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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Sian Cain

Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury 2025, claiming festival is ‘under corporate control’ of BBC

Neil Young performs at Roskilde festival 2016 in Denmark.
Neil Young performs at Roskilde festival 2016 in Denmark. The Canadian singer-songwriter has said he will not be performing at this year’s Glastonbury festival. Photograph: Andrew Benge/Redferns

Neil Young has announced that he will not perform at Glastonbury this year, saying he believes the BBC’s involvement in the festival means it is “now under corporate control”.

The 79-year-old Canadian musican wrote a letter on Tuesday on his website, Neil Young Archives, detailing why he and his band the Chrome Hearts were backing out of the music festival, held each year at Worthy Farm in Somerset.

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