Registration has opened for the BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend.

BBC Radio 1 has announced more than 25 acts for the Hackney weekend festival alongside some of the best Drum & Bass acts..

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Ticket registration for the event is open for six weeks and will close at 11pm on Monday 19 March.

The event that is organised by BBC Radio 1, will take place on the weekend of June 23 to june 24 at Hackney Marshes in London.

The BBC say 100,000 people would be able to attend the event, which will feature six stages, including the BBC Radio 1 Main Stage and an In New Music We Trust Arena.

The event will broadcast live on Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra and BBC Three, as well as online.

Like Radio 1's other Big Weekend festivals, the majority of tickets will go to people living in Hackney and the surrounding areas.

The location for the event was chosen to mark the 2012 Olympics, which start in east London a month later.

Other additions to the festival include David Guetta, Dappy, Will.i.am, Labrinth, Jack White, Emeli Sande and Lana Del Rey. Artists previously announced include Leona Lewis, Plan B, Florence & The Machine, and Tinie Tempah.

The event, more than double the capacity of Radio 1's previous Big Weekends, will feature six stages of music.

Registration: Applicants will need to upload a photograph of themselves to complete the process. This will be printed on tickets when they are distributed to prevent them changing hands. Registering does not guarantee a ticket, however. The successful applicants will be notified at a later date.

Full details of how to register are on the Radio 1 website.

Radio 1's event director for 2012, Jason Carter, said: "We expect the demand for tickets to be extremely high."

More acts are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.