Neil Young changes decision to boycott Glastonbury Festival
Neil Young has changed his decision to withdraw from Glastonbury 2025 and will now perform at the festival.
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Neil Young is giving the gift of music to help Greenland.
The “Heart of Gold” singer, 80, is giving away a year of free access to the online Neil Young Archive to “all of my Greenlandic friends,” he announced in a post on his website on Jan. 27.
The move, which includes Young’s music catalog, was made in response to President Donald Trump’s declaration in recent weeks of the United States’ intention to seize control of Greenland.
Young, who has long been an outspoken critic of President Trump, described the offer to Greenland as a “show of kindness and respect” and told Greenland fans, “You can hear all the music I’ve made over the last 62 years.” Subscriptions to Young’s website typically cost between $24.99 and $99.99 per year.
He also wrote, “I hope my music and music films can help alleviate some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from an unpopular and hopefully temporary government.”
Earlier this month, President Trump said the United States would seize control of Greenland “the easy way” or “the hard way.” On January 21, after meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Davos, Switzerland, officials announced that they had reached a “framework for a future agreement” on Greenland. President Trump did not reveal details of the framework. He also called for “immediate negotiations for the acquisition of Greenland” at Davos, but said he had no intention of using “excessive force and force” to do so.
Young has spoken out against Trump in the past, writing a scathing open letter in 2020 describing him as a “disgrace to my country.” That same year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee also said he was “not OK” with President Trump using his music during an event at Mount Rushmore.
Young said in a post on his website earlier this month that the United States is a “disaster” and that President Trump is “destroying America bit by bit.”
Young’s Greenland offer comes after he again criticized Amazon in a Jan. 23 post on his website, declaring that his music will “never be available” there as long as the company is run by Jeff Bezos, even though the decision is “detrimental to my record company in the short term.” He previously announced that he would be removing his catalog from Amazon Music in October.
Young is known for using his access to music to take a stand. In 2022, he asked Spotify to remove his music in protest of vaccine misinformation spread by podcast host Joe Rogan. Young returned to the platform again two years later.
