Glastonbury fans fume as two major performances ruined as BBC iPlayer crashes

For those who were unable to attend Glastonbury festival this year, live coverage of the globally renowned music festival is perhaps the nest best thing. However, fans were left incredibly unimpressed with the BBC's coverage as it crashed on Saturday night during the middle of the broadcast.

Instead of watching their favourite acts live on stage, viewers were left with a blank screen.

It was the second night of the iconic music festival and fans were eagerly awaiting the performance of Scissor Sistersand Charli XCX, among many others.

But both the BBC's TV feed and iPlayer fell victim to a technical error. Explaining the failure of coverage a message popped up on viewers' TV screens which said: " Sorry for the interruption. We're working to fix this."

Unwilling to accept the apology by the broadcaster, many rushed to social media to express their fury.

One person wrote: "Terrible coverage on bbc - Scissor Sisters live set off air & general lack of live streams. The iPlayer Glastonbury Channel is also broken on Apple TV. It's a mess."

Another fumed: "bbc iplayer crashing as soon as scissor sisters are meant to be on stage is abysmal work."

A third added: "Waited all day for scissor sisters to be on and now iplayer showing a black screen ffs #Glastonbury2025."

Meanwhile a fourth raged: "First they don't let us see the Kaiser Chiefs now the iPlayer seemingly crashes when Scissor Sisters are meant to be on. S***e. #BBC #Glastonbury2025."

A fifth penned: "bbc @iplayer no scissor sisters, 35 mins in still getting this.. very disappointing."

And a sixth was quick to chime in: "C'mon iPlayer, f*****g sort yourself out. Waiting for Scissor Sisters here."

"#Glastonbury2025 #Scissorsister what a joke! been waiting to watch the only band worth looking at today and I'm getting this s**t show," wrote a seventh viewer.

This comes after Charli XCX wowed fans with her sexy performance on the Other Stage as she headlined on Saturday night.

Showing off her enviable physique, the singer donned a pair of thigh socks with knee high boots, a pair of black shorts and a skull crop top, showing off her toned midriff.

Earlier that day, Pulp appeared to poke fun at the singer and her fan base by asking fans if they were ready for a "Pulp Summer."

This was a direct message to her fans who declared a "Brat summer" last year, following the success of Charli XCX's hit album.

The "Pulp Summer" jibe had shown up on a big screen in front of the crowd during their surprise performance.

Lead singer, Jarvis Cocker joked: "We're Pulp. Sorry for the people that were expecting Patchwork." He continued: "Did you know we were going to play? How? Psychic? Good."

He then went on to quip that it had been "30 years and four days" since they first performed at Glastonbury back in 1995.

The band split in 2002 but reunited again only to call time on the band a few years later in 2013. But three years ago, Pulp reformed once again.

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