Miley Cyrus has been announced as one of the first big acts to perform at Radio 1's Big Weekend this year.

The superstar is one of the most influential artists in pop culture. Her sixth album, Younger Now, which was released in 2017, exceeded 1.7 billion streams worldwide.

She has five number 1 albums, including her 2013 GRAMMY-nominated album Bangerz, which went Platinum in the US, five sold out world tours, and 36 million digital tracks sold in the US alone.

She also recently served as a coach on NBC's hit show, The Voice.

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Other acts confirmed to play at the event in Middlesborough are The 1975 and Little Mix.

The 16th annual music event is scheduled to take place over two days at Stewart Park in North Yorkshire, North East England, between May 25 and 26.

Cyrus said: “I’ll be playing Big Weekend in Middlesbrough this year! Hope you’re ready to party cause I’m bringing my fans their favourite songs and possibly some new ones! See ya in the summer!”

The 1975 will give the songs from their forthcoming album 'Music For Cars' their live debut during their set.
They said: "We’re delighted to come to the North East for the first UK show of Music For Cars. Radio 1 has been a massive part of our story over the years and this will be our fourth time playing Big Weekend. It’s great to be coming back, this time as headliners.”

Whilst Little Mix added: "We are so excited to play Radio 1’s Big Weekend and performing for our beautiful fans. Middlesbrough we are coming for you!”

Zara Larsson, Mabel and Khalid have also been announced to perform across the weekend. 

2018 saw the event turn into The Biggest Weekend, which spanned four sites in four nations, and saw performances from other huge acts like Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Florence & The Machine, Sam Smith and Liam Gallagher. 

Further additions to the line-up will be announced over the coming weeks.