Sophie Ellis-Bextor responds to the BBC not showing her Glastonbury set

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor has spoken to NME about the online furore of her Glastonbury 2023 set not being televised or streamed online.– READ MORE: Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the return of ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ – and watching ‘Saltburn’ with her mumThe UK pop icon, who is currently enjoying resurgent global success with her classic single ‘Murder On The Dancefloor‘ due to it featuring in the movie Saltburn, played to a huge crowd on the closing day of Glasto back in June – proving to be a highlight of the weekend.However, she found herself trending on Twitter/X as fans soon took to social media to voice their anger at her set not being televised or livestreamed by the BBC.For Ellis-Bextor, however, she said she paid little mind to being broadcast as she was simply enjoying “a really magical moment”.“With Glastonbury, I really tried not to think too much about that,” she told NME this week. “The reason why I was excited for the Pyramid had nothing to do with TV coverage and it was all about what the significance was of that stage and that festival.“It was really special – a blue sky, golden day, everything was beautiful, it was about four people in my band’s birthday.