Neil Younger has pulled out of this 12 months’s Glastonbury Pageant, blaming the BBC’s “company management” for his choice.
The musician stated he and his band, the Chrome Hearts, wouldn’t be performing on the famed U.Ok. music occasion in June.
“The Chrome Hearts and I have been trying ahead to enjoying Glastonbury, one in all my all time favourite outside gigs,” Younger wrote on his web site. “We have been informed that BBC was now a accomplice in Glastonbury and wished us to do a variety of issues in a means we weren’t curious about.”
“It appears Glastonbury is now underneath company management and isn’t the way in which I bear in mind it being… We won’t be enjoying 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.”
Younger had not formally been introduced as a part of the line-up however has carried out on the pageant beforehand, headlining the Pyramid stage in 2009.
To this point the one formally confirmed act for this 12 months’s occasion, which is about to happen from June 25 to 29, is Rod Stewart, who will play the “teatime legend” slot.
The BBC has been a accomplice of Glastonbury since 1997, when it took over broadcasting the pageant from Channel 4. Its protection has grown exponentially since then and is accessible on its tv networks, radio stations, web site and streaming platform iPlayer. The publicly-funded company is usually criticized for the variety of workers it sends – reportedly within the a whole lot – to cowl the five-day occasion.
Tickets to this 12 months’s pageant bought out in 32 minutes, in line with reviews.
Selection has contacted Glastonbury and the BBC for remark.