Radio 1′s Big Weekend on Hackney Marshes

This weekend huge names from Jay Z and Nas to Florence and the Machine and Bombay Bicycle Club will be taking to the stage at Hackney Weekend.
BBC Radio 1 will take over Hackney Marshes from Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 June for UK’s largest free music festival as part of the BBC’s contribution to the Cultural Olympiad which launches this week.
Live music will take place across six stages offering an eclectic mix of music genres including, hip hop, dance, folk and indie.
The acts range from worldwide names to exciting new talent such as Random Impulse and Kersha Bailey – gems discovered by Radio 1 DJs who will perform on the BBC Introducing Stage.
The headliners for Saturday 22 include Jay Z, Kasabian, Jack White, Sean Paul and Swedish House Mafia.
The headliners for Sunday 23 include Rihanna, Lana Del Ray, Chase and Status, Nas and David Guetta.
The audience is set to reach 50,000 people for each day of the festival. Listeners registered for tickets months before the event and a number of lucky people won free tickets to  one day of the festival – priority was given to those who live in Hackney and the surrounding boroughs.

For the full line up and more information about the event visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/events/e9wmxj


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Nicki Minaj added to BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend bill

Nicki Minaj has been added to the line-up for BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend event, a huge outdoor festival set to take place this summer to celebrate the 2012 Olympic Games.

The event will take place on London's Hackney Marshes on June 23–24 and will hold up to 100,000 people. Rihanna will headline the event's second night (June 24), with Jay-Z closing the show on the event's opening night (June 23).

BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend will act as the station's annual One Big Weekend festival. Last year's event was held in Carlisle. The majority of the tickets for the event, which will all be free, will be given to residents of Hackney and the surrounding London boroughs.

Nicki Minaj will play under Jay-Z and Kasabian on the Main Stage on the event's first day, joining the likes of Example, The Vaccines, The Maccabees, Leona Lewis and Flo Rida in appearing on the bill.


Nicki Minaj released her second album 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded' earlier this year and tours the UK later this month.

The line-up for BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend so far is as follows:

Andy C
Azealia Banks
Ben Howard
B.o.B
Bombay Bicycle Club
Calvin Harris
Chase & Status
Dappy
David Guetta
Delilah
D'banj
Deadmau5
DJ Fresh
Ed Sheeran
Emeli Sandé
Enter Shikari
Eric Prydz
Example
Florence + The Machine
Flux Pavilion and Doctor P
Jack White
Jay-Z
Jessie J
Kasabian
Labrinth
Lana Del Rey
Leona Lewis
Lethal B
Lostprophets
Magnetic Man
Maverick Sabre
Michael Kiwanuka
Mindless Behaviour
Nas
Nero
Nicki Minaj
Plan B
Professor Green
Rihanna
Rita Ora
Rizzle Kicks
Santigold
Sean Paul
Sub Focus
Sway
Swedish House Mafia
Taio Cruz
The Maccabees
The Ting Tings
Tinie Tempah
Will.i.am
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