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BBC has announced that it will broadcast sets live from Glastonbury Festival‘s Pyramid Stage in Ultra High Definition (UHD) for the first time.In addition to the news that will bring fans watching at home closer to the action, BBC Music has also announced its presenters including Lauren Laverne, Jo Wiley, Clara Amfo, Jack Saunders and Huw Stephens.Audiences will be able to watch headline sets by Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar and Diana Ross (legends slot) in UMD aired live on BBC One/Two as well as BBC iPlayer and online from Friday, June 24 to Sunday, June 26.For the first time, BBC iPlayer’s dedicated Glastonbury channel will be live from Thursday, June 23 through to the Sunday, guiding viewers through the hundreds of performances taking place at Worthy Farm.Also on the presenter line-up across TV and radio is: AFRODEUTSCHE, Cerys Matthews, Danny Howard, Dermot O’Leary, DJ Target, Jaguar, Jamz Supernova, Matt Everitt, Sian Eleri, Steve Lamacq, Tiffany Calver, Tom Ravenscroft, Vick Hope and Zoe Ball.BBC Radio 1, Radio 1 Dance, Radio 1Xtra and Radio 2 will all provide coverage of the festival, which returns after three years following the COVID pandemic.BBC Radio 6 Music will be the festival’s radio home, providing all-day Glastonbury coverage from Wednesday, June 22 through to Sunday, June 26.The BBC’s celebration of Glastonbury 2022 will begin earlier than in previous years.

Cerys Matthews shot to fame in the 1990s as a member of Welsh rock band Catatonia and has gone on to have a hugely successful and varied career in the spotlight. She's released several solo albums and penned a number of books, but it's her weekly Radio 6 show which has really captured fans over recent years. Cerys, 54, hosts her own Sunday morning show on Radio 6 every weekend, with a huge variety of famous guests joining her.

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It’s hard to imagine a famous musician like Imelda May fangirling over anyone but it appears that there’s one experience that has always stayed with the Dublin singer.

Ivor the Engine is staging a comeback, with a live action feature film serving as his vehicle of choice. The Locomotive of the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited – or Ivor to his friends – is being backed by a host of celebrities hailing from his home country, Wales, including musician and radio host Cerys Matthews, comedian Rob Brydon and actor Rhys Ifans.

BBC Radio 6 Music has apologised after a song including a racial slur was played on air during Cerys Matthews’ radio show yesterday.The former Catatonia singer hosts the morning slot every Sunday and played a cover of ‘The Mississippi Shore’ by Scottish singer Thomas Fraser during yesterday’s broadcast.But the track soon faced criticism after listeners noticed that a racial slur is heard in one lyric.The controversial section states: “I can hear them d*****s singing.

Sir Tom Jones marked a milestone birthday on Sunday when he turned 80.