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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.

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BBC has announced its coverage plans for Glastonbury Festival 2024 – you can find all the details below.This legendary Worthy Farm event will take place between June 26-30, with Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA due to headline the Pyramid Stage. Other confirmed acts include Shania Twain, LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, The National, Avril Lavigne, The Last Dinner Party, Jungle, Justice, Bloc Party, Fontaines D.C., Yard Act, Arlo Parks and Gossip.Today (May 30), the BBC – Glasto’s exclusive broadcast partner – has shared details of its “longest celebration of the festival yet” across TV, BBC iPlayer, radio and BBC Sounds.Fans who weren’t lucky enough to bag a ticket for Glasto ’24 will be able to enjoy “over 90 hours of live performances from the five main stages on BBC iPlayer, extensive coverage on TV [and] 90 hours of radio broadcasts live from the festival”.Viewers can access live-streams of The Pyramid, Other, West Holts, Woodsies and The Park stages in Ultra High Definition.Clara Amfo, Jack Saunders, Jo Whiley and Lauren Laverne will present the main TV coverage this year.

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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Sir Tom Jones, 80, rose to fame in 1963 shortly after becoming the frontman for Welsh singing group, The Senators.Since then, the music legend has gone on to achieve worldwide fame, performing with some of the biggest names in the business.Since finding fame, the Treforest born star has spent over 305 weeks in the UK Top 40, recording songs alongside the likes of Jools Holland and Cerys Matthews.Now, the music icon has spoken of the time he was approached by The Beatles star, Sir Paul McCartney, 78, who had offered to pen an original track for him.Shortly after the Liverpool legend had made the suggestion, Sir Tom instantly jumped at the opportunity to record a track written by a member of the world's biggest band.Despite his initial joy -

London with my husband and my three children, aged 10, 15 and 17, and the value of being able to get a bit of horizon or physical activity has really gone up in my estimation.It’s probably something to do with that! I live not far from Paddington station so it was an area I was familiar with. Wales is in me all the time – it’s shaped me and coloured my thoughts.My Radio 2 show specialises in blues and I have a Radio 6 show on Sundays.

John Craven is launching the annual Countryfile photo competition this evening (Sunday, July 5) alongside Cerys Matthews and Simon King.

Sir Tom Jones, 80, reflected on a podcast hosted by Cerys Matthews about the first time he played the raunchy song to his daughter-in-law.The catchy tune performed in collaboration with German DJ and record producer Mousse T included suggestive lyrics about sex.Cerys asked Sir Tom: "Did you just have that sense of humour like hell, I'm going to go with this?"He responded: "I went on it for the structure of the song, the song sounded commercial, and it sounded like something I could sing."And so the difference was, it was I'm a sex bomb and I could turn you on."He added: "So my daughter-in-law Donna, she said, 'Do you really want to sing that? You know I'm a sex bomb, and I can turn you on?'Sir Tom, who was 60 at the time of the song's

Sir Tom Jones, 80, has spoken about how he has found working on TV show The Voice in a revealing interview with Welsh singer Cerys Matthews.The legendary Sex Bomb crooner confessed he would only take part in the singing competition if he could “tell the truth”.Cerys asked Sir Tom: “Is it a phone call that you’re going to be a judge on The Voice?" He replied: “I had watched the show in America, the American version, and thought what a great idea it was.“So when they called and asked, ‘Have you seen The Voice in the states?’, and I said, ‘Yeah.’”“He said, ‘That’s good because they want you to be one of the coaches.

Sir Tom Jones vows to never retire while his voice is “still there” – as he hits 80.

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