Neil Young furious after Bob Dylan Hyde Park show tickets go on sale without his knowledge

Angry: Neil Young
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Jochan Embley10 December 2018

Neil Young has called the announcement of his forthcoming Hyde Park gig “a massive f*** up”.

Details of the show, in which the guitarist will perform on the same bill as Bob Dylan, were revealed on November 29.

However, in a post on the Neil Young Archives website, the 73-year-old claimed he had “no idea the announcement was coming that day”.

Young wrote: “I was still finessing the art for the poster and trying to make sure all the details of the show were agreeable to me.

“Then, suddenly someone jumped the gun. The tickets were put on sale and the announcement was made, all without my knowledge.”

Young added he was “angry” subscribers to the website didn’t get access to pre-sale tickets, before expressing his dismay that the show was sponsored by Barclays, which he called “a fossil fuel funding entity.”

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“That doesn’t work for me,” Young wrote. “I believe in Science. I worry about the Climate Crisis and am deeply concerned about its massive global ramifications and my beautiful grandchildren’s future.”

He added: “There’s no doubt about it — it’s been a massive f*** up!”

The Standard has contacted British Summer Time and Neil Young’s representatives for comment.

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