Glastonbury Festival 2022: BBC to broadcast Pyramid sets in Ultra High Definition for first time

Reading & Leeds, Latitude and more – has teamed up with Music Declares Emergency in an effort to bring renewable power to UK festival sites.The project aims to drive grid connections to festivals nationwide and begin the transition of the UK outdoor live sector to grid power, per a press release. It will ultimately reduce carbon emissions for the sector in relation to temporary power generation.Funded by Festival Republic, the collaboration falls under the ongoing No Music On A Dead Planet climate campaign which has previously won support from the likes of Billie Eilish, Foals and Brian Eno.Festival Republic will support the project closely with the aim of presenting fully renewably powered, grid-connected stages at three of its events for the 2023 festival season.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSeven-time Grammy-winning producer Mark Ronson will give an in-depth master class on music production in a forthcoming BBC Maestro series, demonstrating in detail how he works as a producer, beat maker, musician, songwriter and collaborator. Ronson’s long resume includes classic albums with such legendary artists as Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Adele, Bruno Mars (including the smash “Uptown Funk”), Paul McCartney, Lily Allen, Duran Duran and many others.The series, which launches on July 5, features 18 online lessons — with individual sub-chapters — wherein Ronson educates beginners on how to tackle songwriting, recording, production as well as advice on how to successfully collaborate with other musicians to create genre defying and timeless music.

Coachella 2023 have been announced by organisers, alongside details of advance ticket sales.The festival made its return in April after being cancelled for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.Now, its 2023 edition has been confirmed, with its now-traditional two weekends to take place between April 14-16 and April 21-23. An advance sale for tickets will begin at 10am PT (6pm BST) on Friday (June 17).Fans can register here for access to the first round of sales.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky and Future will headline the Rolling Loud New York festival, taking place at Citi Field in Queens on the weekend of Sept. 23-25.

Glastonbury Festival.The comedian, actor and TV presenter said that it’s “interesting” to see what he claims is a lack of “Black and brown faces” at the festival and other UK events.He made the remarks while speaking to BBC journalist and presenter Clive Myrie for the Radio Times. “It’s interesting to watch Glastonbury and look at the audience and not see any black people there,” he said.Henry’s perceptions were backed up somewhat by Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis, who said in a new BBC documentary that Stormzy’s headline performance in 2019 came “a little bit late”.

Glastonbury 2022 is almost here after a two-year delay following the coronavirus pandemic – see how the weather will fare below.Those travelling to Worthy Farm from June 22-26 to see headliners Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar, as well as Little Simz, Róisín Murphy, Bicep and plenty of other acts, can mostly expect warm conditions.However, it might be worth packing your wellies as some rain is currently expected, along with the possibility of thunderstorms.According to the Met Office‘s long range weather forecast for June 17-26, “Temperatures are expected to be warm for most and closer to average in the north, but possibly very warm or hot in the south, which could bring thundery conditions.“Fine but generally unsettled weather can be expected throughout the rest of this period, with the possibility of some showers or longer spells of rain mainly in the northwest and continued possible thundery outbreaks in the south.”Check out the latest forecast according to the BBC below.Wednesday June 22: Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 17° and lows of 11°Thursday June 23: Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 17° and lows of 11°Friday June 24: Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 17° and lows of 11°Saturday June 25: Light cloud and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 18° and lows of 11°Sunday June 26: Light cloud and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 17° and lows of 11°In other news, music fans headed to this year’s Glastonbury Festival may have to reconsider their travel plans as national rail strikes were confirmed last week for three days in late June.The RMT union announced that “over 50,000

Arctic Monkeys, My Chemical Romance, Miley Cyrus and more have been announced on the line-up for this year’s edition of Mexico’s Corona Capital festival.The festival will run for three days across November 18-20, taking place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez race track in Mexico City. The event, which typically features alternative and rock acts, also counts Paramore, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Two Door Cinema Club and Liam Gallagher among its 85 acts.Elsewhere, on the pop front, the festival will welcome Lil Nas X, Remi Wolf and The 1975, while The Kooks, Jamie XX, Foals and IDLES will further represent the UK.

BBC have shared further details of their coverage for this month’s Glastonbury Festival.Last month it was revealed that the broadcaster will show sets live from Worthy Farm’s Pyramid Stage in Ultra High Definition (UHD) for the first time.Now, a full schedule for the week leading up to the festival and its Friday night (June 18-24) has been shared, with significant coverage across radio and television.BBC Music’s presenters for the festival include Lauren Laverne, Jo Wiley, Clara Amfo, Jack Saunders and Huw Stephens, while the pre-festival schedule includes a broadcast of Glastonbury: 50 Years & Counting, described as a “kaleidoscopic portrait of Glastonbury and its social and musical history is given through the testimony of its principal curators, Michael and Emily Eavis, as well as artists who have appeared there”.Contributors on the programme include Aswad, Chris Martin (Coldplay), Dua Lipa, Ed O’Brien, Fatboy Slim, Florence Welch, Johnny Marr, Linda Lewis, Orbital, Noel Gallagher, The Levellers, Thom Yorke and Stormzy.On Monday (June 20), Stormzy: Road to the Pyramid Stage will be broadcast on BBC One, a film “in which Stormzy reflects on the journey that led him to that iconic performance in 2019 at the festival”.See the full schedule for BBC’s Glastonbury coverage from June 18-24 below.

Viewers who tuned into the BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace have clapped back at the broadcaster due to a confusing performance from Sir Rod Stewart.

platinum jubilee concert is set to honour the Queen in the form of performances from many music stars. George Ezra, Alicia Keys and Brian May will be among the musicians set to take the stage at the BBC event on Saturday (5 June). But, who will be presenting the ceremony? That will be broadcasters Kirsty Young and Roman Kemp.

Glastonbury Festival has announced that this year’s event will feature a huge sculpture that will be set alight at the end of the weekend.Attendees will be invited to write messages about things they wish to let go of on a 40 foot lotus sculpture that was created by artist Joe Rush and his team out of salvaged wood and canvas. The sculpture, located near to The Park Stage, will be symbolically burned at midnight on the festival’s last day, Sunday June 26.In a statement Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis explained the concept behind the sculpture and shared an artist’s impression.“During the Festival, people will be encouraged to write down memories and images of people or situations that they wish to let go of, it may be people who died in the lockdown who were not properly said goodbye to, it may be failed business projects, may even be failed marriages, but the point is that all of these things will be focused on and then placed inside the Lotus,” Eavis said.A post shared by Emily Eavis (@emily_eavis)“At midnight on Sunday of the Festival the Lotus will be ignited and while the flames roar up, the whole gear-driven inferno will be burnt to nothing and with this we will be able to let go and get some closure.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe Tribeca Festival and Chanel announced on Tuesday the visual artists who will be showcased as part of the 2022 Artist Awards program.The 10 artists have donated a piece of their work to be given this year’s festival award winners. The artworks will also be displayed at the Tribeca Festival Hub at Spring Studios throughout the fest, which runs June 9-16.The artists are February James, Deborah Roberts, Leilah Babirye, Wardell Milan, Hank Willis Thomas, Nicoletta Darita de la Brown, Harry Simmons, Ming Smith, Nina Chanel Abney and Ouattara Watts.“Tribeca is deeply committed to generating opportunities for visionaries to explore the intersection of creativity and culture.

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The full line-up and stage times for this 2022's Glastonbury Festival have been revealed. 

Glastonbury Festival have announced the full line-up and stage times for their 2022 festival – see all you need to know below.After being cancelled due to COVID in both 2020 and 2021, the Worthy Farm festival will make its long-awaited return from June 22-26, with Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar set to headline the Pyramid Stage.In recent weeks, the festival have been announcing line-ups stage by stage, with the 2022 line-up for their West Holts Stage confirmed last week, with Little Simz, Róisín Murphy and Bicep headlining.The Park, Block9, Croissant Neuf, Acoustic Stage, Glade, Common, Left Field and Shangri-La areas have also previously shared their full schedules.The full schedule for Glastonbury 2022 is now available on the festival’s website here, with details of stage times and what stage each act will be performing on also revealed.On the festival’s Friday night, Sam Fender will play on the Pyramid Stage before Billie Eilish headlines, while the Other Stage will be headlined on the same evening by Foals.Haim and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will play before Paul McCartney on Saturday, with Megan Thee Stallion on the Other Stage and Jamie T topping the John Peel Stage bill, while Sunday will see Kendrick Lamar’s headline set preceded by Lorde.