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YoaS @stuieis right you can celebrate more then once. Wifes 60th last year and we did loads of sh*t, including 3 festivals. It makes a lovely excuse.     Enjoy the year

Fair do’s. That’s a matter of opinion.    I think it would sell out without being televised in the short term, but I would question whether it would have survived (certainly at its new massive scale).   Would it have survived this long, paying the cheap rates, providing the charitable donations, with the 1,000s of volunteers, as an independent venture, still attracting the biggest acts in the world without a corporate sponsor through the Covid closures. That’s a bigger question to me than, would it sell out today with the rise in popularity of live events and an annual 3 day advert on the most popular tv channel in the country.    Essentially, I suppose my belief is that the BBC partnership is the best of the available options. Continuing as it was simply wasn’t an option. 

The festival has been televised for far longer and far more frequently than it ever existed as untelevised event.  If you think it ruined it then you're writing off 3/4s of its history.

I agree. There's a reasonable chance I'd not have gone to the Coldplay set if it wasn't for my wife wanting to go but I was glad I did despite not being a fan. I thought their set centred on the crowd and was one of the most engaging sets of the weekend. Now, obviously their hugely produced show works well as a speactacle for TV but was at a friend's when on NYE when the BBC replayed the set after the NY fireworks etc. Those friends who had watched on TV at the time commented that it had caught their attention because of the crowd interaction and reaction which I thought was a good measure.   As for NY, as someone currently ticketless for this yr not sure how I feel about him not performing but struck me as odd for him to 'pull out' when I'd assume any broadcast requirements would be clear upfront before appearing even becomes a possibility. So feels a bit odd to me that he felt the need to call it out. 

No, he’s not simply making his choice. If he was simply making his choice we wouldn’t know about any of this. His statement WAS him behaving immaturely. If it wasn’t it wouldn’t exist or it would have read something like this.    I’d love to play Glastonbury, but I don’t want my full set to be on the bbc, I’d like to protect the specialness of a one off live event. But that is part of the deal that the festival wants. It’s a shame we can’t get to a place we all agree on, but I understand their view and they understand mine. I hope everyone has a great festival.    oh, and it’s not the bbc dictating content. It’s the festival upholding their broadcast agreement that they signed and presumably believe is more beneficial to them than a one off performance by NY.