Neil Younger has stated that he has determined to tug out of Glastonbury 2025 as he feels it has develop into “a company turn-off”.
The competition returns to Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset from June 25 this 12 months, however no acts have been confirmed for the line-up to this point – other than Rod Stewart, who will play the Sunday afternoon Legends Slot.
Plenty of high-profile names have been speculated upon as potential 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, certainly one of my all time favourite outside gigs. We had been instructed that BBC was now a accomplice in Glastonbury and wished us to do loads of issues in a method we weren’t excited about.”
“It appears Glastonbury is now underneath 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 is not going to 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’s not 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 compelled to tug out via 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 buddies at Glastonbury in June. I’ll see you there!”
The one different artist that appears to be a lock to this point is Nile Rodgers, who unintentionally confirmed that he and Stylish can 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 competition making use of a brand new queuing system for tickets.
For these unable to safe tickets this week, re-sale tickets are normally made out there 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 basic re-sale tickets promoting out in 22 minutes this 12 months.
2024’s competition noticed Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA headlining, with different memorable units from the likes of Shania Twain, Little Simz, Fontaines D.C. and IDLES.
