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Over 200,000 revellers packed into Sunderland for the BBC’s flagship festival, marking the largest attendance in its 19-year history. Headliners Sam Fender and Lizzo electrified the crowd as temperatures soared past 25°C, the hottest May bank holiday weekend on record.
Zara Larsson’s electrifying performance at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend drew 50,000 fans to Sunderland’s Herrington Country Park. Her set, laced with hits and raw energy, capped a weekend of unprecedented audience engagement.
Over 50,000 fans flooded Sunderland for the first day of Radio 1’s Big Weekend, where the skies never stopped flashing with phone cameras and the air never cooled. Headliners like Fred again. and Becky Hill didn’t just perform—they ignited the crowd into a four-hour nonstop dance marathon.