As expected, they've frozen the regular playlist and replaced it with a 'Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool' playlist.

Radio 1 Main Stage

Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror

Blossoms - The Honeymoon

HAIM - Relationships

James Hype - Don’t Wake Me Up

Jorja Smith - The Way I Love You

Lola Young - One Thing

Mumford & Sons - Caroline

Myles Smith - My First Heartbreak

Sam Fender - Little Bit Closer

Tate McRae - Revolving door

Tom Grennan - Full Attention

Tom Odell - Don’t Let Me Go

Wet Leg - Catch These Fists

Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom

The Wombats - I Love America And She Hates Me

Radio 1 New Music Stage

Aitch feat. Anne-Marie - LUV?

AJ Tracey feat. Headie One & Aitch - Friday Prayer

Artemas - Southbound

Barry Can’t Swim feat. O’Flynn - Kimpton

Confidence Man & Sweely - All My People

D.O.D - Wrap Yourself Around Me

FLO - Check

Good Neighbours - Home

Hard Life - Othello

Inhaler - Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah)

JADE - FUFN (Forget You For Now)

Jazzy & KILIMANJARO - No Bad Vibes

Jordan Adetunji - X n The City

Joy Crookes - I Know You’d Kill

Katy B - Katy On A Mission

Nia Archives & Cheetah - Get Loose

Prospa feat. RAHH - This Rhythm

Self Esteem - If Not Now, It’s Soon

South Arcade - Supermodels

Radio 1 Anthems

Natasha Bedingfield

Sugababes

BBC Music Introducing List

Mackenzy Mackay - Want You For Life

Edited May 23, 20251 yr by Mangø

Last year they froze the main playlist for two weeks so let's see if they do the same this time.

I don't quite get the point of suspending the main playlist for a week or more, why not just suspend it for the weekend, or for the few days leading up to the Big Weekend? They're surely still going to be playing songs from the main playlist here and there. And poor old Calvin Harris will have to wait to be added to the playlist now! Does anyone know if they've been playing 'Blessings' this week? They must have done, right?

New Wolf Alice!!!!!

But isn't Big Weekend next weekend? Why implement the playlist already, who cares, next week or even better just next weekend it would be more than enough

Great! Not! Guess for the week leading up it'll be ok. Was it just one week or two last year that the Big Weekend playlist was in for? Think two weeks would be OTT really.

19 minutes ago, gavindeejay said:

Great! Not! Guess for the week leading up it'll be ok. Was it just one week or two last year that the Big Weekend playlist was in for? Think two weeks would be OTT really.

It was two weeks last year so I'm guessing it will be the same again

2 hours ago, Mangø said:

Last year they froze the main playlist for two weeks so let's see if they do the same this time.

I don't quite get the point of suspending the main playlist for a week or more, why not just suspend it for the weekend, or for the few days leading up to the Big Weekend? They're surely still going to be playing songs from the main playlist here and there. And poor old Calvin Harris will have to wait to be added to the playlist now! Does anyone know if they've been playing 'Blessings' this week? They must have done, right?

Apart from the Tune of the Week on Going Home, I don’t think Blessings has been played at all (and probably won’t be until it gets on the playlist on the 30th May).

In terms of this playlist, from what I can tell, it basically replaced the A, B and C Lists for the 2 weeks. So the songs that are on recurrent will continue to get played, but things like Calvin Harris that haven’t made the playlist yet will not.

(That’s how it seemed to work last year anyway, they might change it this year)

The website does say that the playlist runs until Thursday, though they could easily extend it.

Will be intrigued to see what Sugababes and Natasha Bedingfield tracks they spin.

Lol at Katy B as "New Music"

Edited May 16, 20251 yr by lewistgreen

14 minutes ago, lewistgreen said:

Will be intrigued to see what Sugababes and Natasha Bedingfield tracks they spin.

Lol at Katy B as "New Music"

And Lola Young is on the main stage?? Bizarre.

1 hour ago, J14C said:

The website does say that the playlist runs until Thursday, though they could easily extend it.

BH Monday will be the best of the Big Weekend and they'll spend the week playing recordings of tracks from the weekend probably to Friday 30th May when they'll refresh the playlist again. Calvin Harris is the only major track they have missed out on so far. I guess it'll have some plays on the dance shows this weekend which is something.

I tell a lie… Lorde, Ed Sheeran and Calvin Harris have all been played today and obviously none are on the Big Weekend playlist so they’re still playing some non-big weekend stuff, that’s good to see and definitely an improvement from last year

Must be a pain sorting the playlist out after these 2 weeks @Mangø

8 hours ago, gavindeejay said:

BH Monday will be the best of the Big Weekend and they'll spend the week playing recordings of tracks from the weekend probably to Friday 30th May when they'll refresh the playlist again. Calvin Harris is the only major track they have missed out on so far. I guess it'll have some plays on the dance shows this weekend which is something.

When they first did the BW playlist in 2023, they had a new playlist running Tuesday-Thursday after Bank Holiday. Last year the BW playlist ran for two full weeks. I agree it makes sense to be Friday 30th for the next update, it’s just the website says otherwise at the moment.

I reckon whenever the next playlist is, Calvin Harris will be added to the A-list.

 

Oh and that Nia Archive track is a serious tune. Hopefully it gets added properly soon.

Hope Wolf Alice do too!

On 16/05/2025 at 12:16, lewistgreen said:

Will be intrigued to see what Sugababes and Natasha Bedingfield tracks they spin.

So, over the weekend we've had:

Sugababes

Round Round [3 plays]

Too Lost In You (Live Lounge) [3 plays]

Push The Button [2 plays]

What Was That (Live Lounge) [2 plays]

About You Now [1 play]

Natasha Bedingfield

These Words [4 plays]

Unwritten [3 plays]

Not exactly loads of variety x

I'd love to hear Natasha Bedingfield's 'I Wanna Have Your Babies' on R1 😃

7 hours ago, Mangø said:

I'd love to hear Natasha Bedingfield's 'I Wanna Have Your Babies' on R1 😃

It was on the A List in 2007 so they could give it a spin.

I appreciate they want to play the big hitters as that's in line with their Anthems stream but something like that, Single or I Bruise Easily would also be welcome! Pocketful of Sunshine though not released here has done well on socials in recent years and would be a welcome sound

Edited May 20, 20251 yr by lewistgreen

Thought they would have played A Little Sound & Sugababes - Situation too.

At a glance on Sounds they played Freak Like Me a little earlier for Sugababes but still just These Words and Unwritten for Natasha. Surprised they're not bothering with Single or Pocketful Of Sunshine...