Category: World
Service
Date: 25.06.2004
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Critically
acclaimed acts such as Oasis, Black Eyed Peas, Franz Ferdinand and PJ
Harvey feature as Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service broadcasts live from the Glastonbury
festival on Sunday 27 June from 9.00 - 11.00pm.
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With the assistance of Blur's bass guitarist Alex James,
DJ Kevin Greening brings listeners back stage interviews and the best
of the festival's music.
There will also be live performances from rockers Black
Rebel Motor Cycle Club and one of the last appearances from legendary
dance duo Orbital.
Following the festival there will be two further round-up
programmes on Monday 28 June and Monday 5 July (time tbc) bringing you
more highlights from this year's event.
British indie band Blur dominated pop culture in the
mid-90s. They achieved success with number one hits including Country
House and Beetlebum.
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Glastonbury is the world's most celebrated music festival.
Attracting over 120,000 music lovers from across
the world, it is the largest music and performing arts festival in the
world.
Notes to Editors
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service has 45 million English language listeners
across the globe.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service has 1.3 million listeners in the UK.
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In the UK, World Service in English is available on
648 MW in south eastern England.
In addition it is available, overnight on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Wales
and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Ulster and via digital radio, digital satellite and the internet.
The English Network can be heard on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's digital multiplex in the
UK, Freeview digital channel 80 or in Europe on the Astra satellite,
channel 865.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Extra - a new radio service broadcasting in the key
languages of Afghanistan and the surrounding region - is available on
digital satellite channel 902.
