Olivia Dean brings the curtain down on Radio 1's Big Weekend with 'magic' set

Olivia Dean has closed retired BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend with a joyful acceptable which was, arsenic she enactment it, "magic".

The UK popular miss of the infinitesimal captivated the tens of thousands who had gathered astatine the main signifier with her mesmerising vocals, delighting them with soulful renditions of hits including Dive, The Hardest Part and So Easy (To Fall In Love).

From floral signifier plan and a unrecorded band, to her elegant shimmering dresses and words of wisdow - the show had it all.

"I cannot judge I americium headlining this festival," Dean admitted to the crowd, reflecting connected her colossal emergence since she played the Big Weekend Introducing Stage successful 2023.

"To deliberation of everything that has happened since past is conscionable crazy."

The Brit starlet has had a standout past year, securing large grant wins and topping the charts with her infectious popular songs.

Earlier this year, she cemented her presumption arsenic 1 of the astir breathtaking artists successful the UK erstwhile she picked up 4 awards astatine the Brits, including champion British creator and champion medium for her 2nd record, The Art of Loving.

The 27-year-old Londoner besides picked up the Grammy Award for champion caller creator and took location 3 Mobo Awards successful caller months.

She has built a loyal fanbase, which spans crossed generations and continents, acknowledgment to her joyful and romanticist popular songs, which besides grow into the worlds of jazz, alternative, R&B and folk.

As Dean brought the curtain down connected her set, and the weekend, with a vibrant show of her fig 1 azygous Man I Need, pinkish fireworks and confetti errupted crossed the sky.

"This has conscionable been magic," she told the crowd, and their rapturous applause signalled that they agreed.

It was Costa del Sunderland successful Herrington Country Park connected Sunday, with temperatures soaring to 24 degrees, but the performances crossed the last time of Big Weekend were adjacent hotter.

Straight disconnected the backmost of winning the champion medium Ivor Novello earlier this week for her latest offering, Euro-Country, Irish vocalist CMAT stormed the main stage.

She utilized the show to amusement the assemblage wherefore she is 1 of the defining songwriters, and astir breathtaking unrecorded performers, of our time.

She two-stepped, enactment danced and dramatically collapsed to the level - the acceptable was jam-packed. And of people astatine the bosom of it was almighty renditions of a big of her hits, including Stay For Something, When A Good Man Cries and I Don't Really Care For You.

She besides told the assemblage that aft she played Big Weekend successful 2024, she received a big of "very nasty comments" astir her carnal appearance.

"It's brainsick due to the fact that I'm really precise sexy," she announced, earlier removing her garment to uncover a airy blue, semi-see-through ruffled 2 piece, and this clip the assemblage gave her a roaring applause.

She past launched into Take A Sexy Picture Of Me, which calls retired the utmost quality standards women face.

Over connected the New Music stage, Brighton singer-songwriter Maisie Peters thanked the assemblage for popping her Big Weekend cherry.

Her debut show astatine the festival comes conscionable days aft she released her stripped-back 3rd album, Florescence, and she took the accidental to play immoderate caller tracks, including Questions and My Regards.

She was followed by jazz set Ezra Collective, who are notorious for creating a vibe astatine festivals, and they did not fto the assemblage down.

Festivalgoers were spilling retired of the structure to drawback a glimpse of their percussive, precocious vigor show that straddles the enactment betwixt jazz, funk, reggae and carnival.

Earlier successful the day, Irish vocalist Dermot Kennedy belted retired a big of crowd-pleasers erstwhile helium took to the main stage, with US vocalist Kehlani aboriginal bringing the heat.

Thousands were besides serenaded by ex-One Direction vocalist Niall Horan, who besides made a astonishment quality during Stargazing vocalist Myles Smith's main signifier acceptable for their collab, Drive Safe.

Girl radical Flo declared "R&B is back" erstwhile they picked up their Mobo Award earlier this year, and the trio proved that was existent during their show connected the New Music stage.

Later on, Jorja Smith delivered a "party set" successful the aforesaid tent, followed by Holly Humberstone's much 'gothic' vibe.

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