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By SouthbanKen · Posted
It’s funny, I had to defend the bbc for allegations of bias from my Dad and his partner. Two more Brexity, Faragist boomers you couldn’t hope to find anywhere outside of Clacton. The fact that people on the left accuse it of the complete opposite version of bias simply proves that it tries (sometimes too hard and not always successfully) to tread a very narrow tightrope to deliver the impartiality dictated in its charter. It’s not perfect, but the fact is, it is the most trusted news channel in the U.K. and the US (YouGov 2024) for a reason. Its “cosy” relationship with Glasto is massively beneficial to both parties. The awareness the festival receives by being on the countries most watched channel is massively beneficial. Its mass popularity, and its cultural significance would drop really quickly if it were on anything other than a free to air channel, and the BBC’s ability to deliver massive outside broadcast and production is significantly better than ITV or Channels 4 or 5. Glasto headliners aren’t beholden to the bbc except that the BBC presumably have the contracted right to broadcast the event for which they are the contracted broadcaster. Seems fair to me, and would presumably be the same for Sky at the IOW for example. We don’t know what the BBC asked for that was so unreasonable, but I can’t imagine it was much beyond the ability to air it live and host it on the iPlayer, along with requesting a set list ahead of time. All of which seem completely reasonable to me, given their contract with the festival. The fact that some artists might have an issue with that seems to me to be an artist issue, not a festival or bbc issue. -
By Supernintendo Chalmers · Posted
How is it any different to the arrangement he would have had in place in 2009? -
oh definitely, not saying she can’t headline or doesn’t deserve it, I’d be there for sure. Just feels odd that she’s everywhere at the moment but still can’t sell out what is effectively a half-sized All Points East… then again, that could well be a London festival thing -
She could surely headline based off current cultural significance alone though? Plus her set on The Levels last year was incredibly busy -
Were entering a bit of a ‘pop/hyper-pop’ era though, the festival has always moved with the times, you wouldn’t have seen people complaining about too many brit-pop artists in the 00’s, or too much techno in the 90’s
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