Neil Young does a U-turn such as Glastonbury Set BBC is broadcast after he said the festival was ‘under corporate control’

Neil Young has made a dramatic U-turn and will allow it now Glastonbury set to be broadcast on the BBC.

This year’s 79-year-old music legend is one of the most important headliners in the festival and participates in a stars-littered line-up with sir Rod Stewart And Nile Rodgers.

Earlier this week it was reported that Neil had asked for his performance not to be broadcast live on TV.

In a surprising step, however, the BBC has now confirmed that his long -awaited set will in fact be shown.

A spokesperson for the BBC said: “We are delighted to confirm that the head of Neil Young will be broadcast live on Saturday at Glastonbury Live to the audience in the United Kingdom on the BBC.”

It will be on the pyramid stream of IPLayer from 10 p.m., as well as BBC Two and Radio 2.

Neil Young has made a dramatic U-turn and will now allow his Glastonbury to be broadcast on the BBC (shown in April)

This year’s 79-year-old music legend is one of the most important headliners in the festival and participates in a stars-littered line-up with Sir Rod Stewart and Nile Rodgers

It comes after Neil was omitted from the live schedule because of constant denials with the BBC.

The BBC schedule of live sets was released earlier this month to the public in which other Saturday headliners such as Charli XCX and Doechii are released.

A BBC spokeswoman told the mirror at the time: we strive to bring the audience as many performances as possible from the pyramid phase, and our schemes and plans are still being completed, up to and including the festival. ‘

MailOnline has contacted the representatives of BBC and Neil for comments.

In January, the rock star finally agreed to play at Glastonbury Festival after he initially rejected the offer because it was ‘under corporate control’ of the BBC.

The singer and his new live band The Chrome Hearts were thought in the race for the enormous music event that takes place at Worthy Farm.

But Neil issued a Bombshell statement on New Year’s Day that accused the festival of controlling the BBC, and seemed to dash the hope of fans.

A statement at that time on the Neil Young website said: ‘Due to an error in the information received, I had decided not to play the Glastonbury festival that I have always loved.

In January, the rock star finally agreed to play at Glastonbury Festival after he initially rejected the offer because it was ‘under corporate control’ of the BBC

Neil depicted at the pyramid stage in Glastonbury in 2009

‘Fortunately, the festival is now back on our travel schedule and we look forward to playing. I hope to see you there. ‘

Earlier this week, Young said in an open letter about the Neil Young Archives: ‘The Chrome Hearts and I watched to play from Glastonbury, one of my favorite outdoor performances of all time.

‘We were told that the BBC was now a partner in Glastonbury and wanted us to do many things in a way in which we were not interested. It seems that Glastonbury is now under business control and is not the way I remember.

‘We will not play Glastonbury during this tour because it is a business turn, and not for me as it used to be. I hope to see you at one of the other locations on the Tour. ‘

For many years, the BBC has broadcast sets from the Music Festival on its various television and radio stations.

Neil’s most recent achievements in Glastonbury in 2009 were broadcast on the BBC. But only parts were actually broadcast because of the Young’s team team.

In response to criticism from his fans, the BBC said it had spent the last few months with his management about how much of his set they could broadcast.

“The career of Neil Young was performed on his own conditions,” said the broadcaster at the time.

He said earlier: “We were told that the BBC was now a partner in Glastonbury and wanted us to do many things in a way in which we were not interested ‘

‘Neil’s management agreed to broadcast TV and Radio five songs while watching and listened to his performance. They believe in the live event and keep his mystery and that of their artist. ‘

The singer was also booked to appear at the 1997 festival, but had to withdraw after he had cut his finger while he had made a sandwich with a ham.

Neil’s new band contains Micah Nelson on guitar, Spooner Oldham on Organ, Corey McCormick on Bass and Anthony Logerfo on drums.

Glastonbury promoter Emily Eavis announced his return to the pyramid phase and left behind the scenes on hectic negotiations while she wrote: ‘What a start of the year! Neil Young is an artist who is very close to our heart in Glastonbury.

“He does things in his own way and that is why we love him … We can’t wait to welcome him here to head the pyramid in June.”