Neil Younger was heartbroken over pulling out of his Glastonbury present! On Tuesday, December 31, the musician shared a letter on Neil Younger Archives, revealing that he needed to withdraw from the UK music pageant. “The Chrome Hearts and I had been wanting ahead to taking part in Glastonbury, certainly one of my all-time favourite outside gigs,” he mentioned.
Nonetheless, after they had been instructed that BBC had partnered with the pageant, they felt Glastonbury was now below company management, which they weren’t used to. “We won’t be taking part in Glastonbury on this tour as a result of it’s a company turn-off,” the assertion added.
“Hope to see you at one of many different venues on the tour,” he added.
In keeping with Rolling Stone, the community has been a broadcaster of the pageant for years and even hosted its first international broadcast final 12 months. Now, BBC has formally change into one of many pageant’s collaboration companions.
In November, Rod Stewart was introduced as one of many performers at Glastonbury, making his first gig within the Teatime Legend slot on the pageant in 23 years. The pageant is to happen in June 2025 in London. The singer took to social media to precise his pleasure, saying he was “proud and prepared and greater than in a position” to take the worldwide stage and “titillate” his associates.
Stewart, 70, will likely be creating historical past by being the “one of many oldest artists” to ever carry out on the occasion. Other than the Perpetually Younger singer, Paul McCartney, 80, will even be performing on the international music pageant.
Nonetheless, the late Burt Bacharach holds the report of being the oldest artist to play at Glastonbury when he carried out in 2015 on the age of 87. Stewart additionally revealed that he can be retiring from doing “large-scale world excursions” however would not need to retire from acting on stage totally.