Neil Younger has stated that he has determined to tug out of Glastonbury 2025 as he feels it has grow to be “a company turn-off”.
The pageant returns to Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset from June 25 this 12 months, however no acts have been confirmed for the line-up thus far – aside from Rod Stewart, who will play the Sunday afternoon Legends Slot.
Quite a lot of high-profile names have been speculated upon as attainable headliners, with Younger amongst them, and now it seems that the rock legend has confirmed that he had provisionally agreed to be on the invoice, solely to later change his thoughts.
Writing on his web site Neil Younger Archives on Tuesday (December 31), he stated: “The Chrome Hearts and I had been wanting ahead to taking part in Glastonbury, considered one of my all time favourite out of doors gigs. We had been advised that BBC was now a associate in Glastonbury and needed us to do a whole lot of issues in a method we weren’t fascinated with.”
“It appears Glastonbury is now below company management and isn’t the way in which I bear in mind it being,” he continued. “Thanks for coming to see us the final time!”
“We won’t be taking part in Glastonbury on this tour as a result of it’s a company turn-off, and never for me prefer it was. Hope to see you at one of many different venues on the tour.”
Glastonbury haven’t but commented on Younger’s feedback, and it isn’t clear what requests the BBC had made to Younger. NME have contacted Glastonbury for a response.
Younger headlined the Pyramid Stage in 2009, after being scheduled to take action 12 years earlier, solely to be pressured to tug out by damage. The 2009 set memorably ended with an prolonged ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’ and a canopy of The Beatles’ ‘A Day In The Life’.
Elsewhere, Stewart was confirmed for the Legends Slot in November. “I’m completely thrilled to announce that I’ll be taking part in @glastonbury 2025!” he wrote. “In spite of everything these years, I’m proud and prepared and greater than in a position to take the stage once more to pleasure and titillate my mates at Glastonbury in June. I’ll see you there!”
The one different artist that appears to be a lock thus far is Nile Rodgers, who by chance confirmed that he and Stylish could be taking part in throughout an acceptance speech on the Rolling Stone Awards in November.
Tickets for Glastonbury 2025 offered out in November in simply 32 minutes, with the pageant making use of a brand new queuing system for tickets.
For these unable to safe tickets this week, re-sale tickets are often made obtainable within the spring. Nonetheless, these are inclined to promote out shortly, too, with coach and ticket re-sale bundles promoting out in simply 18 minutes and common re-sale tickets promoting out in 22 minutes this 12 months.
2024’s pageant noticed Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA headlining, with different memorable units from the likes of Shania Twain, Little Simz, Fontaines D.C. and IDLES.
