glastonbury takes a fallow year every five or six years or so fallow year every five or six years orsoose years. the bbc thought this was a tremendous opportunity to try to underline the importance it places on music, how it breaks through to people of all ages and backgrounds and to really cement in the public‘s mind the bbc‘s commitment to music of all kinds, notjust mind the bbc‘s commitment to music of all kinds, not just the mind the bbc‘s commitment to music of all kinds, notjust the big pop a cts of all kinds, notjust the big pop acts appearing here. we'll see the likes of ed sheeran on stage. at 12 o'clock, florence and the machine, taylor swift, liam payne, years & yea rs. taylor swift, liam payne, years & years. they want to highlight the range of music. yesterday and today at belfast‘s titanic ship ways, it isa at belfast‘s titanic ship ways, it is a six music hosted event with people like manic street preachers. in coventry and perth, radio 2 and radio 3 events. jamie cullum is playing. 0ne radio 3 events. jamie cullum is playing. one of the points of this, obviously they w

glastonbury takes a fallow year every five or six years or so and this is one of those.es on music, how it breaks through to people of all ages and backgrounds and to really cement in the public‘s mind the bbc‘s commitment to music of all kinds and it is notjust those big pop acts appearing here. i mean, behind me we will see the likes of ed sheeran on stage at 12 o'clock, we will see people like florence + the machine, taylor swift, george ezra, lieam payne, clean bandit, years and years, you know, the list goes on and on. but they wanted to highlight the range of music they do, so for instance, yesterday and today at belfast‘s titanic shipways, it is a 6 music hosted event with people like the manic street preachers and fatherjohn misty. in coventry and perth, they have got radio 2 and radio 3 events, classical musicians like nigel kennedy playing, jazz musicians like jamie cullum. and so one of the points of this, obviously, they want to entertain the public with a whole range of different music but it is to try and say we have a strong relationship at the bbc with bo

you've done a glastonbury, how will this compare? iam glastonbury, how will this compare?do so it's going to be good. we going to hand back right now but have a great performance later. back to you in the studio. it's called the biggest weekend, wonder what they will say next year. this is bbc news. the headlines at 9am: it looks to be back on. preparations for a summit next month with north korean leader kimjong—un and president trump are going ahead as originally planned. the government is considering whether to expand england's network of national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. senior politicians call for northern ireland's strict abortion laws to be relaxed, as voters in the irish republic overwhelmingly back change in a referendum. also in the next hour: spectacular overnight storms cause disruption. a lightning strike at stansted airport knocked out the aircraft fuelling system, causing severe delays to flights. no planes are currently allowed to land there. lightning not striking twice but around 15,000 times,

with no glastonbury this year the bbc thought this an ideal opportunity to showcase the wide variety taylor swift. and craig david, who will be playing in swansea. i have been to swansea a couple of times with performances, of this magnitude it will be fantastic. i am excited, it is a great, diverse crew of different artists that will be performing over the span of the different stages, so to be there with new music under older is great for me. things are now under way in perth in scotla nd things are now under way in perth in scotland and here in belfast in northern ireland, promising a bank holiday filled with many people's favourite acts on a weekend celebrating music from some of the world's most popular artists. as you can hear, the music is booming across two of the venues, belfast in northern ireland and perth in scotland as well. swansea, which is the radio! perth in scotland as well. swansea, which is the radio 1 event, kicks off tomorrow, that will see performances from the likes of taylor swift, florence and the machine and ed sheeran. coventry will begin on sunday. that w

so they thought with no glastonbury this year, it seemed an ideal opportunity for them to showcase thesic. from the biggest pop acts like taylor swift... to classical musicians like nigel kennedy... ..and to jazz acts like jamie cullum. these enormous outdoor festivals remains a special place in my heart because you find yourself having to bring something different to the table than you normally do. trying to communicate with an audience that big. and also, you are not always playing to your audience, you are playing to people who are there to see a variety of acts, so it means you have to work a little bit harder. his performance in perth at today's radio three event was one of the day's highlights. while preparations are well under way at the final two venues, swansea and coventry, both hoping to continue the weekend's already considerable momentum. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's show: i find out how to stop holiday selfies putting animals at risk. poachers hunt them in the forest because they are quite cute. she is holding my hands, yes, fellow chico. we

as you say the fact that this is a fellow to glastonbury and they take a year off to have a rest, ite of it. underline their commitment to live music in its different forms. this four—day festival across four sites infour four—day festival across four sites in four nations is the result of that. here in swansea at singleton parkis that. here in swansea at singleton park is hosted by radio one, all of the festivals are being done in conjunction with bbc national radio network. yesterday and today in belfast. in perth and scotland radio 2and belfast. in perth and scotland radio 2 and three and tomorrow and monday in coventry, also radio 2 and three which gives them the chance to actually have people ranging from the likes of these bands like years and years, to ed sheerin copout artists like that to chas artists with classical styles like nigel kennedy. shows the great relationship with bbc feels it needs to have not just relationship with bbc feels it needs to have notjust with artists but with the public. there are so many great ingredients in place to make this a real enjoyable even

you have played places like glastonbury, you've played to tiny venues with your old band.and. how do you think today will compare7m will be massive. i am fortunate to be on the indoor stage, so it might rain! can't get any better. what is the inspiration for so much of your music? a cliched question. is such a wide variety of styles. isjust everyday life. things going on with me, with my mates. i try to keep it real. i don't write stories about —— i don't write songs about imaginary stories, it has to be relatable. did you think you would achieve this kind of success so quickly?“ you think you would achieve this kind of success so quickly? if you told me when i was younger, you will get 150 million streams, i would say, give over eight! where did you andi say, give over eight! where did you and i come from? i wrote that in a few hours. it's about my mrs. into weddings have been asked to play. laser light on, which many know very well. it's a personal song. it's about a mate of mine who lost his way through addiction. he came out the other side. everyone has been through so

you have played places like glastonbury, you also played tiny venues. today will compare? i think today will be massive. i'm fortunate to be on the indoor stage because it might rain and ever might run inside a last—minute. and i'm very excited. florence is doing her sound check right now. can't get any better. what is the inspiration for so much of your music? acquitted question i know. such a bright -- wide variety of styles on your recent album. things that go on in my life and in the lives of my friends. i try to keep it real. it has to be something ican keep it real. it has to be something i can relate to. you have millions of streams to your name already. deducing you would achieve this success so deducing you would achieve this success so quickly? if you told me when i was younger i would get 150 million streams overall, i would've been like, give over, meet! it's amazing. weirded your song you and i come from? i wrote that in four hours. it's about my mrs. i never thought it would react so well. the numberof thought it would react so well. the n

they thought with no glastonbury this year it seemed an ideal opportunity for them to showcase musicl kennedy... and to jazz acts likejamie nigel kennedy... and to jazz acts like jamie column. these enormous outdoor festivals remains a special place in my heart because you find yourself having to bring something different to the table than you normally do. trying to communicate with an audience that big. and also, you are not always playing to your audience, you are playing to people who are there to see a variety of acts, which means you have to work a little bit harder. his performance in perth at the radio 3 event was one of the highlights. while preparations are well under way at the final two venues, swansea and coventry, both hoping to continue the weekend's already considerable momentum. the manic street preachers entertaining the crowd, but the weekend has all the right ingredients, some of the biggest names, thousands of bands here and millions more watching potentially at home or on the move. but it won't be until the final act comes off the stage in coventry on monday whet

might well be hearing your music for the first time was blue when i stressed when i performed at glastonburyeeing so many young faces who i could tell they were discovering classics. they knew nothing like this. they knew they had given up in the baseline drops. i have this whole new generation that has discovered music and anyone that goes away from today hearing a song hearing for the first time. you can wait from festivals with new fans with this is such an array of different artists. a short film, starring hollywood actorjason isaacs, is getting its world premiere in a rather unusual venue — a hairdressers in lincoln. the film is written and directed by bonnie wright — who's best known for playing ginny weasley in the harry potter films. anne—marie tasker has been finding out why it's getting its first ever screening in a salon. you'd expect a movie premiere in hollywood or london's west end but one short film is getting its world's first screening here. opposite the blow dries and dreams at lincoln's sincil salon, people can watch medusa's ankles. set in a salon, it stars jason isaacs a

one of the reasons that this is all happening at the moment is because there is no glastonbury festival commitment to music in all its forms. ranging from pop acts here to pop stars like terrorist swift, jazz stars like jamie cullum and classic music stars like nigel kennedy. to demonstrate us to artists and the public how important they think the bbc is to the music and arts scene in the uk. we have been expecting bad weather here in swa nsea been expecting bad weather here in swansea but for the most part it has been holding up and the crowds are here in huge numbers. up to 30,000 people. sam smith is the one many people. sam smith is the one many people look forward to tonight but tomorrow more of the same and hopefully the weather will hold up to see taylor swift and france in the machine performing on stage to tens of thousands of people. for what the bbc hopes will be one of the musical events of the year. thank you very much. sunni swansea there. let's find out if that is going to continue. a bit ofa a bit of a mixed day so far, some of us a bit of a mixed day so far, some of us

they thought, with no glastonbury this year, it seemed an ideal opportunity for them to showcase music to jazz acts like jamie cullum. these enormous outdoor festivals remain a special place in my heart, because you find yourself having to bring something different to the table than you normally do. trying to communicate with an audience that big. and also, you are not always playing to your audience, you are playing to people who are there to see a variety of acts, which means you have to work a little bit harder. his performance in perth at the radio 3 event was one of the highlights. while preparations are well under way at the final two venues, swansea and coventry, both hoping to continue the weekend's already considerable momentum. time for a look at the weather with stav da naos. hello there. it is going to be warm this weekend, including the bank—holiday monday as well. the best of the sunshine will always be across northern parts of the uk, whereas further south we will see a mixture of sunny spells and some really heavy and thundery downpours. for the rest of this evening and

deliberate festival across four site and four nations partly came about because of course there is no glastonburyy will have some great acts performing. we heard noel gallagher earlier. his brother liam will be performing, paloma faith, billy ocean, stereophonics, and another day in swansea here, kicking off on stage by me about 12 o'clock, but there will be others like james bay, and the evening finished in front of potentially thousands upon thousands of fans by two female performers, taylor swift, one of the world's biggest superstars, and finally florence and the machine will finish up and close things here in swansea. studio: lizo, what a weekend. what a great weekend lizo has got, working ona bank great weekend lizo has got, working on a bank holiday weekend, but at a festival! absolutely. sounds like he has been enjoying some of those acts. we'll be back with the headlines in a few moments — stay with us. the sun's out, nice guy, may stay for batting. —— the sun's out, nice day, nice day for batting. hello. this is breakfast, with chris mason and victoria fritz. renewed hope for an unprece

behind the camera where the action will be taking place, it is like the size of redding festival glastonbury front of a much bigger audience than ever. florence and the machine came to that channel, from being relatively unknown to one of the biggest acts in the world. how are people in belfast preparing? i assume this is the buzz in the city? it is. it is fantastic seeing people getting so enthusiastic. all the grassroots events have been staged by 6 music and the team. it is really cool seeing belfast come alive. maybe for some of the bigger a cts alive. maybe for some of the bigger acts in the 70s and 80s this is not acts in the 70s and 80s this is not a city many people toured through, you would go to london, edinburgh, glasgow, maybe not necessarily here. it is interesting seeing people realise that this is a really important music city. the musical heritage of belfast has always been very important. the punk scene was very important. the punk scene was very vibrant in the 70s, john peel, music legend, was very supportive of the scene, teenage kicks by the undertones was his favourite s

it is very much glastonbury goo without the mud! we were joking about the wristbands!now i might be setting myself up for a big fall! give me range of options options! stella mccartney i think would be a great choice, she's the ethical couldn't credentials, beautiful, elegant style. were also hearing other names, perhaps less expect it, claire wait keller is in the mix and i think we will not know until the tour opens, it going to be huge moment. one of our guests from earlier now making his way into the quire, he has a pretty prominent place in the quire opposite where the royal family are sitting. he will be sitting on the same side as some of the other guests including the clooneys and oprah winfrey among others. but he is there because he has played such a big part in the setting up of the charity that harry really has given so much effort and time to, which is sentebale. so, as more guests arrive, emily, thank you very much forjoining us. and enjoy it. i will do! very much forjoining us. and enjoy it. iwill do! and very much forjoining us. and enjoy it. i will do!

so they thought with no glastonbury this year, it seemed an ideal opportunity for them to showcase themusic. from the biggest pop acts like taylor swift... to classical musicians like nigel kennedy... ..and to jazz acts like jamie cullum. these enormous outdoor festivals remains a special place in my heart because you find yourself having to bring something different to the table than you normally do. trying to communicate with an audience that big. and also, you are not always playing to your audience, you are playing to people who are there to see a variety of acts, so it means you have to work a little bit harder. his performance in perth at today's radio 3 event was one of the highlights. while preparations are well under way at the final two venues, swansea and coventry, both hoping to continue the weekend's already considerable momentum. now on bbc news, our world. syrians on the move again. under the cover of darkness and carrying their entire belongings. they are hoping to make a new life. these people aren't entering europe, they're escaping it. many here smuggling themselves