BBC has launched a music festival just as Glastonbury takes a year off
The BBC has launched a music festival, just as Glastonbury comes to an end for two years.
Glastonbury Festival takes a break every five to six years to prevent excessive damage to the site.
And now it looks like BBC is banking in on that.
No Glasto next year? No worries!
We are launching 'The Biggest Weekend' for 2018
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— BBC Music (@bbcmusic) July 24, 2017
The festival, which has been named The Biggest Weekend, will take place on May 25-28 across four sites in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
As well as hoping to attract over 175,000 people, the network will stream the live performances on the BBC's app, in hopes to be one of the biggest streamed festivals.
Bob Shennan, director of BBC radio and music, said in a statement, "BBC Music has a strong history of bringing the nation together for some special moments, and this is the biggest single music event ever attempted by the BBC.
Sooooooo excited for this !!! x
— Katie Butterworth (@popsandpeanut) July 24, 2017
"We will be celebrating the diversity of music from four different corners of the country, bringing the best UK music to the world and the best global music to the UK."
The four-nation event will only take place for one year, and there are no plans to make it an annual festival.
