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Zara Larsson and Louis Tomlinson to headline second day of Radio 1's Big Weekend

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Getty Images Zara Larsson performing onstage during the Grammy Awards in February. She is a white woman with blonde hair and is holding a shiny silver microphone in her right hand and signing into it with her mouth open. Her left arm is down with her palm outstretched. She is wearing a shiny yellow skirt which has lots of strands coming off it and going out from her side and back, as if inspired by a sun. She also has a cropped shiny yellow bra-style top on which has one strap across her shoulder.Getty Images
Swedish pop star Zara Larsson performed at the Grammy Awards in February

Zara Larsson, Louis Tomlinson and Lola Young will perform on the main stage at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend when it heads to Sunderland this year.

The pop stars have been announced for the second day of the festival, and join DJs Fatboy Slim and Sonny Fodera who will headline the dance-focused first day.

They'll be joined by Nothing But Thieves, Skye Newman and Ellie Goulding who have also been announced for the Saturday.

The annual music festival will take place in the city's Herrington Country Park from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 May.

Swedish pop star Larsson shot to fame in 2016 when her track Lush Life became one of the major soundtracks of the year.

The singer has been dominating playlists this year with her high-energy track Midnight Sun and lighting up stages across the world with her vibrant looks on the accompanying tour.

Tomlinson, like fellow former One Direction members Harry Styles and Zayn Malik, is releasing new music this year, and will be hitting Big Weekend in between European and North American tour dates.

Messy singer Young, who won a Grammy Award last month, recently made a return to performing live after collapsing at a US show and taking a break to "work on herself".

Other big names revealed for Saturday are singers James Blake, Mitski and Rachel Chinouriri.

Fatboy Slim, who's become a staple on the UK music festival circuit with setlists full of crowd-pleasing hits including Praise You and Right Here, Right Now, was previously announced as Friday's headliner.

NBC via Getty Images Louis Tomlinson sat down for an interview on a US chat show. He's a white man with short dark hair and is wearing a red T-shirt with a black leather jacket. He is smiling with his mouth closed and behind him there is a backdrop that looks like a US cityscape.NBC via Getty Images
Louis Tomlinson's third album went to number one last month

Sunderland last hosted Radio 1's Big Weekend in May 2005, when the line-up included Gwen Stefani, Foo Fighters and the Black Eyed Peas.

Tens of thousands of fans are expected to attend this year's three-day event, which will feature about 100 acts.

Tickets for the first day went on sale last week, and Saturday and Sunday will go on sale from 17:00 GMT on Wednesday, with local residents getting priority.

General sale Saturday and Sunday tickets will cost £44.50 per day, while VIP will cost £106.00.

Festival-goers can get up to two tickets per person per day, and may attend Friday and one weekend day only (Saturday or Sunday), but not both.

Radio 1 say this restriction is in place to allow as many people as possible have a chance to buy tickets.

Headliners and line-up for Sunday will be announced on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show on Tuesday morning.

A crowd of people at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool.
Last year's Big Weekend in Liverpool was dubbed "Scouse Coachella"

Big Weekend, BBC Radio 1's flagship event, is held in a new location each year - often in towns and cities which don't get many big live music events.

Last year, about 100,000 music fans attended the event in Sefton Park in Liverpool, which was dubbed "Scouse Coachella".

Tom Grennan, Sam Fender and Mumford & Sons topped the bill, while Ed Sheeran made a surprise appearance and former Little Mix star JADE got teary on stage.

In previous years acts such as US pop star Taylor Swift came to Norwich and Swansea, grime star Stormzy performed in Exeter, pop rock band The 1975 lit up Dundee and US singer Bruno Mars took to the stage in Londonderry.

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