Friday — BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend
All the action from the first day of BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend as it returns to the City of Discovery!
Friday evening sees the DJs and dance events take place at Camperdown!
Catch-Up
Watch catch-up of Friday on BBC iPlayer
Summary
- Big Weekend officially opens to guests in Dundee as the city hosts for the second time, the only city in Scotland to do so, after previously hosting in 2006
- Friday sees the first day of the event and over 80,000 people are expected to descend on to Camperdown Park over the course of the weekend
- Tonight’s acts that are taking to the stage include Jamie XX, D.O.D and Arielle Free
🔴 Updates
23:00
Closing off for tonight! The first day has been amazing and it seems that the crowds were loving it!
I’ll be at the event tomorrow and I’m looking forward to seeing some amazing acts on show!
22:25
Pete Tong and Sarah Story enter the stage!
22:21
Denis Sulta is really wowing them crowds!
22:15
Denis Sulta is on 🔥 and the crowds are loving it!
21:30
So much praise for our city being sunny! #SunnyDundee!!!
21:28
It certainly is a fab line-up tonight!
20:35
That intro! So proud of my city!
19:12
Jamie XX is here!
18:43
Joel Corry will be bringing his bus to Big Weekend tomorrow as he travels around the country during the Bank Holiday weekend!
18:33
Travel advice from ScotRail as Big Weekend kicks off!
18:31
Arielle Free takes to the stage!
18:28
“Dundee, we have arrived!”
18:21
Large Dundee sign spotted in venue
18:16
Ross Crae from The Courier chatted with Jess Glynne ahead of her Big Weekend appearance which she brands ‘an opportunity’ to reintroduce herself.
18:15
“I love my wee city”
17:41
Food and drink prices have been revealed!
17:11
The stage is set and the crowds are roaring to go!
17:01
One of the main presenters at Big Weekend, Katie Thistleton, is teasing that there is a surprise guest star that will feature during the weekend. She said:
“I’m flattered you think I have any influence on the music industry.
“There’s lots of this [speculation] going on.
“Some people are saying, what if Anne-Marie brings out Shania Twain?
“Others are saying, what if Niall [Horan] brings out Harry [Styles]? He’s playing Edinburgh on Friday and Saturday — maybe he’s got a little gap on Sunday.
“People are saying Beyoncé’s around.
“This is all very big talk guys, I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up…but you never know.”
16:56
“Using music as a vehicle towards social opportunity and inclusion”
Amen to that! Fabulous to see this D&A Community!
16:36
BREAKING: Future Sound Stage times revealed!
16:08
BBC Radio 1 has officially opened Big Weekend!
15:31
TheyDo, the music promotors of Pale Wales, Inhaler and Brooke Combe tweet ther excitement!
15:15
GATES ARE NOW OPEN!
15:03
Greg James spotted reading The Beano!
14:58
“Giant Lewis Capaldi isn’t real, he can’t hurt you”
14:52
BBC launch ‘giant Lewis Capaldi’ filter on TikTok
14:50
Xplore Dundee updates for Services 2 / 57a and 59
13:53
Big Wheel spotted at Camperdown ahead of first day.
13:44
13:41
Connor Coates is on his way to Dundee!
13:39
Nostalgia!
13:30
That’s the shuttle busses now starting to go into operation from Slessor Gardens!
13:09
I see Police Scotland are having a good time in posting about the event 😅
13:03
“Glorious sunny day for Big Weekend kick off”
13:00
University of Dundee Archive Services’ Flashback Friday looks at Camperdown ahead of Big Weekend
12:03
‘It’s been a long time coming’
Comment by Andrew Batchelor
Dundee is the first city in Scotland to host Radio 1’s Big Weekend twice, after previously hosting the festival in 2006. To do it again after twice missing out, first in 2017 and then in 2020 is quite the feat.
Dundee would have likely hosted Big Weekend in 2017 had the city won the UK City of Culture for that year. We missed out to Hull and they eventually went on to host Big Weekend that year.
Dundee was then prepared to host it in 2020 but Covid had prevented it from happening. BBC Radio 1 stated that they did want to return to the city in 2021 but Coventry was already booked, as they were the designate UK City of Culture that year.
Hosting it in 2023 is perfect for Dundee and it has been a long time coming. The economic benefits this will bring to the city will be huge and I can’t wait to see everyone enjoying the music over the next three days!
11:53
“Bring on Big Weekend Dundee, then let’s see about a music festival of our own”
I wanted to dedicate my column this week in the Evening Telegraph and The Courier Online on Big Weekend! It is really exciting and I believe that we should host our own music festival again in the future.
You can read the column here:
Big Weekend Dundee build up shows city deserves a music festival (thecourier.co.uk)
11:36
The last of the Keys to Big Weekend has been found!
11:22
I love seeing tweets like this! Dr. Fiona Rivera is on her way to Dundee for Big Weekend!
11:16
So great to see The Snuts excited about performing in Dundee! They will be opening the Radio 1’s Future Sounds Stage tomorrow!
11:09
“Oh yessss Dundee, I’m here”
D.O.D is excited to be in Dundee as he prepares to perform tonight on the Dance Stage!
11:06
What’s the weather like today?
The weather is set to be mixed, with sunny and cloudy spells throughout the day with temperatures set to be as high as 16 degrees.
11:05
Dundee City Council announced details on the shuttle buses today and they will be departing from Slessor Gardens from 1.30pm this afternoon and will continue throughout the day.
11:00
Good morning! Today’s the day! Big Weekend starts here and I am looking forward to promoting the event for the next three days!
Who is performing on Friday?
Here are a list of all the performers for the Friday line-up for Big Weekend!
Future Sounds Stage
- Jamie XX
- LF System
- Jayda G
- Arielle Free
- Danny Howard
- Eliza Rose
- Ben Helmsley
- Denis Sulta
- Pete Tong b2b Sarah Story
- Testpress
Radio 1 Dance Stage
- Hannah Laing
- AmyElle
- Carly Wilford
- D.O.D
- Hayley Zalassi
- Melle Brown
- Salute
- Schak
BBC Music Introducing Stage
- Barry Can’t Swim
- Boo
- DAINTY
- Jaguar B2B KILIMANJARO
- Kintra
- Pheobe I-H
- TIBASKO
- Van Damn
