Radio 1 have confirmed details of the live events they will be staging and championing in 2006, and have announced plans to extend the online output of their live activity.
Among the live events being staged by the station itself this year will be a Radio 1 DJ tour in April, the Big Weekend event in May, the Ibiza weekend in August, a second John Peel Day in October, and an 'In New Music We Trust' Weekender and another Chart Show Live event in November.
Other live events Radio 1 will be involved in include the Trance Energy Holland festival and Brit Awards in February, SXSW in March, Glasgow's Coloursfest and Swansea's Escape Into The Park in June, T in the Park in July, the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August, and Belfast's Planet Love festival in September.
As well as on air coverage, Radio 1 will provide coverage online, via mobile, and via the interactive 'press your red button' thingummy you get on digital TV. Content will also be made available at some of the events themselves via Bluetooth.
Commenting on all that interactive gubbins, Radio 1's Interactive Editor Daniel Heaf told CMU: "Over the last few years we have seen Radio 1 develop its interactive elements to a stage where we can now truly call ourselves a multi-platform broadcaster. Recent events such as The Chart Show Live, Gorillaz, Kanye West and Coldplay have shown us that our audience have a huge appetite for this type of broadcasting and we are determined to meet this demand."
Radio 1 Live Music And Events man Jason Carter added: "This year we wanted to get to as many parts of the UK as possible. There is such a huge amount of new home grown talent around at the moment that we are determined to broadcast as much of it live as we possibly can."