Glastonbury’s reported headliner, Neil Young, has pulled out of the festival as he branded the festival a ‘ corporate turn-off’.
The 79-year-old and his live band, The Chrome Hearts, were said to be performing at the 2025 festival held on Worthy Farm in Somerset. He stated his decision to leave the Glasto stage 16 years ago, explaining his reasoning on Neil Young Archives.
He stated in a statement on the website Neil Young Archives that “we were informed that Glastonbury’s BBC was now a partner and that they wanted us to do a lot for things that we were not interested in.” Glastonbury appears to be in corporate control and no longer exists as it seems. Due to the corporate nature of Glastonbury, we will not be playing it on this tour.
“I’m looking forward to seeing you at one of the other stops on the tour.” The Harvest Moon musician added, “Be well,”’ after he finished the statement by adding “Hi.” What was the BBC’s intention, it’s not clear. According to a previous source, Neil and his band were “firming up plans” for Glastonbury Festival and European tour dates.
The source claimed to The Sun at the time, “Glastonbury appears to be leaning back into its roots of rock, and if they can secure Neil it would be an amazing addition to what is already shaping up to be an incredible line-up.” The BBC has reached out for comment from The Mirror.
Neil previously disclosed that he was changing his outdoor concert plans and was considering changing them. According to Neil, “We don’t want to have any concerts cancelled for health reasons next summer,” and that is what he wrote on his website.
Eagled-eyed fans also noticed that his website was updated to include a picture of a ticket from 2009’s Glastonbury. Sharing a screenshot of Neil’s website update on Twitter (X) last month, The Glasto Thing account wrote:” There’s a bit of a (for me) too good to be true rumour floating about. Neil Young has set up his Glastonbury 2009 set up on his website just to lighten the flames. Add in the fact that he is planning dates in Europe for the following year, plus a few other little details, and…
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