BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend 'returning to Dundee in May' after Covid axed 2020 event

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BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend 'returning to Dundee in May' after Covid axed 2020 event
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The Record understands that the City of Discovery will play host to the annual festival at the end of May

BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend is understood to be making a landmark return to Dundee, three years after the city's second turn at the event was kiboshed by Covid.

However, growing fears over public safety as the coronavirus pandemic took hold prompted concerns that the event would not go ahead. Organisers ultimately canned it on March 13 – ten days before then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked people to "stay at home" – and replaced it with a virtual event online instead in 2020 and 2021.

But the BBC's decision – as yet not officially announced – suggested the broadcaster has not forgotten its promise to Scotland's sunniest city.

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