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Well they could ensure the coverage was extensive as part of the bid. Either way it’s clearly all become a bit too chummy if the BBC is dictating to artists what they do. 

And headlined BST twice.

A real shame, but Neil is Neil. I'll always admire him for sticking to his guns.   It will 100% be due to the BBCs need to televise and know the setlist in advance. In 2009 the compromise seemed to be that they were allowed to show just a few songs - it did feel they were more of a "peek" into the magic, rather than something scheduled. 

I really hope for Vampire Weekend as they had my favourite album of 2024. It would be great to have some out of Clairo, Wet Leg, The Last Dinner Party and Beabadoobee as well.

I’d suggest the coverage would be nothing like as extensive as the bbc . For all its faults and some of those being political and board appointed the bbc absolutely provides unrivalled coverage and the likes of some political parties would love to see it broken up . Whilst the festival maintains  significant success and charitable contributions due to that coverage