“It’s a company turn-off”
Neil Younger has stated that he has determined to tug out of Glastonbury 2025 as he feels it has turn out to be “a company turn-off”.
The pageant returns to Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset from June 25 this 12 months, however no acts have been confirmed for the line-up thus far – other than Rod Stewart, who will play the Sunday afternoon Legends Slot.
A lot of high-profile names have been speculated upon as doable headliners, with Younger amongst them, and now it seems that the rock legend has confirmed that he had provisionally agreed to be on the invoice, solely to later change his thoughts.
Writing on his web site Neil Young Archives on Tuesday (December 31), he stated: “The Chrome Hearts and I have been wanting ahead to enjoying Glastonbury, one in every of my all time favourite out of doors gigs. We have been advised that BBC was now a companion in Glastonbury and needed us to do a whole lot of issues in a manner we weren’t inquisitive about.”
“It appears Glastonbury is now underneath company management and isn’t the way in which I keep in mind it being,” he continued. “Thanks for coming to see us the final time!”
“We won’t be enjoying Glastonbury on this tour as a result of it’s a company turn-off, and never for me prefer it was once. Hope to see you at one of many different venues on the tour.”
Glastonbury haven’t but commented on Younger’s feedback, and it isn’t clear what requests the BBC had made to Younger. NME have contacted Glastonbury for a response.
Younger headlined the Pyramid Stage in 2009, after being scheduled to take action 12 years earlier, solely to be compelled to tug out via harm. The 2009 set memorably ended with an prolonged ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’ and a canopy of The Beatles’ ‘A Day In The Life’.
Elsewhere, Stewart was confirmed for the Legends Slot in November. “I’m completely thrilled to announce that I’ll be enjoying @glastonbury 2025!” he wrote. “In any case these years, I’m proud and prepared and greater than capable of take the stage once more to pleasure and titillate my associates at Glastonbury in June. I’ll see you there!”
The one different artist that appears to be a lock thus far is Nile Rodgers, who by chance confirmed that he and Stylish can be enjoying throughout an acceptance speech on the Rolling Stone Awards in November.
Tickets for Glastonbury 2025 offered out in November in simply 32 minutes, with the pageant making use of a brand new queuing system for tickets.
For these unable to safe tickets this week, re-sale tickets are normally made obtainable within the spring. Nonetheless, these are likely to promote out rapidly, too, with coach and ticket re-sale bundles promoting out in simply 18 minutes and normal re-sale tickets promoting out in 22 minutes this 12 months.
2024’s pageant noticed Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA headlining, with different memorable units from the likes of Shania Twain, Little Simz, Fontaines D.C. and IDLES.
Glastonbury will take a fallow 12 months in 2026.