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Glastonbury fans have faced many challenges over the festival s 50-year history: Torrential rain, mud baths, navigating its ever-growing site – not to mention the digital scrum when tickets are released.
And this year s online show was no exception – as technical glitches denied thousands access to the Live At Worthy Farm event.
The livestream from the site in Pilton, Somerset, was due to start at 7pm on Saturday but some waited for up to two hours to access the video feed of acts including Coldplay and Damon Albarn.
Angry viewers who paid £20 for a ticket were met with invalid codes messages before co-promoter and producer Driift Live said it would provide a free link.
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A technical fault on Saturday left frustrated fans unable to access Glastonbury Festival’s livestream concert at the famous farm site in southwest England, after the coronavirus pandemic led to the blockbuster event’s cancellation.
The five-hour virtual show kicked off with a performance by British rockers Wolf Alice, but many ticket-holders, who had paid £20 ($28, 23 euros) to access a stream of the event, complained on Twitter that they missed it as their access codes were invalid.
“You’ve got thousands and thousands of us tweeting you saying we can’t get in due to invalid codes. Almost 10 minutes in and we’ve all missed the start,” wrote Twitter user Aimee Young.
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The BBC has secured rights to broadcast footage from Glastonbury’s livestream event held at the weekend, with a behind-the-scenes documentary also commissioned, the corporation has announced.
Live At Worthy Farm, a five-hour global livestream which premiered on Saturday night, saw acts including Coldplay, Michael Kiwanuka, Jorja Smith and more performing.
Event organisers apologised after having to make the stream free after a nearly two-hour delay saw some ticketholders unable to access the stream due to technical issues.
The BBC said a director’s cut of the stream will be aired on BBC television in the upcoming weeks, as well as a chance to see highlights from the livestream across the corporation’s radio, TV and online platforms as part of The Glastonbury Experience 2021, which is the BBC’s annual celebration of the music festival.