{"id":791214,"date":"2018-12-11T19:50:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T02:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=767956"},"modified":"2018-12-11T19:50:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T02:50:53","slug":"neil-young-says-hyde-park-show-will-proceed-without-barclays-as-sponsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/neil-young-says-hyde-park-show-will-proceed-without-barclays-as-sponsor\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Young Says Hyde Park Show Will Proceed Without Barclays as Sponsor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Neil Young<\/a> will perform at Hyde Park in London, England next summer after revealing that Barclays Bank would no longer be sponsoring the show.<\/p>\n

The news was announced in a post on the musician\u2019s Neil Young Archives<\/a> website. \u201cNYA is happy to announce that the Hyde park show will proceed without Barclays as a sponsor,\u201d the post read. \u201cWe are overjoyed, so happy to be playing the show! NYA tickets to all tiers will be available today. We will have the announcement and ticket sales up very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Young<\/a> aired a slew of grievances<\/a> about the concert, which will also feature Bob Dylan. Young claimed the gig was prematurely announced and objected to the fact that tickets were put on sale before Neil Young Archives subscribers could have access to them. But Young took particular umbrage with the fact that the concert was being sponsored by Barclays, which he called \u201ca fossil fuel funding entity.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cThat doesn\u2019t work for me. I believe in Science. I worry about the Climate Crisis and am deeply concerned about its massive global ramifications and my beautiful grandchildren\u2019s future\u2026 There\u2019s no doubt about it \u2013 it\u2019s been a massive fuck up!\u201d<\/p>\n

Young\u2019s original post even included lyrics from his 1988 anti-corporate sponsorship song, \u201cThis Note\u2019s For You\u201d<\/a>: \u201cI ain\u2019t singing for Pepsi\/Don\u2019t sing for Coke\/I won\u2019t sing for nobody\/Makes me look like a joke.\u201d Fittingly, the Neil Young Archives post announcing that the Hyde Park show would proceed without Barclays was titled, \u201cSponsored By Nobody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neil Young Says Hyde Park Show Will Proceed Without Barclays as Sponsor<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n