Dec. 31, Neil Young shared a letter on Neil Young Archives revealing that he has pulled out of playing Glastonbury due to BBC involvement and "corporate control."

Rock legend Neil Young has pulled out of Glastonbury, the most notable music festival in England, citing BBC's "corporate control."

Neil Young has pulled out of this year's Glastonbury Festival, blaming the BBC's "corporate control" for his decision. The musician said he and his band, the Chrome Hearts, would not be performing at the famed U.

Neil Young and his band The Chrome Hearts are no longer playing at this year’s Glastonbury music festival, the rock legend has announced. Young said in a statement posted to his official website that his reason for backing out of his set is because of requests made by the festival’s corporate partner,

He continued, "We will not be playing Glastonbury on this tour because it is a corporate turn-off, and not for me like it used to be. Hope to see you at one of the other venues on

Young, whose appearance had not been announced, said the famously uncommercial festival was now a “corporate turn-off” in a blog post

Neil Young has pulled out of this year’s Glastonbury Festival, blaming the BBC’s “corporate control” for his decision.