This tour sounds epic!

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Glastonbury 2025: Neil Young not included in BBC’s coverage guide after previous row

He previously pulled out of the festival due to it being a “corporate turn-off” due to the BBC's partnership, before reversing the decision

By Liberty Dunworth
24th June 2025


Neil Young performs in 2025. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Neil's back on the schedule for the BBC Glastonbury broadcast.

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Neil started his show in Groningen yesterday with Ambulance Blues. Made me a very happy man.
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OMG! One of his greatest songs. Fingers crossed for Hyde Park but I doubt he will play it.

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Neil started his show in Groningen yesterday with Ambulance Blues. Made me a very happy man.
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@#$%& awesome. Love that you can never predict Neil.

Here's Neil's set at Glastonbury: [archive.org]

Thanks so much, Cristiano!

"Like a Hurricane," about 1:12.

~"Love is Strong"~

Berlin Tonight looking forward…….It’s been 6 years and the same venue I saw him last going to be Epic!!!!!!!!!Peace.M

3rd time for me Neil Young at Waldbühne (2016, 19, 25) - enjoy !



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I saw Neil in Groningen on Tuesday night. Van Morrison was the opening act. It was like 36 degrees celcius out there in the blistering sun. I never cared much for Van, but enjoyed a few of his songs. His backing singers were in fine form.

Neil's skills on the acoustic are not what they once were. He leaves out or misplaces notes quite a lot and just plays the essential parts. Personally I don't care, because he still delivered. His voice remains strong and I was quite surprised by it.

Highlights of the show were Harvest Moon, Like a Hurricane and Sun Green. He also played Looking Forward, a CSN&Y song, which I love to play on the acoustic myself.

Hey Hey, My My was terrible though in my opinion. I didn't even recognise it at first. He chose to play it on the electric and it pretty much lost all its subtle charm.

Neil finished with Keep On Rocking In The Free World and seemingly blew up the amp while playing the final notes.

Tomorrow I will go and see the Teskey Brothers on the same stage. Looking forward. ;-)

very good show in Mönchengladbach/Germany yesterday. 16 songs/2 hours

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Hey Hey, My My was terrible though in my opinion. I didn't even recognise it at first. He chose to play it on the electric and it pretty much lost all its subtle charm.

he's playing that song electric for ages

It’s an electric song lol. The other one My My Hey Hey is acoustic.

Neil was great in Hyde Park last night and I really hope this was not the last time I see him live. Great versions of Cowgirl in the Sand, Southern Man, Love to Burn, Cinnamon Girl and Harvest Moon (probably the best received song all night where I was standing) and barnstorming encores of Throw Your Hatred Down and Rocking in the Free World. Long live Neil Young!

The real downside was that he had to cut short his set (Like a Hurricane was dropped even though the keyboard descended from above) and the power was cut right at the end of Rocking in the Free World. This was all due to Yusuf (I can make a lot more money calling myself Cat Stevens again) Islam overrunning instead of getting off the stage on time. And Yusuf, you can stick your politics where the sun don't shine! I hope I am not unfortunate to be at the same venue as him again. And HTF was he billed higher than Van Morrison?

Great show from the Loner in Paris yesterday: