Radio 1's Big Weekend BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend (R1BW) (previously known as One Big Weekend, for 2012 as Radio 1's Hackney Weekend, and for 2018 as BBC Music's Biggest Weekend) is a British music festival run by BBC Radio 1. It is held once a year, in a different l ...

2015 was held in Earlham Park, Norwich between 23 and 24 May 2015.

Ticket sales

Tickets were released on 31 March 2015 at 8:05am, with 25,000 tickets available for each day respectively which were released in pairs. Within 40 minutes, all tickets were sold out. 55% of tickets were reserved for areas covered in

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, a further 20% reserved for areas with a Norwich (NR) postcode. Another 20% was reserved exclusively for residents in the surrounding East Anglian region, and the final 5% for other audiences in the UK.

Lineup

Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting, artistic versatility, and Cultural impact of Taylor Swift, cultural impact, Swift is one of the Best selling artists, w ...

was announced as the first performer on 23 January 2015 by

Nick Grimshaw Nicholas Peter Andrew Grimshaw (born 14 August 1984), nicknamed "Grimmy", is an English broadcaster and author. He became known for having hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1. He is also known as a television presenter for his Channel 4 rol ...

on his breakfast show, and 13 February 2015 saw

Florence and the Machine Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band formed in London in 2007 by lead vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, drummer Christopher Lloyd Hayden and harp ...

being announced for the Saturday. On 20 April, the full lineup was announced, with

Muse In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, the Muses (, ) were the Artistic inspiration, inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric p ...

and

Foo Fighters The Foo Fighters are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Initially founded as a one-man project by former Nirvana (band), Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the band comprises vocalist/guitarist Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, gu ...

headlining. On 14 May,

Catfish and the Bottlemen Catfish and the Bottlemen are a British indie rock band formed in Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, in 2007. The band currently consists of Van McCann (lead vocals, guitars) and Benji Blakeway (bass guitar, backing vocals). Their debut album, '' The Bal ...

replaced

Sam Smith Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. In 2012, they rose to prominence when they featured on Disclosure (band), Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch (song), Latch", which peaked at number eleven on ...

on the Main Stage after Smith had to have surgery.

Setlist

Saturday

Main Stage

In New Music We Trust Stage

Sunday

Main Stage

References

{{reflist BBC Radio in Concert May 2015 in the United Kingdom 2010s in Norfolk 2015 in British music