The stars who REFUSE to play Glastonbury: From the BBC’s ‘corporate control’, to rows over appearance fees and claims its ‘too woke’, how host of musicians are turning their backs on the world’s biggest festival [Video]

11:19 EST 02 Jan 2025, updated 11:32 EST 02 Jan 2025

Veteran rocker Neil Young made headlines this week after turning down Glastonbury Festival – branding it ‘under corporate control’.

While the official line-ups are yet to be announced, the 79-year-old and his new live band The Chrome Hearts were thought to be in the running for the 2025 installment of the musical mega-event which takes place at Worthy Farm in Somerset each year.

Young has not played the festival since he headlined the Pyramid Stage back in 2009 but was rumoured to be returning. 

He wrote in an open letter on the Neil Young Archives this week, according to Rolling Stone: ‘The Chrome Hearts and I were looking forward to playing Glastonbury, one of my all time favorite outdoor gigs.

‘We were told the BBCwas now a partner in Glastonbury and wanted us to do a lot of things in a way that we were not interested in. It …