Fatboy Slim announced as headliner for first night of Radio 1's Big Weekend in Sunderland

Presenters Sam and Danni were joined in the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast studio by Danny Howard to make the announcement we’ve all been waiting for.

FISHER, MK and Sonny Fodera - as well as local lads L.P. Rhythm and Sorley - have also been announced for the Friday night, which will be a solely dance lineup.

The line-up for Friday 22 May (in alphabetical order):

• Ahadadream B2B Arthi
• Arielle Free
• Charlie Hedges
• Clementine Douglas
• Danny Howard
• Ewan McVicar
• Fatboy Slim
• FISHER
• horsegiirL
• L.P. Rhythm
• Marlon Hoffstadt
• MK
• NOTION
• Sarah Story
• Sonny Fodera

One of Britain’s biggest music events, Big Weekend will take over Herrington Country Park, from May 22-24, 2026. Tickets for the Friday, May 22 go live at 9am on Ticketmaster, with 31,000 General Admission tickets and 2,960 VIP tickets available.

Note, the Friday of the Big Weekend is over 18s only.

It was announced back in November that Big Weekend would return to Herrington Country Park, 21 years after the likes Foo Fighters and Black Eyed Peas rocked the park in 2005.

Since then, anticipation for the 2026 lineup has been huge - but we still have to wait until next week for the Saturday and Sunday lineups.

Tickets for the Saturday and Sunday will then be released from 5pm on Wednesday, March 11 and Radio 1 says they will be releasing lineup details from Monday, March 9.

There will be 31,000 General Admission tickets and 2,960 VIP tickets available to purchase per day for Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May and all age ranges can attend.

Under 15, however, must be accompanied by and adult. Under 2s go free, in the care of an adult aged 18 or over.

You can purchase a maximum of two tickets per person per day, and may attend Friday and one weekend day only (Saturday or Sunday), but not both.

Over the course of the Big Weekend, around 100 acts will perform - from the biggest names in music to exciting new and emerging artists.