Rebecca Swash
BBC Newsbeat
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Mumford & Sons will headline the final day of the festival in Liverpool
Mumford & Sons will bring this year’s Radio 1’s Big Weekend to a close, headlining the Sunday of the festival.
The grammy-winning band will play the main stage in Sefton Park, Liverpool.
They join Sam Fender and Tom Grennan as the headliners across the three-day event which some fans have criticised for a male-heavy line-up.
Tate McRae, Jorja Smith, Lola Young and Wet Leg will also be performing on the main stage on the final day.
About 100 acts will be performing across four stages, with over 100,000 fans expected to attend from Friday 23 May – Sunday 25 May.
On the new music stage, Flo, Self Esteem, South Arcade and Joy Crookes have been announced as part of the Sunday line-up, with Brit winner JADE headlining.
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Greedy hitmaker Tate McRae will be on the main stage in Liverpool
Responding to the line-up on social media, some fans have expressed disappointment at the lack of female headliners.
“Line-ups continue to be male dominated despite so many female musicians having such incredible times at the moment,” one user wrote, while another says ”it should be called Radio 1’s Big Men’s Weekend”.
But there has also been excitement by some at the chance to “pop off” by having JADE, Flo and Tate McRae take to the stage on the same day.
Previous research by the BBC found only one in ten headliners at the UK’s top music festivals were women in 2022.
Many events have promised to achieve a ’50/50′ gender balance across their line-ups.
In a statement to BBC Newsbeat, Radio 1 said “female artists make up around 60% of this year’s Big Weekend line-up with more artists to be announced in the coming weeks”.
“However as an industry, there is still more that needs to be done to improve the representation of women and Radio 1 will continue to advocate for this on a wider scale.”
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Sam Fender says he is “excited” to headline the Saturday
Mumford & Sons say they “really cannot wait” to see fans and perform in Liverpool.
“We’re counting this one as the start of the summer, and that can’t come quickly enough.”
Sam Fender and Tom Grennan were the first headline acts announced for this year’s Big Weekend.
Tom Grennan who will be headlining on the first day says being asked to top the bill is an “incredible honour”, calling it “another crowning moment for me and my career so far”.
Other artists who will be playing the main stage across the weekend include Wolf Alice, Blossoms, Tom Odell and Myles Smith, Biffy Clyro, James Hype and The Wombats.
Other stars hitting Liverpool include Aitch and rapper AJ Tracey on the new music stage, along with Artemas, Good Neighbours, Inhaler, Jordan Adetunji, Barry Can’t Swim, Nia Archives and Katy B.
Liverpool has had a huge influence on music, producing acts including The Beatles, The Wombats, The Zutons and Atomic Kitten.
Sefton Park is located in south Liverpool, about a 20-minute drive from football stadium Anfield.
The team are scheduled to play the final match of their Premier League season on the Sunday of the festival – and are currently favourites to win the title.
Last year, Coldplay, Raye and Chase & Status topped the bill for the event held in Luton.
And previous Big Weekends have seen the likes of Taylor Swift perform in Norwich, Miley Cyrus in Middlesbrough and Ed Sheeran in Coventry.
When can you get tickets for Big Weekend?
The festival will be broadcast live through the weekend on BBC Radio 1, with performances available to watch on iPlayer and BBC Sounds.
Tickets will be available from 17:00 on Thursday 13 March and will cost £33 (plus a £4.50 booking fee per ticket).
As with previous Big Weekends, tickets are geographically weighted, with 50% of tickets reserved for those living in Liverpool, 40% for those living in the surrounding areas, and the remaining 10% available for the rest of the UK.
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