Chase & Status and Becky Hill will appear on the main stage on the opening Friday of Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Stockwood Park, Luton, on 24-26 May.
They will be joined on the main stage by Rudimental and Ella Henderson while a string of emerging chart stars including Dimension, Diplo, Kenya Grace and Hannah Laing have also been confirmed for Friday’s New Music stage line-up
Greg James revealed the names on his Breakfast show and will announce more acts over the coming days.
This year’s Big Weekend will be the first-time acts have played across all of the event’s four stages for three full days – in previous years Friday was reserved for an 18-plus dance night.
There are 100,000 tickets available for 2024’s Big Weekend, with a portion of those reserved for people from Luton and the surrounding area.
Weekend tickets for 2024 go on sale from 17:00 GMT on Thursday and will cost £29.50, plus a £4.50 booking fee per ticket.
