Radio 1 announces Big Weekend 2020 “remote festival” line-up

nme.com:

Biffy Clyro, Sam Smith, Rita Ora and more are set to appear Radio 1 has announced plans for an online alternative to their Big Weekend 2020 event, billed as a “remote festival”, as well as the first names on the line-up.

The originally planned Big Weekend, which was set to come to Dundee’s Camperdown Park from May 22-24, was cancelled in March due to the ongoing fears around coronavirus.

However, the BBC announced today (May 5) that an “online alternative” event will now be held across five virtual “stages” on the same weekend – the Radio 1 Stage, the Radio 1 Dance Stage, the Headliner Stage, the 1Xtra Stage and the BBC Music Introducing Stage.