Big Weekend
Radio 1's Big Weekend is the station's free music festival, held in a different part of the UK each year. Here's our coverage of Scott Mills and the team at Big Weekend over the years.
A student’s badly timed break-up inspired Scott and Chris to call for a ban on dumping people just before exams, while Taylor Swift’s honorary doctorate reopened the argument over celebrities getting degrees for free. [...]
Scott, Chris, Joel Corry and Radio 1 listeners tried to reproduce Sam Ryder’s enormous “Spaceman” note as Eurovision fever built and the Young Farmers’ old farming remix somehow still filled a dancefloor. [...]
Vick Hope was challenged to keep listing reasons to listen to Radio 1 after Scott and Chris questioned the station's 'one million reasons' trailer, while smart watches accidentally exposed very private workouts. [...]
Scott and Chris marked St Patrick's Day by calling their old friends in Muff before revisiting Superfan Steve with Ozzy Osbourne and testing bizarre rumours about Big Weekend artists. [...]
Becky Hill celebrated being confirmed for Radio 1's Big Weekend before using Scott and Chris as a safe space to unload about the endless social-media content expected every time she released a song. [...]
Chris tested positive and stayed home, leaving Scott with producer Amy and Reece Parkinson while Instagram love stories, bad woodwind and Luke Kempner's Ted Hastings interrogation filled the show. [...]
Scott and Chris prepared for Radio 1's Big Weekend in Coventry, collected local facts no tourist guide would contain and discovered Kylie and Ashley were lovers despite clues pointing strongly towards siblings. [...]
Premium dating-app users moved their locations to the Olympic Village in search of athletes, while Clare Balding's “third leg was phenomenal” commentary became the Innuendo Bingo clip Scott most wished he could still play. [...]
Easy Life listened back to their first Live Lounge and immediately shouted “mistake” at themselves, while Rob finally landed a bakery job after six weeks of applications. [...]
Listeners kept congratulating Scott and Chris on their newly won award despite repeated requests to “stop it”, while Chris's first vaccine apparently gave him the power to identify which jab strangers had received. [...]