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Glastonbury 2021 livestream: Festival announces ‘epic’ 5-hour show with Coldplay after 50th anniversary event cancelled
GLASTONBURY organisers have announced an epic, global livestream will be held from Worthy Farm after the festival was cancelled for a second year.
The five-hour event on May 22 will include performances from the likes of Coldplay from around well-known sites on the farm, including the Stone Circle.
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Other artists set to appear include Damon Albarn, Jorja Smith, Haim, Wolf Alice and Michael Kiwanuka as well as "very special guests", organiser Emily Eavis said.
Speaking to Dermot O'Leary on BBC Radio 2 this morning, Emily said music fans would be taken "on a five-hour journey through an evening at Worthy Farm with artists, so it's going to be like the festival but without people.
"We're going to take you on a journey through all of those spots that you know, you recognise from Worthy Farm... We're going to build into this whole epic journey around the site into the night."
Describing the event, a continuous livestream of music, as "ambitious", Emily added: "We're very excited to be able to show the farm in a way that people have never really seen it, with these incredible artists."
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In January this year organisers announced that Glastonbury had been cancelled for a second year in a row because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Asked about the festival returning in 2022, Emily said: "We'll be back next year, that's the plan, we're working on that and fingers crossed we'll see you there".
At the start of the year, the organisers announced that the five-day festival held in Pilton, Somerset has been scrapped, writing on Twitter: "With great regret, we must announce that this year’s Glastonbury Festival will not take place, and that this will be another enforced fallow year for us.
"Tickets for this year will roll over to next year."
The full statement read: "In spite of our efforts to move Heaven & Earth, it has become clear that we simply will not be able to make the Festival happen this year. We are so sorry to let you all down.
"As with last year, we would like to offer all those who secured a ticked in October 2019 the opportunity to roll their £50 deposit over to next year, and guarantee the chance to buy a ticket for Glastonbury 2022.
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"We are very appreciateive of the faith and trust placed in us by those of you with deposits, and we are very confident we can deliver something really special for us all in 2022!
"We thank you for your incredible continued support and let's look forward to better times ahead.
"With love, Michael & Emily."