Radio 1 Big Weekend 2023

[gfa]

Bets on where it will be then? Pretty Northern i think would be a good bet, maybe like Newcastle with Sam Fender in a big slot or something?

[Muppetmark]

1 hour ago, gfa said:

Bets on where it will be then? Pretty Northern i think would be a good bet, maybe like Newcastle with Sam Fender in a big slot or something?

I'd think it'll be leeds. They've got the radio 2 thing there I  September and there's a semi city of culture thing going on (would have been European city of culture pre brexit and are still going ahead with something)

[TheWaters]

Bradford i reckon

[swede]

17 hours ago, gfa said:

Bets on where it will be then? Pretty Northern i think would be a good bet, maybe like Newcastle with Sam Fender in a big slot or something?

Unless Fender already has the third album in the bag the touring for this album is pretty much done and dusted after this year 

[jj200]

headliners 

Saturday main stage: dua lipa 

Sunday main stage: muse 

 

frutre sounds Saturday: two door cinema club

further sounds Sunday: kasabian 

 

[FeverDream]

Either Dundee as they missed out in 2020 due to Covid and then 2021 due to Coventry hosting it on the basis of City of Culture or maybe somewhere northern like Carlisle. Won’t be Newcastle IMO as This is Tomorrow is held on the same weekend.

[jj200]

main stage 

Saturday - the 1975 with two door cinema club sub

sunday- the killers with bring me the horizon sub

furture sounds stage 

friday- camelphat

Saturday- kasabian

sunday- Bombay bicycle club

[jj200]

artics to headline Saturday and Coldplay to headline sunday. 

[Muppetmark]

1 hour ago, jj200 said:

artics to headline Saturday and Coldplay to headline sunday. 

Would love this

[Diablo12]

It's going to be in Dundee. You heard it here first

[sauceageroll]

Dundee looking pretty ominous and thank goodness. 

[Tunes101]

when do we usually have an announcement for this ?? 

[stanh]

3 hours ago, Tunes101 said:

when do we usually have an announcement for this ?? 

Would imagine in the New Year, possible the location announcement beforehand, but not really any rush for them given it'll sell out regardless. 

[FeverDream]

Announcement this month I suspect. As others have said and myself in another thread I reckon it’ll be Dundee given they missed it due to Covid. 

[stanh]

There is this that got posted online a couple days back... Not too sure how reliable though, but says North West. https://app.locationlive.co.uk/location/radio-1-big-weekend-festival

[gfa]

That would be more Liverpool / Manchester etc then, not sure how much I trust that website - seems they are trying to get more festivals on the same stage the weekend before/after?

[Jack.194]

Does anybody know if this is likely to clash with Live at Leeds? It’s 27 May, which is the same weekend big weekend was last year. I’d like to go to both!

[stanh]

24 minutes ago, Jack.194 said:

Does anybody know if this is likely to clash with Live at Leeds? It’s 27 May, which is the same weekend big weekend was last year. I’d like to go to both!

Will 99% most likely clash I'm afraid, since 2013 it has always been held on the last weekend of May.

[James4]

Sheffield? Liverpool? Nottingham?

[incident]

1 hour ago, James4 said:

Sheffield? Liverpool? Nottingham?

Only one of those is in the North West though

[stanh]

Looks like that link has now been taken down👀

[gfa]

11 hours ago, incident said:

Only one of those is in the North West though

Think you skipped a few geography lessons 😉 

[incident]

22 minutes ago, gfa said:

Think you skipped a few geography lessons 😉 

Even with that, there's still the whole East vs West thing..

[jj200]

19 hours ago, James4 said:

Sheffield? Liverpool? Nottingham?

If it Sheffield I could see AM playing as a sort of warm up to their tour.

[Jack.194]

So this is likely to be either in ‘the north’ or Dundee?