Neil Younger has introduced that he won’t be performing on the 2025 Glastonbury Competition.
On Tuesday (Dec. 31), the legendary Canadian rocker, 79, shared a message with followers on Neil Younger Archives explaining his resolution to again out of the large music occasion, which takes place yearly at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England.
“The Chrome Hearts and I had been trying ahead to enjoying Glastonbury, one in every of my all time favourite outside gigs,” Younger wrote within the temporary letter. “We had been instructed that BBC was now a associate in Glastonbury and needed us to do quite a lot of issues in a means we weren’t concerned with. It appears Glastonbury is now below company management and isn’t the way in which I bear in mind it being.”
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He continued, “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. Hope to see you at one of many different venues on the tour.”
Younger didn’t specify what precisely Glastonbury and the BBC had requested that led to his withdrawal. The BBC has been a long-time broadcaster of the pageant, streaming and airing parts of the occasion, together with a worldwide broadcast for the primary time final 12 months, in accordance with Rolling Stone.
Billboard has reached out to Glastonbury’s representatives for remark.
In November 2024, Glastonbury revealed that Rod Stewart can be the primary artist introduced for the 2025 pageant. The legendary musician was the primary confirmed act for the occasion, which is ready to happen from June 27-29. Tickets for the pageant have already bought out.
Whereas Glastonbury has not but revealed the headliners for 2025, a number of names have been speculated, together with Olivia Rodrigo, Sam Fender, Harry Types and Woman Gaga. Younger had additionally been rumored to carry out on the pageant.
A timeline for the headliner bulletins has not been confirmed, however the full lineup is usually revealed within the spring.
In late November 2024, Younger revealed plans for a European tour, which is able to function principally outside venues. He adopted up with one other message on Wednesday (Jan. 1), telling Neil Younger Archives readers that “tour bulletins for the summer time are coming very quickly.”
Younger final carried out at Glastonbury in June 2009, with parts of the present broadcast on the BBC. The set included tracks like “The Needle and the Harm Executed,” “Phrases,” “Rockin’ within the Free World” and a canopy of The Beatles’ “A Day within the Life,” Rolling Stone reviews.
Younger’s new band, the Chrome Hearts, options Micah Nelson (guitar), Spooner Oldham (organ), Corey McCormick (bass) and Anthony LoGergo (drums). The group made its reside debut in September 2024 at Farm Support and recorded a brand new album final 12 months, tentatively titled Speaking to the Timber.
