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All eyes (and ears) on Swindon
The tickets are allocated and
will soon be delivered to the
lucky ones; now get ready for
an invasion of music fans for
the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend
on 9 and 10 May.
Up to three quarters of a mil-
lion people will have applied for
20,000 pairs of tickets to the UK’s
largest free ticketed event. Lily Allen
The Lydiard Park events field,
including the children’s play
area will be closed from 27 April
to 17 May for site preparation
and clear up.
See more details of Swindon
Council’s traffic and parking
management plan in the advert
on the right and online.
If your name was not drawn
in the ticket ballot, listen to the
shows on Radio 1 and watch Snow Patrol
performances on BBC TV.
Local band
makes it to the
Big Weekend
Swindon band Beatbullyz
will feature on the Introduc-
ing Stage for breaking acts at
Lydiard Park on 10 May.
Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens,
who concentrates on discover-
ing new acts selected Beatbul- Ne-Yo
lyz to appear and interviewed
them on his evening show on
15 April.
“I get up to 400 CDs a week
to review, plus MP3 files and re-
quests to watch YouTube clips,”
said Huw. “BBC Wiltshire put
forward Beatbullyz for the Big
Weekend and I’m really pleased
they’re appearing. They have a
real freshness in their sound; Franz Ferdinand
it’s got energy, passion and
honesty, they’re being them-
selves and bring a lot of fun to
their music.
“The Swindon music scene is
very strong; there is a lot of tal-
ent in the town and also across
Wiltshire. The Fringe shows are
going to be really good.”
The band members - Disco,
Bozo, Philonius Funk and front- Kasabian
man Bully - will also be appear-
ing at the Rehab, as part of the
Fringe series of concerts before
the Big Weekend on 7 May.
Bully, who grew up in West
Swindon, said, “what a great
coup for Swindon that Beatbul-
lyz have been chosen to play at
the Big Weekend.” N-Dubz
A competition entry last year
saw Beatbullyz winning an ap-
pearance on TV’s Hollyoaks.
www.beatbullyz.com
See details of BBC
Radio 1 Big Weekend
Fringe on page 28 Dizzee Rascal
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