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Given how closely guarded the secret of a setlist can be, it's still a bit of an odd one.   Maybe it's because there's still a bunch of credible contenders who could take top spot on Saturday night, but the more I think about it, the more the only party with egg on their face appears to be Young.

Maybe playing a 2 hour set on prime time TV put him off and he found an excuse?  Really can't see  BBC demands being a thing as he would have known surely from the start the BBC were broadcasting it and the director would need the set list ahead of time. Very basic ask. Anyway, I was looking forward to it but always something else to do. 

Neil Young is no fool. He wouldn't just say something for the sake of it.

not that I give a flying f**k but this makes NY the first headliner to pull out (at least publicly announce they're pulling out) without being announced doesn't it?   I can't think of anyone else....

Read Ian Broudies book - Tomorrows here today -  Short book good read very well written I could even here it in scouse in my head. got Tim Burgess next - seem to the time when all the 90s acts write books