Neil Young will headline the Glastonbury Festival Pyramid Stage this year, reversing his previous promise to snub the iconic event. The 79-year-old rock legend had previously declared that he and The Chrome Hearts would not be performing at Worthy Farm due to the BBC’s involvement in the festival, but he now cites “an error in the information I received” as the reason for his original. socket.
Neil happily confirmed his return on his website: “Due to an error in the information received I had decided not to play Glastonbury Festival, which I have always loved. Fortunately the festival is now back on our itinerary and we are looking forward to play. Hope to see you there.”
Overjoyed Glasto organizer Emily Eavis expressed her enthusiasm on social media, writing: “What a start to the year” She added her warm thoughts about the “Rockin’ in the Free World” singer: “Neil Young is an artist very close to us hearts at Glastonbury He does things his own way and that’s why we love him, we can’t wait to welcome him back to the pyramid in June.
The details of whether this U-turn means the BBC will broadcast Young’s performance are still unknown. He previously only allowed a slice of his two-hour headline set in 2009.
In an earlier comment, Young suggested his distaste for the festival was because he believed it had fallen under “corporate control”, and shunned the chance to bring his music to its stages again.
In a message on his website, he expressed: “Chrome hearts and I were looking forward to playing Glastonbury, one of my all-time favorite outdoor gigs. We were told that the BBC were now a partner in Glastonbury and wanted us to do a A lot of things in a way that we weren’t interested in. It seems Glastonbury is now under corporate control and isn’t like I remember it being. Thank you for coming to see us last time Glastonbury is playing on this tour a business trip, and not for me as it used to be.hope to see you at one of the other places on the tour .
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