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Neil Young performs his headline set at Glastonbury to a 'sparse' crowd after making major U-turn and allowing performance to be broadcast on BBC


Neil Young took to the stage at Glastonbury on Saturday night but was faced with a sparse crowd compared to other performers.

Back in January, the rock star finally agreed to play at Glastonbury Festival after initially turning down the offer because it was 'under corporate control' of the BBC A BBC spokeswoman told the Mirror at the time: 'We aim to bring audiences as many performances as possible from the Pyramid Stage, and our schedules and plans continue to be finalised, right up to and during the festival.' Announcing his return to the Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury promoter Emily Eavis hinted at frantic negotiations behind the scenes as she wrote: 'What a start to the year!

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