Saturday, 16 May 2015

At Last Main Stage Headliners

Radio One's Big Weekend is huge and this year its in Norwich. Its a showcase of the worlds biggest artists and the biggest upcoming bands.  Its Europe’s largest free ticketed festival with a star studded line up every year.

Last year Katy Perry, Kings of Leon, the 1975, Jake Bugg, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay graced the main stage in Glasgow and this year the line ups even better.


Next Saturday the main stage will be home to

Muse

Florence and the Machine
David Guetta
Fall Out Boy
Ben Howard
The Vaccines
Charli XCX
5 Seconds of Summer 

while the In New Music We Trust Stage will see the likes of

Rudimental
Snoop Dogg
Jess Glynne
Hozier
Years & Years
Circa Waves
Ella Eyre
Mallory Knox
Slaves 

The all important famed BBC Introducing stage on the Saturday will host
Kill It Kid
The Hearts
KLOE
Ruen Brothers
Get Inuit
Amber-Simone
Fickle Friends
Ted Zed
Context
HUNTAR
Laurel
Port Isla.

Next Sunday the line up for me is incredible. The main stage will see 
Foo Fighters
Taylor Swift
Imagine Dragons
Rita Ora
George Ezra
Clean Bandit
Olly Murs
Catfish and the Bottlemen,

the In New Music We Trust stage will host 
Jamie T
Alt-J
Sigma
Lethal Bizzle
Jungle
James Bay
SOAK
Raury
Lower Than Atlantis

while the BBC Introducing stage will be home to 

Claws
Youth Club
Franko Fraize
Cash+David
Best Friends
Harry Edwards
Will Robert
Formation
Hot Cops
HONNE
Star.One
Laura Doggett.
 
This year anyone expecting to see Sam Smith will be disappointed as he pulled out of his main stage slot due to his vocal chords, however his ill health has given one band the chance to play the main stage taking his place. On the main stage on Sunday will be Catfish and the Bottlemen.

Regular readers of this blog will know already that I adore Catfish and the Bottlemen. Its been a love affair since 2012 and now their reaching higher than ever before, going from strength to strength. This slot for the band is crucial as it's going to show off their incredible talent. They have a half an hour slot where they'll blow the crowd away for sure. I've seen them live a few times and their incredible so playing on the main stage is such a good thing for them. They deserve it more than anyone else and hopefully it'll make so many more people appreciate them as a band, making people fall in love with them and their music.
Radio One's Big Weekend will take place on 23 May 2015 – 24 May 2015 in Earlham Park, Norwich. It'll be broadcasted like usual on BBC Radio One, BBC 3, online with on demand and all the highlights on the BBC iplayer and website.