Neil Younger has banned the BBC from broadcasting his headline set at Glastonbury.
Neil Younger’s Glastonbury set will not be seen on TV
The 79-year-old rocker will take to the Pyramid Stage together with his band The Chrome Hearts on Saturday (28.06.25) however these watching on TV will as an alternative get to see Charli XCX’s efficiency on The Different Stage which takes place on the similar time.
A spokesperson for the BBC mentioned: “On Saturday on BBC iPlayer, our Glastonbury Channel and 5 streams for the primary levels will carry a spread of reside performances to audiences.
“On the artist’s request, we cannot be livestreaming Neil Younger’s set. Our plans, together with these for our TV highlights exhibits and on-demand protection, proceed to be finalised proper as much as and throughout the pageant.”
The announcement comes after Younger threatened to tug out of Glastonbury earlier this 12 months because of BBC’s involvement as he bemoaned how the Worthy Farm pageant had fallen “below company management”.
The Rockin’ within the Free World artist wrote in an open letter on his web site in January: “The Chrome Hearts and I had been wanting ahead to taking part in Glastonbury, one in all my all time favorite out of doors gigs. We had been advised that the BBC was now a companion in Glastonbury and wished us to do plenty of issues in a approach we weren’t interested by.
“It appears Glastonbury is now below company management and isn’t the best way I bear in mind it being. 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.”
Nevertheless, Neil made a U-turn on his Glastonbury boycott two days later after suggesting that he had acquired false details about the pageant.
The rocker mentioned: “On account of an error within the info acquired, I had determined to not play Glastonbury Competition, which I at all times have liked.
“Fortunately, the pageant is now again on our itinerary and we look ahead to taking part in!”
Younger was against the BBC broadcasting his set when he beforehand headlined the pageant in 2009 as his administration wished to restrict the variety of songs proven on TV as a way to protect the “thriller” of the efficiency.
Ultimately, solely 5 of Younger’s tracks had been aired.
