Neil Young says he will play Glastonbury after all

Who?

Nevermind; “Southern Man don’t need him around, anyhow”

@wa4tkg--Ancient Canada vs. Bama beef aside, I think the album cover of the Skynyrd album that came out the same month as the plane crash is haunting. The band posed in front of a building on fire. I think they censored it for the vinyl pressing and then restored it for later reissues.

Street Survivors was the title IIRC.

I went to the Glastonbury music festival, several times in the 1970s when it was cheap and fun with great bands. Even if it had great bands, I wouldn't dream of going these days.

1970: The first Glastonbury Festival cost £1 per ticket, equivalent to £19.39 in 2024. The ticket price included free milk from Worthy Farm. 

In 2025, tickets cost £373.50 plus a £5 booking fee.

People just assumed there was a 'feud' when there really wasn't. Young admits he oversimplified and Lynyrd Skynyrd were just irritated the song painted all Alabamans with one brush. But there was no animosity or feud. Just a bunch of BS.

@MilesTeg--right, as shown by one of the Skynyrd boys wearing a Neil Young t-shirt on an album cover. One cool factoid is that the breakout Skynyrd album was produced by underrated rock maestro Al Kooper, who also created the Like A Rolling Stone organ riff as a session player for Bob Dylan.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Van Zant said:

We wrote Sweet Home Alabama as a joke. We didn't even think about it. The words just came out that way. We just laughed like hell and said, "Ain't that funny?" We love Neil Young. We love his music.

> Young for his part was not offended. He told Mojo magazine:

Oh they really didn't put me down. But then again, maybe they did. But not in a way that matters. Sh*t. I think Sweet Home Alabama is a great song!

Yup. Some people like to perpetuate rumors probably because of their own hang-ups.

Al Kooper is a legend.

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Love his music but that line can explain the last few years of his messed up thinking

The BBC-bashing British press made a big song and dance about this. Wonder whether their tail is between their legs now?

Iconic songwriter/performer but also a self-important blowhard.