BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2026 will bring a star-studded line-up to Herrington Country Park in Sunderland over the bank holiday weekend, with names including Olivia Dean, Niall Horan and Dermot Kennedy taking to the stage.
As the excitement builds each year, it always brings back memories of Radio 1 arriving in Preston in 2007.
Although it was 19 years ago, memories of the big blue festival tent taking over Preston’s Moor Park, along with headline performances from Scissor Sisters, Kasabian, Biffy Clyro, Kaiser Chiefs and Rihanna, will live long in every Prestonian’s mind.
Were you there? Here, we look back at some of the scenes from the two-day festival.
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Hopefully none of them were desperate... the queues for the loos at the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend at Moor Park, Preston in 2007 | Local Library
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Crowds enjoying Radio 1's Big Weekend in Moor Park, Preston, in 2007 | Local Library
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Jo Whiley's Live Lounge at the Football Museum with Just Jack at the launch of Radio 1's Big Weekend which is to be held at Moor Park in Preston | Local Library
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A dog walker watches the clean-up operation on Moor Park, Preston after the Radio 1 Big Weekend | Local Library