Rihanna headlines Hackney Weekend 2012

Singer Rihanna has been announced as the headline act at a free weekend festival in east London in June. The Rudebox singer will perform on 24 June at Radio 1's Hackney Festival, to be held at Hackney Marshes.

More than 100 artists - including rapper Jay-Z, Florence + the Machine and Tinie Tempah - will perform on six stages over the weekend. Those who pre-registered for the event will be able to apply for up to two of 100,000 tickets on March 25 and 26.

Tickets are free but there will be a handling fee. Registration closed on 19 March.

The weekend is part of the London 2012 Festival and the majority of tickets have been reserved for those from Hackney and the other five Olympic boroughs.

Ticket registration has now closed but those who have registered will be able to apply for tickets at 11am on Sunday March 25 and at 4pm on Monday March 26 at bbc.co.uk/radio1

Other acts performing include Swedish House Mafia, Emeli Sande, Calvin Harris, Nero, David Guetta, Deadmau5, The Maccabees, The Ting Tings, Dappy, Chase and Status, Professor Green, Michael Kiwanuka, Labrinth and Plan B.

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Capital FM presents The Biggest Secret Santa! Win Tickets to The Jingle Bell Ball

Play Secret Santa and win your friends tickets to the Jingle Bell Ball 

This year’s Jingle Bell Ball is just around the corner, and to get us all in the Christmas spirit, Capital FM is giving you the chance to play Secret Santa! The Biggest Secret Santa allows you to send seven lucky friends gifts from Capital FM including tickets to the Jingle Bell Ball, Xbox’s, laptops and much more.  

The line up for the ball this year couldn’t be better, as Saturday 3^rd December sees acts such as Rihanna, Calvin Harris and Olly Murs taking the stage. And Sunday 4^th December offers a celebration of the best British acts with Jessie J, JLS and Ed Sheeran. How exciting is that? And now that tickets have sold out, the only way to get into the ball is to play the game and gift seven of your friends by playing Secret Santa. 

Click here to play Secret Santa, and remember that to receive a gift you’ll have to get your friends to play along too. The more you give the more you’re likely to receive…  

http://on.fb.me/rRxrnI 

 

As part of the game your friends could also have the chance to bag amazing prizes such as an Xbox 360 Kinect, HTC Wildfire or Dell Inspiron laptop! There’s also Capital artist CDs, vouchers and signed merchandise up for grabs, so what are you waiting for?   

The only way to get in the Jingle Bell Ball is to play Secret Santa and gift your lucky friends tickets, so why not get playing Santa and don’t forget to get your friends to gift you back for your chance to win! What goes around comes around (hint hint)… http://on.fb.me/rRxrnI 

 

There’ll also be secret codes available that will enable you to play again, so keep your eyes peeled for more chances to play Santa! 

http://www.capitalfm.com/jingle-bell-ball/

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