Glastonbury: David Bowie performance to be broadcast in full for first time as BBC programming announced
Festival was due to take place from 25 to 28 June
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Your support makes all the difference.The BBC is set to mark the 50th anniversary of Glastonbury by broadcasting some of the festival’s most iconic performances across a four-day celebration.
Despite the annual music festival being cancelled due to coronavirus, a wide range of performances from previous festivals will be broadcast across BBC TV and radio from 25 to 28 June as part of The Glastonbury Experience.
BBC Two and BBC Four will be showing classic sets from some of the festival’s biggest ever performers, including David Bowie, Beyoncé and Adele, with a show dedicated to the Legends slot airing on Sunday afternoon, when Diana Ross would have been taking to the stage.
Meanwhile, a pop-up channel on BBC iPlayer will allow viewers to watch more than 60 historic performances on demand.
Clara Amfo and Lauren Laverne are among the presenters sharing their favourite memories of the festival across TV, radio and online.
Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift had been due to headline the Somerset music festival this summer.
The live music event was officially cancelled on 18 March, with a statement from organisers Michael and Emily Eavis reading: “We are so sorry to announce this, but Glastonbury 2020 will have to be cancelled, and this will be an enforced fallow year for the festival.”
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