Taylor Swift to headline Radio 1's Big Weekend in Norwich

Taylor Swift is to headline BBC Radio 1's One Big Weekend Festival in May. 

The event will take place over the weekend of May 23rd and 24th in Norwich's Earlham Park with Swift closing the show on the final night. 

We are ridiculously excited to reveal that @taylorswift13 is the first act confirmed to play #BigWeekend in Norwich. pic.twitter.com/aQPeRd2goS

— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) January 23, 2015

Full ticket details for the event will be announced in the coming months. 

Swift, who released new album 1989 (which you can preview on the right of the page) in October, will return to the UK next summer for a huge tour. She will play Glasgow's SSE Hydro Arena on June 23rd, Manchester Arena on June 24th and will headline London's Hyde Park on June 27th as part of British Summer Time festival. 

The run of shows is part of a world tour that also includes an extensive US run as well as shows in mainland Europe and Australia.