BBC DJs Clara Amfo, Lauren Laverne, Mark Radcliffe and Jo Whiley are set to broadcast from Worthy Farm this weekend.
Right now, over 100,000 festival-goers should be at Glastonbury but the event is one of many to have been cancelled in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
In the annual festival’s absence, the BBC has compiled a seriously impressive highlights collection, which is airing from a dedicated Glastonbury-only online channel with selected sets also airing on BBC Two and Four.
It’s now been revealed that the four presenters will broadcast from the very fields where the festival should be taking place, with the iconic Pyramid Stage providing the backdrop.
Viewers will be given the chance to see Glastonbury as never before - completely empty.
Whiley and Radcliffe will present the first segment, fronting The Glastonbury Experience Live on BBC Two tonight, from 8.30pm to 10pm.
The show will feature previously unseen and rarely shown moments, including highlights from The Rolling Stones’s 2013 performance and a reminder of Lizzo’s standout 2019 set.
The duo will also introduce Beyoncé’s 2011 Glastonbury performance, which will air on BBC Two at 10pm.
On Saturday, from 8pm to 9.30pm, Amfo and Laverne will present live from the fields, with highlights including Janelle Monae’s 2011 set and Arctic Monkeys’ headline set from 2013.
On Sunday, Whiley and Radcliffe will present a special Glastonbury Tea Time Legends compilation from 6pm, before Amfo and Laverne return at 8pm.
Over 100 Glastonbury sets from over the years are currently available on BBC iPlayer.
This year’s festival would have been a huge 50th anniversary celebration. Earlier this week, organiser Emily Eavis revealed that if the event had gone ahead, it would have taken inspiration from the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement.
“There are so many issues at the moment and I know that we would have been continuing our campaigning on climate change and expanding our work banning the use of plastic across the site,” she told NME Magazine.
“We have also been very inspired by Black Lives Matter and working as a festival in the fight against racism, so that would have been prominent in our plans too.”
Addtional reporting by Press Association
