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Pink and Primal Scream headline Radio 1's Big Weekend
BBC
Radio 1's Big
Weekend, which kicks off the UK festival season
this summer, is coming to Dundee across the weekend of 13 and
14 May 2006.
Major artists including Pink, Primal
Scream, Keane, Sugababes and The
Streets will play to 30,000 people at Camperdown Park during two days of live bands and world class DJs. The event will be broadcast on Radio 1 all weekend.
Radio 1's Big Weekend is a totally free event and 15,000 tickets will be available for each day.
Tickets are available from Wednesday 26 April
at bbc.co.uk/radio1 and
each successful applicant is allowed a pair of tickets for either
Saturday or Sunday.
The clear majority of tickets will go to those
in Dundee and Scotland, with the remainder being made available
across the UK.
On Saturday 13 May the doors open and the event gets going with a
massive line-up.
Saturday 13 May
Doors open 12.30pm
Mainstage
- Muse
- Snow Patrol
- The Streets
- Razorlight
- Gnarls Barkley
- Orson
- Corinne Bailey Rae
- Paolo Nutini
In New Music We Trust Stage
- Primal Scream
- Bloc Party
- Dirty Pretty Things
- Boy Kill Boy
- Mystery
Jets
- The Fratellis
Sunday 14 May
Doors open 1.00pm
Mainstage
- Keane
- Pink
- Feeder
- Ordinary Boys
- Sugababes
- Editors
- The Feeling
In New Music We Trust Stage
- The Zutons
- The Kooks
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- We Are Scientists
- Hot Chip
- The View
Radio 1 DJs including Chris Moyles, Colin
and Edith, Scott Mills, Jo Whiley and Zane
Lowe will be introducing the bands on stage and broadcasting live from the event.
In the week preceding the event, Radio 1 will broadcast
a series of shows from across Scotland as a build-up to Radio 1's
Big Weekend in Dundee.
On Saturday night Radio 1 will come live from Club London, Dundee for a mammoth
six-hour dance fest with DJ sets from the likes of Radio 1 DJs Judge
Jules,
Fergie, Pete Tong, Dave
Pearce and dance star Mylo.
Radio 1's Big Weekend will appear on BBC THREE on
13 and 14 May featuring performances from artists recorded earlier in the
day.
The two programmes
will be transmitted on the Saturday and Sunday evenings with hosts and
transmission times to be confirmed.
The whole event has a major online and interactive presence including:
- TV coverage on interactive TV and streamed in broadband
online each day from 5.00pm
- Highlights packages running on interactive TV for a
week after the event
- Videos of full sets streamed in broadband online for
a week after the event
- Photos and full coverage updated all weekend online
and on Radio 1's mobile phone site
- Photos and blogs from listeners who attend the event.
Edith Bowman, Radio 1 DJ, said: "Again the line-up for Radio 1's big weekend gets
stronger and stronger and shows the variety of music we play.
"I'm looking forward
to seeing Snow Patrol back on their old stomping ground, Primal Scream will
be quite special and I'm well excited that two of my favourite
bands, Bloc Party and We Are Scientists, are also on the bill."
Jason Carter, Executive Producer of Live Music & Events, Radio
1, said: "Radio 1's Big Weekend has the most amazing line-up ever this year and
with the extra capacity for 30,000 people it's going to be a great weekend in
Dundee.
"We're really pleased that we're able to bring
all this music to Scotland. If you can't make it down the live music
will be on Radio 1 across the two days."
Dundee Lord Provost John Letford said: "The excitement and anticipation
around Dundee about Radio 1's Big Weekend has been building since the city was
confirmed as this year's venue.
"This will be a tremendous weekend for both Dundee
and Radio 1, and the city will be the focus of massive national attention.
There will be important spin-off benefits for the city and its
vibrant music scene and the legacy of this event will have a positive
impact for years to come."
AH
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