How to watch Glastonbury 2025 for FREE in Ireland
Want to watch Glastonbury Festival in Ireland? One of the biggest weekend's of music on the planet, boasting over 3,000 performances including Kneecap, the event has international appeal but exclusive streaming rights are held by the U.K.'s BBC iPlayer, making it the only platform you can catch the full festival experience live.
For fans in Ireland, this means that watching Noah Kahan or Olivia Rodrigo's sets is seemingly inaccessible. Fear not as a good streaming VPN can make your device appear as if it is back in the U.K. so you can watch your usual free Glasto streams.
In this quick and easy guide we'll show you how to watch Glastonbury live from Ireland with a good VPN.
As alluded to previously, due to both copyright and distribution limitations, as well as the TV licence that British residents must pay annually to access BBC and other live content from other U.K. channels, there are geo-restrictions in place on BBC iPlayer.
This means that Glastonbury is impossible to access from Ireland without using a VPN. We'll show you how to use one of them right here:
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🇮🇪 If you're in Ireland (or anywhere outside the U.K.)., but don't yet have a BBC account then it is really simple.
❓All you need to do is visit the BBC website or download the BBC iPlayer app (iOS / Android). Sign up with your email address, date of birth and a valid U.K. postcode, e.g. SE1 7PB. You'll also need to confirm that you possess a TV Licence.
✅ You'll now be good to go and don't forget about that VPN you'll need to stream from Ireland or indeed anywhere outside the U.K..
You can watch Glastonbury via BBC iPlayer on all of the following devices and platforms:
Amazon Fire (Tablets, Cube, Stick, TVs)Android TV (please note: some models aren't supported)Android (Mobile & Tablet) - Android 7.0 and aboveApple TV (tvOS 14 or later)Google TV FreelyFreesat (please note: some models aren't supported)Freeview Play (TVs and set-top boxes)iOS (iPhone & iPad) - iOS 14 and aboveLG Smart TVs (2016-2024)NOW Smart Sticks and Boxes (minimum firmware v11.5.0)PlayStation (PS4 and PS5)Roku (Stick & Roku-OS powered TVs, minimum firmware v11.5.0)Samsung Smart TVs (2017 and above - 2016 models only offer on demand TV)Sky Q, Sky Glass and Sky Stream Virgin Media (360, Stream, TiVo)YouView (BT, Humax, Sony, TalkTalk)Xbox (One, Series X, Series S)
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The Other Stage
West Holts Stage
Woodsies
Park Stage
Acoustic Stage
Avalon Stage
Pyramid Stage
The Other Stage
West Holts Stage
Woodsies
Park Stage
Acoustic Stage
Avalon Stage
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