Radio One Big Weekend 2009

Radio One Big Weekend (previously known as One Big Weekend) is a music festival run by BBC Radio 1, held this year in Lydiard House, Lydiard Park, in Swindon, Wiltshire. The two day free festival takes place on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May.

This event is run in a different location within the United Kingdom each time. It is the biggest free live music event in the UK and always includes a host of new artists.

With live music across four stages - The Main Stage, The In New Music We Trust Stage, The BBC Introducing Stage and The Outdoor Stage, the two-day event is licensed to hold 20,000 people per day and the majority of the free tickets go to residents of Swindon and the surrounding area.

The line-up includes The Prodigy, Fightstar, The King Blues, Florence And The Machine, Deadmau5, Friendly Fires, Jack Penate, Doves, Basement Jaxx, Calvin Harris, The Saturdays, Kasabian, The Wombats, The Script, Dizzee Rascal, Daniel Merriweather, White Lies, Ladyhawke, Chase & Status, Enter Shikari, Gossip, Maximo Park, The Enemy, Ne-Yo, Alesha Dixon, Akon, Franz Ferdinand, Scouting For Girls, Lily Allen, Annie Mac, Nerm and D-Code, Kutski, Eric Prydz, Pete Tong vs Vernon Kay, 2ManyDJs, Zane Lowe, Rob Da Bank, Judge Jules, Jaymo and Andy George, Kissy Sell Out, Chase and Status (DJ set), David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland, Chris Moyles vs Tim Westwood, Fabio & Grooverider, 1Xtra - Mistajam featuring Wiley, Skepta, Bashy, Chipmunk and Doneao, Trevor Nelson, and Jaguar Skills. For the line-up details, day and stage splits, as available please click here

Tickets are free and were obtained through a lottery. People wishing to go registered on the BBC website and pairs of tickets are then given out. Radio One want to make sure the majority of the tickets go to people who live in Swindon and the surrounding areas.

For more information see the Big Weekend website.

More information will be here when available.

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