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.

Hometown heroes The Wombats are getting Friday's music under way on the Main Stage at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool's Sefton Park Tom Grennan is tonight's headliner, with Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro and Natasha Bedingfield also playing - not got a ticket?

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.