Coldplay, Jorja Smith to play virtual Glastonbury gig in May

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Coldplay, Jorja Smith to play virtual Glastonbury gig in May

Published Wednesday, March 31, 2021 2:34PM EDT

In this Friday, June 28, 2019 file photo, a general view of a sign on the third day of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, England. This year, 2021, the Glastonbury Festival is going online. Organizers say they will stage a one-day livestreamed concert at Worthy Farm in southwest England, home to the annual music extravaganza. Performers include Coldplay, Damon Albarn, Jorja Smith, Haim, Wolf Alice and Michael Kiwanuka. Glastonbury organizer Emily Eavis said the Live at Worthy Farm event would be 鈥渓ike the festival but without people.鈥� (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

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LONDON -- This year the Glastonbury Festival is going online.

Organizers said Wednesday that they will stage a one-day livestreamed concert on May 22 at Worthy Farm in southwest England, home to the annual music extravaganza. Performers include Coldplay, Damon Albarn, Jorja Smith, Haim, Wolf Alice and Michael Kiwanuka, plus other 鈥済uest appearances and collaborations.鈥�

Glastonbury organizer Emily Eavis said the Live at Worthy Farm event would be 鈥渓ike the festival but without people.鈥�

鈥淲e're going to take you on a journey through all of those spots that you know, you recognise from Worthy Farm ... We're going to build into this whole epic journey around the site into the night,鈥� she told the BBC.

The festival has been held almost annually since 1970, drawing up to 150,000 people to the Eavis family's farm. In January, organizers cancelled Glastonbury for a second straight year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some other British music festivals have also been called off this summer, but several have announced they will take place if the government goes ahead with plans to lift most restrictions on travel and gatherings by June.