For obvious reasons Glastonbury will not be going ahead this year, but what’s the next best thing? Obviously it’s reliving the glory years and watching performances from years gone by. Luckily the new ‘The Glastonbury Experience’ have announced even more names to reminisce with.

Last month it was announced that BBC iPlayer would hold The Glastonbury Festival and play past performances from the likes of David Bowie, Adele and Beyonce. Today they have announced a bumper set of artists who will have their own iconic sets played over the three day period. Among those announced are Bloc Party, Disclosure, The Streets, Haim and Idles.

Not long to go until we celebrate Glastonbury with a weekend full of brilliant past sets from the farm!

Just added to our line up:

Bloc Party
Disclosure
Elbow
HAIM
Idles
Jeff Lynne’s ELO
Laura Marling
Royal Blood
Sheryl Crow
The Streets

Full line up coming VERY soon

— BBC Glastonbury (@bbcglasto) June 12, 2020

This bumps up the number of the already impressive lineup and it all but ensures that, rather than think about what could have been, we will enjoy the memories that will be brought up with the performances from past favourites. 

All across the BBC they will be airing highlights of the festival throughout the years, so for some there will be plenty of performances to watch. It also makes it hard to miss so if you have any spare time (which I’m sure you will find during lockdown) there will be plenty of choice of things to watch.

On the BBC Glastonbury YouTube channel there are videos of highlights from the different years of the festival so you can expect it to be something in that vein. Watch this one below;

It doesn’t look like we can expect gigs or festivals to be coming back anytime soon so we have to take what we can and, so far, this is what we can take. Right now we don’t know when they will, though some experts have said it’s highly unlikely for them to be back in 2020, so it’s a long round and we are just at the start of it.

All you can do right now is wait for the 26th June, have a brew and watch what the BBC and Glastonbury have provided for you all from the comfort of your own home. In theory it shouldn’t be too hard but, in practice, it may prove as more of a challenge than expected.