"A corporate turn-off, and not for me like it used to be": Neil Young will not, repeat not, be playing Glastonbury, blaming BBC demands "we were not interested in"

Neil Young on stage during Farm Aid 2024 .

Neil Young has published an open letter, confirming his band's non-appearance at this year's Glastonbury, citing "corporate control" as the reason for the refusal to play at "one of my all-time favourite outdoor gigs."

And it seems the famously independently-minded rocker and analogue audio enthusiast has a particular axe to grind with the BBC, the festival's media partner.