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Neil Young Rolls At Rarities At First Concert Tour Since 2019

by Paul Cashmere on July 2, 2023

Neil Young has performed a treasure trove of rarities at the first show of his first concert tour since 2019 and played many songs never performed live before.

Young performed at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on Friday, 30 June, 2023. It is his Coastal Tour 2023, visiting only US west coast venues.

Making its first appearance at a Neil Young show was ‘A Dream That Can Last’ from 1994’s ‘Sleeps With Angels’. Young has rarely visited the ‘Sleeps With Angels’ album because of its personal nature. The title track was written about the death of Kurt Cobain who was found with a suicide note quoting the Young ‘Hey Hey My My’ lyric “It’s better to burn out than to fade away”. ‘Prime of Life’ and ‘My Heart’ were also played. Young had only performed ‘Prime of Life’ three times before and ‘My Heart’ five times and then only in 1994 when the album was released.

Two songs from 1995’s ‘Mirrorball’, Neil’s album with Pearl Jam as his backing band, were also played. ‘Song X’ was last played in 1995, ‘I’m the Ocean’ in 1997.

‘Homefires’ is another rarity and has been played 19 times but remained unreleased until the Archives Volume II box of 2020.

‘If You Got Love’ is another unreleased song although it was listed but does not appear on the 1983 album ‘Trans’. Young last performed the song in 1986.

‘When I Hold You In My Arms’ from the album with Booker T & The MG’s ‘Are You Passionate?’ was played for the first time since 2001.

Neil Young also showcased his most two recent studio albums ‘’Barn’ (2021) and ‘World Record’ (2022) with a song each both making their live debut ‘Don’t Forget Love’ and ‘Love Earth’.

This is not a show for casual fans who only know Young’s radio songs. If you were that person in this room, who would have known maybe two or three songs (Ohio, Heart of Gold and possibly Four Strong Winds). For Neil Young fans this was a dream setlist.

Neil Young, Los Angeles, June 30, 2023 Setlist

I’m the Ocean (from Mirrorball, 1995) Homefires (from Archives Vol 11, Disc 6 The Old Homestead, recorded 1974, released 2020) Burned (from Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield, 1966) On the Way Home (from Buffalo Springfield, Last Time Around, 1968) If You Got Love (track listed on Trans, 1983 but not included on the album) My Heart (from Sleeps With Angels, 1994) A Dream That Can Last (from Sleeps With Angels, 1994) Song X (from Mirrorball, 1995) Prime of Life (from Sleeps With Angels, 1994) When I Hold You in My Arms (from Are You Passionate, 2002) Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) (from Ragged Glory, 1990) Ohio (Crosby Stills Nash & Young single, 1970) Days That Used to Be (from Ragged Glory, 1990) Don’t Forget Love (from Barn, 2021) Heart of Gold (from Harvest, 1972)

Encore: Love Earth (from World Record, 2022) Four Strong Winds (from Comes A Time, 1978)

Neil Young, Los Angeles, July 1, 2023 Setlist

I’m the Ocean (from Mirrorball, 1995) Homefires (from Archives Vol 11, Disc 6 The Old Homestead, recorded 1974, released 2020) Burned (from Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield, 1966) On the Way Home (from Buffalo Springfield, Last Time Around, 1968) If You Got Love (track listed on Trans, 1983 but not included on the album) A Dream That Can Last (from Sleeps With Angels, 1994) My Heart (from Sleeps With Angels, 1994) Throw Your Hatred Down (from Mirrorball, 1995) Prime of Life (from Sleeps With Angels, 1994) When I Hold You in My Arms (from Are You Passionate, 2002) Mr Soul (from Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield Again, 1967) Ohio (Crosby Stills Nash & Young single, 1970) Days That Used to Be (from Ragged Glory, 1990) Don’t Forget Love (from Barn, 2021) Heart of Gold (from Harvest, 1972)

Neil Young Coast Tour 2023 dates:

Friday, June 30 – Los Angeles, CA – The Ford – SOLD OUT Saturday, July 1 – Los Angeles, CA – The Ford – SOLD OUT Monday, July 3 – Los Angeles, CA – The Ford – SOLD OUT Wednesday, July 5 – Los Angeles, CA – The Ford – SOLD OUT Friday, July 7 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl Saturday July 8 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre – SOLD OUT Monday, July 10 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre Tuesday, July 11 – San Diego, CA – The Shell Thursday July 13 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre – SOLD OUT Saturday, July 15 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Monday, July 17 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater Tuesday July 18 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater Thursday July 20 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre Sunday July 23 – Napa, CA – Oxbow RiverStage Monday, July 24 — Lake Tahoe, CA — Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys

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Neil Young + Crazy Horse Announce Love Earth Tour

Tickets Available Starting Tuesday, February 13 at 1 PM ET with Neil Young Archives Presale

General onsale begins on friday, february 16 at 10 am et at livenation.com  .

Today, Neil Young + Crazy Horse have announced their 2024 tour – Love Earth Tour . Produced by Live Nation, the run kicks off with two nights at San Diego’s Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre on April 24 & April 25 then continues with stops across North America in Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, New York, Toronto, Chicago, and more.

TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with a Neil Young Archives presale beginning on Tuesday, February 13 at 1 PM ET . Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning on Friday, February 16 at 10 AM ET at Livenation.com . At time of purchase, fans can opt in to receive a physical CD of the Neil Young + Crazy Horse new album FU##IN’ UP included with their tickets for no additional cost.

FU##IN’ UP reveals Neil Young + Crazy Horse in all their ragged glory, playing songs from their long relationship. Neil and The Horse have played together for over 50 years and the performances of these familiar songs, recorded in 2023, is a true highlight. As Neil explains, “In the spirit it’s offered…made this for the Horse lovers. I can’t stop it. The horse is runnin’. What a ride we have. I don’t want to mess with the vibe. I am so happy to have this to share.”  FU##IN’ UP   contains 9 songs on 2 LPs. The album will be released in limited edition color vinyl pressing on Record Store Day April 20 with a wider, all format release starting  April 26 . For further details go to  NYA . Details about this release will be announced shortly.

MORE ON TICKETS: The artist wants to give fans the best chance to buy tickets at face value. For fans who purchase tickets for the Love Earth Tour through Ticketmaster and can’t attend, they will have the option to resell their ticket to other fans at the original price paid using Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange. To help protect the Face Value Exchange, the artist has also chosen to make tickets for this tour mobile only and restricted from transfer. This applies to all shows except those in Illinois, Connecticut, New York, and Virginia where Face Value Exchange cannot be mandated. A valid bank account or debit card within the country of your event is required to sell tickets on the Face Value Exchange. More information on how the Ticketmaster Exchange works is available here .

NEIL YOUNG CRAZY HORSE LOVE EARTH TOUR DATES:

Wed Apr 24 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre

Thu Apr 25 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre

Sat Apr 27 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

Wed May 01 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater

Thu May 02 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion

Sun May 05 – Huntsville, AL – Orion Amphitheater

Tue May 07 – Atlanta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre

Wed May 08 – Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater

Sat May 11 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live

Sun May 12 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion

Tue May 14 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium

Fri May 17 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center

Sat May 18 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater

Mon May 20 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

Wed May 22 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre

Thu May 23 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

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Review: Neil Young & Crazy Horse strike heart of gold at tour-opening San Diego concert

The concert began with an epic, 15-minute version of ‘Cortez The Killer’ that featured extra lyrics recently unearthed by Young. Guitarist-singer Micah Nelson, Willie’s son, very ably assumed the role in Crazy Horse of Nils Lofgren, now on tour with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.

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When Neil Young sang “rock and roll will never die” near the conclusion of his tour-opening LOVE EARTH concert with Crazy Horse Wednesday in San Diego, you believed him.

Those words, from his 1978 song, “Hey Hey My My (Into the Black),” sounded like a defiant vow in the face of possible obsolescence 46 years ago. Now, they are a statement of fact from a proud maverick who sounds more committed than ever, even — or, rather, especially — at a time when rock is increasingly becoming a niche genre pushed aside by formulaic pop, hip-hop and dance-music.

At 78, Young remains a staunch keeper of the flame whose passion for music burns as bright as ever. If anyone thinks this veteran singer, songwriter and guitarist is ready to kick back in his old age, he and his band immediately and convincingly refuted such notions with their powerful, nearly two-hour performance at SDSU’s Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre. (They are set to perform a second sold-out show at the same venue Thursday night.)

Young and his three-man band opened with “Cortez the Killer,” an epic number from their 1975 album, “Zuma.” But this was no sentimental journey down nostalgia lane, nor was it a tentative, shake-off-the-dust run through.

Their carefully calibrated version of “Cortez” built to a series of powerful climaxes Monday and lasted 15 minutes — nearly twice as long as the original on “Zuma.” The song began with an opening guitar jam that lasted 7 minutes before Young’s reedy vocals commenced. For good measure, near the conclusion of “Cortez,” he sang — for the first time anywhere in concert — a missing verse he recently came upon that had been cut from the 1975 recording.

The unearthed lyrics provided additional depth and a palpable sense of despair to Young’s tour de force song about Hernán Cortez, the bloody Spanish conqueror of Mexico’s Aztec Empire: I floated on the water / I ate that ocean wave / Two weeks after the slaughter / I was living in a cave / They came too late to get me / But there’s no one here to set me free / From this rocky grave / To that snowed-out ocean wave.

The next selection was the buoyant “Cinnamon Girl,” a choice cut from 1969’s “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere,” the first album Young and Crazy Horse made together. It clocked in at a crisp three minutes.

The rest of the concert included several other extended jams, with “Down by the River” and “Love and Only Love” both clocking in at a glorious 16 minutes (but not lasting one second too long). Conversely, Young’s tender solo acoustic versions of “Comes a Time,” “Heart of Gold” and “Human Highway” were each delivered with admirable concision.

The manner in which he alternated between longer and shorter selections served as a master class on how to pace a concert to build momentum and achieve maximum dynamic tension and release.

The final encore was an eight-minute rendition of “My My Hey Hey (Into the Black),” whose line There’s more to the picture than meets the eye could be a synopsis of Young’s career and his dogged determination to do things his way, every time, no matter what the trends of the day may be.

At SDSU, Young and his longtime Crazy Horse compadres — bassist/singer Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina, both 80 — were focused and in sync from start to finish. They were joined by guitarist/singer Micah Nelson, 33, who on Monday had played a key role accompanying his father, Willie Nelson, at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

Review: Willie Nelson’s San Diego concert defined, not defied, the passing of time. He turns 91 on April 29.

The American music-master and his band warmed up a damp, cool evening at The Shell. David Sanger, the drummer in opening act Asleep At The Wheel, took the ferry back to his family’s home in Coronado after the show.

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Micah Nelson was performing in place of Crazy Horse charter member Nils Lofgren, who is now on tour in The E Street Band with his other longtime employer, Bruce Springsteen. Those are big shoes to fill, but Nelson was so in sync with Young you’d think they had been musical partners for decades.

The stage was bedecked with the giant, faux Fender guitar amplifiers, speaker cabinets and road cases Young and Crazy Horse used on their 1978 Rust Never Sleeps tour. There were no video screens on the stage, the better for the audience — which included basketball great Bill Walton and Las Vegas Raiders NFL team owner Mark Davis — to focus completely on the music at hand.

The SDSU concert — the start of Young and Crazy Horse’s first major tour together in a decade — came a year after Young’s mesmerizing solo concert here at The Shell. Wednesday’s performance was even more mesmerizing, in large part because of the musical empathy between the four musicians.

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When they locked into a groove, which was often, they seemed to be of one mind. And it’s difficult to think of any other rock band of any vintage that can gain as much traction from so many slow-paced songs.

With few exceptions, Young’s biting guitar solos contained a minimum of notes, but he made each one count, repeatedly going into a zone where feeling and intensity trump quantity. Or, to invoke the title of Young’s 1988 album: “This Note’s For You.”

Apart from a heartfelt spoken tribute to the late David Briggs — the producer of many of Young’s albums with (and without) Crazy Horse — Young’s comments to the audience were along the lines of: “Thank you” and “How ya doin’?”

Otherwise, he let his music speak for him, and it spoke volumes.

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Music and concerts | neil young concert in chicago is postponed due to illness.

Thursday night’s concert by Neil Young and Crazy Horse at Northerly Island has been postponed, according to presenter Live Nation.

The concert, which was sold out, is being postponed due to illness and the show will be rescheduled, a Live Nation representative told the Tribune. Neil Young and Crazy Horse had been scheduled to play the Huntington Bank Pavilion on the Chicago lakefront at 7:30 p.m. as part of their Love Earth Tour.

Messages on Live Nation’s social media accounts for the venue said ticketholders should “hold on to your tickets and stay tuned for more information.”

Next on the tour’s schedule after Chicago is a stop Austin, Texas, on May 26, then Dallas on May 27. The tour then breaks until a July 8 concert in Toronto. It began on April 24 in San Diego and is slated to conclude in Los Angeles at the end of September.

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Neil Young concert review: Rock icon brings raw power to Forest Hills

Mother Nature has a sneaky sense of humor.

On Tuesday, May 14, she tested Neil Young and his band Crazy Horse at Forest Hills Stadium when a light rain came down during their raucous ‘Love Earth’ concert. At other outdoor shows, this minor inconvenience might have put a damper on the evening; everyone knows wearing ponchos is never cool. However, on an eco-friendly, earth-loving night such as this, the drizzle was a welcome reminder to not only be present but also appreciate the simple pleasures the planet has to offer.

More than anything though, the sprinkle added a bit of texture to the 78-year-old Young’s inimitable guitar talents and otherworldly, warbly vocals at the tennis stadium turned concert venue.

Over the course of the warm yet wet evening, the Godfather of Grunge ripped through 16 songs — a handful of hits and a slew of deep cuts — in a set shortened by his entertaining, eccentric opening act Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping going a tad long (the preacher sermonized about “the earth coming into us”) and unexpected technical difficulties.

Let’s start at the beginning of Neil’s set, though.

To kick things off, Young humbly ambled onstage with the imposing “crazy horse” large looming large on a backdrop behind him. Never one for grandiosity, the Toronto native wore a baseball cap and jean jacket. If he wasn’t one of the world’s most gifted musicians, one might have mistaken him for a trucker emerging from a rest stop bathroom.

The two-time Rock Hall of Fame inductee — recognized for his solo work and Buffalo Springfield tenure — quickly jumped into his downbeat 1975 classic “Cortez The Killer.” For the next ten or so minutes, Young and Crazy Horse delivered their trademark searing, unassuming sound. 49 years later, the quartet sounded just as fresh and dripping with raw, authentic power as when the track appeared on “Zuma” nearly a half-century ago.

Only one question remained as the guitars soared for the first few minutes of the song: was Young’s unmistakable voice the same at 78-years-old?

In a word, yes.

As soon as Neil sang “He came dancing across the water,” the enthusiastic crowd knew they were in for a treat. Young sounded just like he did in his heyday; nothing had changed. Neil Young is still Neil Young. This is a good thing.

“Cinnamon Girl,” the lead track on 1969’s “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” came next and fans burst into applause after the first few strings. Bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina — who have been with Crazy Horse since 1968 — along with Willie Nelson’s son Micah on guitar, shredded the feel-good jam as the wall of sound their guitars produced bled throughout the unique venue.

After that, Young dipped into his plaintive ’90s rocker “Scattered (Let’s Think About Livin’)” with its catchy refrain “I’m a little bit high/I’m a little bit low,” which made for an easy singalong. In between songs, onstage banter was minimal; twice, Neil asked “How’s everyone doing” and “What’s your favorite planet” before slipping back into the music.

It was always all about the music for Neil.

While he is known for timeless hits like “Old Man,” “Ohio,” “After The Goldrush,” “Harvest Moon” and the 1982 oddity “Transformer Man,” Young refused to dip into that well. Instead, he opted for the sludgy, grunge-country rock opera “Like A Hurricane,” sadly sweet “Don’t Cry No Tears” and imposing, soulful “Vampire Blues” next.

Young made it clear — this is a show for real fans (and possibly himself); those who have only heard his Greatest Hits album can check their bags at the door.

That being said, later in the show, Young made sure to pay their respects to fair-weather admirers when the backing band took a break and he came back out all by his lonesome with an acoustic guitar and harmonica.

For a moment, the rock portion of the show was over; now, the spotlight shone solely on Young and he delivered three melancholy country gems. First, his simple “Comes A Time” settled the crowd. Following a bit of polite applause, Neil dove into the famous “Heart of Gold” harmonica riff. Nearly everyone sang along in the night’s most unified moment which felt more like a campfire jamboree than a concert. It was raining and we were all right there with Neil “searching for a heart of gold.” Beautiful. This is why you go to live shows. This, this, this.

Unfortunately, as the night came to a close the sound system shorted out a handful of times. First, it was during his final acoustic song “Human Highway.” Then, when Crazy Horse came back to rock out to “Hey, Hey, My My” problems persisted.

“Nothing is under control,” Nelson quipped.

Just when it seemed as if the show was over, Young and co. came back for a two-song encore; first up was the punky “Sedan Delivery” and finally his 1989 anthem “Rockin’ In The Free World.”

The lights came on; the show was over.

Everyone returned to their smartphones, most were checking the Knicks score. For a few hours though, Neil and Mother Nature brought us all together to ‘Love Earth.’ That might have been their sneakiest trick of all.

Final verdict: Whether you love Neil for his unfiltered rockers or sensitive country ballads, the ‘Love Earth Tour’ will satisfy all your Neil Young needs as he makes sure to spend time in both of his equally powerful soundscapes.

A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues, and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:

On top of their tour, Young and Crazy Horse will drop into a trio of major multi-day music festivals.

For a closer look, here are all the dates, venues, headliners joining Neil, and links to buy tickets:

According to Set List FM , here’s what Young performed at Forest Hills Stadium on Tuesday, May 14:

01.) “Cortez the Killer”

02.) “Cinnamon Girl”

03.) “Scattered (Let’s Think About Livin’)”

04.) “Like a Hurricane”

05.) “Don’t Cry No Tears”

06.) “Vampire Blues”

07.) “The Losing End (When You’re On)”

08.) “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere”

09.) “Powderfinger”

10.) “Love and Only Love”

11.) “Comes a Time”

12.) “Heart of Gold”

13.) “Human Highway”

14.) “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)”

15.) “Sedan Delivery”

16.) “Rockin’ in the Free World”

On April 26, Young released his 46th album, the nine-track “FU##IN’ UP,” which features live versions of classic cuts from Young’s storied catalog.

“In the spirit it’s offered, (we) made this for the Horse lovers,” he shared. “I can’t stop it. The horse is runnin’. What a ride we have. I don’t want to mess with the vibe. I am so happy to have this to share.”

None of the songs on the record were performed at the show we attended but, in typical Young fashion, they rock. Hard.

If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can give “FU##IN’ UP” a spin here .

For our money, Forest Hills Stadium is one of New York’s premier concert destinations.

Located in the heart of the cozy Queens neighborhood off the E, M, F and R train, the venue is perfect for live music; it’s otherworldly when it gets dark at the open-air space. “Magical” isn’t a word we throw around lightly here but there’s no better way to describe a nighttime show at the 13,000-seat tennis stadium.

In order to get there, you’ll have to walk with throngs of fans — depending on how crowded the show you attend is — for a few blocks through neighborhood streets until you reach the tennis stadium. Make sure you have your tickets pulled up when you arrive, they’ll be checking at the gate.

Once inside, you’ll see food options for days. It’s highly likely they’ll all have lines that stretch 15-30 customers deep. Skip those. Go farther into the venue and you’ll be able to grab your food or drink, hassle-free.

Now that you have your goodies, it’s time to enter the concert area. While walking in, you’ll notice something. It gets eerily quiet out of nowhere. Don’t worry, you aren’t the only person experiencing this phenomenon. Signs read “These walls were specifically designed to minimize the sound that reaches our neighbors across the street.” Groovy.

Climb to your seat and watch tennis being played behind the stage (depending on your view); it’s a sight to behold.

Want to go to a show?

Click here to find all upcoming events at Forest Hills Stadium, which includes exciting headliners like 1.) Hozier , 2.) Goose , 3.) Pixies with Modest Mouse , 4.) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard , 5.) The National with the War on Drugs , and 6.) Khruangbin .

Young isn’t the only star who took the world by storm in the ’60s and ’70s performing live this year.

Here are just five of our favorite classic rockers you won’t want to miss in concert these next few months.

•  Rolling Stones

•  Robert Plant with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson

•  David Gilmour

•  Ringo Starr

•  Electric Light Orchestra

Who else is touring in the near future? Check out our list of the  52 biggest classic rockers in 2024 here  to find out.

This article was written by Matt Levy , New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed Bruce Springsteen and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change.

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The ragged glory of neil young and crazy horse live.

Hear 11 songs from an electrifying New York set this week.

By Lindsay Zoladz

Dear listeners,

On Tuesday night, at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, I checked a major box on my musical bucket list: I got to see Neil Young live for the first time. And not just Young, but also Crazy Horse , his longtime, magnificently shambolic backing band who more or less helped invent both grunge and the modern jam band. Young’s first New York concert in over a decade was a magical, rain-dappled night, and I have tried to preserve the memory by creating a playlist of highlights from the set.

There has always been something outside-of-time about the ironically named Young, a man who has in some sense sung and written like an old man since he was a teenager. (I mean that in the most affectionate way possible.) Perhaps for that reason, it is less jarring to see him onstage at age 78 than it is some other rock legends, and it helps that he has preserved that distinct, one-of-a-kind vocal tone along with his dexterity as a guitarist. The crowd was noticeably intergenerational, like the band onstage: Replacing Crazy Horse’s now-retired rhythm guitarist Poncho Sampedro was Willie Nelson’s 33-year-old son, Micah, who beautifully and steadily supported Young’s incandescent soloing.

Fitting for a band that embraces improvisational spontaneity, Tuesday night’s stop on the Love Earth tour was actually more memorable for its technical difficulties and the way Young handled them. The trouble began at the end of a three-song stretch where Young played solo, accompanied by just his acoustic guitar and harmonica. During a rousing rendition of the 1978 ballad “Human Highway,” a P.A. seemed to blow out, cutting off Young’s amplification entirely. His vocal mic was still wonky when a tech handed him an electric guitar, so he proceeded to do one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen a 78-year-old do at a rock concert: raise his guitar to his mouth and communicate with the crowd through its pickup. “We’d like to thank everyone for being here tonight,” he said in a muffled warble. Rock ’n’ roll can never die, indeed.

Relive Tuesday night’s show along with me — and celebrate Young’s recent return to Spotify — by listening to this playlist, culled entirely from songs played that night. I’ve mixed in some live tracks along with album versions, to better capture the ragged glory of Neil and the Horse. Come down from the misty mountain and press play.

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Listen along while you read.

1. neil young and crazy horse: “cortez the killer (live)”.

Young and Crazy Horse have opened most of the Love Earth shows with this oft- covered epic from the 1975 album “Zuma,” establishing that the set list will be full of classics. Notably, on this tour for the first time ever, Young has been performing “Cortez” with its so-called “lost verse” — an infamous victim of a power outage during the “Zuma” sessions — which makes these performances particularly special to die-hard fans. (Shout out to the guy desperately yelling “Powderfinger!!!” at the beginning of this live version. Not yet, buddy!) ▶ Listen on Spotify , Apple Music or YouTube

2. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: “Cinnamon Girl”

What made the set list flow so fluidly was the way it juxtaposed gloriously ambling jam sessions with sudden bursts of taut rock, like when the sludgy, dirge-like “Cortez” gave way to this indelible three-minute opener from Young’s first album with the Horse, “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” from 1969. The one-note guitar solo really popped.

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3. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: “Scattered (Let’s Think About Livin’)”

In more recent years, Young’s shows have often leaned heavily on recently released material. So it’s saying something that the “newest” song he played on Tuesday night was this poignant mid-tempo number from the 1996 album “Broken Arrow.” It was written as a tribute to the band’s longtime producer David Briggs, who died in 1995, and at Forest Hills, Young dedicated the song to his memory: “We like to think about him, because it centers us a bit.”

4. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: “Don’t Cry No Tears”

Another one from “Zuma,” this jangly pop-rocker was adapted from “I Wonder,” a song Young wrote as a teenager and later released on the first volume of his archives project.

5. Neil Young: “Vampire Blues”

The night’s biggest surprise was this deep cut from Young’s great, admirably uncompromising 1974 solo album, “On the Beach.” Its caustic sendup of the oil industry — “I’m a vampire, babe, sell you 20 barrels worth” — is quite appropriate for a tour called Love Earth and, sadly, is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago.

6. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: “The Losing End (When You’re On)”

This country-rocker from “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” prompted one of the night’s most satisfying crowd singalongs.

7. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: “Powderfinger”

Guy desperately yelling “Powderfinger”: Your time has come. Any time Young and Crazy Horse play this blazing elegy — which many people, including this one, believe to be one of his finest songs — it’s going to be a highlight, and Tuesday night’s set was no exception. There is a particular delight in hearing Young, nearing 80, sing the line, “And I just turned 22.”

8. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: “Comes a Time (Live)”

The mood turned muted and intimate when Young switched to an acoustic guitar for a solo portion of the set, beginning with this pensive title track from his 1978 album (performed here on 1979’s “Live Rust”).

9. Neil Young: “Human Highway”

The bad news: The sound system cut out about two minutes into this one. The good news: Young diffused the awkward moment by doing a funny little jig.

10. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)”

Sound problems continued through this one, but it lent an air of extra defiance to the lyric “Rock ’n’ roll will never die.” (I have a new appreciation for this song after last year finally getting to see “Out of the Blue,” the hard-to-find, outrageously unsparing 1980 Dennis Hopper flick for which it was written. Linda Manz forever!)

11. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: “Sedan Delivery”

Finally, the encore began with this punky, tempo-shifting track from the 1979 album “Rust Never Sleeps.” “It’s hard to find a job,” Young growls toward the end. Judging from this splendid set, though, he won’t need to look for a new one any time soon.

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“The Ragged Glory of Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live” track list Track 1: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “Cortez the Killer (Live)” Track 2: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “Cinnamon Girl” Track 3: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “Scattered (Let’s Think About Livin’)” Track 4: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “Don’t Cry No Tears” Track 5: Neil Young, “Vampire Blues” Track 6: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “The Losing End (When You’re On)” Track 7: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “Powderfinger” Track 8: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “Comes a Time (Live)” Track 9: Neil Young, “Human Highway” Track 10: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)” Track 11: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “Sedan Delivery”

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Neil Young to Play Deep Cuts on First Solo Tour in Four Years

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Neil Young is set to go on his first solo tour since pre-pandemic times, hitting intimate theaters across the West Coast with a setlist of songs he’s never played live. Dates and venues for the special showings have not yet been revealed — and are expected to be officially announced June 9 — but the 77-year-old shared other details on a Zoom for paid Patron subscribers to the Neil Young Archives.

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Fans can still expect to hear Young play his most beloved, well-known hits though he estimates that 80% of the performance will be dedicated to his die-hard fans. “They’re not new songs,” he said. “They’re old songs. But I wake up with them in my head every morning. They are songs that apply to my life right now and apply to everyone’s lives in this era that we’re in. Some of them were written 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago, but never really played live.”

The tour is said to kickstart with a four or five-night residency at a “tiny, little unknown theater that’s close to one of the most well-known theaters in the world” on the West Coast, with the official locations to be confirmed tomorrow.

Young’s last public performance before this year was at Farm Aid in September 2019. After the pandemic halted all live performances, the singer-songwriter did not budge over safety concerns regarding the virus and actively fought against misinformation and inaccuracies surrounding vaccinations — even going so far as having his music removed from Spotify in a boycott against Joe Rogan’s podcast .

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse Announce More National Tour – Setlist & Ticket Info

Neil Young and his band, Crazy Horse, have embarked on their first national road trip in a decade this spring, a return to the plans that were in motion before the pandemic disrupted their reunion.

The 16-date tour kicked off with two nights in San Diego on April 24-25 and will conclude in Chicago on May 23.

The tour comes hot on the heels of the release of the latest Neil Young & Crazy Horse album, titled Fu##in’ Up. The album will initially have a limited release on vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day on April 20, followed by an all-format release on April 26.

The album comprises reimagined versions of songs from the band’s past, recorded in 2023. Young’s last full tour with Crazy Horse took place in 2014; in subsequent years, they performed a handful of shows in central California and Canada. Plans for a wider tour in 2020 were put on hold due to the pandemic. Even after the situation improved, Young expressed his concerns about potential health risks to his audience and opted against the tour. However, in the summer of 2023, he embarked on a solo tour and later reunited with Crazy Horse for two shows to commemorate the 50th anniversary of L.A.’s famous Roxy. The band also performed a private show in Toronto for a birthday celebration in November.

The current lineup of Crazy Horse includes the addition of Nils Lofgren alongside original members Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina . The tracklist for the new album, which features “familiar songs” in addition to the title track, has not yet been revealed. However, the album will consist of nine tracks, spread across two LPs in the vinyl version.

Young expressed his excitement about the project, and stated, “In the spirit it’s offered… I made this for the Horse lovers. I can’t stop it. The horse is runnin’. What a ride we have. I don’t want to mess with the vibe. I am so happy to have this to share.”

The tour itinerary includes various notable venues across the United States:

• MAY 23 Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, IL
• MAY 26 Germania Insurance Amphitheater, Austin, TX
• MAY 27 Dos Equis Pavilion at Fair Park – Complex, Dallas, TX
• JUL 25 Gorge Amphitheatre Camping, Quincy, WA
• JUL 25 Hayden Homes Amphitheater, Bend, OR
• JUL 27 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA
• JUL 08 Budweiser Stage at Ontario Place – Complex, Toronto, Canada
• JUL 11 LeBreton Flats Park, Ottawa, Canada
• JUL 13 Harris Park Ontario, London, Canada
• JUL 17 Blue Cross Park (formerly known as Shaw Park), Winnipeg, Canada
• JUL 20 Fort Calgary, Calgary, Canada
• JUL 21 Fan Park at ICE District, Edmonton, Canada
• JUL 22 Deer Lake Park, Burnaby, Canada
• JUL 23 Deer Lake Park, Burnaby, Canada
• JUL 25 Gorge Amphitheatre Camping, Quincy, WA, USA
• JUL 25 Hayden Homes Amphitheater, Bend, OR, USA
• JUL 26 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA
• JUL 28 Amphitheater at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID
• JUL 29 Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre (formerly USANA Amphitheatre), West Valley City, UT
• JUL 31 Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, CO
• SEP 13 Germania Insurance Amphitheater, Austin, TX

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE CONCERT SETLIST

• Cortez the Killer
• Cinnamon Girl
• Fuckin’ Up
• Scattered (Let’s Think About Livin’)
• Like a Hurricane
• Vampire Blues
• Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
• The Losing End (When You’re On)
• Down by the River
• Powderfinger
• Love and Only Love
• Neil Young Solo Acoustic
• Comes a Time
• Heart of Gold
• Human Highway
• Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
• Don’t Be Denied
• Roll Another Number (For the Road)

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Neil Young concert at Chicago's Northerly Island called off on short notice

By Adam Harrington

May 23, 2024 / 7:35 PM CDT / CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Neil Young & Crazy Horse concert planned for Northerly Island Thursday evening was called off with hours before it was set to start.

The Huntington Bank Pavilion said on social media at 4:56 p.m. that the concert had been postponed – but did not specify a new date. The concert had been scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.

"Hold on to your tickets and stay tuned for more information," the Huntington Bank Pavilion said on social media.

It was not specified whether Young or someone else involved in the concert was ill, and or what the ill person was suffering from.

Young is in the midst of his Love Earth Tour with Crazy Horse – composed of Nils Lofrgen, Billy Talbot, and Ralph Molina. Young has worked with Crazy Horse off and on since 1968.

They last toured together a decade ago, and on their current tour have vowed to "treat the fans with a garage-band style of rock music that will surely make them feel like it is going back in time."

Neil Young & Crazy Horse recently released a new live album, "Fu##in' Up," which was described by Pop Matters as a "track-by-track homage to 'Ragged Glory' (1990), the blistering sixth album" by Young and the group.

The album was reportedly recorded at a private show at the Rivoli in Toronto this past November, according to Pop Matters.

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Neil Young's 3 Children: All About Zeke, Ben and Amber

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Neil Young has two sons and a daughter

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Neil Young ’s three children Zeke, Ben and Amber Young, are the light of his life.

The rock star first became a dad in 1972 when he welcomed his son Zeke with actress Carrie Snodgress. The couple discovered early on that Zeke has cerebral palsy, a disorder caused by abnormal brain development or injury to the brain that affects a person's ability to move and maintain balance and posture, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Neil and Snodgress split in 1975, and the musician started a relationship with singer Pegi Young , whom he married in 1978. When their first child, Ben, was born that same year, he was also diagnosed with cerebral palsy. As Neil told Rolling Stone in 1988, “The doctors said, 'There’s no connection between [Zeke and Ben’s conditions] at all. It’s a fluke that both have cerebral palsy. ”

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Becoming a father to two children with special needs changed Neil’s priorities. “I became much more involved in family, taking care of the family, making sure the family was secure,” he told Rolling Stone .

Zeke and Ben also changed his outlook on hardship. As he told Nick News in 1994, “There are so many kids with challenges that are so great, and yet they just keep trying. If I come up against something that's hard to deal with, I can handle it.”

Neil and Pegi welcomed another child, Amber Jean Young, in 1984, before splitting in 2014. The rocker has since married actress Daryl Hannah.

Keep reading to learn more about Neil Young’s three kids, Zeke, Ben and Amber.

Zeke Young, 51

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Neil and Snodgress welcomed Zeke on Sept. 8, 1972.

The performer opened up about his son’s birth in his 2012 book, Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream . “He was a beautiful baby boy,” Neil wrote.

According to the “Heart of Gold” singer, he and Snodgress noticed early on that Zeke’s right foot “seemed extended and he could not straighten out his ankle.”

“His right hand was also held in a different position from his left, and he did not have the same control of it,” Neil wrote in the book.

Though Neil and Snodgress got Zeke a brace, Neil said it made things difficult for his son socially. “He started to get picked on by the other kids,” he wrote. “This was the beginning of a rough time for him, and he began to lash out ... and had a lot of anger that he was expressing.”

Zeke was eventually diagnosed with what Neil told Rolling Stone was “very mild cerebral palsy” after experiencing a grand mal seizure. Neil and Snodgress broke up around the same period in 1975, and Zeke split his time between his mother's and father’s households.

Later on, according to Neil, Zeke began to thrive at the Morning Sky School in Mountain Center, Calif. “Zeke came out of there a changed man,” he wrote.

Neil's elder son also began to work: In addition to sound department credits on films such as Sometimes They Come Back … Again and Terminal Justice , Zeke worked at Home Depot as of 2012, according to The New York Times .

In April 2004, Snodgress died of heart failure at the age of 57 while waiting for a liver transplant. According to Today , Zeke was by his mother’s side at the time of her death.

By 2012, Neil and Zeke had grown “very close.” He wrote: “When I look at him, I admire him for the wonderful man he has grown up to be, handling himself so beautifully, and I feel very proud."

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Neil and his then-wife Pegi welcomed son Ben in 1978.

Unlike his big brother, who has a milder form of cerebral palsy, Ben was born with what Neil told Rolling Stone is “severe cerebral palsy.”

The rocker emphasized that Ben was a “wonderful little human being” from early on. “His soul is there, and I’m sure that he has an outlook on the world that we don’t have because of the disabilities,” he said.

In 1986, Ben’s struggles in his learning program inspired Neil and Pegi to open The Bridge School , which teaches students with severe disabilities to communicate better.

The former Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young member also built an intricate miniature train set for his son, who became a student of The Bridge School. "I built it so that my son and I could have something to do together, especially when we found out how disabled Ben was physically," he told Nick News.

The project became a great source of joy for the pair. “[It’s] a huge train set that he controls with buttons and stuff,” Neil explained to Rolling Stone . “He’s learning how to communicate and play games and solve problems using a computer.”

Ben’s communication style inspired several of Neil’s songs. “If you listen to Trans, if you listen to the words to ‘Transformer Man’ and ‘Computer Age’ and ‘We R in Control,’ you’ll hear a lot of references to my son and to people trying to live a life by pressing buttons ... and talking with people who can’t talk,” he told American Songwriter in April 2024.

Ben graduated from Half Moon Bay High School in 1998. One year later, he started a chicken farm on his family’s ranch, per SFGate .

The farm was certified organic in 2002. Ten years later, Ben was raising about 250 chickens and selling their eggs by the thousands. "I have a hand in every part of the business," he told SFGate, noting that his disability was the most challenging part. “It takes more time to do things, and some people think I don't understand them,” he said, adding, “The help of good friends ... gets me through any obstacles.”

Ben also faithfully accompanied his father on tour for many years as his confidant. “He’s our spiritual leader in that way,” Neil told The New York Times in 2012. “We take him everywhere.” Neil added: “I tell Ben everything, and he listens. He knows everything.”

In 2018, the father and son hit the red carpet together with Neil’s wife Hannah for the premiere of the couple’s film, Paradox.

According to Neil, Ben has taught him to “have faith and belief and inner strength and to never give up.”

“Just by himself,” he told Esquire . “By being a gift to us.”

Amber Jean Young

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Neil and Pegi waited six years before having their second child together, Amber Jean Young, in 1984.

According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , like her father, Amber has epilepsy, a neurological disorder that causes unprovoked, recurring seizures.

Weeks after Amber’s birth, Neil began playing a tribute song to her in his concerts titled “Amber Jean” that included the lyrics, “Amber Jean, oh Amber Jean, prettiest eyes I’ve ever seen.” (The track was later included in 2011’s live album, A Treasure .)

Neil opened up about his only daughter to Rolling Stone in 1988, saying, “My third child, Amber, is just a little flower, growing like a little flower should.”

According to the California-based artist, her early days, which were spent on Broken Arrow Ranch near Kings Mountain, Calif., were filled with art. “I took art classes in preschool and that started me on a path that I never diverged from,” she told Palo Alto Online in 2022.

After attending high school in San Francisco, Amber attended Kenyon College in Ohio before earning her master’s degree at the San Francisco Art Institute, where she studied painting.

Neil and Pegi were extremely supportive of their daughter, featuring her work on both of their album covers and jackets, per Amber's website . “Not a lot of people get the level of encouragement I received,” she told Palo Alto Online.

At first, she worked with mixed media, including textiles and quilts. “My mother was an avid collector of textiles, including Navajo weaving, baskets, Persian rugs and lace,” Amber told Palo Alto Online. Her art underwent a transformation after Pegi died of ovarian cancer in January 2019.

In March 2022, Amber held a month-long solo painting exhibit at Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto, Calif., titled “Pegi’s Garden” in honor of her late mother.

The works attempted to capture the feelings her mother felt on her better days. “As everyone in the cancer community knows, those days are hard to come by, so I wanted to highlight that in the work ... by incorporating color, patterns, flowers and houseplants,” Amber told the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA) .

It also gave her an outlet for her grief. After calling her mother every day throughout her illness, Amber told Palo Alto Online that painting with color “helped me move through the grief of her passing. It shored me up and tricked my brain into feeling good.”

The exhibit raised more than $14,000 for the OCRA after matched donations from Pegi’s siblings.

In addition to her art, Amber has a support system in her family: Pegi and Neil were present when she married investment banker Rajib Chowdhury in San Francisco in 2013, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel .

Amber and Chowdhury later welcomed two children together, Ronan and Aliyah.

The couple celebrated their 10-year anniversary in June 2023. Amber shared a sweet Instagram tribute to her husband at the time, writing, “This man is a hero. The last decade has been chaotic in both wonderful and horrible ways, but through all the madness and two children my husband Capricorned it up and kept the family on track and moving forward. I’m forever grateful to be on this journey with Rajib. He’s exactly what I need."

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse Whip Up a Rock n’ Roll Storm During Rainy NYC Show

The Love Earth Tour hit Forest Hills Stadium in Queens for the first of two dates.  

By Joe Lynch

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Young said the band had rehearsed for 23 days leading up to the tour, and it clearly paid off. Musically, Young and Horse were as simpatico and incendiary as ever, stretching out on auditory odysseys like “Cortez the Killer” and “Powderfinger,” chugging through the blunt thump of “Cinnamon Girl” and feeding off each other during the oil industry takedown “Vampire Blues.” (Speaking of “Cortez,” Young and Crazy Horse’s new release, Dume , is a reworked version of 1975’s Zuma using shelved material from those sessions; Young paid tribute to that album’s producer, the late David Briggs, during the show, saying, “We like to think about him — it centers us a little bit.”)

The rain didn’t put a damper on the evening, but unfortunately, a few sound issues did. During Young’s solo acoustic portion toward the end of the set, the sound cut out entirely during “Human Highway”; when it came back, Young gamely restarted the song, only to have it drop out again. He made the right choice to solider on, bring out the full band and tackle “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)” — but unfortunately, the audio issues persisted. As the sound faded in and out on that cataclysmic rocker, it was almost like listening to a vinyl record using a sound system on the fritz; one moment the noise level is pummeling you, the next moment all you can hear is the small sound made from the needle raking over the record’s groove.

Undeterred, Young and Crazy Horse returned for a problem-free encore that gave audiences a crackling “Sedan Delivery” and a cathartic “Rockin’ in the Free World.” It’s been a long time since Neil was young, but with Crazy Horse at his side, you can almost believe him on “Powderfinger” when he sings, “And I just turned 22.”

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