“Neil Young’s career has been conducted on his own terms”: BBC confirm that they won’t be showing his Glastonbury set “at the artist’s request”

Neil Young.

It’s been confirmed that Neil Young’s Glastonbury set will not be shown at all on the BBC – and that this is very much Young’s decision.

“At the artist’s request, we won’t be live streaming Neil Young’s set,” a BBC spokesperson said in a statement to The Telegraph. “Our plans, including those for our TV highlights shows and on-demand coverage, continue to be finalised right up to and during the festival.” Instead viewers will get Charli XCX’s Glastonbury set at the same time Young is headlining the Pyramid Stage.