. "Waffle House"
  2. "What a Man Gotta Do"
  3. "Only Human"
  4. "Cool"
  5. "Jealous" (Nick Jonas cover)
  6. "Cake by the Ocean" (DNCE cover)
  7. "Leave Before You Love Me"
  8. "Summer Baby"
  9. "Year 3000" (Busted cover)
  10. "Burnin' Up"
  11. "Sucker"

}}

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| header = The 1975

| content =

  1. "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"
  2. "Happiness"
  3. "Oh Caroline"
  4. "I'm in Love with You"
  5. "It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)"
  6. "About You"
  7. "Robbers"
  8. "Somebody Else"
  9. "I Couldn't Be More in Love"
  10. "Love It If We Made It"
  11. "The Sound"
  12. "Sex"
  13. "Give Yourself a Try"

}}

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| header = Wet Leg

| content =

  1. "Being in Love"
  2. "Wet Dream"
  3. "Supermarket"
  4. "Obvious"
  5. "Oh No"
  6. "Ur Mum"
  7. "Too Late Now"
  8. "Angelica"
  9. "Chaise Longue"

}}

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| header = Lewis Capaldi

| content =

  1. "Forget Me"
  2. "Forever"
  3. "Pointless"
  4. "Heavenly Kind of State of Mind"
  5. "Before You Go"
  6. "Bruises"
  7. "Wish You the Best"
  8. "Grace"
  9. "Haven't You Ever Been in Love Before?"
  10. "Hold Me While You Wait"
  11. "Someone You Loved"

}}

= 2024 =

On 29 January 2024, it was announced that Luton would host Big Weekend from 24 to 26 May 2024. The festival took place in Stockwood Park and was headlined by Coldplay, Chase & Status, Vampire Weekend, and Raye.{{Cite web |last=@BBCR1 |date=2024-03-20 |title=Here's your #BigWeekend Luton lineup‼️Want to be there? Tickets go on sale at 5PM tomorrow (Thursday 21st March). Click here for ticket info: bbc.co.uk/bigweekend |url=https://twitter.com/BBCR1/status/1770493630446240096 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}

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colspan="3" |Line-up
Friday 24 May

!Saturday 25 May

!Sunday 26 May

colspan="3" |Main Stage
Chase & Status
Becky Hill
Ella Henderson
Nathan Dawe
Rudimental

|Raye
Aitch
Mabel
Rag'n'Bone Man
Griff
Jax Jones
Joel Corry

|Coldplay
Vampire Weekend
Olly Alexander
Sabrina Carpenter
Declan McKenna
London Grammar
AJ Tracey

colspan="3" | Radio One's New Music Stage
Eric Prydz
Diplo
Dimension
Hannah Laing
Kenya Grace
Sonny Fodera
Wilkinson

|Charli XCX
Alfie Templeman
Caity Baser
Cat Burns
Dylan
The Last Dinner Party
Shygirl
Tems

|Beabadoobee
CMAT
Everything Everything
Fizz
Olivia Dean
Remi Wolf
Sea Girls
Teddy Swims

colspan="3" | Radio One Dance Stage
A Little Sound
Ammara
ESSEL
Girls Don't Sync
Joy Anonymous
salute
Sammy Virji
Y U QT

|Charlie Tee
DJ Target
Jerimiah Asiamah
Kenny Allstar
Panjabi Hit Squad

|Charlie Hedges
Danny Howard
DJ Kizzi
Sarah Story

colspan="3" |BBC Music Introducing Stage
Charlieeeee
Deeps
JGrrey
LAVS
Sam Girling
Victor Ray

|Cam Thomas
Issey Cross
Jarki Monno
Kiimi
Myles Smith
NewDad
Ryussi
Saloni

|Beth McCarthy
Etta Marcus
Frozemode
JW Paris
Low Girl
Max Jones
Picture Parlour
Shehxna

==Headline sets==

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| header = Chase & Status

| content =

  1. Smash TV
  2. Selecta with Stefflon Don
  3. Censor VIP
  4. Liquor & Cigarettes with ArrDee
  5. Time
  6. Mixed Emotions with Clementine Douglas
  7. Don't Be Scared
  8. NRG
  9. Let You Go
  10. Disconnect
  11. No Problem
  12. Original Nuttah 25 with Irah
  13. Baddadan with Irah
  14. End Credits
  15. All Goes Wrong with Ethan Holt
  16. Blind Faith with Liam Bailey
  17. Program with Irah

}}

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| header = Raye

| content =

  1. The Thrill Is Gone
  2. Hard Out Here
  3. Oscar Winning Tears
  4. Ice Cream Man
  5. Flip a Switch
  6. Bed
  7. You Don't Know Me
  8. Secrets
  9. Black Mascara
  10. Prada
  11. Worth It
  12. Genesis
  13. Escapism

}}

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| header = Vampire Weekend

| content =

  1. Gen-X Cops
  2. Holiday
  3. Unbelievers
  4. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
  5. Classical
  6. White Sky
  7. Capricorn
  8. This Life
  9. Diane Young
  10. Cousins
  11. A-Punk
  12. Campus
  13. Oxford Comma
  14. Harmony Hall

}}

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| header = Coldplay

| content =

  1. Higher Power
  2. Paradise
  3. Viva la Vida
  4. Hymn For The Weekend
  5. Clocks
  6. Fix You
  7. People of the Pride
  8. Something Just Like This
  9. Magic with Sabrina Carpenter
  10. Yellow
  11. A Sky Full of Stars
  12. Orange

}}

= 2025 =

On 28 January 2025, it was announced that Liverpool would host Big Weekend from 23 to 25 May 2025. The first confirmed acts were Blossoms, Lola Young, Myles Smith, Sam Fender and Wet Leg.{{Cite web |title=Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2025 to take place in Liverpool |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/radio-1-big-weekend-2025 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}

= Radio 1 Main Stage =

= Radio 1 New Music Stage =

= Radio 1 Dance Stage =

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|+

!Friday

!Saturday

!Sunday

* Charlie Hedges

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|

= BBC Introducing Stage =

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|+

!Friday

!Saturday

!Sunday

* Crawlers

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References

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