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It has just been announced that the Foo Fighters and Lady Gaga will headline BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2011 on Saturday 14th May and Sunday 15th May in Carlisle. On the main stage on the Saturday are the Foo Fighters, The Black Eyed Peas, Tinie Tempah, Plan B, Nicole Scherzinger, Chase & Status, Ellie Goulding and Jessie J. Meanwhile, on the Sunday, Lady Gaga and My Chemical Romancewill be coming to play the free event along with Bruno Mars, The Script, Taio Cruz, Katy B, Professor Gre [...]
Scott's latest project is an ambitious one in the form of a quiz application for the iPhone. Not only does it test your general knowledge when you 'play for fun', in online mode it allows you to compete for prizes during scheduled quiz nights hosted by the Radio 1 DJ and Voiceover Man. The top prize is a 3D television, while runner up prizes include a 32" HD television, a new laptop, an X Box 360 and a Sony PS3. Each week there are also prizes for winners which include £50 shopping voucher [...]
If you follow our Twitter updates, you'll have noted last week that we announced Matt Edmondson was to be host of the Xtra Factor, ITV2's spin-off show for the X Factor. Sadly the Radio 1 presenter has since been ditched and snubbed by the show, who have announced today that they are opting for Caroline Flack and Olly Murs instead. The decision has sparked outrage on Unofficial Mills, and on showbiz forums across the world wide web, from those who marvelled at Matt's funny stints with The [...]
It might not seem like the first place you would think of for a celebration of the 2012 Olympics and all things British - but Hackney has been announced as the hosts for a bigger version of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend next year. The premise is very much the same as the Big Weekend with six tents, the live TV and radio coverage, plenty of big names, and a ticket system that favours the local people. However, this will be different because tickets will be made available to over double the amou [...]
Following this morning's announcement that Lady Gaga and Foo Fighters will headline the main stage of Radio 1's Big Weekend, we're excited to say that Swedish House Mafia and The Strokes will headline the In New Music We Trust stage. On the Saturday, joining Swedish House Mafia is The Joy Formidable, Cage the Elephant, Nero, Panic At The Disco, Friendly Fires, and Everything Everything. On the Sunday, joining The Strokes is The Vaccines, Two Door Cinema Club, Devlin, Pulled Apart By Horses [...]
Scott Mills has just announced on the breakfast show that BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend is coming to Carlisle for 2011! The event will take place at Carlisle Airport on Saturday 14th May 2011 and Sunday 15th May 2011. Keep listening to BBC Radio 1 as well as keeping an eye on our Twitter feed to find out more about who is playing this year's event. Also don't forget to search out 'Radio 1's Big Weekend 2011' on Facebook for the unofficial fan page for the event. [...]
You know what really grinds my gears? How the Big Weekend over the last eleven years has failed to hit the Eastern region. This map shows how Radio 1 has settled for many central locations since Radio 1's Big Weekend begun. It also has notably favoured sites closer to the existing mainstream festivals such as Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury and V. Wasn't the Big Weekend's mission statement to go to towns further away from those sort of events? The East consistently misses out on events t [...]
Scott Mills has said he feared for his life while filming a documentary for BBC3 about homosexuality in Uganda. During the making of the documentary he met MP David Bahat, a politician trying to push through new laws to punish gay people. Things turned nasty when Scott explained to the MP he was gay, and asked for an explanation for his views. Both the film crew and Scott fled, but the ordeal didn't end there, and armed police turned up at his hotel. Mills told Pink News: "It's just [...]
As the furore over Rihanna's S&M continues to dominate the news today, BBC Radio 1 finally chose to the play the song in full during the daytime. Despite previously banning the song from the playlist and waiting for a censored version of the song before playing it, the station took a u-turn earlier. The song was played out during Fearne Cotton's morning show - at a time when producers believed most children were at school and would not be listening. According to Radio 1's Newsbeat t [...]
As we reported earlier last month, Scott Mills will be at the forefront of this year's Comic Relief activity, as he takes part in a 100km trek across the Kenyan desert. He will take part in the gruelling challenge along with eight other celebrities including Olly Murs, Kara Tointon, Dermot O'Leary, and Lorraine Kelly in two weeks' time. For five days the group will be hoping to avoid the world's deadliest snakes - as well as combating temperatures of up to 38C - so there'll be no need for [...]
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