The Rolling Stones attracted 2.6m viewers during their headlining performance at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.
According to the Guardian, which quoted Barb figures in its news report, the number was the highest peak audience at any stage of the BBC’s coverage.
The Stones’ performance saw an average of 1.3 million viewers amounting to a 15.5 percent share between 22:30 and 01:00. The band enjoyed a five-minute peak where 2.6m viewers were recorded.
Fellow headliners Mumford and Sons and Arctic Monkeys both attracted a similarly large audience with the former seeing 2.2m people tune in. The Sheffield rockers also saw 1.4m music fans watch their Friday night headline performance.
The news follows the BBC’s earlier promise to deliver ‘the first truly digital Glastonbury’ according to Mark Friend, BBC controller, multiplatform across radio and music.
More than 120 live performances were due to be broadcast by the BBC over the three days of Glastonbury 2013 on TV, radio, red button and online.
According to newspaper reports in the run up to the festival, the BBC negotiated an hours’ worth of coverage from the Rolling Stones’ headline slot after the band had originally requested that only four songs be broadcast.
According to the Guardian, which quoted Barb figures in its news report, the number was the highest peak audience at any stage of the BBC’s coverage.
The Stones’ performance saw an average of 1.3 million viewers amounting to a 15.5 percent share between 22:30 and 01:00. The band enjoyed a five-minute peak where 2.6m viewers were recorded.
Fellow headliners Mumford and Sons and Arctic Monkeys both attracted a similarly large audience with the former seeing 2.2m people tune in. The Sheffield rockers also saw 1.4m music fans watch their Friday night headline performance.
The news follows the BBC’s earlier promise to deliver ‘the first truly digital Glastonbury’ according to Mark Friend, BBC controller, multiplatform across radio and music.
More than 120 live performances were due to be broadcast by the BBC over the three days of Glastonbury 2013 on TV, radio, red button and online.
According to newspaper reports in the run up to the festival, the BBC negotiated an hours’ worth of coverage from the Rolling Stones’ headline slot after the band had originally requested that only four songs be broadcast.
