DJ and television presenter Edith Bowman - who previously fronted the corporation's coverage of the festival - said it would be better off 'spreading' its money across smaller gigs.
Edith Bowman has urged the BBC not to spend money on 'another headline set of Coldplay', after Glastonbury 2024 was slammed by fans as being the most boring yet.
Fans were especially underwhelmed by news that Coldplay was to be headlining, having already done so at Glastonbury four times prior. Chris Martin, of Coldplay, performing on the Pyramid stage during day four of Glastonbury Festival 2024. It was the band's fifth time performing at the festivalThe 50-year-old said: 'I love Coldplay, but it’s like, do I need to watch another headline set of Coldplay? I just wish the BBC would spread their money more out throughout the year to, I mean, do some shows from little venues.
Glastonbury Festival's 2024 line-up was branded 'the worst ever' by disappointed fans who slammed the 'embarrassing' billThe DJ, who left the BBC in 2014 and has her own hit podcast Soundtracking, said: 'I think Glastonbury is obviously such a big part of our history and we expect it now every year and we expect this coverage.
Nadine Shah is an Indie music artist who in June this year shared on X that it would be ‘too expensive’ for her to play at Glastonbury without her slot being televised.Nadine Shah slammed the festival on X, formerly Twitter, and claimed she was offered just 'a fifth' of the amount of money she gets for other shows
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