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Neil Young will finally play at the Glastonbury festival, the artist points out a “mistake”.
CULTURE – He finally changed his mind. Folk-rock legend Neil Young, who criticized the organization of the famous English festival Glastonbury and announced his withdrawal from the 2025 edition, reversed his decision this Friday, January 3, questioning “an error in the information received”.
The day before, the 79-year-old American-Canadian musician had accused the festival of having fallen “under control” of the BBC, partner like every year of the musical event scheduled from June 25 to 29.
“Due to an error in the information received, I had decided not to play at Glastonbury, which I have always loved doing. But luckily the festival is back on our calendar and we can’t wait to play! »he wrote this Friday on his website.
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Emily Eavis, the organizer of the event which last year welcomed some 210,000 festival-goers, was delighted with this decision. “Neil Young is an artist who is very close to our hearts (…) He does things his way and that’s why we love him”she said on Instagram. “We look forward to welcoming him back” at the festival, where he will be one of the headliners on the legendary stage « Pyramid stage »she added.
The artist accused the BBC
On Thursday, the musician justified the withdrawal of his group The Chrome Hearts by saying that the BBC “wanted us to do a lot of things in a way we weren’t interested in”. “It seems that Glastonbury is now under corporate control and the festival is no longer what I remember it being”he continued, without elaborating.
Neil Young performed at the 2009 edition of Glastonbury. The concerts of this large annual gathering in the southwest of England are widely broadcast on the channels of the British audiovisual giant, a partner of the festival since 1997.
On sale in mid-November, tickets for the 2025 edition, priced at 373.50 pounds (452 euros), were sold out in 35 minutes. Rock star Rod Stewart, almost 80 years old, is the only artist to have been confirmed so far. Last year, Coldplay, Dua Lipa and SZA performed there.
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