RITA Ora, Stormzy, Jess Glynne, Sigrid and Jax Jones have been announced as part of the line-up for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Middlesbrough.

Bring Me The Horizon, Jess Glynne, Ellie Goulding and Saltburn's James Arthur are also playing at the event in May.

Acts already announced include Miley Cyrus, the 1975, Little Mix, Mumford & Sons, Future, Mabel, Zara Larsson and Khalid.

Anne Marie, Lewis Capaldi, Sigala and Sam Fender are on the line-up for Saturday while Catfish and the Bottlemen, Rita Ora and Sigrid will perform on the Sunday.

Tickets go on sale at 5pm on Thursday priced at £18 plus £4.50 booking fee.

For more information, please go to www.bbc.co.uk/bigweekend

Tickets will be geographically weighted with a percentage available to each of the local areas. Middlesbrough will have 50 per cent of tickets reserved, 35 per cent of the tickets will be reserved for those living in the areas of the Tees Valley Combined Authority which include: Darlington, Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland whilst the remaining 15 per cent of tickets will be available for the rest of the UK.

The booking process will be handled by Ticketmaster, the only official ticketing agent for the event.