Neil Young is back on the bill at Glastonbury.

Three days after announcing that he’d pulled out of a planned performance at this year’s edition of the venerable English music festival, the 79-year-old rock legend said Friday that the gig was “happily” back on his touring itinerary and that he and his collaborators “look forward to playing.”

Young had written Tuesday on his website that he and his band the Chrome Hearts “were told that BBC was now a partner in Glastonbury and wanted us to do a lot of things in a way we were not interested in. It seems Glastonbury is now under corporate control and is not the way I remember it being.”

On Friday, Young updated his post and blamed an unspecified “error in the information received” for his cancellation.

“What a start to the year!” festival organizer Emily Eavis wrote on Instagram shortly after Young’s announcement that he’d reversed his decision. “Neil Young is an artist who’s very close to our hearts at Glastonbury. He does things his own way and that’s why we love him.”

According to the Guardian, Young tussled with the BBC — which the paper said has partnered with Glastonbury for nearly three decades — when he headlined the festival in 2009 over how much of his set it could broadcast.

In March, Young put his music back on Spotify after pulling his catalog in 2022 to protest what he described as vaccine misinformation spread by podcaster Joe Rogan.

Young announced Friday that he’ll issue a previously unreleased album called “Oceanside Countryside” on Feb. 14. The LP was recorded in 1977 and features two sets of songs: one performed solo by Young and one performed with accompaniment by Ben Keith, Rufus Thibodeaux, Karl T. Himmel, Joe Osborne, Tim Drummond and the Band’s Levon Helm.

Rex Reed’s scalpel was particularly sharp in 2024, slicing through 43 films with the kind of ruthless precision only he can wield. This was the year he likened Mean Girls to “cinematic Covid,” torched Longlegs as a “dumpster fire,” and suggested that Cash Out had John Travolta so lost, “somebody stage an intervention.” For those seeking unfiltered truths about Hollywood’s latest offerings, Reed delivered—though not without a handful of pleasant surprises.

His ratings reveal a critic tough to impress: 28 percent of films earned 1 star, while 5 percent received the graveyard of zero stars. Horror films bore the brunt of his wrath—Longlegs and Heretic were sacrificed at the altar of his biting prose. Yet, amid the wreckage, 5 percent clawed their way to 4 stars, with dramas like One Life and Cabrini standing out for their emotional gravitas. Biopics, historical narratives and character studies fared best under his gaze, suggesting Reed still has a soft spot for films anchored in strong performances and rich storytelling.

One of the more controversial reviews? Reed’s glowing praise for Coup de Chance, which he called “Woody Allen’s best film in years.” In an industry where few dare applaud Allen publicly, Reed’s unapologetic endorsement (“unfairly derailed by obvious, headline-demanding personal problems”) was as bold as ever. Interestingly, the most-read review wasn’t the most positive—The Last Showgirl dazzled readers, perhaps more for the spectacle of Pamela Anderson’s Vegas reinvention than the film’s plot. It seems Reed’s audience enjoys his kinder takes, but they revel in his cinematic eviscerations just as much. When Reed loves a film, he ensures you know it—just as he ensures the worst offenders are left gasping for air.

Jeff Baena, an independent filmmaker who directed wife Aubrey Plaza in “The Little Hours” and co-wrote David O. Russell’s “I Heart Huckabees,” has died at 47.

Baena died Friday at his residence, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. The office did not provide any information about cause of death.

Born June 29, 1977, Baena attended New York University film school and was a production assistant on Robert Zemeckis films before working with Russell. During that period they collaborated on the writing of “I Heart Huckabees,” a dark comedy released in 2004 that starred Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin and Mark Wahlberg.

Baena then went on his own, writing and directing “Life With Beth,” a 2014 zombie comedy starring Plaza toward the end of her run on “Parks and Recreation.” The two kept their relationship private, with Plaza referring to him as her husband in 2021.

She also starred in “The Little Hours,” a 2017 dark comedy Baena directed and co-wrote about a servant who takes refuge with nuns during the Middle Ages, and appeared in 2022’s “Spin Me Round,” the last film Baena directed. He co-wrote “Spin Me Round” with star Alison Brie.

Baena also wrote and directed 2016’s “Joshy,” starring Thomas Middleditch, and “Horse Girl,” a 2020 Netflix release also starring Brie, co-writer on the project. His credits also include the 2021 Showtime series “Cinema Toast,” starring Brie, Christina Ricci and Chloe Fineman.

Representatives for Plaza, who received an Emmy nomination for her performance in the second season of “The White Lotus,” had no comment on Baena’s death. In addition to his wife, Baena is survived by his mother, Barbara Stern; father Scott Baena; stepfather Roger Stern; stepmother Michele Baena; brother Brad Baena; stepsister Bianca Gabay; and stepbrother Jed Fluxman.