BBC reveals most-viewed Glastonbury 2022 sets

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BBC has revealed which of the sets at this year’s Glastonbury were the most-viewed on UK TV – see the results below.After two years away, the festival made its return to Worthy Farm last week, with Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar headlining the Pyramid Stage across the course of the weekend.McCartney’s almost three-hour Saturday night (June 25) set, which NME called “history-making” in a five star review, averaged 2.7million viewers on BBC One and peaked at 3.9million, according to Broadcast.While the 80-year-old Beatle’s figures were impressive, the artist with the biggest viewership average was Diana Ross, who performed in the revered legends slot on Sunday (June 26).

The Motown icon and disco queen’s 75-minute set garnered an average audience of 3.1million, peaking at 3.8million.In a four-star review of Ross’ performance, NME said she had the “crowd in her hands” throughout the set. “In their own fluffed-up curly wigs, you can see audience members relinquish themselves to the musical powerhouse and even cry as they recite back Ross’ lyrics,” the review added. “Being in a crowd with so much love in the air feels euphoric; confirmation that Diana Ross is the ultimate queen.”Eilish, who became Glastonbury’s youngest ever headliner at 20, attracted 1.2million for her set on Friday night (June 24); Lamar brought in 570,000 viewers when he closed the festival on Sunday.The BBC has also revealed that it earned record breaking figures across its digital platforms for its coverage of this year’s festival.Content was streamed 34.1million times on BBC iPlayer, including 23m streams live – the highest on record for a BBC programme brand – and was played 2.3million times on BBC Sounds.Streams increased 116 per.