Neil Younger has pulled out of this yr’s Glastonbury Competition, blaming the BBC’s “company management” for his choice.

The musician mentioned 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 companion in Glastonbury and wished us to do a whole lot of issues in a manner we weren’t excited by.”

“It appears Glastonbury is now underneath company management and isn’t the way in which I keep in mind it being… We is not going to 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 competition beforehand, headlining the Pyramid stage in 2009.

To this point the one formally confirmed act for this yr’s occasion, which is ready to happen from June 25 to 29, is Rod Stewart, who will play the “teatime legend” slot.

The BBC has been a companion of Glastonbury since 1997, when it took over broadcasting the competition 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 employees it sends – reportedly within the a whole lot – to cowl the five-day occasion.

Tickets to this yr’s competition offered out in 32 minutes, in accordance with studies.

Selection has contacted Glastonbury and the BBC for remark.