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Glastonbury: Live at Worthy Farm event livestream suffers major technical issues
Some fans are calling for a refund. 22/05/2021
Glastonbury s effort to bring a bit of the festival spirit this year after its cancellation was thrown into shambles by some unfortunate technical difficulties.
While not even rain can usually ruin a festival, tonight s (May 22) virtual event
Glastonbury Festival Presents Live at Worthy Farm was derailed when many viewers could not access the paid live stream.
Many ticketholders received an invalid code error and were denied access when they tried logging into the virtual gig, which includes performances from the likes of Coldplay, Wolf Alice and George Ezra.
Glastonbury organisers made their live-stream concert free to watch after thousands of ticketholders were unable to access the show on Saturday night.
Technical issues meant people who had paid £20 to see the virtual gig, called Live At Worthy Farm, received an error, denying them entry.
Problems persisted for two hours, after which organisers launched a free stream, meaning anyone could tune in, regardless of whether they had paid.
“I am so sorry about the problems,” said festival organiser Emily Eavis.
The replacement stream could only be rewound by an hour, meaning the early parts of the show were still unavailable.