BBC Radio 1 to air Calvin Harris homecoming

BBC Radio 1 and Radio 1 Dance will broadcast Calvin Harris live from Hampden Park across the UK on Saturday 1 August.

The Glasgow performance will also be shown on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with coverage available through BBC Sounds.

Calvin Harris: Live from Scotland will feature a set spanning the Scottish DJ and producer’s career, with the broadcast produced by BBC Studios Music Productions alongside Sony Music Vision and three six zero.

BBC iPlayer will begin its dance music programming at 6.30pm, showing highlights from Radio 1 in Ibiza before coverage of the Hampden Park concert.

The performance forms part of the BBC’s Summer of Music 2026, which includes programmes featuring Charli xcx and Sam Smith, documentaries about Madonna, Wham! and David Bowie, and coverage from Radio 1 events in Ibiza and Malta.

Calvin has appeared at Radio 1’s Big Weekend seven times, including the Glasgow event in 2014 and a headline performance in Coventry in 2022.

Jonathan Rothery, Head of BBC Popular Music TV, said: “There are few artists who have shaped contemporary dance music quite like Calvin Harris.”

Jonathan added that the BBC was pleased to bring the Glasgow performance to audiences throughout the UK.

The concert will be directed by James Barnes, with Alison Howe serving as executive producer for BBC Studios. It was commissioned by Jonathan for BBC Popular Music TV.