Brian May: Queen won’t play Glastonbury without badger cull apology
Shame Queen wont be gracing Glasto, but they’re not the same without Freddie anyway – never mind the badger controversy…..This story tells us:
Brian May has said Queen will not play Glastonbury next year after clashing with the festival’s founder over the controversial badger cull.
The 72-year-old guitarist and animal rights campaigner rubbished claims that his band had been booked to headline Glastonbury’s 50th anniversary event next year.
Founder Michael Eavis, 84, who is also a dairy farmer, has called May a “danger to farming” and criticised him for his opposition to the badger cull, which is aimed at preventing the spread of bovine TB.
Last year, Eavis’s support for the cull prompted the Downton Abbey actor Peter Egan to call on music fans to boycott Glastonbury.
Speaking on BBC Radio 2 on Friday, May said Queen, who are touring with American Idol’s Adam Lambert providing the vocals, would not perform at Glastonbury in 2020 unless “things changed radically”.