BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2019 took place May 25th-26th at Stewart Park in Middlesbrough, UK. It is the biggest freed ticketed music event in Europe.

In March 2020, Arlo Parks was on her first headline tour of the UK when Covid-19 brought the country to a halt. Her remaining shows were cancelled and no longer able to perform, she went back to living at home with her parents in London. She began to grieve for the year she had lost, sometimes not leaving the house for days. Until, she decided she needed to change her perspective. Determined not to be defeated by the circumstances, Arlo Parks put a plan together and began writing her debut album, connecting with other artists and fans online and as restrictions began to ease, she flourished even further. She collaborated with some of her favourite singers and performed in two Live Lounges in lockdown. She crafted album artwork and even went to sing on a stripped back Pyramid Stage in Glastonbury. If there is anyone who has made the most of out lockdown, it is sure to be Arlo Parks.

Hereford’s own Ellie Goulding topped the BBC Sound of 2010 list. In the same year she won the Critics Choice BRIT Award. Her presence on Radio 1 started with Under the Sheets, soon singles like Starry Eyed were getting airplay and even the dubstep remix treatment from artists like Jakwob. In the Summer of 2010 she took to the stage at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend to perform an eclectic selection of songs from her debut album "Lights".

Featuring musicians Annie Haslam, Michael Dunford, Jon Camp, John Tout, and Terry Sullivan, this classic lineup of progressive rock band Renaissance performs songs from albums Ashes are Burning, Turn of the Cards, Scheherazade and Other Stories, and Novella, including "Carpet of the Sun", "Mother Russia", and "Can You Hear Me?" in a stripped-down rock band arrangement, at the Golders Green Hippodrome, London, for the BBC Two series, Sight and Sound In Concert.

Japanese culture is all around us, from games to movies, comic books to fashion magazines and it’s something that’s fascinated Dev since he was a kid. The biggest cultural export from Japan in recent years has been the phenomenal rise of Babymetal; 3 school age girls fusing Metal with J-Pop, who recently performed a sold out concert in front of 12,000 fans at Wembley Arena. Dev heads to Tokyo to learn more about the pop-culture that’s spawned the band. He enters the world of traditional J-Pop idols (including Katy Perry endorsed Kyary Pamyu Pamyu), explores the Japanese rock scene (with Crossfaith), learns about kawaii fashion in Harajuku (Tokyo’s equivalent to Camden Market) and has a wild karaoke night with a band called Ladybaby.

Over the weekend of 27th May 2017, BBC Radio 1 threw a massive party in the city of Hull including superstar names London Grammar.

Co-signed by Olivia Rodrigo, the breakout Irish indie-rockers come to Sunderland.

Heartfelt art-pop from the beloved singer-songwriter, live in Sunderland.

Feel-good, poignant pop from the Mercury-nominated Irish sensation.

JADE performs at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool.

Bringing her anthemic sound to Sunderland is Sweden’s pop phenomenon Zara Larsson, who is fast becoming a Radio 1’s Big Weekend mainstay as she prepares to make her fourth appearance at the festival. Since making her debut in 2017, the then-teenage sensation has grown into a global force and takes to the Main Stage to top the bill for the very first time. Fresh from releasing her latest album, Midnight Sun, Zara is set to light up Herrington Country Park with huge singalong hits and powerhouse vocals that have made her a festival favourite. Expect a standout Saturday night in north east England as the Swedish hit-maker delivers her most anticipated Big Weekend set yet.

Adele Roberts tracks the rise of Korean Pop - the lifestyle, the fashion and the fans - and meets BTS, the biggest band in the scene. Is K-Pop about to take the world by storm? Adele investigates the secrets behind the genre, delving in to the lifestyle, the fashion, and looking at the fans and the politics that make up the scene…before meeting the K-Pop band who are taking the world by storm. BTS are the first Korean group to break into the US Top 30 and the UK Top 50 charts. So how is a music genre from a country with a different language, different culture and one of the world's most heavily militarised borders, becoming so successful around the world?

Radio 1’s Big Weekend returns to Sunderland’s Herrington Country Park for the first time since 2005, with 100 acts set to perform across three days of live music. Kicking off the festival as Friday night’s Main Stage headliner is the ultimate party starter, Fatboy Slim. The man who helped take dance music from club floors to festival main stages worldwide is set to bring his legendary show to the north east for a high-energy, hands-in-the-air frenzy. With what promises to be a blockbuster set, expect crowd favourites and his trademark barefoot style - this is the ultimate Friday night Dance Party.

The BRIT-nominated All I Ever Asked singer takes to the New Music Stage.

FKA Twigs gives an exclusive performance for Annie Mac and BBC Radio 1 at the legendary Maida Vale studios, London

Having already achieved the chart double in 2025, star of the moment Olivia Dean has enjoyed an incredible start to the year. She swept the Brit Awards with four wins, including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, alongside a Grammy win and a number one single with Sam Fender. And if that wasn’t enough, the record-breaking artist is now set to tick off another major milestone at Radio 1’s Big Weekend as she headlines the festival for the very first time. Closing the weekend at Sunderland’s Herrington Country Park, Olivia takes to the Main Stage with her soulful storytelling and summer-ready sound for an unforgettable finale packed with fan favourites, warmth and joy.

Rock legends Faith No More perform four tracks, exclusively for Daniel P Carter, including a Burt Bacharach cover. Mike Patton and Roddy Bottum talk us through the tracks. Track 1 – Superhero · Track 2 – Sunny Side Up · Track 3 – This Guy's In Love With You (by Burt Bacharach) · Track 4 – Separation Anxiety

A smashing opening set at the Reading Festival from folk punk troubadour Frank Turner. 25th August 2023