The BBC’s first live stream from Glastonbury 2023 is now underway and is available to watch online from 4:30am to 10pm every day until Sunday.
The ‘Glasto-Cam Live‘ stream is on BBC iPlayer and rotates between multiple cameras around the site, showing live video of the final preparations for the event which begins tomorrow morning. Locations shown so far include Arcadia, the Park Stage and the iconic Ribbon Tower. The stream is backed by a special soundtrack of Glasto mixes from BBC Sounds.
Click here to watch the live stream from anywhere in the UK. If you want to watch from outside the country, you’ll need something like NordVPN and then connect to their UK servers from their app.
Despite some confusion, this stream is not the same as the BBC’s Glastonbury webcam, which is available all year round. This is a static panoramic image, updated every few minutes, where users can zoom in on different parts of Worthy Farm.
There’s also a ‘Non-stop: Glastonbury’s Greatest Hits’ stream which will be running 24 hours a day until Sunday night. It’s showing back-to-back sets from the likes of Ed Sheeran, Pet Shop Boys, Coldplay, Wet Leg, Rita Ora and loads of others. You can watch the Greatest Hits stream here. All of the previous sets shown will also be available to watch on catch-up here for 30 days.
Earlier today, the live stream from around the site may have accidentally given away one of Glastonbury’s secret sets in the line-up ticker scrolling across the bottom of the screen. It showed The Pretenders as appearing on the Park Stage immediately after Tinariwen on Saturday night, a slot listed as TBA on the official schedule. However, the stream showed them both as playing at 18:15, which is when Tinariwen’s set starts. The secret TBA slot is at 19:45. Of course, the mistake could be nothing to do with the secret set at all.
Once the main music line-up gets underway on Friday, the BBC will run live streams from the five biggest stages on BBC iPlayer. Most of the sets from the Pyramid Stage, the Other Stage, the West Holts Stage, the Park Stage and Woodsies will be available live and on catch-up on iPlayer. In addition to this, there will be 40 hours of coverage on BBC TV channels and over 85 hours on BBC Radio. The Pyramid Stage coverage will be available in 4K Ultra HD.
Back in May, when the BBC’s plans for this year’s Glastonbury coverage were announced, Lorna Clarke, BBC Director of Music said: “Glastonbury 2023 will have even more live coverage from site, including a record number of hours on BBC One. There will be more programming in the lead-up, including an updated version of Glastonbury: 50 Years and Counting and more content to discover on BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer. As always, scale and discovery is at the heart of our BBC Glastonbury coverage.
This year we’re proud to deliver over 40 hours of coverage across our TV channels to our audiences, as well as over 85 hours of live radio broadcasts, in addition to content on BBC Sounds. We’ll also be increasing the scale and accessibility of our BBC iPlayer offer, with even more themed and live streams. For the first time, we will be streaming Pyramid Stage performances live in British Sign Language, making our coverage more accessible than ever before. Our thanks once again go to Emily and Michael Eavis, for allowing us to bring their treasured festival to so many music fans throughout the weekend and beyond.”
Emily Eavis added: “We’ve worked in partnership with the BBC since 1997, and they’ve become an incredibly valuable part of what we do at Glastonbury. I think we’ve created something really special together and we’re delighted that they’re continuing to evolve their coverage with additions such as streaming Pyramid Stage performances live in British Sign Language. We’re looking forward to welcoming them to the farm in June and here’s to many more Glastonburys together.”
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Anna Barclay
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