{"id":34287,"date":"2023-06-26T15:16:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T13:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1849793"},"modified":"2023-06-26T16:45:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:45:44","slug":"elton-john-breaks-bbc-record-with-glastonbury-set-watched-by-7-6-million","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/elton-john-breaks-bbc-record-with-glastonbury-set-watched-by-7-6-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John breaks BBC record with Glastonbury set watched by 7.6 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

John’s set was also one of the most-watched TV shows of the year so far. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 26 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The viewing figures for this year\u2019s Glastonbury Festival<\/a> are in, and Sir Elton John<\/a>\u2018s headline slot was watched by a whopping peak of 7.6 million viewers on BBC One, the biggest ever overnight audience for a Glastonbury set.<\/p>\n

This figure doesn\u2019t yet take into account those watching on iPlayer and catching up after the event, but it drew an audience share of 48.9 per cent and was one of the most-watched TV shows of the year so far, with an average of 7.3 million viewers.<\/p>\n

Deadline<\/a> has reported that this figure was just behind that for Happy Valley<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n

In comparison, live figures for Sir Paul McCartney\u2019s headline set at last year\u2019s festival saw an average of 2.7 million viewers<\/a> tuning in and peaked at 3.9 million.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the BBC\u2019s Glastonbury TV coverage as a whole was watched by a record 21.6m people, with the audience up 7% on last year across linear television.<\/p>\n

John\u2019s performance was billed as being the star\u2019s last ever live performance in the UK, as his final tour, called Farewell Yellow Brick Road<\/a>, draws to a close in Sweden in July.<\/p>\n