Neil Young

UK festivals face ‘really tough’ year due to fewer headline acts and rising costs
Stars must now be booked so far in advance for events that organisers can only guess who will sell tickets in two years’ time
Tess Reidy
12, Jan, 2025 @2:00 PM

Neil Young confirms he will headline Glastonbury after ‘error in information’ prompted him to pull out
‘Happily, the festival is now back on our itinerary,’ Young wrote, as Emily Eavis confirmed that Young and band the Chrome Hearts will headline the Pyramid stage
Laura Snapes
03, Jan, 2025 @12:16 PM

Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury 2025, claiming festival is ‘under corporate control’ of BBC
The 79-year-old musician says the BBC ‘wanted us to do a lot of things in a way we were not interested in’
Sian Cain
01, Jan, 2025 @11:43 PM

Trump campaign deletes Freedom video after Beyoncé blocks use of song
Freedom, the central song in the Kamala Harris campaign, appeared in a Trump campaign video but was contested by singer’s label and publisher
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
22, Aug, 2024 @9:05 AM

Joni Mitchell follows Neil Young in returning her music to Spotify
Mitchell originally acted in solidarity with Young’s protest over the spread of vaccine misinformation on the platform, which he has now ended
Laura Snapes
22, Mar, 2024 @9:51 AM

Neil Young to return music to Spotify as he attacks ‘disinformation’ across streaming services
Rock star left Spotify in 2022 in protest over podcaster Joe Rogan, but says he can’t keep up fight as Rogan broadens distribution to Apple, YouTube and Amazon
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
13, Mar, 2024 @11:01 AM

‘When they cleared the wreckage, it was all that survived’: 10 of history’s most irreplaceable guitars
As Paul McCartney is reunited with his violin-shaped Hofner bass, we look at equally iconic guitars, from Prince’s phallic symbol to Jimmy Page’s double-necked beast
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
16, Feb, 2024 @3:33 PM

Neil Young: Before and After review – an acoustic solo trip down memory lane
The veteran rocker reworks favourite songs from his six-decade career in this intimate, imaginative solo set
Phil Mongredien
10, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM

Neil Young: Before and After review – with age comes tenderness
Gentle melodies and minimal instrumentation grace this live album of mostly lesser-known songs from the seven decades of Young’s career
Dave Simpson
08, Dec, 2023 @9:30 AM

Neil Young boycotts X over antisemitic Elon Musk tweet
Singer-songwriter joins chorus of disapproval over Musk’s agreement with tweet that accused Jewish communities of ‘dialectical hatred against whites’
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
21, Nov, 2023 @9:49 AM

Don’t play the hits! Rarities are one of the great joys of live music
From the National to U2 and Taylor Swift, artists are digging beyond their best-known songs to affirm the connection they share with their loyal fans
Laura Snapes
03, Oct, 2023 @9:23 AM

Not fading away: why older rockers still strike a chord with us | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to Jonathan Freedland’s article about the enduring appeal of the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and others
11, Jul, 2023 @4:51 PM
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