BBC Radio 1 has announced details of the station's live music coverage for 2008, including gigs in Glastonbury and Ibiza.
The station has already launched this year's Big Weekend, which returns in May and will take place in Maidstone. The station will be once again be at all the major UK festivals including Glastonbury, Reading/Leeds and T In The Park.
Other events scheduled for the year include:
[b]March[/b]
Bloc Weekender
Miami Winter Music Conference
[b]April[/b]
BBC Introducing Essential Mix Tour
[b]June[/b]
Sonar
Download Festival
Radio 1 Presents… Foo Fighters
Glastonbury
[b]August[/b]
London Mela
Underage Festival
Radio 1 In Ibiza
Creamfields
Jason Carter, Editor of Live Music and Events, said: "Radio 1's Live Music schedule for 2008 looks really healthy. Our aim is to support new and emerging music that might not get covered any where else – and at the same time reflects what's going on at the established events."
