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My input to pals on the Neil Young announcement (so funny btw, slating the BBC and the fest 🙂!) has been - I first heard Philadelphia (which doesn't seem to be on Spotify?) aged about 12 and was mesmerised, then I bought second hand After The Goldrush, and Harvest, but then didn't get round to the other stuff.  Thanks to this post I've reminded myself of the things I did one way or another get to know off his "greatest hits".  Some magnificent songs- Rott en Johnny lol - is there accepted lore for why he ditched the acoustic guitars and wrote all those equally magnificent rock guitar songs?   ps it appears to me that Glastonbury has traditionally had plenty of fogeyish or behind the curve Pyramid headliners, so I have no problem with Neil Young in 2025 - might be good for expectations to be calmed a bit.   pps to whoever above who was criticising Kanye headlining.  That's madness.  He was the biggest star in global music when he performed.  It was a massive event and an incredible coup.

Good luck 👍 

Just to back you up and say this show is absolutely hers.  It's a bit mental to suggest otherwise.  I wonder if this is the difference between people playing her on Spotify/asking for her in a club - to actually paying to physically attend a performance.  The SZA Snag (lol)

Is this factual?  In the context of a UK festival?  I've just read Chris Blackwell's book - and was surprised to read about how huge Yusuf was in the UK.  He was apparently a very big deal indeed. 

I've not much experience of this, when Adam Buxton talks about for example, I think, appearances at Latitude, he always makes it sound like it's a total sideshow, with him and 50ish people in a wee tent.  Not the case?    Have always been amazed at Glastonbury by how close you can get to (in my opinion anyway) really quite famous/brilliant people at Crow's Nest events with a relative handful of folk in attendance.  I appreciate it's a massive time/energy investment to get to the literal top of a sprawling site.