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Radio 1’s Big Weekend Is Coming To Middlesbrough

February 27th, 2019 - 12:08 PM

Radio 1’s Big Weekend Is Coming To Middlesbrough

And Miley Cyrus is going to be there… This Morning Greg James on the Radio 1 breakfast show announced this years Radio 1 Big Weekend will be in Stewart Park Middlesbrough. Greg also announced the first six artists who will be playing the festival are: Miley Cyrus, The 1975, Little Mix, Mabel, Khalid and Zara Larsson. Speaking on air Greg said he “can’t wait to take some of the best acts on the planet to Middlesbrough”.

The event will take place over the second bank holiday weekend at the end of May. 64,000 tickets will be available for event, which is Europe biggest free ticketed music festival, with greater chances given to local residents. Further lineup reveals can be expected over the next few weeks, on both daytime Radio 1 and Annie Mac’s Future Sounds show. Fans already seem exstatic at the news that Big Weekend is coming to Middlesbrough.

Miley Cyrus is one of the biggest names in pop music. Following her return to music with the incredible “Nothing Breaks Like A Heart” alongside Mark Ronson, the Wrecking Ball star is set to make a massive impact in Middlesbrough, and she already seems excited.

 

Fresh from their incredible night at the Brit awards and their huge arena tour the 1975 are one of the biggest bands in Britain at the moment. Their third album “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships” was a massive record last year, and with a fourth album due for 2019, expect the 1975 to put on an incredible show, in their fourth time at ‘Big Weekend’ but their first headline set.

Little Mix made their Big Weekend debut 6 years ago in Derry, and have gone on to become one of the countries biggest girl groups. Having previously headlined The Teen Awards they have a huge following across Radio 1, and are making a name for themselves not only with young fans but also as the band your dad secretly likes.  

Khalid came 4th in the BBC’s sound of 2018 poll and has developed the beginnings on an incredible career since then. Last year he covered Tracy Chapman’s fast car in the Radio 1 live lounge in one of the most popular performances of the year, and a great 2019 is expected for him.

Mabel has been a mainstay across Radio 1 and Radio 1 Xtra for the past 18 months. Since bursting on the scene with her anthemic track ‘Finders Keepers’ featuring Not3s. Since then she has had hottest records in the world and been featured across evening and daytime shows across radio. 

Swedish Pop-star Zara Larsson is becoming a bit of a regular in the North East having played at Radio 1’s big weekend in Hull in 2017. Since then she has released her new single “Ruin My Life” as part of her incoming third album.

In a full statement Greg James said “The listeners are the most important thing about Radio 1 and we think they’re brilliant. Without them, we’d just be a collection of weirdos talking to ourselves in a room so we like to say thanks by pulling in some of the world’s biggest artists to do an enormous music festival for them. We traditionally take Big Weekend to a part of the UK that doesn’t normally get these sorts of events and I can’t wait to take some of the best acts on the planet to Middlesbrough”.

The event marks 19 years since Radio 1 went to Middlesbrough for “1 Big Sunday”, an early incarnation of ‘The Big Weekend’. That event was headlined by the Spice Girls and Billie Piper, it’s still unknown if any of the artists playing 19 years ago will be making a return for this summer.

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