Jay-Z. Pic: Matthew Harrison, Flickr

Only a few hours remain to register for the Hackney Weekend free music festival taking place on June 23 and 24.

Of the 100,000 tickets available, over half will be allocated to Hackney residents.

Those who wish to register only have until 11pm tonight to apply for up to two free tickets.

Hackney Weekend is the biggest music event staged by Radio 1, and will feature more than 100 UK and international artists, including Florence And The Machine, Jessie J, Leona Lewis, will.i.am, and Lana Del Rey.

Example, Ben Howard and LostProphets were recently added to the line-up.

The event will have six stages, including Radio 1Xtra stage, In New Music We Trust stage, and the Radio 1 main stage.

To register for a ticket, visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/hackneyweekend/2012/tickets/