Radio 1’s Big Weekend Line Up Announced
Radio 1’s Big Weekend Line Up Announced. The announcement of Radio 1’s Big Weekend was declared throughout the day on the BBC station on the 30th March 2011, boasting a stellar line up that rivals many of the bigger british festivals.
Priding itself on its freely allocated tickets and changing site location, this year’s big weekend will be taking place in Cumbria, and will be headlined by stadium rockers Foo Fighters (Saturday) and pops biggest face, Lady Gaga (Sunday).
20,000 pairs of tickets are available for the two day event, taking place on the 14th and 15th of May with the usual fair allocation policy applying. It was announced that those living in Carlisle, Cumbria, the Scots borders and the North East of England would receive priority.
Fans will get to choose from four stages that take in over 50 acts, including the likes of The Strokes, My Chemical Romance, Friendly Fires, Plan B, Tinie Tempah, Two Door Cinema Club and Magnetic Man, amongst others. A variety of Radio 1 DJ’s will also be making appearances across the weekend.
Following this announcement, Festival Republic in particular has had to defend their own respective summer line up at Reading, which boasts a similar array of bands for a rather more extortionate price. However, the downside of the Big Weekend is that the free allocation of tickets mean that only two can be secured if you happen to be a lucky winner, not to mention the exam time date hindering thousands of GCSE and A Level students. It seems that however fantastic the line up, you just can’t compete with the August bank holiday weekend…but if you like your festivals a little more mainstream, fashionable and with the possibility of bumping into Fearne Cotton, Carlisle might well be the place to be.
The current complete Big Weekend Line Up can be seen below. Additional line up announcements are expected to follow soon:
Saturday 14 May
Foo Fighters
Friendly Fires
Friends Electric
Zane Lowe
Black Eyed Peas
Panic! At The Disco
Luke Bingham
Chase & Status
Tinie Tempah
Nero
Rizzle Kicks
Plan B
Swedish House Mafia
Saturday Night Gym Club
Judge Jules
Nicole Scherzinger
Wretch 32
Yaaks
Riva Starr
Chase & Status
Everything Everything
Jaymo vs Andy George
Ellie Goulding
Cage The Elephant
Pete Tong vs Vernon Kay
Jessie J
The Joy Formidable
Rob da Bank
Zane Lowe vs MistaJam
Toddla T
Cameo Semtex Westwood
Sunday 15 May
Lady Gaga
The Strokes
Among Brothers
Annie Mac
My Chemical Romance
Magnetic Man
Linc
Skream and Benga
Bruno Mars
Noah & The Whale
Masters in France
Fabio and Grooverider
The Script
Devlin
MOPP
Kutski
Taio Cruz
Two Door Cinema Club
MyElectrick
Kissy Sell Out
Katy B
The Vaccines
Calvin Harris
Professor Green
Yasmin
Annie Mac vs Grimmy
Olly Murs
Pulled Apart By Horses
Jaguar Skills
The Wombats
Westwood vs Moyles Huw Stephens
Target