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BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend - 9th-10th May Lydiard Park Swindon

Line up / The Prodigy

Overview

The return of the Essex firestarters is one of 2009's biggest music stories. A late addition to the bill, we couldn't have hoped for a more explosive end to this year's Big Weekend. Full-on rave hysteria and nothing less.

The Prodigy artist profile

Videos

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Watch the highlights from The Prodigy's amazing performance. Complete set unavailable due to rights restrictions.

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Photos

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Stage Set List

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  • 1. World's On Fire
  • 2. Breathe
  • 3. Omen
  • 4. Warriors Dance
  • 5. Firestarter
  • 6. Run With The Wolves
  • 7. Voodoo People
  • 8. Omen Reprise
  • 9. Invaders Must Die
  • 10. Diesel Power

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  • 21. At 00:05am on 11 May 2009, dickydon wrote:

    Hi guys amazing set as ever cud not get tickets gutted, the true fans, i have seen them four times already this year and going to see them in Ireland bring it on !!!! cant wait,getting my tattoo next week ANT.
    Prodigy for life

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  • 22. At 00:19am on 11 May 2009, U13958019 wrote:

    this was the best gig i have ever bin too id so totally go agine loved it....

    if eny on saw me i was the guy rite near the front with a radio 1 big weekend poster which i found round the back off main stage i had it raped round my arm at first then it came lose so i was swinging it around and some one took it an lost it i was gunna get it signed to

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  • 23. At 02:14am on 11 May 2009, HuckleberrySwin wrote:

    The last time I saw the Prodigy was at Glastonbury 1997(?) - the sound went that day too! I must be bad luck for them.

    But well done to the lads for getting it back on track and rockin the place.

    TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL!

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  • 24. At 09:16am on 11 May 2009, jamrop wrote:

    Sigh at the cuts of the music cause of the swearing. You did it on bbc 3 as well, when it was on so late at night. No granny is going to watch the Prodigy. Censorship FTL!!!!

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  • 25. At 10:07am on 11 May 2009, U13958217 wrote:

    The Prodigy are truly one of the greatest bands that this country have produced. Have been a fan of them since 1991, they are as fresh and original as they were when Experience was released. What a stormin set in Swindon, they get better and better.

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  • 26. At 10:55am on 11 May 2009, U13958307 wrote:

    Its the Prodigy - what else is there to say but awesome!
    I was lucky enough to go on both days. Dizzie Rascal was best on sat. Akon came out and rocked the place (and jumped into the crowd several times), but the the Prodigy came out. Apparantly they blew a bank of speakers during the sound check in the morning! Then blew the set during the main event lol. My ears are still ringing! As for those who boo'd, shame of you.
    Prodigy - yours was the best set. This was the best set I've ever seen you do. thanks -still smiling :-)
    Paul from Swindon

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  • 27. At 11:49am on 11 May 2009, ness1971 wrote:

    i see the prodigy at the radio 1 big weekend , and i have to say they were the best

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  • 28. At 11:51am on 11 May 2009, U13958412 wrote:

    totally agree with paul. amazing set from the prodigy. my ears are still ringing and im still smiling and buzzing off it today! man.....why cant every sunday be like yesterday!?!
    ami from marlborough

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  • 29. At 12:22pm on 11 May 2009, amy8264 wrote:

    The Prodigy was awesome last night!! Perfect way to finish one emense day!

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  • 30. At 12:25pm on 11 May 2009, MusicsLIfe wrote:

    The prodigy were Off the chain literally
    everyone else killed the stage
    Prodigy teared it to bits

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  • 31. At 2:13pm on 11 May 2009, hash_industries wrote:

    Why only 25 minutes?
    for the best peformance of the entire weekend we dont get to see the full set? why not?!

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  • 32. At 4:53pm on 11 May 2009, sneakyget wrote:

    25 MINUTES???? WHERE'S THE REST

    MADONNA MAKES AN APPEARANCE AND WE GET THE FULL PERFORMACE LIVE ON TV!

    WHY IS THIS YEARS HEADLINER NOT GIVEN THE SAME TREATMENT?? 15 MINUTE SLOT ON TV AND ONLY 25 MINUTES ONLINE.

    HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT THE 340000 PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE LICENSE FEE GOING SOMEWERE GOOD FOR A CHANGE!!

    NOT AMUSED!!! (as you can probably guess!!)

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  • 33. At 5:31pm on 11 May 2009, savysarah wrote:

    it could of been worse if the generator went and then they couldnt come back on cause of health and saftey and power! they should put all the photos on

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  • 34. At 6:16pm on 11 May 2009, scottykruga wrote:

    A think its only fair that you should put on the full 60minutes of there set !!!

    25minutes does not do them justice and i want to hear out of space best track of all time !!!

    Put it all on !!!!

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  • 35. At 6:51pm on 11 May 2009, finchy-69 wrote:

    surely they are worth more than 25 mins come on bbc

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  • 36. At 7:07pm on 11 May 2009, Can0nX wrote:

    An absolute outrage, hyped up on Radio 1 for a month and we don't even get to see the full set!!!!

    Most of the other performers have their full set on the website. I understand that there might be language that some people might be offended by. Why can't the full set not have not have a guidance warning like the Iplayer.

    We all pay the license fee, and should have the option to watch a full or edited set.

    Can everyone that is not happy with this please complain on the following link

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/help/contactus/

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  • 37. At 7:13pm on 11 May 2009, scottykruga wrote:

    Do you reckon the will upload the full set because when i was on this before they only had half the set list up now its the full set list ..

    Bin loads of complaints to them haha including me !!

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  • 38. At 7:19pm on 11 May 2009, ANDREW0675 wrote:

    Was lucky to win a pair of tickets via the Ballot for yesterday and so came over from Reading and was the 4th time have seen them in the past 6 or so months and it was amazing/mental as ever...Zane was wicked as ever hyping up the crowd with his DJ set...Apparently with regards to the outage - their volume was so loud that it short circuited their own mixing desk!!!..how class is that! Also the bass was so loud in the amps that car alarms were going off from behind the stage!

    http://www.nme.com/news/the-prodigy/44560

    Roll on Reading in August!

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  • 39. At 8:14pm on 11 May 2009, mrwwonka wrote:

    Completely agrees with CanonX above. This act was the one I was most looking forward to.

    Yet, the measly 25mins I get to watch (say in Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave voice) 'online' does not include my 2 most favourite tracks on the set list.

    I'm very disappointed and will be writing to the BBC complaints department.

    If it ever does get shown in it's entirety I'd also appreciate that it doesn't get cut because of language. Programs on the iPlayer manage this. There is no reason why this can't.

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  • 40. At 10:23pm on 11 May 2009, Omn1vorous wrote:

    Would have been infinitely improved by someone gagging the guy with dreds. Squawks and "my people!" does not a singer make.

    Which probably explains why he doesn't appear doing similar on their pre-recorded tracks.

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  • 41. At 10:28pm on 11 May 2009, haroldhorse76 wrote:

    Great set as usual lads. Shame the full gig list not on here

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  • 42. At 00:17am on 12 May 2009, metallicMongo wrote:

    Brilliant. should have been longer....

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  • 43. At 00:22am on 12 May 2009, docsmith181 wrote:

    This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.

  • 44. At 00:41am on 12 May 2009, docsmith181 wrote:

    nothing personal to the enemy but they get 42+ minutes and the main stage performers get only 25 mins where is the justice ?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?

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  • 45. At 01:09am on 12 May 2009, indescribableABCDEFG wrote:

    I agree with many of the comments here, we waited ages for the "big chunk of prodigy" on BBC Tv, after a dozen plugs through the program we got 3 measly songs, and not exactly an imaginative choice.... even firestarter got cut with the program credits when it started to get too heavy near the end. How long did they have to organise, or even spare a thought to the coverage???

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  • 46. At 01:13am on 12 May 2009, indescribableABCDEFG wrote:

    They must of done World's On Fire?!?!
    Not seen any sign of it from aunty!

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  • 47. At 3:49pm on 12 May 2009, NandoWolf *27* wrote:

    Maxim's an MC. He doesn't "sing" you fool.

    If all Prodigy sets were the same as the album tracks you wouldnt get the Prodigy live experience.

    His "odd squawks" as you put it only help to enhance the atmosphere. The bloke is a legend.

    Come on BBC, where is the full set. It's a bit misleading when on the hompeage it says watch full sets from the headliners.

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  • 48. At 4:52pm on 12 May 2009, squiggly_dan wrote:

    For those complaining above, I have received a response from the "Radio 1 WebTeam":

    I've investigated this and we have put the absolute maximum footage
    online that The Prodigy will give us permission to use. You will see
    we've now added the line to the video page: "Watch selected highlights.
    Songs limited at the request of The Prodigy."

    I'm afraid we aren't allowed to broadcast the full version, at the the
    request of the band.

    Sorry!

    Perhaps we should start complaining on The Prodigy's website! It is ridiculus that they can perform at this type of event but retain the right to refuse broadcast of their performance!

    I have asked for the line "...watch full sets from...The Prodigy..." to be removed from the front page for clarity.

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  • 49. At 5:06pm on 12 May 2009, squiggly_dan wrote:

    I should point out that the final two paragraphs of my last post are my own comments, not part of the response from Radio 1!

    Incidentally, Liam has just blogged on theprodigy.com (under News) - the comments section might be a good place to ask for them to release the footage.

    He mentions that it was the BBC generator that blew, which contradicts the NME report linked earlier - I was shouting on the night for them to come out and perform an acoustic set!

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  • 50. At 7:28pm on 12 May 2009, Chanice_xo wrote:

    Best thing ive ever seen in my life it was completly crazy i cant get over how mental it was!! Cant wait to see them at Reading Festival now :D:D:D:D!!

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  • 51. At 8:12pm on 12 May 2009, pegleg_peg wrote:

    Reading is gonna be the best

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  • 52. At 00:08am on 13 May 2009, docsmith181 wrote:

    the first time i ever saw the prodigy was away back in 92 at ingilston in (edinburgh) and the last time i seen them was in 06 in the fields of cream lol every time they just blow my mind keep rockin you guys just like i am
    some of the young team at swindon will have probably still been in theyr'e nappies when these guys started of and they just get better & better every time
    keep it up boys

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  • 53. At 1:57pm on 13 May 2009, petesthong wrote:

    ABSOLUTLEY BRILLIANT WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY........ WELL DONE FOR SUCH A GREAT PERFORMANCE.
    I TOOK MY SON TO SEE THEM FOR HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY, A NIGHT HE WILL NEVER FORGET.
    SO MUCH ENERGY FROM THE BAND AND OF COURSE THE LUCKY PEOPLE THAT SAW THEM LIVE

    KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK X

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  • 54. At 00:10am on 14 May 2009, Fr34kstone wrote:

    Shame they wouldn't let the beeb post the lot. :/ Still, got the setlist here so might create an disc of it.

    Wish I'd been there, my mate got tickets and he doesn't even like them! Git!

    Saw them at Brighton last month, f'ing amazing!

    *goes off to whine to Prodigy to change their minds*

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  • 55. At 5:48pm on 14 May 2009, electricdonna1 wrote:

    As a 40 something year old fan, I cannot believe they have still got it. More energy than most other bands on the day.

    Brilliant!!!!

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  • 56. At 6:48pm on 14 May 2009, no1prodigy wrote:

    Same feeling's as you guy's. I thought the day (sunday) was the best day out for a long time.
    Neyo,Akon, Alisha and the Prodigy were brill.
    Even on Monday I spoke with my Sis and we were both still buzzing!
    The Prodigy were the best for me and brought back memories of the illegal raves.
    All the videos don't do the day justice, if you were there I know you will know what I mean.

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  • 57. At 05:31am on 21 May 2009, mattraybould wrote:

    I saw The Prodigy live at the V Festival in 2005 at Weston Park and they were absolutely amazing. I'm not exactly their biggest fan and don't own any of their albums apart from "Their Law" (the singles compilation) but that performance was one of the best live performances I've ever seen.

    I don't think I'd go and see them again (in case it never lived up to my hopes second time round!!) and didn't get tickets to Swindon so was looking forward to watching it all on the website. What a disappointment!! I wonder what the reason is that the band won't allow the whole set to be played...

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