Fatboy Slim Closes Radio 1 Big Weekend Day 1 for 62-Year-Old DJ's Sunderland Crowd
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Updated · BBC.com · May 22
Fatboy Slim Closes Radio 1 Big Weekend Day 1 for 62-Year-Old DJ's Sunderland Crowd
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 22
Summary
Thousands at Sunderland's Herrington Country Park closed opening day chanting through Fatboy Slim's headline set, which ended Radio 1's first all-dance Friday at Big Weekend.
The 62-year-old DJ built the set around nostalgia and mash-ups, teasing Praise You, dropping The Rockafeller Skank and folding in samples from Queen, Eminem and The Killers.
Fisher, MK and Sonny Fodera kept the main stage in club mode earlier, with pyro, confetti and guest singer Poppy Baskcomb helping sustain the dance-focused bill.
HorsegiirL pulled out because of sickness, but tens of thousands are still expected across the three-day festival, with Zara Larsson and Olivia Dean headlining the weekend's next two nights.