New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The station's biggest event of the year, brings together the biggest international and UK artists for a weekend of show-stopping performances across radio, TV, online and social.
Local boy
James Arthur will be performing a homecoming set. Since winning The X Factor,
James has gone on to become a Brit nominee and secure two UK number ones and five UK top tens with singles Impossible and Say You Won't Let Go.
Taking place at Stewart Park on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May, an audience of 64,000 BBC
Radio 1 fans can expect a huge line-up including Miley Cyrus, The 1975,
Little Mix, Mumford & Sons, Future, Mabel,
Zara Larsson and
Khalid who were announced last week.
The new additions to the line-up include:
Saturday:
Anne-Marie
Billie Eilish
Bring Me The Horizon
Charli XCX
James Arthur
Jess Glynne
Lewis Capaldi
Sam Fender
Sigala
Stormzy
The Amazons
Vampire Weekend
Sunday:
Camelphat
Catfish & The Bottlemen
Ellie Goulding
Fredo
HRVY
Jax Jones
Pale Waves
Rita Ora
Sean Paul
Sigrid
Two Door Cinema Club
Tickets for
Radio 1's Big Weekend go on sale at 5pm on
Thursday 14 March, priced at £18 plus £4.50 booking fee. For more information, please go to www.bbc.co.uk/bigweekend
Rita Ora says: "I love performing at Big Weekend, it's always one of the highlights for me to kick off the summer and I have the most fun every time."
Jess Glynne says: "Can't wait to be back at
Radio 1's Big Weekend this year! Y'all be ready."
Bring Me The Horizon say: "We are buzzing to be playing Big Weekend again! Last time was a trip, and the love we get from
Radio 1 has been so incredible over the last year we feel like family, and we are going to put on a very special show to show some love back."
Mumford & Sons say: "Last time we played Middlesbrough was in February 2009, halfway through our snowball tour, so-called because all the bands and singers we played with a long the way seemed to join us in the van for the next gig. That night, upstairs at Mohan's some hooligan sang 'boro football chants through the length of our set. A glorious and cherished memory. You have high standards to live up to, and although it's been ten years we are thrilled to be back, this time hosted by the good people at
Radio 1. See you there."
Future says: "I appreciate
Radio 1 for always supporting my career. I'm excited to get crazy on the stage for my fans!"
James Arthur says: "I'm honoured to be on the bill for
Radio 1's Big Weekend, especially as they're off to my hometown of Middlesbrough! This is going to be an unbelievable show as the line-up is one of the best I've seen, so I look forward to being a part of it and giving the people of Middlesbrough and the surrounding area a quality show! UTB!"
Tickets will be geographically weighted with a percentage available to each of the local areas. Middlesbrough will have 50 percent of tickets reserved, 35 percent of the tickets will be reserved for those living in the areas of the Tees Valley Combined Authority which include: Darlington, Hartlepool, Redcar, Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees, whilst the remaining 15 percent of tickets will be available for the rest of the UK. The booking process will be handled by Ticketmaster - the only official ticketing agent for
Radio 1's Big Weekend.
Now in its 16th year,
Radio 1's Big Weekend kicks off the UK's festival season, as well as taking artists to the cities that may not otherwise host a large scale event like Big Weekend, shining a light on the host city and providing a major boost to the local economy. This year, the BBC is working closely with Middlesbrough Council and Tees Valley Combined Authority to put on
Radio 1's Big Weekend with the event estimated to generate £3.5 million to the local area.
Live sets from
Radio 1's Big Weekend will be broadcast on BBC
Radio 1 all weekend. All performances will be available to watch live and on demand on
Radio 1's BBC iPlayer channel.
