The British Glastonbury Festival on Wednesday announced a concert broadcast in May at its prominent country house in south-west England, after the pandemic led to the cancellation of the successful occasion for a consecutive summer moment.
The five-hour virtual exhibition on May 22 will feature performances by artists such as Coldplay, Wolf Alice and Michael Kiwanuka of well-known scenes around Worthy Farm, adding Stone Circle and Pyramid Field.
Organizer Emily Eavis, who announced in January that the annual occasion cancelled for the time being year in a row said it would be “like the festival but without the people. “
“We’ll take you on an adventure in all those places you know, which you recognize from Worthy Farm,” he told BBC radio.
“We are very pleased to be able to showcase the farm in a way that other people have never noticed, with those amazing artists. “
Tickets for the world event, which will be broadcast in 4 different time zones, will charge 20 euros ($28, 23 euros), and Eavis added that there will be “a number of unforeseen wonderful performances. “
It will be interspersed with an oral narrative, “written and delivered through very special guests, guiding festival-goers on an adventure through the sacred Valley of Somerset,” according to Glastonbury’s official website.
The festival, held on a dairy farm in Somerset, south-west England, was forced to cancel in 2020, the year of the 50th anniversary of the occasion, due to restrictions on coronaviruses after another 135,000 people bought tickets.
Head actors included pop Taylor Swift and Beatles icon Paul McCartney.
Organizers hoped to celebrate the occasion in 2021, but changed course after Britain saw an increase in infections, hospitalizations and coronavirus deaths earlier this year.
The music industry has warned that the pandemic can devastate the industry in the long run and that annual summer festivals can simply disappear without further government support.