BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend
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first time i've posted on this forum hehe....
so basically here goes.
line up looks good, me and a friend want to go but we ain't got tickets. ah well lol. she wants to travel up for photos hehe
anyone going??
so basically here goes.
line up looks good, me and a friend want to go but we ain't got tickets. ah well lol. she wants to travel up for photos hehe
anyone going??
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Saturday
http://open.spotify.com/user/computer/playlist/1FLI0HFDJJHzcwCMUeTWw7
Sunday
http://open.spotify.com/user/computer/playlist/2A0ltADAIEEOaric1XaiJJ
Too far north.
& the line-up is tragic.
Not my thing.
One exception, Alicia Keys.
But I've seen her live anyway.
But have fun anyone that's going.
Line up is like an old Radio 1 Roadshow. Pop music for the masses - not including Pendulum of course
I seem to recall that being cited as the Big Weekend's raison d'être -- to go to places where commercial radio is more popular than Radio 1.
Well, the official criteria is somewhere 'not on the touring circuit' but you may well be right. It was fairly popular amongst my friends and family before hand though, but it has obviously seen a massive rise in popularity since announcing the event.
They seem to be very keen to push 1xtra this year though, with the Outdoor stage being headlined by 1xtra DJ's rather than the usual dance DJ's. I think it has the potential to be quite popular over here. D'n'B nights do quite well in Bangor and 'urban' music is dominating the charts atm.
They have MGMT, Vampire Weekend, You Me At Six, Plan B & Kids In Glass Houses on the In New Music We Trust stage, yet have Florence, Cheryl Cole, Justine Bieber, Ke$ha, JLS, Jason Derulo and Pixie Lott on the Main Stage.
i'm a fan of some of the artists I've just listed on both stages, but really they should be swapped around. The ones on the INMWT stage have been around far longer and have had more records and sold more records than the artists on the main stage.
I know what you mean, but the INMWT Stage is for artists specifically supported by Radio 1, if you get what I mean. They wouldn't have people like JLS or Justin Bieber on it. It's more for the likes of Plan B, Vampire Weekend, Ellie Goulding etc.
Florence & The Machine was on the INMWT Stage last year but I guess because of her huge success over the last year she got 'promoted' to the main stage this year. Having said all that I am amazed Faithless are on the INMWT Stage instead of the Main Stage.
Faithless have been going for over 15 years.
Radio 1 as exemplified by the atrocious Fearne Cotton are completely clueless.
Hmm, but the likes of MGMT and Vampire Weekend and Faithless would sell many records without Fearne Cotton saying, "This is AMAZING, and I've only ever heard Kids/A-Punk/Insomnia, I'll pretend I've been listening to them BEFORE they made it big."
Radio 1 are annoying. I like Absolute radio
So true.
I'm just about to watch/listen to MGMT on the live webcam stream. Pretty rubbish line-up otherwise. In my humble opinion .
Agree about Fearne Cotton - I gave up on listening to her show altogether months ago.
But anyway, I don't think groups like MGMT and Vampire Weekend would be as successful here in the UK without Radio 1's support - let's face it, most commercial radio would never take a chance on anything even slightly different to the norm. That's up for debate, but either way, you see what I meant about the In New Music We Trust Stage?
Oh, no, I do understand.
I do think it would have been kinder of Radio 1 to leave vampire Weekend of their playlist. It is nay good for the ears!!
Thanks for your help in advance!
Check here tomorrow: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2010/artists/cherylcole/
Or here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sl1zz - but this isn't her whole set
Thank you so much!
Which is a load of crap given that they've been to Birmingham and Greater London since September 2004... :rolleyes:
Can anybody shed more light on BBC Three's lack of a full set from Alicia Keys? Reggie Yates mentioned something about a contractual reason, but surely a festival for a specific broadcaster should insist on all live music being available to said broadcatser to distribute freely?? :eek: