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Neil Young confronts Donald Trump in new song Big Crime: ‘Don’t want soldiers on the streets’

Veteran rocker characterises US administration as fascistic in song recorded at Chicago sound check

The Guardian - UK

"Got to get the fascists out, got to clean the White House out": Neil Young launches scathing attack on Donald Trump in new song Big Crime

Neil Young's Big Crime calls out Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard on US streets

Louder

“Randy Bachman called me up and said, ‘I found my guitar. I can tell you how I did it’”: 60 years after he sold it, Neil Young has been reunited with his Squires Gretsch 6120 – thanks to a little help from Randy Bachman

Young tracked down his beloved Gretsch online, and has since been playing it live on tour

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Meta faces backlash over AI policy that lets bots have ‘sensual’ conversations with children

US senator Josh Hawley opened investigation into the tech giant, which said it had removed the policy guidelines

The Guardian - US

“There was the greatest guestlist in rock history – Jimmy Page, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Neil Young”: Jimmy Rip was a session man in demand by Mick Jagger and Tom Verlaine – then came a rock ’n’ roll icon

Armed with the Tom Verlaine’s first guitar, and his own first instrument, the 69-year-old session veteran has come home from Argentina to keep memories alive

Guitar World

“The first pickup had a bad buzz, so I sent the guitar to a shop. When I went to get it, it was gone. And by that I mean the store was gone”: Neil Young's Old Black Les Paul is one of rock's most iconic guitars, and its backstory is appropriately colorful

Much like Young's discography and creative arc, the story of how Old Black became the rugged, howling sonic beast that it is is a twisty one of fits, starts, and strange left turns

Guitar World

“Whenever we weren’t playing, Neil would call up and say, ‘Are you guys playing a gig next weekend? Can we borrow the amplifier?’” When Randy Bachman and Neil Young used to share guitar amps

Bachman’s combo amp caught Young’s eye, and he would take every chance he could to get his hands on it

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BST Hyde Park was an afternoon so fun, even Van Morrison laughed

5/5 Van Morrison, Yusuf/Cat Stevens and Neil Young make a formidable trio on a golden afternoon

The Independent UK

The Business of Glastonbury: What the Festival Reveals about UK Spending, Streaming and Fan Behavior

Glastonbury Festival can tell us more than just who the most popular artists are right now. Let's take a look at what else it reveals.

International Business Times UK

“Creativity isn’t like a freight train going down the tracks. It’s something that has to be caressed and treated with a great deal of respect”: How to avoid letting technical problems with the music-making process slow you down

It’s easy for us to hang around one particular arrangement or mix for months, pouring over the fine details. It's advisable to keep the bigger flow going

MusicRadar

"I was just lying in bed, and my wife came in and said I was blue": Shuyler Jansen on near-death experience, broken ribs and Elton John's piano

Meet Neil Young-influenced Canadian Shuyler Jansen, who's looking to spread his success outside Canada

Louder

“We were so raw and fresh, we didn’t know anything”: the story of Coldplay’s debut album Parachutes, the record that introduced the biggest band of the 21st century to the world

Chris Martin & co. were a long way from the stadium-dwelling titans of today making their debut album, but one song changed everything

Louder

“That one’s a ’62. It’s also been shot. There’s a mark on the bottom where the bullet went in”: From his legendary Franken-Les Paul, Old Black, to his Hank Williams-owned Martin, and a pedalboard “ugly button,” Neil Young's rig is like no other

“When it comes to equipment, the idea with Neil is that you don’t change anything,” Young's guitar tech, Larry Cragg, told GW in 2009. “You don’t even think about it”

Guitar World

Glastonbury 2025: the iconic guitar moments that stole the show at one of the world's biggest music festivals

Pop icons with pointy metal guitars, oddball Masterbuilt Fenders, historic Martins and more – Glastonbury was a dream weekend for players, and here are the pictures to prove it

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The Independent UK

Glastonbury 2025 is one of the festival’s most politicised events in recent memory

Controversial performances from Bob Vylan and Kneecap sparked complaints from prime minister Keir Starmer, while murals protesting Elon Musk and Donald Trump popped up during the weekend

Louder

"It’s refreshing to experience music so pure." Legendary 'Godfather of Grunge' Neil Young closes out Saturday night at Glastonbury, still burning, not fading away

"A fantastic celebration of a legendary artist"

Evening Standard

Glastonbury - Saturday review: a day of political controversy (and some music)

4/5 A day in which Charli xcx and Doechii attracted the crowds, it was controversial moments by Kneecap and Bob Vylan that made the headlines

Evening Standard

Neil Young slammed for 'terrible' Glastonbury set as angry viewers blame sound issues

Audience reaction was mixed as technical hiccups, volume complaints and on-stage confusion added to an already eventful night at Worthy Farm

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The Independent UK

Police examining Glastonbury performances labelled ‘hateful’ and ‘grotesque’

Performing in the coveted Sunday legends slot this year is Sir Rod Stewart.

The Guardian - UK

Neil Young at Glastonbury review – ragged glory from a noisemaker who never treads the easy path

Still adhering to his own bizarre internal logic as he approaches 80, Young is crowd-pleasing one minute, wilfully odd the next – and you wouldn’t want it any other way

Evening Standard

Neil Young at Glastonbury review: did this show even happen?

4/5 Neil Young’s headline slot on the Pyramid Stage was untelevised and not hugely attended but still rocked

The Independent UK

If Charli XCX is over Brat summer, she doesn’t let it show during her full-throttle Glastonbury set

4/5 The glaring lack of cameos aside, tonight’s set is a gyrating, floor-spitting party

The Independent UK

Doechii’s Glastonbury performance sees her triumph over a biblical set clash

5/5 Choosing to spend your Saturday headline slot with her doesn't feel like a consolation prize. In fact, you’d be forgiven for thinking Doechii had been playing to festival crowds for decades

The Independent UK

Neil Young thunders through a mighty Glastonbury setlist in front of a surprisingly sparse crowd

4/5 Young’s idea of a special guest is Hank Williams’s guitar, while his pyrotechnics are strictly of the fretboard variety and generally aimed into a circle of bandmates

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Neil Young stars on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage

Neil Young performed some of his best-known hits on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.

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