BBC declares Glastonbury 2024 protection plans

The BBC has introduced its protection plans for Glastonbury Competition 2024 – yow will discover all the main points under.

This legendary Worthy Farm occasion will happen between June 26-30, with Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA as a consequence of headline the Pyramid Stage. Different confirmed acts embody Shania Twain, LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, The Nationwide, Avril Lavigne, The Final Dinner Social gathering, Jungle, Justice, Bloc Social gathering, Fontaines D.C., Yard Act, Arlo Parks and Gossip.

• READ MORE: Glastonbury 2024: take a look at the total line-up and stage splits up to now

Right this moment (Might 30), the BBC – Glasto’s unique broadcast accomplice – has shared particulars of its “longest celebration of the pageant but” throughout TV, BBC iPlayer, radio and BBC Sounds.

Followers who weren’t fortunate sufficient to bag a ticket for Glasto ’24 will have the ability to get pleasure from “over 90 hours of dwell performances from the 5 predominant phases on BBC iPlayer, intensive protection on TV [and] 90 hours of radio broadcasts dwell from the pageant”.

Viewers can entry live-streams of The Pyramid, Different, West Holts, Woodsies and The Park phases in Extremely Excessive Definition.

Clara Amfo, Jack Saunders, Jo Whiley and Lauren Laverne will current the primary TV protection this 12 months. Different hosts throughout the BBC embody Huw Stephens, Cerys Matthews, Craig Charles, Danny Howard and Zoe Ball.

The brand new additions to the schedule for 2024 embody the Glastonbury Channel II on iPlayer, in addition to a sequence of 30-minute TV specials from the likes of Dua Lipa and Coldplay on BBC Two.

BBC Sounds is about to accommodate additional protection, that includes particular episodes of Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw‘s Sidetracked podcast – which can start weekly from Monday June 3. A bonus version, Glastonbury In accordance To Sidetracked, will probably be obtainable after the occasion.

🌟 Glastonbury 2024 is coming to the BBC and we’re bringing the magic of Worthy Farm to you wherever you might be throughout the UK!

Discover full pageant protection on TV, @BBCiPlayer, Radio & @BBCSounds

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Following a weekend of performances throughout the BBC’s TV channels, BBC Two will round-up the very best bits of Glastonbury 2024 with a highlights present.

The total TV schedule from Saturday June 22 to Friday June 28 June will probably be introduced on Wednesday June 12, and the TV schedules from Saturday June 29 June to Friday July 5 will probably be confirmed on Wednesday June 19.

Moreover, The One Present will broadcast dwell from Worthy Farm on the primary full day of music (Friday June 28).

Within the run-up to the gates opening, the Basic Glastonbury Channel on iPlayer will stream units from earlier years – equivalent to Elton John, Kylie Minogue and Ed Sheeran. This is because of go dwell on Monday June 10.

The Glastonbury Highlights Channel, in the meantime, is “for these eager to make amends for the units they missed, or to relive these memorable moments they skilled within the subject”. Followers can tune in to this stream from Monday July 1 to Sunday July 14.

This 12 months’s radio protection contains dwell broadcasts from Lauren Laverne on 6 Music – which will probably be airing 54 hours of dwell reveals from Worthy Farm. On Radio 1, Jamie Laing and Vick Hope will roam the location to search out the very best Glasto tales.

Radio 2’s Jo Whiley will preview and broadcast Shania Twain’s Pyramid Stage legends slot on Sunday June 30, with Coldplay’s headline set airing on the station the earlier night (June 29).

Lorna Clarke, BBC Director of Music, stated: “The BBC’s protection of Glastonbury is among the greatest jewels within the BBC’s pop crown and we’re evolving our programming to deliver audiences some ways to benefit from the pageant throughout our platforms – it’s their Glastonbury on the BBC.

“This 12 months will see the debut of Glastonbury Channel II, a welcome addition to our a number of BBC iPlayer streams, giving viewers a rolling round-up of the important thing moments from every day.”

Clarke continued: “We’re additionally proud that for the second 12 months, Pyramid Stage – Signed returns, with performances from Glastonbury’s most iconic stage in British Signal Language, bringing the Glastonbury expertise nearer to all viewers.

“I wish to thank Emily and Michael Eavis as soon as once more for permitting us this unique entry to Glastonbury, as solely the BBC can deliver the nation collectively to get pleasure from their distinctive pageant.”

Emily Eavis stated: “We’re extremely pleased with our ongoing partnership with the BBC and all the time look ahead to listening to in regards to the thrilling developments of their protection every year.

“I’d prefer to thank Lorna Clarke, Alison Howe and their crew for celebrating our pageant so brilliantly and for sharing the particular spirit of Glastonbury with an viewers far past these fields. We’re so wanting ahead to welcoming them again to Worthy Farm in June.”

You can find the full details of the BBC at Glastonbury 2024 here.

In different information, the BBC Music Introducing stage has introduced its line-up for this 12 months. The venue will even host particular units to have a good time the lifetime of legendary Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale.

Take a look at the total Glastonbury 2024 line-up up to now with stage splits right here. In the meantime, the brand new Glasto web site map has revealed some key modifications for 2024.