Ticket sales soar for Radio 1’s Big event
Rita Ora Sean Paul Sigrid Two Door Cinema Club. Tickets went on sale last week and quickly sold out.
Rita Ora said: “I love performing at Big Weekend, it’s always one of the highlights for me to kick off the summer and I have the most fun every time.”
Bring Me The Horizon said: “We are buzzing to be playing Big Weekend again! Last time was a trip, and the love we get from Radio 1 has been so incredible over the last year, we feel like family, and we are going to put on a very special show to show some love back.”
Mumford & Sons said: “Last time we played Middlesbrough was in February 2009, halfway through our snowball tour, so-called because all the bands and singers we played with a long the way seemed to join us in the van for the next gig. That night, upstairs at Mohan’s some hooligan sang ’boro football chants through the length of our set. A glorious and cherished memory.”
James Arthur said: “I’m honoured to be on the bill for Radio 1’s Big Weekend, especially as they’re off to my hometown of Middlesbrough! This is going to be an unbelievable show as the line-up is one of the best I’ve seen, so I look forward to being a part of it and giving the people of Middlesbrough and the surrounding area a quality show.”
Tickets were geographically weighted with a percentage available to each of the local areas. Middlesbrough had 50% of tickets reserved, 35% of the tickets were reserved for those living in the areas of the Tees Valley Combined Authority which includes Darlington, Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland whilst the remaining 15% of tickets were available for the rest of the UK.