SOPHIE Ellis-Bextor has revealed that BBC bosses failed to air highlights of her Glastonbury set on iPlayer.

The mum-of-five performed on The Pyramid stage on Sunday – which also happened to be her wedding anniversary.

But Sophie, who has penned huge hits like Murder on the Dancefloor and Take Me Home, wasn't able to watch it back.

The BBC brings viewers coverage across BBC One, Two, Three and Four across the three main days – and even has a dedicated Glastonbury channel that live streams all performances on The Pyramid stage.

Taking to Twitter, Sophie said: "I’m getting a lot of messages asking about watching my @glastonbury set on iPlayer.

"Obviously, that would have been wonderful, but sadly due to hours on the day it wasn’t possible for the BBC to cover my set. Next time…! Xx"

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Fans were left furious by the snub, and one Tweeted: "Makes no sense cos you were on the Pyramid Stage which was live streamed so they do have a full recording of the day.

"Sounds to me like some BBC editor can’t be bothered cutting the footage into a package. They tried the same nonsense with Sparks.
Demand it Sophie."

"Gutted. Wholly unacceptable 🙁 Really enjoyed you at Warwick Castle, would have loved to see your Glastonbury set too!! xx," another said.

A third ranted: "I have been searching for your set to watch'; 'Oh that’s a shame :(."

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Another singer at this year's Glastonbury Festival demanded the BBC remove her performance after she received an onslaught of shocking abuse.

Tor Maries, who performs under the stage name Billy Nomates, was left furious after getting a sea of negative comments following her performance at the Somerset festival.

It left her so angry that she demanded the BBC delete her performance from its social media site as well as insisting she will give up performing at the end of her summer tour in order to avoid further abuse.

Billy performed on the Park Stage yesterday afternoon as the festival got underway.

An avant-garde performer, her music styles in-cooperate elements of 'noise music' as well as free jazz.

In a statement, the singer said: “The level of personal abuse on @bbc6music socials for goin to work today is insane [sic].

"I’ve asked for all footage to be removed. I know it’s not for everyone what I do."

She continued: "I know lots of people don’t rate me. But the level of personal abuse on that public page is too much.

"There will be no more shows after this summer.

 "You wouldn’t stay in a workplace that did this to you. Why should I.

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In response, the BBC confirmed it had respected the star's request and had pulled footage of her from the Radio 6 Music social media accounts.

A spokesperson said: "We want 6 Music to be a place where brilliant artists such as Billy Nomates are celebrated and supported, and we have respected Tor’s request to have the clip posted on our social channels removed."

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