Veteran musician Neil Young has declined an invitation to perform at Glastonbury Festival 2025, expressing concerns about the event's increasing corporate influence.
Veteran rocker Neil Young made headlines this week after turning down Glastonbury Festival, branding it 'under corporate control'. While the official line-ups are yet to be announced, the 79-year-old and his new live band The Chrome Hearts were thought to be in the running for the 2025 installment of the musical mega-event which takes place at Worthy Farm in Somerset each year. Young has not played the festival since he headlined the Pyramid Stage back in 2009 but was rumoured to be returning.
He wrote in an open letter on the Neil Young Archives this week, according to Rolling Stone: 'The Chrome Hearts and I were looking forward to playing Glastonbury, one of my all time favorite outdoor gigs. 'We were told the BBC was now a partner in Glastonbury and wanted us to do a lot of things in a way that we were not interested in. It seems Glastonbury is now under corporate control and is not the way I remember it being. 'We will not be playing Glastonbury on this tour because it is a corporate turn – off, and not for me like it used to be. Hope to see you at one of the other venues on the tour.' But while playing Glastonbury is the highlight of many acts' careers and a much sought-after booking for up-and-coming artists, not every act is quite so smitten with the festival. Read on for a round-up of performers who turned down the chance to play at Worthy Farm or declared for whatever reason that they weren't coming back: Neil Young has revealed that he has pulled out of Glastonbury 2025. The singer, 79, and his new live band The Chrome Hearts were thought to be in the running for the huge music event Neil Young performing on the Pyramid Stage during the 2009 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset - the last time he played the event The 79-year-old rock veteran now says that Glastonbury Festival is 'under corporate control' QueenAs British rock royalty, Queen might seem like a shoe-in for the Sunday Legends slot at Glastonbury Festiva
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