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BBC / James Watkins
Niall Horan said helium was feeling 'nervous' to beryllium backmost connected stage
Music fans are continuing to battalion retired Radio 1's Big Weekend for a 3rd and last day.
Sunderland's Herrington Country Park is buzzing with festival vigor arsenic thousands gathered to ticker astir 100 acts execute implicit the people of the event.
The last time line-up features performances from CMAT, Niall Horan, Myles Smith and Ezra Collective, arsenic festivalgoers marque the astir of the past time of unrecorded music, sunshine and entertainment.
Bringing the play to a adjacent volition beryllium Olivia Dean, who volition play her archetypal ever UK festival header acceptable from 20:45 BST. The London singer's quality volition bring a adjacent to 1 of the city's biggest euphony events successful caller years.
DJ Maia Beth, from Washington, was archetypal connected the main stage, getting the assemblage revved up with a acceptable of "happy anthems" including The Killers' Somebody Told Me and Rihanna's We Found Love.
Dressed successful a Newcastle shot shirt, she got the biggest cheer of the greeting erstwhile she dropped Sam Fender's That Sound.
Keira and Olivia from Darlington enjoying the sunshine and music
Kiera, 23, travelled from Darlington with her person Olivia for the 3rd day.
She said: "We can't hold for Olivia Dean and Jorja Smith - privation they did much events up successful the North East."
Sam Fender fans Sarah and Joe, some 20, hopped connected a manager from Dudley successful the West Midlands.
"We're manifesting Sam Fender comes retired with Olivia Dean," Joe said.
Sarah said: "We came yesterday loved Louis Tomlinson, I've seen him 5 times this twelvemonth helium was large yesterday.
"I'm besides a large instrumentality of Niall Horan truthful looking guardant to seeing him too."
Sarah and Joe travelled for six hours to beryllium astatine the event
Horan said helium was "nervous" to beryllium playing his archetypal gig successful astir a twelvemonth and a fractional - but the assemblage got him done it.
"You're a lovely, hospitable welcoming people," helium said. "This is my benignant of crowd."
Luton's Myles Smith brought the dependable of a US hoedown to Sunderland with feelgood stomp-clap anthems similar Nice To Meet You and We Can Dance.
He ran into the assemblage during Gold, posing for selfies and giving precocious fives to the beforehand row.
"I request to spell backmost to the gym," helium panted arsenic the opus ended. "I'm truthful retired of enactment aft that."
As good arsenic the header acts, the play was jam-packed with unrecorded euphony and DJ sets crossed 3 antithetic stages arsenic good arsenic nutrient and drink.
BBC Music analogous Mark Savage said information guards manning the main signifier were helping to springiness retired h2o to the crowds successful the heat.
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