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Neil Young at BST Hyde Park 2025: start time, tickets, potential setlist and what you need to know for London show

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts will headline in Hyde Park on Friday supported by Yusuf / Cat Stevens and Van Morrison

Ed Cunningham
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Ed Cunningham
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Neil Young performing live in Amsterdam, 2019
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The 2025 edition of BST Hyde Park is now into its third and final weekend. Up next after Olivia Rodrigo, Zach Bryan, Noah Kahan and Sabrina Carpenter is Neil Young, who’ll grace the Oak Stage on Friday with his new-ish band the Chrome Hearts.

Young’s date in central London follows his headlining set at Glastonbury 2025 – and by all accounts you won’t want to miss him. Time Out’s on-the-ground reviewers at Glasto described his set as ‘fuss-free’ but ‘a comprehensive run-through of his massive catalogue’.

Heading to Hyde Park to see Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts? Here’s everything you need to know about the event, from timings and the full lineup to how to snap up any remaining tickets.

When is Neil Young playing BST Hyde Park?

Neil and his Chrome Hearts are at BST on Friday July 11 2025.

What time do doors open?

Doors open for regular punters at 2pm. If you’ve got a VIP or Primary Entry ticket, you’ll be allowed in at 1pm.

The box office closes at 8pm, last entry is 8.30pm, and curfew is 10.30pm. There’s no re-entry. 

What time will Neil Young come on stage?

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts are set to headline the Oak Stage at 8.50pm

Festival map

Here’s a map of this year’s BST Hyde Park festival site.

BST Hyde Park 2025 Festival Map
Image: BST Hyde Park

Full lineup and set times

Here are all the artists playing BST on Neil Young’s headlining day, across the event’s three stages.

Great Oak Stage

  • Naima Bock – 3pm-3.30pm
  • Amble – 4pm-4.40pm
  • Van Morrison – 5.15pm-6.15pm
  • Yusuf / Cat Stevens – 7pm-8pm
  • Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts – 8.50pm-10.20pm

Rainbow Stage

  • Sarah Julia – 2.30pm-3pm
  • BLUAI – 3.30pm-4pm
  • Everyone Says Hi – 4.45pm-5.15pm
  • Alice Merton – 6.2pm-7pm

Birdcage Stage

  • HOLiDAY MYSTICS – 2.30pm-3pm
  • Sam Wilkinson – 3.30pm-4pm
  • Kelly McGrath – 4.45pm-5.15pm
  • Our Man in the Field – 6.2pm-7pm

Timings are subject to change.

Setlist

Neil Young’s sets famously vary widely, drawing from his vast back catalogue. For an idea of the breadth of his sets, here’s what he played at Glastonbury (according to Setlist.fm).

  1. Sugar Mountain
  2. Be the Rain
  3. When You Dance, I Can Really Love
  4. Cinnamon Girl
  5. Fuckin’ Up
  6. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
  7. The Needle and the Damage Done
  8. Harvest Moon
  9. Looking Forward
  10. Sun Green
  11. Love and Only Love
  12. Like a Hurricane
  13. Name of Love
  14. Old Man
  15. Rockin’ in the Free World
  16. Throw Your Hatred Down

Can you still get tickets?

Tickets are officially sold out. However, AXS, the official BST resale partner, has tickets from around £100 that you can find here.

What’s BST Hyde Park’s bag policy?

Each ticketholder is permitted to bring one small bag, which must be smaller than A4 size (297mm x 210mm x 210mm). Organisers advise not bringing a bag at all, if possible.

Banned items

These items are forbidden at BST Hyde Park this year.

  • Golf umbrellas and parasols
  • Chairs, seats, shooting sticks and tables
  • Food or drink – apart from water in unopened plastic containers of up to 500ml
  • Suitcases, luggage and large bags (anything larger than A4 size)
  • Air horns, selfie sticks, spray cans, Chinese lanterns, fireworks, pyrotechnics and flags
  • Dangerous or hazardous weapons/items
  • Gas canisters
  • Handheld communication devices like radios, radio jammers and scanners
  • Glass
  • High-vis
  • Klaxons and other similar items capable of making loud noise
  • Laser pens
  • Drones
  • Racist, xenophobic, political and religious propaganda materials, signs or inappropriate branded items
  • Weapons, explosives, knives or anything that could be adopted for use as a weapon
  • Promotional or commercial objects or materials
  • Mechanical or electronic sound-emitting devices, such as megaphones
  • Scooters, skateboards and bicycles
  • Psychoactive substances and ‘legal highs’
  • Unauthorised professional photography or filming equipment

Weather forecast

Watch out, Neil Young fans – London is in for another heatwave towards the end of this week. Friday is shaping up to be roasting, so make sure you stay hydrated and bring sun block.

The Met Office reckons Hyde Park could get as toasty as 32C on Friday, with little cloud cover.

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