Crosby, Stills And Nash To Join Neil Young At Glastonbury

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Glastonbury 2009 This article is more than 16 years oldCrosby, Stills and Nash to join Neil Young at GlastonburyThis article is more than 16 years oldThe trio have announced they are playing the festival in the same week Young's headline performance is confirmedRosie SwashThu 12 Mar 2009 16.44 GMTShare

Crosby, Stills and Nash, the trio who once formed a supergroup with Neil Young, will be joining their former bandmate at Glastonbury this summer. The band's website lists a performance for the 27 June 2009, though the exact date of Young's appearance has not been confirmed.

Young, who joined forces with Dave Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash in the late 1960s to form the group, was announced as the third headlining act for Glastonbury 2009 earlier this week.

Crosby, Nash and Stills formed when members of the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and the Hollies left their original groups to pursue other projects. Young joined them after their eponymous 1969 debut and was one of the driving forces behind their seminal album Deja Vu. Though Young's participation in the group has been inconsistent, particularly as he went on to record albums with his band Crazy Horse, CSN have continued to perform, both with and without their fourth member.

Notably, the quartet reformed in 2006 for the politically charged Freedom of Speech tour of North America, which was documented on the film Deja Vu.

Young had long been rumoured to play Glastonbury, alongside fellow headliners Blur and Bruce Springsteen, but the festival only confirmed it earlier this week. Making the announcement, organiser Michael Eavis said: "Neil Young to play this year is a dream come true for me personally. He is one of my all-time favourites and we have always wanted him to play."

The Guardian is the official media sponsor of Glastonbury. This year's festival takes place in Pilton, Somerset, between 24-28 June 2009.

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