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Neil Young confirmed as Glastonbury headliner despite 'dropping out' days before announcement

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Updated 12:57 3 Jan 2025 GMTPublished 12:50 3 Jan 2025 GMT

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Neil Young confirmed as Glastonbury headliner despite 'dropping out' days before announcement

The singer 'dropped out' just days before the announcement

Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin

Neil Young has been confirmed to be headlining Glastonbury despite 'dropping out' just days prior to the announcement.

Young said on Friday, January, 3, that he would be withdrawing from the billing.

The singer claimed this was due to the BBC 'wanting us to do a lot of things in a way we were not interested in', accusing the event of being under 'corporate control'.

He said in a statement released today: "Due to an error in the information received, I had decided to not play the Glastonbury festival, which I always have loved.

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Neil Young playing Glastonbury in 2009 (Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
Neil Young playing Glastonbury in 2009 (Matt Cardy via Getty Images)

"Happily, the festival is now back on our itinerary and we look forward to playing! Hope to see you there".

Emily Eavis, the co-promoter of the Glastonbury festival, took to Instagram to confirm that, not only is Neil Young coming back - but he is going to be headlining the festival.

She posted the below picture on Instagram with the caption: "What a start to the year! Neil Young is an artist who’s very close to our hearts at Glastonbury.

"He does things his own way and that’s why we love him. We can’t wait to welcome him back here to headline the Pyramid in June".


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Featured Image Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images / Erika Goldring/Getty Images

Topics: Music, Festivals, Entertainment, Celebrity

Michael Slavin
Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin is LADbible's dedicated specialist Film and TV writer. Following his completion of a Masters in International Journalism at Salford University, he began working for the Warrington Guardian as a reporter. Throughout this he did freelance work about Entertainment for publications such as DiscussingFilm, where he was the Film and TV editor. Now, he is LAD's go to voice on all things Netflix, True Crime, and UK TV, as well as interviewing huge global stars such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Daisy Ridley, and Ben Stiller.

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