Neil Younger Pulls Out of Glastonbury 2025: ‘A Company Flip-Off’

Neil Younger has introduced that he may not be appearing on the 2025 Glastonbury Pageant.

On Tuesday (Dec. 31), the mythical Canadian rocker, 79, shared a message with enthusiasts on Neil Younger Archives explaining his choice to again out of the large track tournament, which takes position once a year at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England.

“The Chrome Hearts and I have been having a look ahead to taking part in Glastonbury, certainly one of my all time favourite outside gigs,” Younger wrote within the temporary letter. “We have been advised that BBC was once now a spouse in Glastonbury and sought after us to do numerous issues in some way we weren’t curious about. It kind of feels Glastonbury is now beneath company keep an eye on and isn’t the best way I bring it to mind being.”

He persevered, “We can now not be taking part in Glastonbury in this excursion as a result of this is a company turn-off, and now not for me adore it was once. Hope to peer you at one of the crucial different venues at the excursion.”

Younger didn’t specify what precisely Glastonbury and the BBC had asked that ended in his withdrawal. The BBC has been a long-time broadcaster of the competition, streaming and airing parts of the development, together with a world broadcast for the primary time remaining yr, consistent with Rolling Stone.

Billboard has reached out to Glastonbury’s representatives for remark.

In November 2024, Glastonbury printed that Rod Stewart will be the first artist introduced for the 2025 competition. The mythical musician was once the primary showed act for the development, which is about to happen from June 27-29. Tickets for the competition have already bought out.

Whilst Glastonbury has now not but printed the headliners for 2025, a number of names were speculated, together with Olivia Rodrigo, Sam Fender, Harry Types and Girl Gaga. Younger had additionally been rumored to accomplish on the competition.

A timeline for the headliner bulletins has now not been showed, however the complete lineup is in most cases printed within the spring.

In past due November 2024, Younger printed plans for a Eu excursion, which can characteristic most commonly outside venues. He adopted up with every other message on Wednesday (Jan. 1), telling Neil Younger Archives readers that “excursion bulletins for the summer time are coming very quickly.”

Younger remaining carried out at Glastonbury in June 2009, with parts of the display broadcast at the BBC. The set integrated tracks like “The Needle and the Harm Carried out,” “Phrases,” “Rockin’ within the Unfastened International” and a canopy of The Beatles’ “A Day within the Lifestyles,” Rolling Stone experiences.

Younger’s new band, the Chrome Hearts, options Micah Nelson (guitar), Spooner Oldham (organ), Corey McCormick (bass) and Anthony LoGergo (drums). The crowd made its reside debut in September 2024 at Farm Help and recorded a brand new album remaining yr, tentatively titled Chatting with the Timber.