PBS Favorites Hit the Glastonbury 2025 Stage
Music buffs will be familiar with the Glastonbury Music Festival, held every summer in the titular town smack in the middle of Somerset. The festival traces its roots back to the 1910s when it was initially a celebration of modern classical music as part of an imagined, forthcoming utopian society that would emerge after the Great War. When said utopia failed to materialize, the venture folded until the 1970s, when the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was founded and has since become the largest arts and music festival in the world.
Like many BBC live broadcasts, Glastonbury is geo-locked to iPlayer, with only highlights being uploaded to YouTube after it concludes. (BritBox, I'm just saying, do something about this.) As this year marked 55 years since the current version's founding (and 2026 will most likely be skipped due to the American 250th anniversary), the BBC made an extra big fuss, with the Player showing prior year performances all throughout the run-up to the festival's premiere at the end of June 2025.
Moreover, the performances didn't disappoint (Rod Stewart's slightly unnerving presence notwithstanding). As noted, several PBS favorites hit the stage as guest cameos over the weekend, which are now available on YouTube and social media to watch.
