It's the moment we've all been waiting for, our headline act Coldplay are on the main stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Luton.

The vibes are immaculate, the crowd is pumping and we're expecting an epic setlist.

If you're in the UK, you can watch live by pressing the play button at the top of this page.

We're waiting for Coldplay's headline set to begin on the main stage.

They were due on stage at 20:55 but seem to be taking slightly longer than expected to arrive on stage.

Stick with us as we wait for them to start their gig.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

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Coldplay (you might have heard of them) are the biggest rock band on the planet right now and they’re well-oiled, tightly-coiled masters of the concert experience.

Chris Martin, in particular, is a frontman who’s more concerned with the audience having a good time than he is about looking cool.

He bounds across the stage like a muppet with its bum on fire, conducting the crowd in mass singalongs to hits like Yellow, Sky Full Of Stars, Paradise, and the one called Viva La Vida that everyone knows as “when I ruled the world”.

This is their third time headlining Big Weekend, after topping the bill in 2014 and 2016.

The second of those gigs was held in Martin’s home town of Exeter, in the grounds of Powderham Castle. And during the show, the singer went fully into oversharing mode.

Introducing Adventure Of A Lifetime, he told the audience: “I’d like to send this out to my mum and dad, who, without getting too graphic, became enamoured with each other about 400 metres behind you over there and, as a result, I was born.”

Goodness knows what he has to say about Luton…

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

As Beabadoobee’s set draws to a close, people are starting to leech away to reserve a spot for Coldplay.

“Thanks to those of you who are sticking around,” she says.

Feel a little sorry for her.

This is a magnificent set that, in other circumstances, would be growing an audience as it progressed.

Mitch Mansfield
BBC Newsbeat reporter at Big Weekend, Luton

Beabadoobee told us earlier that she was feeling a little under the weather before her set, but you wouldn’t guess it as she closes the new music stage.

The only thing that sounds "sick" is her sweet guitar tone.

For an artist whose career really blew-up on TikTok, it’s no surprise to see some fans capturing every moment on their phones.

Mitch Mansfield
BBC Newsbeat reporter at Big Weekend, Luton

If you didn’t get this photo this weekend, did it really happen?

You’ve got just a couple of hours left to grab one - but careful not to slip on that mud!

Sign language interpreters Sam and Vicky are at Big Weekend to provide access for deaf people, "so they can request whatever bands they'd like to see and we'll interpret for them in BSL (British Sign Language)".

Sam says they've certainly rehearsed a lot ahead of tonight's headline performance from Coldplay

Vicky adds: "It's going to be real fun, they're a really good band live and they're a real visual experience as well, so that's great for deaf people because it's so visual."

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

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There’s a skill to constructing a festival set, and Beabadoobee has clearly been studying hard.

She leans heavily into the grungier, noisier side of her catalogue - opening with a hurricane of distorted guitars on tracks like 10:36, Talk, Together and Care.

It recalls the sound of Juliana Hatfield and Kim Deal, cutting sugar-sweet melodies with the serrated edge of her fretwork.

She announces that this is her first show “in forever”, as she’s been off working on a new album.

And the gap between shows had given her a bit of backstage anxiety.

“I always get scared no-one is going to come but this is sick,” she says, surveying a crowd that stretches right to the back of the tent.

“I love you guys,” she says.

Danny Fullbrook
BBC Three Counties Radio

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Radio 1's Greg James said he would ask Coldplay to perform Yellow at this year's Big Weekend - but one resident wants a twist.

Bex Jones, who lives opposite Stockwood Park where the event is, started a campaign for the band to change the lyrics to its hit song in tribute to Luton Town Football Club - who play in orange.

Greg told BBC Three Counties Radio presenter Justin Dealey: "I will send a couple of emails, because they owe me a favour.

"It's the sort of thing Chris Martin would do if you put pressure on him, if you told him 'the people of Luton would love you even more if you did this'."

We'll find out when the band takes to the stage very soon. Read more here.

Annabel Rackham
BBC Culture reporter at Big Weekend, Luton

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We know that football shirts are a festival fashion staple and of course being in Luton, there’s been plenty of support for the Hatters at Stockwood Park today.

But somewhat unexpectedly, Vampire Weekend have also got in on the act.

Some of the band, who hail from New York, are sporting a couple of Luton Town kits, including their drummer in this season’s away kit.

I’m sure he'll be absolutely gutted about their recent relegation back to the Championship.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

Indie phenomenon Beabadoobee, who mixes delicate confessionals with crunching guitar riffs, will be starting her gig at the top of the new music stage's bill very soon at 20:00.

You might know her from the lo-fi, pandemic-era hit Coffee (the first song she ever wrote) or the unfiltered happiness of last year’s ballad Glue Song, which earned the star her first ever Top 40 hit.

But the singer, whose real name is Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Lau, is practically uncategorisable – borrowing from folk, bossa-nova, grunge and psychedelic rock across a diverse and beguiling back catalogue.

With her avocado-green Telecaster, she’s always a joy to watch - and she’s guaranteed to win a whole host of new fans as they try to stay dry in the new music tent tonight.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

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Those chilled out, West African guitar grooves are going down as smoothly as the ice creams that have suddenly appeared since the rain stopped.

My only complaint is that they’re weirdly quiet…

Poor old Ezra is in danger of being drowned out by the dance tent as he glides through Capricorn and This Life.

Hope they turn up the volume for A-Punk.

Andrew Rogers
BBC Newsbeat reporter at Big Weekend, Luton

Sun and stars at Vampire Weekend Ezra says he can’t believe his luck with the weather.

We can’t either!

Then it’s on to new single Capricorn as the indie vibes get going on the main stage.

It’s a long way from the downpours Sabrina Carpenter had to deal with.

Manish Pandey
BBC Newsbeat reporter at Big Weekend, Luton

In the new music tent I’ve bumped into DJ Kizzi from BBC Asian Network, who played on the Dance Stage earlier today.

She says she’s been “waiting all day” to see Olivia Dean perform and it was absolutely worth the wait.

Her favourite song? Ok Love You Bye.

Really happy vibes in the tent as Olivia closes with Dive.

Andrew Rogers
BBC Newsbeat reporter at Big Weekend, Luton

Last year she was playing to some of the biggest crowds across America supporting Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour.

Tonight, beabadoobee's closing the show when she headlines Big Weekend's new music stage at 20:00.

She's expecting an equally big welcome here in Luton too. Fans here will be treated to some pretty fresh music, including the first single from her new album.

Beabadoobee is also one of the few people who can say they've worked with both Taylor Swift and 1975 frontman Matty Healy, having supported them on their respective tours.

So of course after their infamous break-up, I had to ask her: who did she prefer working with?

"I'm Taylor Swift all the way. She's my babe," she says before adding "Matty, love you bro, but come on. It's Taylor Swift!"

Manish Pandey
BBC Newsbeat reporter at Big Weekend, Luton

Olivia Dean told me earlier she would play a new track to test the waters.

I'm in the new music tent now and she tells the crowd it’s called Time.

Sunglasses on, guitar in hand - she has the audience bopping along.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

Vampire Weekend are here to charm us with their melodic, esoteric blend of pop and hip-hop and West African guitar music and whatever else they can find in the genre store cupboard.

The band are riding high on the success of their fifth album, Only God Was Above Us, which feels like an edited highlights reel of the career so far – with the reappearance of familiar musical motifs, mixed with tributes to the bands that inspired them.

The single Gen-X Cops, in particular, channels the scuffed-up sound of The Strokes.

Led by Ezra Koenig, recent gigs have seen the band mixing up the new material with peppy, updated versions of their greatest hits – including A-Punk, Diane Young and Holiday.

Restlessly musical, Vampire Weekend play the hell out of those songs.

This one could be special.

Andrew Rogers
BBC Newsbeat reporter at Big Weekend, Luton

For Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig, choosing a set list for big shows like this one on the Big Weekend main stage is never easy.

When you have more than a decade of the biggest indie hits, which ones you choose?

Working with his team they got to this conclusion: "I'm gonna mostly do songs that have been played on Radio 1."

So there's a fair bet the crowds here will be treated to big recent releases such as Capricorn. Get ready for a lot of sing-a-longs.

He says longer performances on his tour are a bit different, with moments to drop in those "deep cuts" and tracks that might not have got as much attention.

We're chatting backstage just at the moment Sabrina Carpenter is performing her massive song of the summer, Espresso.

At that moment he says one of the lyrics in particular really stuck with him. "I'm working late, 'cos I'm a singer," he quotes. "That really connected with me".

He won't be working too late here tonight though. He's taking to the main stage very soon at about 19:05 BST.

Mitch Mansfield
BBC Newsbeat reporter at Big Weekend, Luton

This is where BBC Radio 1 has been coming from all weekend, giving fans a chance to see and meet their favourites.

If there was ever any doubt about whether BBC Radio 1's New Music Show host Jack Saunders was living and breathing music as much as humanly possible (there wasn’t), the dude’s just stood in the evening breeze, watching the main stage, soaking it all in and waving at listeners.