{"id":240458,"date":"2026-03-10T12:21:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/03\/10\/olivia-dean-to-headline-final-day-of-radio-1s-big-weekend-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:21:47","slug":"olivia-dean-to-headline-final-day-of-radio-1s-big-weekend-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/03\/10\/olivia-dean-to-headline-final-day-of-radio-1s-big-weekend-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Dean to Headline Final Day of Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend\u00a02026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/artist\/olivia-dean\">Olivia Dean<\/a> will top the bill on the final night of BBC Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend when the annual festival lands in Sunderland, England, May 22-24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe British pop and soul singer, who scooped four trophies at this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/olivia-dean-brit-awards-good-thing-for-british-music-1236189231\/\">BRIT Awards<\/a>, is set to close out the Sunday (May 24) main stage alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/artist\/niall-horan\">Niall Horan<\/a>, formerly of One Direction, and U.S. R&amp;B star <a href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/artist\/kehlani\">Kehlani<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tElsewhere on the lineup, Zara Larsson, Louis Tomlinson and Lola Young will perform on the main stage across the weekend, while rave heavyweights Fatboy Slim and Sonny Fodera are set to launch the festivities on Friday with a dance music-led opening day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSunday\u2019s main stage will also feature CMAT and Myles Smith, while the festival\u2019s new music stage will host sets from Ezra Collective, FLO and Jorja Smith, among others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black injected-single-story lrv-u-border-b-1\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-075\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/olivia-dean-the-art-of-loving-all-12-tracks-ranked\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/olivia-dean-headline-radio-1-big-weekend-2026-1236195989\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Olivia-Dean-pr-2025-cr-Gwen-Trannoy-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Olivia Dean\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tOlivia Dean\u2019s \u2018The Art of Loving\u2019: All 12 Tracks\u00a0Ranked\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe event will take place at Herrington Country Park, marking the first time Big Weekend has taken place in Sunderland. Previous host cities include Liverpool (2025), Luton (2024) and Dundee, Scotland (2023).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDean, 26, has had a stellar breakout year following the release of her second LP, <em>The Art of Loving, <\/em>last September. She took home the best new artist prize at this year\u2019s Grammy Awards, and is set to headline six sold-out shows at London\u2019s 20,000-capacity O2 Arena later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMeanwhile, Horan is gearing up to release a new single, \u201cDinner Party,\u201d on March 20. The track will mark his first solo effort since his U.K. chart-topping LP, <em>The Show<\/em>, which landed in 2023. He also recently featured on the Myles Smith track \u201cDrive Safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBBC Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend began in 2003 as a free annual live-music event, organized by the major radio station of the same name, to bring pop artists to different parts of the U.K. each year. It has since grown into one of the nation\u2019s most prominent festivals, hosting stars such as Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and Harry Styles over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTickets for the opening day of\u00a0BBC Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend went on sale last week via the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/backstage\/bigweekend\/tickets\/\">BBC website<\/a>, and Saturday and Sunday will go on sale from 17 p.m. GMT on March 11, with local residents getting priority access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGeneral sale Saturday and Sunday tickets will cost \u00a344.50 ($60) per day, while VIP will cost \u00a3106 ($142.73).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/olivia-dean-headline-radio-1-big-weekend-2026-1236195989\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia Dean will top the bill on the final night of BBC Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend when the annual festival lands in Sunderland, England, May 22-24. The British pop and soul singer, who scooped four trophies at this year\u2019s BRIT Awards, is set to close out the Sunday (May 24) main stage alongside Niall Horan, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}