Glastonbury 2024: Coldplay and Dua Lipa’s headline sets to be first ever streamed globally on BBC.com
Coldplay and Dua Lipa‘s sets at Glastonbury 2024 are due to be livestreamed on BBC.com this week – making them the first ever to be broadcast globally on the website.
While Glastonbury sets are always available to watch on the UK-based BBC iPlayer, both headlining sets will be available to watch around the world this week via the newly relaunched website for a global audience.
Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA are due to headline the Pyramid Stage, along with Shania Twain in the legends slot, at the iconic Worthy Farm festival from June 26 to 30.
The ‘Houdini’ singer’s Friday night (June 28) headline performance will be available to watch from 10pm–11:45pm BST (5pm-6:45pm EST/11pm-12:45am CEST), while Coldplay’s performance on Saturday (June 29), can be streamed from 9:45pm–11:45pm BST (4:45pm-6:45pm EST/10:45pm-12:45am CEST).
Music fans will also be able to follow along with festival highlights and updates at the website.
Tara Maitra, Chief Commercial Officer at BBC Studios, said that the livestream “will give fans around the globe a front row seat to headline performances like never before”.
“This is just the latest example of our focus on bringing more cultural-defining moments like Glastonbury to fans on our platforms outside the U.K. so users can experience the best of British culture wherever they may be,” a statement added.
Lorna Clarke, BBC Director of Music, added: “The global streams of Dua Lipa and Coldplay’s performances are another exciting addition to our offer, allowing us not only to unite music fans across the country, but across the world with the opportunity to experience these world class performances as they happen.”
Dua Lipa kicked off her ‘Radical Optimism’ tour in Berlin, Germany earlier this month, which might give fans a taste of what to expect from her Glastonbury set.
Other acts set to take the the stage this year include Shania Twain, LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, The National, Avril Lavigne, The Last Dinner Party, Jungle, Justice, Bloc Party, Fontaines D.C., Yard Act, Arlo Parks and Gossip.
In other recent Glastonbury news, it’s likely that the festival will be taking a year off in 2026.
Speaking on he BBC’s Sidetracked podcast, Emily Eavis confirmed that she was thinking of having a fallow year for the Worthy Farm bash in two years time. The last time the festival had an official fallow year was in 2018.
“The fallow year is important because it gives the land a rest, and it gives the cows a chance to stay out for longer and reclaim their land,” she said.
Meanwhile, the forecast for 2024 – kicking off this week – is looking quite promising.
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Hollie Geraghty
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