Today, we’ve got Biffy Clyro, Tom Grennan, Natasha Bedingfield, James Hype, The Wombats and many more ready to kick the weekend off in style. There are four stages at this year's festival and more than 100,000 music fans expected. The gates are now opening and the music’s already starting to get under way.

Ed Sheeran plays surprise set at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend - The Shape Of You singer surprised fans in Liverpool by appearing on the New Music Stage.

Music fans are gearing up for a bank holiday of bangers as BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend kicks off the summer festival season. Big Weekend is the station’s flagship live music event bringing some of the biggest UK and international artists to cities which may not otherwise host such a large scale event.