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Neil Young and Crazy Horse Announce 2012 Tour

Neil Young and Crazy Horse are going back on the road for the first time since 2004. Beginning Oct. 3 in Windsor, Ontario, they will play arenas 23 cities across North America before finishing up on Dec. 4 in Bridgeport, Ct. Young will also co-headline the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival with Metallica on Aug. 10-12.

Between his new album, ' Americana ,' which will be released tomorrow (June 5), and a second album recorded with Crazy Horse of which little is known, Young will have plenty of new material to draw from, as well as his extensive back catalog.

Los Lobos will open up most of the shows on the tour. Beginning with the Nov. 23 show, Patti Smith will be the support act for the final seven dates. $1.00 from every ticket sold will benefit the Bridge School, which Young helped found in 1986.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse Tour Dates

8/10-12 – San Francisco, Calif. 10/3 – Windsor, Ontario 10/5 – Kingston, Ontario 10/6 – London, Ontario 10/8 – Cleveland, Ohio 10/9 – Pittsburgh, Pa. 10/11 – Chicago, Ill. 10/13 – Austin, Texas 10/14 – Tulsa, Okla. 10/17 – Los Angeles, Calif. 10/26-28 – New Orleans, La. 11/10 – Seattle, Wash. 11/11 – Vancouver, British Columbia 11/13 – Calgary, Alberta 11/14 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 11/16 – Winnipeg, Manitoba 11/19 – Toronto, Ontario 11/23 – Montreal, Quebec 11/24 – Ottawa, Ontario 11/26 – Boston, Mass. 11/27 – New York, N.Y. 11/29 – Philadelphia, Pa. 11/30 – Fairfax, Va. 12/4 – Bridgeport, Ct.

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Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Tour dates & reviews: neil young & crazy horse - updated.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse have announced that they will hit the road in North America this fall for their first tour together since 2004 for "A Vinyl Evening With Neil Young & Crazy Horse”." Check out the tour dates below, and check back to NeilYoung.com for the on-sale dates. Each ticket comes with a physical copy of “Americana!

"The art will be the backdrop for this short tour that we’re doing," Young said of the upcoming Americana dates, which he described as "really a very short tour."

"That could happen," says Young. "But it's not happening now. I'd be on a tour of my past for the rest of fucking time, which I can't do. I have to be able to move forward. I can't be relegated. I did enough of it for right then, but there is this seed of something great still there. It's worth exploring again."

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Great news! The Horse is back! Anyone know the pre sale password?

Saddle up the Palomino! Roadtrip!

Aaaahhh ! I just hope these marvelous musicians have enough great times on that tour to decide a European tour next year. Here, we haven't seen Neil and THESE boys since 2001 !!!

WOW, thanks Neil &CH for coming back to Calgary! We love ya!!!! Can't wait to hear Americana Live, baby!! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. Bill in Calgary

The Horse is back in full for the first tour in what, eight years - I'll be back in the US for the first time in three years for a week in November - and I miss the New York gig by three weeks. Sigh. Guess it's back to hoping for a European or Asian tour next year...

Oh Hell yes!!!!! One more ride with the Horse. Note the talk of the other new Crazy Horse album!! A 26 minute jam!! The concerts will be old, new and present!! I love Neil Young!! I love Crazy Horse!! I can't freakin wait!! God Bless Neil Young. A true original. We're so lucky!! Every day I look for tour news. I had about given up. And BAM, there it was!! I screamed in joy!! Can you tell I'm excited. Wooooooo Hooooooooo!!!!!!!! Steven James

Damn, Americana arrived today and now NY & CH in Cleveland! The best Monday in a long time!

www.barefootsworld.net/seattle.html Seattle 11/10- Check out the Chief's words above....I hope I make it! With God on my side! And...crazyhorsememorial.org I gotta see this too! Maybe they'll let me carve some horse! Steven James, you are a HOOT! We're all breathin' the same air! Thank you, Thrasher.

Short tour my ass ! Americana dates , quite a few ! Canadiana dates missing , that have been confirmed here in the Commonwealth , Kingston Oct 5 , Ottawa Nov 24 , London , Windsor . The Union Jack will be flying proudly on these dates . EH ! Dare dis the Queen on Canadian soil , watch a horse run fast . Up the Queen's ladder , down the Queen's rope .

26 minute jam? where did you read that?

So guys-- how do we find out pre-sale passwords? Specifically I'd like to get MSG tickets...thanks!!

Does anyone know if the GA floor seats are the expensive ones? There's a huge gap between $70 and $200.

From Rolling Stone "They have also recorded an album of original material, which should surface sometime later this year. "There are lots of instrumentals, lots of excursions," Young says in the next issue of Rolling Stone, on stands this Friday. "But they're real songs. It has one that's 26 minutes long … [the tour] is going to be [songs from] the past, the present and the future." Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-set-u-s-tour-dates-20120604#ixzz1wt6CTmlh Sounds good to me!! Two Crazy Horse albums in 2012!? Don't think I could've ever imagined that in my wildest dreams!! Neil is on fire!! Steven James

Will all these shows have GA floor seats?

Amazing. The short tour Neil is talking about might be the Red Rocks and Outside Land dates. That could be the Americana tour with Shepard Fairey's paintings? The next tour starting in October will be The Past, The Present and The Future tour? A crazy Horse song that clocks 26 minutes. How cool is that. BSM

11/23 Montreal, QC - Bell Centre

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Listen to Neil being interviewed: http://www.955klos.com/Article.asp?id=2466297&spid=24575

I'm thrilled.....speechless.... Anyone have the pre-sale password yet for the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA? Thrasher?

Anyone know anything about the Dallas show?! It's not on neilyoung.com tour schedule. The rest of the shows are now. Damnit.

Holy cow...20 comments and not ONE about how stupid we are to pay $X.XX for the show? Brilliant!

UPDATE 8/5 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks 8/6 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks 8/10-12 San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands 10/3 Windsor, ONT – WFCU Centre 10/5 Kingston, ONT – K ROCK Centre 10/6 London, ONT – John Labatt Centre 10/8 Cleveland, OH – Wolstein Center 10/09 Pittsburgh, PA – Petersen Center 10/11 Chicago, IL – United Center 10/13 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits 10/14 Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Convention Center 10/17 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl 11/10 Seattle, WA – Key Arena 11/11 Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena 11/13 Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome 11/14 Saskatoon, SK – Credit Union Centre 11/16 Winnipeg, MB – MTS Centre 11/19 Toronto, ONT – Air Canada Centre 11/23 Montreal, QC – Bell Centre 11/24 Ottawa, ONT – Scotiabank Place 11/26 Boston, MA – TD Garden 11/27 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 11/29 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center 11/30 Fairfax, VA – Patriot Center 12/04 Bridgeport, CT – Webster Bank at Harbor Yard

I guess this confirms my suspicions that there won't be any extra Austin shows around the ACL Festival. I thought there was a very small chance they might do an ACL Live taping (e.g. Arcade Fire and Coldplay did so last year as headliners). Which would have been amazing in the venue. But I can't see him playing on the 12th and doing 4 nights in a row.

Looks like I'll have to take a trip to MSG. Too bad, I was hoping for a return to the PNC Arts Center in NJ. Eh, who cares, the Horse is out of the barn!!!!!

Any help on MSG presale password would be great. Planning a trip over from the UK.

We'll all sing hallelujah when she comes! Thanksgiving in Canada and then Christmas comes early to the Northeast. This band was made for you and me....

Madison Square Garden tickets $ 288 ! Think I'll take the whole family !!Love the music Neil, but at $ 288 for arena sound, you gotta be F-ing kidding. Greed has overcome so many businesses and people. And now Neil Young too. These prices repesent GREED. I know, I know, there's cheaper seat 2 miles back.that doesn't take away from the greed of $ 288. I know, I know, I don't have to go.....you're right Neil..... I definately won't be going. I know I will be attacked here and all the excuses made, but the level of greed is obvious to anyone not possesed with "Neil Young is always right" disease. The buses, the fuel, Crazy Horse, Neil doesnt make the prices......keep going.........

This One is missing: 10/26-27-28 Voodoo Fest, New Orleans Nice to see Patti Smith is going on tour with Neil and the Horse. She just recorded a very nice version of After The Gold Rush for her new album Banga.

I agree Anon, $288 is highway robbery. But it appears they range from the $68.00 range, and also include a free copy of Americana. I'll buy a pair of the $68.00 tickets. I'd much rather see them on a lawn somewhere than crammed into seats in Madison Square Garden, personally, but you don't always get what you want.

Four inches of rain this weekend and the Saco is high and grand. Deer are in the fields. There's a stream in back of my place that comes down from the mountains. Yesterday morning it was loud as I've ever heard. That's what the Horse will sound like when you hear them this tour. So don't worry about paying for the seats in back...you'll hear just fine and so will I. What a great tour schedule and openers with Los Lobos and Patti Smith. Hope to see a show or two. Speaking of great tour schedules, I see where First Aid Kit is playing Europe this Spring, opening a bunch of shows for Jack White. Then they come home to play Newport Folk on Saturday, which is shaping up to be one of the major days in Newport history with the Guthrie Family Reunion. Any chance some major Woody fans might also be on board for the day? Should be a great time for the girls, who are getting the attention they so richly deserve. Congratulations and great job Klara and Johanna...have fun storming the castle!

Seriously hoping "A Vinyl Evening with Neil Young & Crazy Horse" isn't a play on words... Sounds almost like "A Final Evening..." :-( I'm seriously hoping for a Euro tour next year... PLEASE Neil! Davie from Scotland

Just received a text that Neil is being interviewed by Terri Gross tomorrow. I'm sure that she'll do a great job and should be one for the ages. This week is turning out pretty good, huh?

dude, the cheapest ticket gets you in the front row? what's the problem? Get a GA ticket, arrive early and you'll be on the rail for the HORSE! Save some $$'s. Don't cough up the buck$.

"Neil Young and Crazy Horse have announced that they will hit the road in North America this fall for their first tour together since 2004 for "A Vinyl Evening With Neil Young & Crazy Horse”." Amazing, they are going to play some old records!

Bummer about that Dallas show vanishing...

Americana in the mail box at noon today...right on time. North Americana tour AND another new Crazy Horse Album??? I had a dream the other night...THIS WAS IT! So....Horse Back?! I wouln't be suprised if that 40 minutes he laid on us a while ago comprises alot of the upcoming new album.

Horseback. A tour. Another record in the can. And Patti Smith. --Thankyou, God!!

Patti Smith on New 'After the Gold Rush' Cover Punk icon finds inspiration in Neil Young! Now at Rolling Stone: http://tinyurl.com/bwex72c

OK...I was hoping we'd make it a bit further, but it took *27* comments for people to start bitching about how much the tickets cost. Stay home.

SMELL THE HORSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

still room for a Portland date in there before Seattle!

Neil in Saskatoon!!!!!!!!! Just hope he doesn't save too much for his hometown two nights later. And the "Gordie Howe of Music" can even pose with a statue of Howe outside the rink! Ok, maybe not but WOW, Just WOW!! Is it November yet?

where did the "vinyl evening with neil young and crazy horse" come from? and what is the significance of the word vinyl here?

MDB - It was a good run!

I'm diggin' the overload of endorphins all this Neil news is causing my gulliver to release! And as I'm listening to "God Save the Queen", I'm thinking is Neil a genius, or what? the album, released today with the song, THAT song, while the Queen's diamond jubilee is getting world-wide coverage. Brilliant! It all totally works for me. It is all one long song. The horse is back! Yipee!

If anyone sees any pre-sale info please post. Given that MSG tickets go on sale this Sunday perhaps no pre-sale?

Is this a great time to be a Neil Young fan, or what ? ... a new record gets released ...... Neil gives the records away for free if you come see him, ....... the new record streams for free over your computer, or phone ..... and the Horse is gettin' saddled up for a Fall trip. ....... is this a great time to be a Neil Young fan, or what ? .... see ya'll @ Red Rocks on Sunday.

Folks, we have two choices: pay for recorded music and attend affordable concerts; or get free music and pay through the nose for live shows. But I need help with the following tough decision: as an Ottawa resident, do I hit the montreal show on the friday to prep for the ottawa show on the saturday, or do I stay home and take the kids to see Bieber on the friday show here in ottawa to earn extra points from the wife to spent over the winter. hmmmm. that didn't take long: another back to back with Neil - third time around. Too bad the internet and cell phones have ruined live music forever - remember the night you saw the 1986 third best garage band tour with no youtube - just the shear enjoyment of being surprised - pleasantly surprised....

Can't wait for the MSG! Anyone have pre-sale password?

Does anyone know the price levels for the Boston show? I see tickets start at $54.50 and go up to $254.50, but I'm guessing there must be 2 price ranges in between, right? Currently, the seating chart for the show looks like it won't be GA floor but that could change. His Worcester show a couple years ago with Wilco was GA floor & those tickets were $75.

OK how/where do we get the presale code for these shows?

Presale code is "Amplify" for Patriot Center show.

Thanks you, Michael! Now my guess is that the general admission floor tickets are the less expensive ones? I'm in a state of paralysis as to which tickets to get. It isn't the money at all - I just want to be right up front - duh.

Thank you - not 'thanks'

any info on presale for Toronto ? Password ?

I saw a bumper sticker yesterday: "THE BEATLES DIDN'T NEED A WEBSITE!" Hmmmmm......

"...I feel like goin' back. Back where there's no place to stay."

So i guess the question now is THE PASSWORD. Is it going to be posted on Neil's page? Where should we be looking??

Does anyone have any idea about the setlist this time around? I know he might structure it around the latest record and Crazy Horse material. But what I'm saying is would he dig any deeper in the vault or maybe more deep cuts or is that just wishful thinking on my part?

it's The Past, The Present and The Future Tour, so...it's gonna be everything. as overheard at the Bridge show NY: Folk music DM: Something old, something nobody writ

How about a show in Hawaii ?

Just heard the interview podcast on the KLOS website (URL link in peter d's comment above). Kind of surprised to hear that the digital format Pono being worked on will require new hardware for playback. I'm all for improving audio quality (I buy almost exclusively vinyl these days - though regrettably not Neil's vinyl b/c it's overpriced), but a new format that requires new hardware sounds like a losing proposition. Seems like that's part of what was responsible for DVD-A and SACD (which I invested in) never catching on.

Does anyone have info on the Philadelphia presale? Tix are thru Comcast rather than Ticketmaster, so don't know if it works differently.

Comcast website shows there is a Live Nation presale for Philly tomorrow from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Live Nation password is "amplify."

Can anyone tell me the presale password for Seattle on Nov 10???

The Live Nation Facebook page has Cleveland, Seattle, Fairfax and Hollywood Bowl as "amplify"....if anybody finds the Boston pre-sale password please post! bumpyjonas

Philly presale password is EMAIL start 10am thursday 6/7 http://ev15.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/EVExecMacro?linkID=global-wachovia&evm=prmo&RSRC=ComSpec&RDAT=70140000000NeMx

Please... anyone know the Bridgeport CT Presale password?!!? Thanks

Would love to know how to get a pre-sale password. Thought it would be via an e-mail from neilyoung.com.

Please someone post the presale code for Bridgeport CT as soon as someone knows. Also will need it for Friday morning for the Garden show. I do wish Neil made this easier for his fans for Elvis Costello I got emails for every presale code for every show. THANKS!

No artist/fan club presales for this tour, unlike the last few. Presales are through Live Nation/venues/radio stations etc. Live Nation password is "amplify," which should work for all U.S. dates EXCEPT Boston, Bridgeport and Madison Square Garden (though some folks insist it will work for MSG as well). Good luck to all.

The only mention of an actual password for Boston so far: Presale: Thu., June 7 @ 10AM – Thu., June 7 @ 3PM Use passcode: crazy Unfortunately there's no way to verify this before pre-sale begins.

Password for MSG is "amplify." Good luck! Chris

Wow... from TM bridgeport CT .......Ticket limit of 8 per person for first day of sale, no limit after that Floor is General Admission Standing End of dialog content ...

fyi - latest presales chatter is @ Pre$ales TODAY: Neil Young & Crazy Horse Tour Tickets

bridgeport presale password is crazy

Pre-sale code for BRIDGEPORT is crazy Please send the fruitcake at Christmas time to my agent

Anyone have a presale code for the Tulsa show?

Tulsa show is AMPLIFY. The live nation guy said all caps so just a tip. Tulsa tickets are CHEAP. General admission is like 62.50. That's what I'm shooting for. Good Luck!! Steven James

anyone know yet about the password for Rogers arena in Vancouver, Nov. 11 ??? i'm losin sleep over this !! Jan

Can`t honestly believe it. Not even one Tour Stop in either the American Airlines Arena in Miami or the Bank Atlantic Center in FT Lauderdale, FL, what they hell is that all about? 2 Years ago he performed at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood FL with a seating capacity of around 5000 Seats or Less?

albuquerque august 3rd

expensive "I wanna love you but I'm getting blown away" by ticket prices at Patriot Center which is a sub-standard venue. Why not play Merriweather Post Pavilion or Verizon Center in DC and rock on? We love Crazy Horse but "Pardon My Heart" but will have to skip this one.

can barely wait for South Shore Harveys, 08/09. woo hoo, camping and NY&CH, sheeeet MF, what could be better ?

Tomorrow Night's the Night!!!! Tomorrow Night's the Ni-i-i-ight!! Can't wait. Bring it on!! Steven James

any news on confirmation and presale date for the 20th of Nov added Toronto show. Been a fan since late 70's Thx in advance

A bit disappointed that Neil & Crazy Horse don't take their tour to Europe and the rest of the world.I'm glad we got a good album to listen to.Cees Mostert.

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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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Neil Young & Crazy Horse will make a national road trip for the first time in a decade this spring, making good on plans that were being laid for the band to hit the road before the pandemic interrupted the reunion. The 16-date tour begins with two nights in San Diego April 24-25 and wraps up May 23 in Chicago.

The tour will come on the heels of the release of a new Neil Young & Crazy Horse album, “Fu##in’ Up,” which will get a limited release on vinyl for Record Store Day April 20 before getting an all-format release April 26. The album is said to consist of songs from the band’s past, newly recorded in 2023.

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The last full tour by Young with Crazy Horse in tow was in 2014. In 2018, they did a handful of shows in central California (including a Bakersfield concert reviewed by Variety ), followed by a couple of Canadian gigs in early 2019. They were believed to be gearing up for a wider tour in 2020 when the pandemic hit, and even after it abated, Young made it clear through statements on his website that he did not want to subject his audience to possible exposure by putting on a tour. Following a solo tour in summer 2023, he brought the band back together for two shows commemorating the 50th anniversary of L.A.’s Roxy, and the group did a short private show in Toronto for a birthday party this past November.

A tracklist of songs on the new album of “familiar songs” — beyond, obviously, the title cut — has yet to be revealed, but it will include nine tracks, spread across two LPs on the vinyl version. Young said, “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.” The initial RSD release will be on limited colored vinyl. (Other RSD titles set for April 20 have yet to be revealed, though the list is believed to be coming soon.)

The tour itinerary:

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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A wonderful event. Contributing to a charity that gives kids that aren't quite up to the average camp experience a chance to have a great time that empowers them.

Father John Misty opened the show with his quirky brand of showmanship in, according to him, a rare instance of playing solo and while the sun is up. He warmed us up with an intimate performance of several of his well known tunes.

Norah Jones was next. She led her trio through their paces , playing some of her newer stuff and hitting the spot with the very intimate crowd with her classics as well. She ended her set with a cover of Neil Youngs "Don't be Denied".

Neil was next. He strolled on unannounced picked up an acoustic guitar and began strumming a very loose and beautiful version of "Sugar Mountain". He followed that with a Buffalo Springfield era "I am a Child", very appropriate for this event. Next was seamless transition to "Comes a Time". He continued with a dozen more songs, Set list here- https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-young/2019/painted-turtle-camp-lake-hughes-ca-1b9c8110.htm - all solo and acoustic either on guitar or piano, with the exception of the last song "Harvest Moon" on which he was joined by Norah and her band.

His stage setup included what was likely a tack piano and his ornate pump organ. The crowd was wanting more of Neil and since those keyboards hadn't been heard from we all were expecting an encore that might include them. It was not to be. After several minutes of clapping and hooting Neil and Nora returned for an encore of "The Losing End".

A very special day was had by all. Thanks to everyone involved.

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Neil was Neil. Laid back and phenomenally talented. He played several different guitars, each with a name, harmonica, two pianos (which he brought with him for this tour), a harpsichord, and a ukulele. It's amazing how talented this one man is.

My only exception with this concert was that there was too much obscure music played. He has such a wealth of fantastic songs that span over 4 decades and several groups, so many of which I was hoping to hear. In previous setlists from this tour, he included 3 or 4 Buffalo Springfield tunes, but did not play them on July 11. Very disappointing. So many of his greatest songs were missing.

Other than that, I would go see him again!

Saturday 11th June. The O2. Neil Young and the Promise of the Real. So while the rest of the country were experiencing the usual mixture of short lived joy and then subsequent depression of watching England in a major football tournament, the sensible money was going to the O2 to see the legend that’s Neil Young. Given the spate of musical icon deaths in recent months the decision was made to see the 70 year old Mr Young in case more tragedy descends on the music business.

Young has been energised recently by a fresh new band supporting him on this recent tour. We have seen him on a few occasions and this time there’s no big set, oversized amps or too many gimmicks. He enters dressed a peasant sowing seeds on the stage (more of that later), sits down at the piano and proceeds to produce a sublime acoustic set of twenty five minutes or so running through classic such as ‘After the Gold Rush’, ‘Heart of Gold’, ‘Needle and the Damage Done’ and from ‘Hank to Hendrix’ before he’s joined by the band.

The evening’s set was heavily drawn from two albums, ‘Harvest’ and ‘Ragged Glory’ and we were treated to some rarely played tracks such as ‘Alabama’ and 'If ‘I could have her tonight’ from his first album which he’s only played once before and that was the night before.

The theme of the night if there was one was look after the world, fuck corporate America, be good to each other and protect our valuable natural resources. After the opening acoustic set we then launch into two hours of riff tastic jamming with extended renditions of ‘Love and only Love’ and ‘Words’ clocking in at twenty minutes apiece.

What is impressive about Young is his sheer energy. The new band have revitalised him and it’s them who have to keep up with the seventy year old rocker and not the other way around. His voice is also still as strong as ever and we all join in to set closer Fuckin Up and it’s all over. Like a fine wine Neil Young is getting better and long may he keep rockin us.

Keep on hard rockin baby.

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Inside Neil Young & Crazy Horse's 'F##IN' UP': Where All 9 Songs Came From

Two-time GRAMMY winner and 28-time nominee Neil Young is back with 'F##IN' UP,' another album of re-recorded oldies, this time with Crazy Horse. But if that sounds like old hat, this is Young — and the script is flipped yet again.

Neil Young has never stopped writing songs, but for almost a decade, he's been stringing together old songs like paper lanterns, and observing how their hues harmonize.

2016's Earth , where live performances of ecologically themed songs were interspersed with animal and nature sounds, was certainly one of his most bizarre. 2018's Paradox , a soundtrack to said experimental film with wife/collaborator Darryl Hannah, took a similarly off-kilter tack.

He's played it straight for others. Homegrown and Chrome Dreams were recorded in the ‘70s, then shelved, and stripped for parts. Both were finally released in their original forms over the past few years; while most of the songs were familiar, it was fascinating envisioning an alternate Neil timeline where they were properly released.

Last year's Before and After — likely recorded live on a recent West Coast solo tour — was less a collection of oldies than a spyglass into his consciousness: this is how Young thinks of these decades-old songs at 78.

Now, we have F##IN' UP , recorded at a secret show in Toronto with the current version of Crazy Horse . (That's decades-long auxiliary Horseman Nils Lofgren , or recent one Micah Nelson on second guitar, with bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina from the original lineup.)

Every song's been christened an informal new title, drawn from the lyrics; the effect is of turning over a mossy rock to reveal its smooth, untouched inverse.

It's named after a fan favorite from 1990's Ragged Glory ; in fact, all of its songs stem from that back-to-the-garage reset album. Of course, that's how they relate; they're drawn from a single source. But Young being Young, it's not that simple: some of these nine songs have had a long, strange journey to F##IN' UP .

Before you see Neil and the Horse on tour across the U.S., here's the breakdown.

"City Life" ("Country Home")

The Horse bolts out of the gate with "Country Home," from Ragged Glory ; in 2002's Shakey , Young biographer Jimmy McDonough characterized it as "a tribute to the [Broken Arrow] ranch that is surely one of Young's most euphoric songs."

As McDonough points out, it dates back to the '70s, around the Zuma period. With spring sprung, another go-round of this wooly, bucolic rocker feels right on time.

"Feels Like a Railroad (River Of Pride)" ("White Line")

Like "Country Home," "White Line" also dates back to the mid-'70s — but we've gotten to hear the original version, as released on 2020's (via-1974-and-'75) Homegrown .

The original was an aching acoustic duet with the Band's Robbie Robertson ; when the Horse kicks it in the ass, it's just as powerful. (As for Homegrown , it was shelved in favor of the funereal classic Tonight's the Night .)

"Heart Of Steel" ("F##in' Up")

As with almost every Horse jam out there, the title track to F##IN' UP defies analysis. Think of a reverse car wash: the uglier and grungier the Horse renders this song, the more beautiful it is.

"Broken Circle" ("Over and Over")

Title-wise, it’s excusable if you mix this one up with "Round and Round," a round-robin deep cut from the first Neil and the Horse album, 1969's Everybody Knows This is Nowhere . Rather, this is yet another sturdy, loping rocker from Ragged Glory .

"Valley of Hearts" ("Love to Burn")

As McDonough points out in Shakey , "Love to Burn" has an acrid, accusatory edge that might slot it next to "Stupid Girl" in the pantheon of Neil's Mad At An Ex jams: "Where you takin' my kid / Why'd you ruin my life?"

But the chorus salves the burn: "You better take your chance on love / You got to let your guard down."

"She Moves Me" ("Farmer John")

The only non-Young original on F##IN' UP speaks to his lifelong inspiration from Black R&B music — a flavor OG guitarist Danny Whitten brought to the Horse, and has persisted in their sound decades after his tragic death.

Don "Sugarcane" Harris and Dewey Terry wrote "Farmer John" for their duo Don and Dewey; it dates back to Young's pre-Buffalo Springfield surf-band the Squires.

"Not much of a tune, but we made it happen," Bill Edmundson, who drummed with the band for a time, said in Shakey . "We kept that song goin' for 10 minutes. People just never wanted it to end." Sound familiar?

"Walkin' in My Place (Road of Tears)" ("Mansion on the Hill")

"Mansion on the Hill" was one of two singles from Ragged Glory ; "Over and Over" was the other.

While it's mostly just another Ragged Glory rocker with tossed-off, goofy lyrics, Young clearly felt something potent stirring within its DNA; back in the early '90s, he stripped it down for acoustic guitar on the Harvest Moon tour.

"To Follow One's Own Dream" ("Days That Used To Be")

Briefly called "Letter to Bob," "Days That Used to Be" is Dylanesque in every way — from its circular, folkloric melody to its shimmering, multidimensional lyrics.

"But possessions and concession are not often what they seem/ They drag you down and load you down in disguise of security" could be yanked straight from Blonde on Blonde .

For more of Young's thoughts on Bob Dylan , consult "Twisted Road," from his 2012 masterpiece with the Horse, Psychedelic Pill . "Poetry rolling off his tongue/ Like Hank Williams chewing bubble gum," he sings, sounding like a still-awestruck fan rather than a peer.

"A Chance On Love" ("Love and Only Love")

Possibly the most resonant song on Ragged Glory — and, by extension, F##IN' UP — "Love and Only Love" is like the final boss of the album, where Young battles hate and division with Old Black as his battleaxe.

(Also see: Psychedelic Pill 's "Walk Like a Giant," where Young violently squares up with the '60s dream.)

The 15-minute workout (which feels like Ramones brevity in Horse Time) It's a fitting end to F##IN' UP . There will be more Young soon. A lot more, his team promises. But although his output is a firehose, take it under advisement to savor every last drop.

Inside Neil Young's Before and After : Where All 13 Songs Came From

21 Albums Turning 50 In 2024: 'Diamond Dogs,' 'Jolene,' 'Natty Dread' & More

Dozens of albums were released in 1974 and, 50 years later, continue to stand the test of time. GRAMMY.com reflects on 21 records that demand another look and are guaranteed to hook first-time listeners.

Despite claims by surveyed CNN readers, 1974 was not a year marked by bad music. The Ramones played their first gig. ABBA won Eurovision with the earworm "Waterloo," which became an international hit and launched the Swedes to stardom. Those 365 days were marked by chart-topping debuts, British bangers and prog-rock dystopian masterpieces. Disenchantment, southern pride, pencil thin mustaches and tongue-in-cheek warnings to "not eat yellow snow" filled the soundwaves.  

1974 was defined by uncertainty and chaos following a prolonged period of crisis. The ongoing OPEC oil embargo and the resulting energy shortage caused skyrocketing inflation, exacerbating the national turmoil that preceded President Nixon’s resignation following the Watergate scandal. Other major events also shaped the zeitgeist: Stephen King published his first novel, Carrie , Muhammad Ali and George Foreman slugged it out for the heavyweight title at "The Rumble in the Jungle," and People Magazine published its first issue. 

Musicians reflected a general malaise. Themes of imprisonment, disillusionment and depression — delivered with sardonic wit and sarcasm — found their way on many of the records released that year. The mood reflects a few of the many reasons these artistic works still resonate.  

From reggae to rock, cosmic country to folk fused with jazz, to the introduction of a new Afro-Trinidadian music style, take a trip back 18,262 days to recall 20 albums celebrating their 50th anniversaries in 2024. 

Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark

Joni Mitchell ’s Court & Spark is often hailed as the pinnacle of her artistic career and highlights the singer/songwriter’s growing interest in jazz, backed by a who’s who of West Coast session musicians including members of the Crusaders and L.A. Express. 

As her most commercially successful record, the nine-time GRAMMY winner presents a mix of playful and somber songs. In an introspective tone, Mitchell searches for freedom from the shackles of big-city life and grapples with the complexities of love lost and found. The record went platinum — it hit No.1 on the Billboard charts in her native Canada and No. 2 in the U.S., received three GRAMMY nominations and featured a pair of hits: "Help Me" (her only career Top 10) and "Free Man in Paris," an autobiographical song about music mogul David Geffen.

Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown

In 2023 we lost legendary songwriter Gordon Lightfoot . He left behind a treasure trove of country-folk classics, several featured on his album Sundown. These songs resonated deeply with teenagers who came of age in the early to mid-1970s — many sang along in their bedrooms and learned to strum these storied songs on acoustic guitars. 

Recorded in Toronto, at Eastern Sound Studios, the album includes the only No.1 Billboard topper of the singer/songwriter’s career. The title cut, "Sundown," speaks of "a hard-loving woman, got me feeling mean" and hit No. 1 on both the pop and the adult contemporary charts. 

In Canada, the album hit No.1 on the RPM Top 100 in and stayed there for five consecutive weeks. A second single, "Carefree Highway," peaked at the tenth spot on the Billboard Hot 100, but hit No.1 on the Easy Listening charts.

Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton ’s 461 Ocean Boulevard sold more than two million copies worldwide. His second solo studio record followed a three-year absence while Clapton battled heroin addiction. The record’s title is the address where "Slowhand" stayed in the Sunshine State while recording this record at Miami’s Criteria Studios. 

A mix of blues, funk and soulful rock, only two of the 10 songs were penned by the Englishman. Clapton’s cover of Bob Marley’s "I Shot the Sheriff," was a massive hit for the 17-time GRAMMY winner and the only No.1 of his career, eclipsing the Top 10 in nine countries. In 2003, the guitar virtuoso’s version of the reggae song was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame . 

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping

No sophomore slump here. This "second helping" from these good ole boys is a serious serving of classic southern rock ‘n’ roll with cupfuls of soul. Following the commercial success of their debut the previous year, Lynyrd Skynyrd ’s second studio album featured the band’s biggest hit: "Sweet Home Alabama." 

The anthem is a celebration of Southern pride; it was written in response to two Neil Young songs ("Alabama" and "Southern Man") that critiqued the land below the Mason-Dixon line. The song was the band’s only Top 10, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard Top 100. Recorded primarily at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, other songs worth a second listen here include: the swampy cover of J.J. Cale's "Call Me The Breeze," the boogie-woogie foot-stomper "Don’t Ask Me No Questions" and the country-rocker "The Ballad of Curtis Loew." 

Bad Company - Bad Company

A little bit of blues, a token ballad, and plenty of hard-edged rock, Bad Company released a dazzling self-titled debut album. The English band formed from the crumbs left behind by a few other British groups: ex-Free band members including singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, former King Crimson member bassist Boz Burrel, and guitarist Mick Ralphs from Mott the Hoople. 

Certified five-times platinum, Bad Company hit No.1 on the Billboard 200 and No. 3 in the UK, where it spent 25 weeks. Recorded at Ronnie Lane’s Mobile Studio, the album was the first record released on Led Zeppelin ’s Swan Song label. Five of the eight tracks were in regular FM rotation throughout 1974; "Bad Company," "Can’t Get Enough" and "Ready for Love" remain staples of classic rock radio a half century later. 

Supertramp - Crime of the Century

"Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer …" sings Supertramp ’s lead singer Roger Hodgson on the first single from their third studio album. The infectious B-side track "Bloody Well Right," became even more popular than fan favorite, "Dreamer." 

The British rockers' dreams of stardom beyond England materialized with Crime of the Century. The album fused prog-rock with pop and hit all the right notes leading to the band’s breakthrough in several countries — a Top 5 spot in the U.S. and a No.1 spot in Canada where it stayed for more than two years and sold more than two million copies. A live version of "Dreamer," released six years later, was a Top 20 hit in the U.S. 

Big Star - Radio City

As one of the year’s first releases, the reception for this sophomore effort from American band Big Star was praised by critics despite initial lukewarm sales (which were due largely to distribution problems). Today, the riveting record by these Memphis musicians is considered a touchstone of power pop ; its melodic stylings influenced many indie rock bands in the 1980s and 1990s, including R.E.M. and the Replacements. One of Big Star’s biggest songs, "September Gurls," appears here and was later covered by The Bangles. 

In a review, American rock critic Robert Christgau, called the record "brilliant and addictive." He wrote: "The harmonies sound like the lead sheets are upside down and backwards, the guitar solos sound like screwball readymade pastiches, and the lyrics sound like love is strange, though maybe that's just the context." 

The Eagles - On the Border

The third studio record from California harmonizers, the Eagles , shows the band at a crossroads — evolving ever so slightly from acoustically-inclined country-folk to a more distinct rock ‘n’ roll sound. On the Border marks the studio debut for band member Don Felder. His contributions and influence are seen through his blistering guitar solos, especially in the chart-toppers "Already Gone" and "James Dean." 

On the Border sold two million copies, driven by the chart topping ballad "Best of My Love" — the Eagles first No.1 hit song. The irony: the song was one of only two singles Glyn Johns produced at Olympic Studios in London. Searching for that harder-edged sound, the band hired Bill Szymczyk to produce the rest of the record at the Record Plant in L.A. 

Jimmy Buffett - Livin’ and Dyin in ¾ Time & A1A

Back in 1974, 28-year-old Jimmy Buffett was just hitting his stride. Embracing the good life, Buffett released not just one, but two records that year. Don Grant produced both albums that were the final pair in what is dubbed Buffett’s "Key West phase" for the Florida island city where the artist hung his hat during these years.

The first album, Livin’ and Dyin’ in ¾ Time, was released in February and recorded at Woodland Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. It featured the ballad "Come Monday," which hit No. 30 on the Hot 100 and "Pencil Thin Mustache," a concert staple and Parrothead favorite. A1A arrived in December and hit No. 25 on the Billboard 200 charts. The most beloved songs here are "A Pirate Looks at Forty" and "Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season." 

Buffett embarked on a tour and landed some plume gigs, including opening slots for two other artists on this list: Frank Zappa and Lynyrd Skynyrd. 

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Following a successful tour of Europe and North America for their 1973 album, Selling England by the Pound , Genesis booked a three-month stay at the historic Headley Grange in Hampshire, a former workhouse. In this bucolic setting, the band led by frontman Peter Gabriel , embarked on a spiritual journey of self discovery that evolved organically through improvisational jams and lyric-writing sessions. 

This period culminated in a rock opera and English prog-rockers’s magnum opus , a double concept album that follows the surreal story of a Puerto Rican con man named Rael. Songs are rich with American imagery, purposely placed to appeal to this growing and influential fan base across the pond. 

This album marked the final Genesis record with Gabriel at the helm. The divisiveness between the lyricist, Phil Collins , Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks came to a head during tense recording sessions and led to Gabriel’s departure from the band to pursue a solo career, following a 102-date tour to promote the record. The album reached tenth spot on the UK album charts and hit 41 in the U.S. 

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs

Is Ziggy Stardust truly gone? With David Bowie , the direction of his creative muse was always a mystery, as illustrated by his diverse musical legacy. What is clear is that Bowie’s biographers agree that this self-produced album is one of his finest works. 

At the point of producing Diamond Dogs , the musical chameleon and art-rock outsider had disbanded the band Spiders from Mars and was at a crossroads. His plans for a musical based on the Ziggy character and TV adaptation of George Orwell’s "1984" both fell through. In a place of uncertainty and disenchantment, Bowie creates a new persona: Halloween Jack. The record is lyrically bleak and evokes hopelessness. It marks the final chapter in his glam-rock period — "Rebel Rebel" is the swaggering single that hints at the coming punk-rock movement. 

Bob Marley - Natty Dread

Bob Marley ’s album "Natty Dread," released first in Jamaica in October 1974 later globally in 1975, marked his first record without his Rastafari brethren in song Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer . It also introduced the back-up vocal stylings of the I Threes (Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths .) 

The poet and the prophet Marley waxes on spiritual themes with songs like "So Jah Seh/Natty Dread'' and political commentary with tracks,"Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" and "Rebel Music (3 O’clock Road Block)." The album also Includes one of the reggae legend’s best-loved songs, the ballad "No Woman No Cry," which paints a picture of "government yards in Trenchtown" where Marley’s feet are his "only carriage." 

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

The third studio album released by the British rockers, Queen , is a killer. The first single, "Killer Queen," reached No. 2 on the British charts — and was the band’s first U.S. charting single. The record also peaked at No.12 in the U.S. Billboard albums charts. 

This record shows the four-time GRAMMY nominees evolving and shifting from progressive to glam rock. The album features one of the most legendary guitar solos and riffs in modern rock by Brian May on "Brighton Rock." Clocking in at three minutes, the noodling showcases the musician’s talent via his use of multi-tracking and delays to great effect. 

Randy Newman - Good Old Boys

Most recognize seven-time GRAMMY winner Randy Newman for his work on Hollywood blockbuster scores. But, in the decade before composing and scoring movie soundtracks, the songwriter wrote and recorded several albums. Good Old Boys was Newman’s fourth studio effort and his first commercial breakthrough, peaking at No. 36 on the Billboard charts. 

The concept record, rich in sarcasm and wit, requires a focused listen to grasp the nuances of Newman’s savvy political and social commentary. The album relies on a fictitious narrator, Johnny Cutler, to aid the songwriter in exploring themes like "Rednecks" and ingrained generational racism in the South. "Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)" is as relevant today as when Newman penned it as a direct letter to Richard Nixon. Malcolm Gladwell described this record as "unsettling" and a "perplexing work of music." 

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe

Rolling Stone once hailed Frank Zappa ’s Apostrophe as "truly a mother of an album." The album cover itself, featuring Zappa’s portrait, seems to challenge listeners to delve into his eccentric musical universe. Apostrophe was the sixth solo album and the 19th record of the musician’s prolific career. The album showcases Zappa’s tight and talented band, his trademark absurdist humor and what Hunter S. Thompson described as "bad craziness."  

Apostrophe was the biggest commercial success of Zappa’s career. The record peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Top 200. The A-side leads off with a four-part suite of songs that begins with "Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow" and ends with "Father Oblivion," a tale of an Eskimo named Nanook. The track "Uncle Remus," tackles systemic racism in the U.S. with dripping irony. In less than three minutes, Zappa captures what many politicians can’t even begin to explain. Musically, Apostrophe is rich in riffs from the two-time GRAMMY winner that showcases his exceptional guitar skills in the title track that features nearly six minutes of noodling.

Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel

Grievous Angel can be summed up in one word: haunting . Recorded in 1973 during substance-fueled summer sessions in Hollywood, the album was released posthumously after Gram Parsons died of a drug overdose at 26. Grievous Angel featured only two new songs that Parsons’ penned hastily in the studio "In My Hour of Darkness" and "Return of the Grievous Angel." 

This final work by the cosmic cowboy comprises nine songs that have since come to define Parson’s short-lived legacy to the Americana canon. The angelic voice of Emmylou Harris looms large — the 13-time GRAMMY winner sings harmony and backup vocals throughout. Other guests include: guitarists James Burton and Bernie Leadon, along with Linda Ronstadt ’s vocals on "In My Hour of Darkness." 

Neil Young - On The Beach

On the Beach , along with Tonight’s the Night (recorded in 1973, but not released until 1975) rank as Neil Young ’s darkest records. Gone are the sunny sounds of Harvest, replaced with the singer/songwriter’s bleak and mellow meditations on being alone and alienated. 

"Ambulance Blues" is the centerpiece. The nine-minute track takes listeners on a journey back to Young’s "old folkie days" when the "Riverboat was rockin’ in the rain '' referencing lament and pining for time and things lost. The heaviness and gloom are palpable throughout the album, with the beach serving as an extended metaphor for Young’s malaise. 

Dolly Parton - Jolene

Imagine writing not just one, but two iconic classics in the same day. That’s exactly what Dolly Parton did with two tracks featured on this album. The first is the titular song, "Jolene," recorded  at RCA Studio B in Nashville. The song has been covered by more than a dozen artists. 

Released as the first single the previous fall, "Jolene," rocketed to No.1 on the U.S. country charts and garnered the 10-time GRAMMY winner her first Top 10 in the U.K. The song was nominated for a GRAMMY in 1975 and again in 1976 for Best Country Vocal Performance. However, it didn’t take home the golden gramophone until 2017, when a cover by the Pentatonix featuring Parton won a GRAMMY for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. 

Also included on this album is "I Will Always Love You," a song that Whitney Houston famously covered in 1992 for the soundtrack of the romantic thriller, The Bodyguard , earning Parton significant royalties. 

Barry White - Can’t Get Enough

The distinctive bass-baritone of two-time GRAMMY winner Barry White , is unmistakable. The singer/songwriter's sensual, deep vocal delivery is as loved today as it was then. On this record, White is backed by the 40-member strong Love Unlimited Orchestra, one of the best-selling artists of all-time. 

White wrote "Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe," about his wife during a sleepless night. This song is still played everywhere — from bedrooms to bar rooms, even 50 years on. In the U.S., the record hit the top of the R&B pop charts and No.1 on the Billboard 200. Although the album features only seven songs, two of them, including "You’re the First, the Last, My Everything" reached the top spot on the R&B charts. 

Lord Shorty - Endless Vibrations

Lord Shorty , born Garfield Blackman, is considered the godfather and inventor of soca music . This Trindadian musician revolutionized his nation’s Calypso rhythms, creating a vibrant up-tempo style that became synonymous with their world-renowned Carnival. 

Fusing Indian percussion instrumentation with well-established African calypso rhythms, Lord Shorty created what he originally dubbed "sokah," meaning, "calypso soul." The term soca, as it’s known today, emerged because of a journalist’s altered writing of the word, which stuck. The success of this crossover hit made waves across North America and made the island vibrations more accessible outside the island nation. 

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Inside Neil Young's 'Before And After': Where All 13 Songs Came From

The folk-rock titan's newest LP is a journey through the past — whether recent or decades in the rearview. But 'Before And After' is far more interesting than just an album of re-recordings.

More than his fragile tenor, knife-twisting pump organ, swarming Old Black guitar, or any other aural hallmark, Neil Young is defined by his dogged, locomotive-like (and somewhat wackadoo) resolve to surge forward. Come hell or high water, Young will continue the mission.

Which doesn't mean innovate , necessarily — even though innumerable contemporary indie and Americana artists owe their livelihoods to him. It's just that the fire he ignited in 1966, when he wrote his first song as a Buffalo Springfielder, remains furiously burning in 2023.

"I don't care. I figured that's why they like it, because I don't care. It's what I have to do. I want to do this," the two-time GRAMMY winner and 28-time nominee told a tickled Zane Lowe last year, while promoting his latest album with Crazy Horse, World Record . "That's why there's 51, 52 albums: because I want to do this, and I can still feel it. I'd be crazy to stop."

All of a year after World Record , Young is back with a new album, Before and After . (Would that be his 53rd? His recent cavalcade of archival releases renders the number hopelessly blurry.)

Before and After , out Dec. 8 is a collection of solo re-recordings of old songs; it shows that even with his foot on the accelerator, he tends to drift into a figure 8. Some tunes, like "Mr. Soul," are classics. Others, like the Trans outtake "If You Got Love," are exclusively recognizable to the real heads.

But despite his litany of stylistic detours, Young's essentially the same musician as when we met him; as such, this sequence is seamless. Which leads to another wrinkle; Young designed Before and After to be an unbroken suite of music.

"Songs from my life, recently recorded, create a music montage with no beginnings or endings," he wrote in a press release. "The feeling is captured, not in pieces, but as a whole piece — designed to be listened to that way. This music presentation defies shuffling, digital organization, separation. Only for listening. That says it all."

And another wrinkle: Although it's not billed as such, there are signs that the album was recorded live, with a few overdubs added in post — which he's done before, on albums like Rust Never Sleeps and Earth . Not only does the tracklist hew closely to the setlists from his West Coast solo tour last summer, but crowd noise is faintly audible in several spots, and the credits declare the recording location to simply be "USA."

As usual with this most mercurial of artists, Before and After seems simple, but there are layers of Youngian mystery. But where these songs initially hail from is no mystery at all. Here's a quick breakdown of exactly what we're hearing on Before and After .

"I'm the Ocean" ( Mirror Ball , 1995)

A warts-and-all collaboration with Pearl Jam recorded in record time, Mirror Ball 's actual songs have always had a hard time peeking through what Young described as " a big smoldering mass of sound ." (Well, except the undeniable, immediate "Downtown" — perhaps the exception that proves the rule.)

But although its songs were written entirely in the span of the four-day recording session, the passage of time and a fair amount of dedicated listening — will bear out their merits. The Before and After version of "I'm the Ocean" is proof positive: What sounded a bit like an interminable garage-rock workout reveals itself to be a "Thrasher"-esque folk epic.

"I'm not present/ I'm a drug that makes you dream/ I'm an aerostar/ I'm a Cutlass Supreme," Young evocatively sings. "In the wrong lane/Trying to turn against the flow/ I'm the ocean/ I'm the giant undertow."

"Homefires" ( Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972-1976 , 2020)

No doubt, it was a treat to hear Homegrown , one of Young's whitest whales. Recorded in 1974 and '75, it was shelved until Young finally released it in 2020 — the tip of the spear for a lot of unreleased material in its wake.

But for those steeped in Young lore, it seemed like there was a lot missing: where's "Give Me Strength"? Where's "Frozen Man"? Where's "Homefires"? Clearly, he didn't forget about the latter; there's a perfectly lovely version here.

But take it under advisement to seek out the original recording, which is deliciously vibey and aching as so much early Young music was.

"Burned" ( Buffalo Springfield , 1966)

All these decades on, the bond between Young and his Buffalo Springfield/CSNY partner Stephen Stills is ironclad: if nothing's changed since early 2023, the musical brothers still get together to jam every Wednesday.

Young's devastated, precocious "Burned," from the eponymous first Springfield album, has lost none of its sting; it's downright thrilling to hear Young lay into it. Buffalo Springfield may have come out 57 years ago, but burned out on these tunes he is not.

"On the Way Home" ( Last Time Around , 1968)

The studio recording of the yearning "On the Way Home" always felt a little incongruous with its sunshine-pop production; the solo, acoustic version on 2007's Live at Massey Hall 1971 always seemed like the take.

While that possibly remains true, this version acts as a worthy bookend, the after to the before : "Though we rush ahead to save our time/ We are only what we feel," Young sings, summing up his entire career.

** "If You Got Love" (dropped from Trans , 1983) **

Decades of snickers later, the electronic Trans has been redeemed in the critical aggregate.

It was never a thumbed-nose, label-baiting genre excursion like some of his other '80s albums. Rather, it was an honest response to parenthood of a nonverbal son. (And, it must be said, his burgeoning love of — bordering on a fixation on — Devo.)

While outtake "If You Got Love" lacks the aggressive vocoder of its Trans brethren, it remains shockingly commercial and soft-rock for this artist: Young himself called it " wimpy ."

While your mileage may vary on the OG version, Young's Before and After take corrects that perception; performed alone on his trademark, rickety pump organ, reveals it to be blindingly pure and simple, a harbinger of Young's hymnlike, borderline childlike material in the new millennium.

"A Dream That Can Last" ( Sleeps with Angels , 1994)

The largely muted Sleeps with Angels might be the most underrated album in Young's catalog. In terms of evocative songcraft, brooding atmosphere, and smoldering performances from Crazy Horse, it belongs near the top of the heap.

Two of its highlights are its bookends, both on sonorous tack piano: "My Heart" and "A Dream That Can Last." And this version sounds as emotionally naked as its predecessor, as Young revisits his vision of heaven: "The cupboards are bare, but the streets are paved with gold."

"Birds" ( After the Gold Rush , 1970)

This slightly deeper cut from After the Gold Rush has followed Young around forever; perhaps the simplicity and companionability of this piano ballad has rendered it timeless.

And as always, it's moving to hear a 78-year-old Young still drawing power from something he sang as a twenty-something in coffeehouses.

Indeed, lines like "When you see me fly away without you" feel poignant in light of the numberless friends and loved ones — many indispensable to his creative arc — that Young has said goodbye to. When comparing original Horseman Danny Whitten to steel guitarist Ben Keith to his ex-wife, Pegi Young, "Birds" still feels elegiac to the maximum.

"My Heart" ( Sleeps with Angels , 1994)

The aforementioned "My Heart" kicks off Sleeps with Angels with capacious canyons of silence and windswept lyrics: "When dreams come crashing down like trees/ I don't know what love can do/ When life is hanging in the breeze/ I don't know what love can do."

In reverse order, these two Sleeps with Angels tunes still carry potency and import — although nothing beats the dramatic arc of the original album, which all Young fans must seek out if they haven't.

"When I Hold You in My Arms" ( Are You Passionate? , 2002)

Eyeballing the title, this writer figured "When I Hold You In My Arms" was a deep cut from Storytone , his 2014 paean to new love — and now wife and frequent collaborator — Darryl Hannah.

Rather, it's from 2002's Are You Passionate ?, Young's curious team-up with Booker T. and the MGs . (Before tracking that one, a handful of its songs — some under different names — ended up on the long-shelved Toast , which Young finally released in 2022.)

But it could just as easily exist on that album-length tribute to new love: "When I hold you in my arms/ It's a breath of fresh air/ When I hold you in my arms/ I forget what's out there." And that's partly what renders this deeper-than-deep cut still resonant on Before and After .

"Mother Earth" ( Ragged Glory , 1990)

Back in 1990, the chief ecological concern arguably wasn't global warming, but the hole in the ozone. Still, "Mother Earth" feels prescient — not only due to current climate woes, but as per Young's catalog itself, which has come to be saturated with climate-centric songs.

But Young's topical songs have always been most powerful when they sound deeply personal, too — and this fragile, organ-led version of "Mother Earth" sounds like a devotional by the Lorax.

"Mr. Soul" ( Buffalo Springfield Again , 1967)

Like fellow Buffalo Springfield stone classic "Burned," "Mr. Soul" still feels bluesy and badass, best delivered with a heavy dose of spite. (Young's solo version on 1991's Unplugged , for which he was in the mother of bad moods, is stormy and unforgettable.

The kinder, gentler version on Before and After , though, is no less indispensable, for how ancient it sounds behind the organ — as if Young dredged it from the earth as a young man and it shines eternal.

"Comes a Time" ( Comes a Time , 1978)

The ambling "Comes a Time" and its attendant, eponymous album have always been fan favorites: that rootsy 1978 album is where Young crossed a rubicon of earned maturity.

And despite Young's declaration that "I don't want to come back and do the same songs again" on said West Coast tour — if, in fact, this was drawn from that — "Comes a Time" feels like a requisite greatest hit. Which doesn't mean it's not good to hear it — quite the opposite.

"Don't Forget Love" ( Barn , 2021)

Young bringing out an aged and grizzled Crazy Horse for three albums in a row — 2019's Colorado , 2021's Barn and 2022's World Record — might come across as a declaration to rawk . 

But paradoxically — as Young has always been — these albums have featured some of the most restrained performances by the Horse since Sleeps with Angels . 

Colorado concluded on a whisper-light note with "I Do," and Barn does the same, with the dreamlike "Don't Forget Love," performed here on upright piano.

These 13 songs may span seven decades, but Young is immutably Young — and if he gets to add more decades of work to his voluminous songbook, he will remain so. That's the thing about this prestige artist: most of us celebrate the Before , but the After is arguably even more interesting.

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15 Must-Hear Albums This December: ATEEZ, Nicki Minaj, Neil Young & More

Just in time to soundtrack your festivities and welcome in an inspiring new year, press play on these 15 releases from Peter Gabriel, Tate McRae, Alicia Keys and others.

December is a time for rejoicing and reflecting. How did this year go? And what will come next? As we look back on the meteoric 2023 and start planning for 2024, there’s a sundry of new music to usher in this journey.

This month, artists like Alicia Keys and the Killers will celebrate 20-year anniversaries with The Diary Of Alicia Keys 20 and Rebel Diamonds , respectively. Others will bring forth much-awaited sequels, like Nicki Minaj ’s Pink Friday 2 and Chief Keef’s Almighty So 2 . Adding to that, live performances by Pink and Khruangbin will get immortalized, while rising star Tate McRae will release her sophomore effort, Think Later , and Dove Cameron will debut Alchemical: Vol. 1 .

Below is a guide to all the must-hear releases of December 2023, just in time to soundtrack your festivities and welcome in an inspiring new year. Read on for big releases from ATEEZ, Peter Gabriel , Neil Young , and more.

Dove Cameron - Alchemical: Vol. 1

Release date: Dec. 1

Following Dove Cameron's viral, platinum-certified 2022 hit "Boyfriend," expectations were high for the artist's first studio album. The singer and actress will release Alchemical: Vol. 1 at the top of the month.

"I wrote Volume 1 during a period of deep healing and space to process that I had never given myself. I hope you feel yourself in these songs as much as I do. Part 1: tear down. Part 2: rebuild," the singer shared on Instagram , teasing Vol. 2 of the collection (release date yet to be announced).

A follow-up to Cameron’s 2019 debut EP Bloodshot / Waste , Vol. 1 features eight tracks. Aside from "Boyfriend," she has revealed singles "Breakfast," "Lethal Woman," and "Sand," building up a sultry sound and an alluring mystique that prompt her as one to watch.

Dillon Francis - This Mixtape Is Fire TOO

Eight years after This Mixtape Is Fire , Dillon Francis' latest "turned out better than I could have ever imagined," the DJ and producer shared on Instagram about his forthcoming album, This Mixtape Is Fire TOO .

"The whole goal of this album was to make amazing songs with artists I love and respect," he added. The 14-track record features several 2022 singles, such as "Free" with Alesso and Clementine Douglas, "LA On Acid" with Good Times Ahead, "Pretty People" with INJI, "Don't Let Me Let Go" with Illenium and Evan Giia and "buttons!" with Knock2.

Aside from collaborating with some of dance music’s biggest names, Francis seems intent on having fun. His latest single, "I’m My Only Friend" with Arden Jones, demonstrates that by pairing up his characteristic high-octane beats with an amusing music video featuring actor Billy Zane in an impromptu road trip adventure.

ATEEZ - THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL

K-pop’s favorite pirates ATEEZ are getting ready to release their second Korean full album: THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL. The record will conclude the trilogy that began with EPs The World EP.1: Movement and The World EP.2: Outlaw .

With a slew of teaser pictures and a mysterious black-and-white trailer , the eight-member boy band continues to further their lore and leave fans eager to decipher their next chapters. In addition, a tracklist and an instrumental preview of the album’s upcoming 12 songs, including title track "Crazy Form," were revealed, promising exciting twists to their thunderous beats.

EP.FIN: WILL also brings a surprise in its unit and solo songs, all with lyrics co-written by the members: Jongho brings his powerful vocals to "Everything," "Youth" is a duet by Mingi and Yunho, "It’s You" is performed by Yeosang, San, and Wooyoung, and "MATZ" is the long-awaited collaboration between the band’s two eldest members, Hongjoong and Seonghwa.

Khruangbin - Live at Sydney Opera House

After a yearlong series of live albums in partnership with other artists ( Toro y Moi , Men I Trust, Nubia Garcya and others), Khruangbin will close out 2023 with the upcoming Live at Sydney Opera House — this time on their own.

The double LP was recorded in November 2022, and compiles their three-night residency at one of Australia’s most prestigious venues. With the announcement, the Texas trio also shared a new version of their 2015 hit, "People Everywhere (Shifting Sands Remix)."

The setlist also includes classics like "So We Won’t Forget," "A Calf Born in Winter" and "Friday Morning," attesting to the band’s expertise in highlighting the best of their career while giving tracks a fresh, unexpected spin.

Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys 20

The end-of-year celebrations will start early for Alicia Keys and her fans. On Dec. 1, the 15-time GRAMMY winner will release a special version of her multiplatinum sophomore album, The Diary of Alicia Keys , in order to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

The 2023 LP will feature 24 tracks, including nine bonus songs including the previously unreleased "Golden Child." Keys also uprezzed four music videos from that era on YouTube: "Karma," "You Don’t Know My Name," "If I Ain’t Got You" and the live version of "Diary" with Tony! Toni! Toné! and Jermaine Paul .

To make the milestone even more special, Keys will perform the full album in an intimate, one-night-only concert at New York’s Webster Hall on the day of release. A portion of the earnings will be donated to the nonprofit organization she co-founded in 2003, Keep a Child Alive.

Peter Gabriel - i/o

During every full moon this year, Peter Gabriel unveiled a new track off his upcoming studio album, i/o . It was a clever way to compensate fans for a lengthy wait. i/o is Gabriel’s first LP of new and original content since 2002’s Up , and has been in the works for almost three decades.

"I’m very happy to see all these new songs back together on the good ship i/o and ready for their journey out into the world," the British singer said in a press release. With 12 tracks "of grace, gravity and great beauty," the album tackles themes like the passage of time, grief and injustice, but never gives up on hope. Each track comes in three versions: the Bright-Side Mix by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, the Dark-Side Mix by Tchad Blake, and the In-Side Mix by Hans-Martin Buff.

Gabriel also spent a good part of 2023 on the i/o Tour across Europe and North America. Attendees were lucky to witness the album played in full and some of the singer’s biggest hits, as well as the unreleased track "What Lies Ahead."

Atmosphere - Talk Talk EP

From "Talk Talk (feat. Bat Flower)," a track off Atmosphere’s May album So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously , comes Talk Talk EP . According to a press release, the Minneapolis duo was so captivated by that song’s "vaguely alien and deeply human" sounds that they had to develop it into a ten-track deep dive.

In the album, rapper Slug and DJ/producer Ant "dart across threads of space-time" and become "titans of the electro-rap that was foundational to their youths," citing names like Kraftwerk and Egyptian Lover as inspirations. The press release also mentions that Talk Talk EP is a testament to rap’s connection to electronic music of the ‘70s and ‘80s.

That statement rings true, for instance, in the two singles they have released so far, aside from "Talk Talk": the sparkly "Rotary Telephone," and the haunting album closer, "Traveling Forever."

Pink - Trustfall Tour Deluxe Edition

Following the smashing success of her ninth studio album, February’s Trustfall , and of her back-to-back Summer Carnival stadium tour and Trustfall arena tour this year, pop giant Pink will wrap it all up with the release of Trustfall Tour Deluxe Edition on Dec. 1.

The special record features six live recordings (from Summer Carnival), including "Cover Me in Sunshine" with her daughter Willow Sage Hart, as well as covers of Sade ’s "No Ordinary Love" and Sinead O’Connor ’s "Nothing Compares 2 U," with Brandi Carlile . It also includes July’s protest song "Irrelevant" and two new singles: "Dreaming" with Marshmello and Sting and "All Out of Fight."

As the unstoppable artist that she is, Pink has already announced a slew of 2024 Summer Carnival tour dates for Oceania in February and March, and the U.K. and Europe throughout June and July.

Tate McRae - Think Later

Release date: Dec. 8

"Here’s to 20 years old and figuring who the f[—] i am," celebrated rising sensation Tate McRae wrote on Instagram . Writing her sophomore album, Think Later , was "one of the most stressful, exciting, nerve racking, and fun things I’ve ever gone through. For the first time in my life I lived this year a little less with my head and a little more with my intuition — and I [really] hope [you] guys can feel that through the music," she added.

Produced by Ryan Tedder , the album dives into "the all-too-relatable feelings of falling in love and embracing the raw emotions that you experience as a result of leading with your intuition and heart," according to a press release. It is preceded by singles "Greedy" — of recent TikTok fame — and "Exes."

The Canadian singer has also announced an eponymous tour in support of the new album. McRae will visit Europe and North America from April to August 2024, bringing it to a close in Oceania throughout November.

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2

After several postponements, rap superstar Nicki Minaj is celebrating her birthday by bringing Pink Friday 2 to the world. The much-expected release marks Minaj’s first studio album since 2018’s Queen .

The album is a sequel to her acclaimed debut, 2010’s Pink Friday , and is supported by two singles, "Super Freaky Girl" and "Last Time I Saw You." During an Instagram Live on Oct. 24, as reported by People , Minaj shared that "this entire album will be the biggest gift I have ever given humanity thus far. I can stand by that. I will bet any amount of money that Pink Friday 2 , the album, is going to make people fall in love immediately."

The Trinidadian American icon recently announced a 2024 tour in North America and Europe. Exact dates are yet to be announced, but the commotion was such that Minaj’s fandom, Barbz, crashed her website upon hearing the news.

The Killers - Rebel Diamonds

It’s been almost 20 years since the Killers burst into the rock scene with their 2004 debut Hot Fuss . To honor that achievement, the Las Vegas band will release Rebel Diamonds , a compilation of 20 hits encompassing all their seven LPs, plus new track "Spirit."

In the tracklist, fans will be able to take a trip down memory lane with singles like "Mr. Brightside," "When You Were Young," and "Human," among other classics. "See, it’s been said that what’s remembered, lives," frontman Brandon Flowers said in a trailer for the album . "And we’ve racked up stadiums full of memories the past 20 years, enough to fill lifetimes." 

Flowers continued: "It sounds a bit like Bowie. Or is it Brando? Or maybe it's somewhere in between? It always is with us. And to our legion of victims, thank you, thank you, thank you. And do not fear. There is more mining to be done." The Killers released another best of in 2013, Direct Hits .

Neil Young - Before and After

"Songs from my life, recently recorded, create a music montage with no beginnings or endings." That’s how folk legend Neil Young described his upcoming 45th studio album, Before and After , in a press statement.

The record spans a collection of 13 solo acoustic re-recordings among Young’s favorites in his catalog. The statement adds that "each of the songs blend and create one continuous flow, clocking in at a 48-minute pure and intimate listening experience," with Young summarizing it as an experience where "the feeling is captured, not in pieces, but as a whole piece — designed to be listened to that way."

Young also co-produced and co-mixed the record, which includes the previously-unreleased track "If You Got Love," among classics such as 1966’s "Burned," 1970’s "Birds" and 1994’s "A Dream That Can Last." Before and After is the latest in a series of archival releases by Young, arriving just a few months after "lost" album Chrome Dreams . 

Car Seat Headrest - Faces From the Masquerade

In March 2022, indie band Car Seat Headrest was playing a three-night residency at New York’s Brooklyn Steel. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they asked the audience to mask up, but also to "accoutre yourself in whatever further costumery you please" for an evening of "music, dancing, and identity loss," according to a press release.

The result of that experience is Faces From the Masquerade , CSH’s upcoming double album that will bring the magic of those nights to the world. "The 2022 Masquerade was a crazy tour that ignited with a particular ferocity once we touched ground on the east coast," said vocalist Will Toledo in a statement. "Our time in New York captures that momentary magic where we’re playing at our peak and the crowd is responding as one giant body."

Faces From the Masquerade features 14 of the band’s best tracks as rearranged, revamped live versions — for example, "Deadlines" went through adjustments "to turn it into the climactic dance monster it always wanted to be," added Toledo. The record has been described as "simultaneously a joyride through the greatest hits and a conversation with the devoted and ever-growing following that has formed around the band, their songs and live communions."

Michael Nau - Accompany

Multihyphenate Michael Nau has been building an extensive indie discography since the mid-’00s, both as the frontman of bands Cotton Jones and Page France and as a soloist. Next month, he will add on to that by releasing his fifth studio album, Accompany .

The album came to be when producer Adrien Olsen (the Killers, Lucy Dacus ) invited Nau to record at his Richmond, Virginia studio. "I didn’t have much of a plan before Adrien reached out, so I wrote some songs specifically for the session," Nau explained in a release. "It had been a while since I’d made music in a room with other people. We just sort of started playing and didn’t really talk about what was happening."

The record's 11 tracks "come together to paint a beautiful picture" with imaginative lyrics that manage to be "introspective, but vague and open-ended. Nau recently announced tour dates across the U.S. from February to April 2024.

Chief Keef - Almighty So 2

Release date: Dec. 15

Rumors about Almighty So 2 , the sequel to Chief Keef’s revered 2013 mixtape of the same name, have been going on since 2018. The Chicago drill pioneer went as far as teasing the cover art on Instagram in 2019 — only to spend years without further updates. In any case, it seems like the wait is finally over: Almighty So 2 is scheduled to drop on Dec. 15.

In the beginning of November, Keef shared two new cover arts for the album on Instagram, under the caption "2 real soon." While there’s no further info, the album will feature 17 tracks, including 2022 singles "Tony Montana Flow" and "Racks Stuffed Inna Couch," according to Apple Music .

Almighty So 2 is Chief Keef’s fifth studio album, arriving after 2021’s 4NEM . Recently, the rapper was featured on the track "All The Parties" off Drake ’s latest album, For All The Dogs . This collaboration increased speculations about a possible Drake feature on Keef’s album as well — the latter commented "Don’t forget them vocals, crody" on Drake’s Instagram back in August.

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Inside The Alternate Universe Of Neil Young's 'Chrome Dreams'

Neil Young's 'Chrome Dreams' was shelved in 1977; nine of its 12 tunes made it to ensuing albums. How would its release have altered Young's creative arc?

In the mid-2000s, Neil Young dropped an artifact at fans' doorsteps that was strange even by his standards. It was a new album, Chrome Dreams II — a sequel to that titular album from 1977. The wrinkle? That album didn't exist.

Well, not officially. While perplexed consumers wondered if they'd been unwitting recipients of the Mandela Effect , Chrome Dreams was a known quantity to the heads.

As Jimmy McDonough explained in his 2002 biography of Young, Shakey , Chrome Dreams was an acetate — a proposal of what his next album could be. It even had a cover: a sketch by producer David Briggs of the front end of a '55 Chrysler, blending into a woman's face.

But Chrome Dreams wasn't to be; what the public got was 1977's rowdy, eclectic American Stars 'n Bars . Despite containing the classic "Like a Hurricane" among other luminous deep cuts like "Star of Bethlehem," American Stars 'n Bars feels more like a mixtape than a proper album. McDonough himself called it a "haphazard snapshot."

As part of a deluge of archival releases, Chrome Dreams is finally available in its original form as of Aug. 11. Despite being shelved, most of Chrome Dreams ' 12 tunes made it to the public, in one form or another; many of them became bona fide Young classics.

Five tracks destined for   Chrome Dreams   made it on   American Stars 'n Bars , including "Star of Bethlehem" and "Homegrown." "Pocahontas," "Sedan Delivery" and "Powderfinger" appeared on   Rust Never Sleeps   two years later. A handful of others   would surface on various albums, culminating with "Stringman" on 1993's   Unplugged .

Now that   Chrome Dreams II   has a   I , a tantalizing question arises: if this album came out as planned, how would Young's discography be fundamentally altered? In some instances, it wouldn't be too far gone. In others, everything would change.

From   Homegrown   to   Hitchhiker   to   Toast   — from 1975, 1976 and 2000-2001, respectively — Young's long-shelved, recently revealed albums have proven to be inextricably linked to the ones we all know.

As such, they provide fascinating windows into his creative process — as well as what-ifs to puzzle over. Here's a guide to every song on   Chrome Dreams , and how Young's discography would change if they were initially released in this form.

"Pocahontas"

We've heard this non-overdubbed "Pocahontas" before.

In 2017, Young released the stunning   Hitchhiker , a document of a single session in 1976, when Young terminated a tour with   Stephen Stills , celebrating the 10th anniversary of their band Buffalo Springfield.

Under a full moon, he holed up in Briggs' Malibu studio with various intoxicants, and ran through some recent songs, alone and unadorned. Despite the bracing intimacy of this setting, Reprise executives shrugged it off as a collection of demos.

If "Pocahontas" had been released on   Chrome Dreams , could it still have appeared on   Rust Never Sleeps , perhaps in a different format? Unlikely, as that was an album of new material; a tune from just two years prior would have been a sore thumb.

A   Rust Never Sleeps   without "Pocahontas" would be one with a crucial chunk missing; it's one of the most evocative songs he ever penned, bar none. And it's difficult to think of a potential replacement on its level.

"Will to Love"

The inclusion of "Will to Love" on   American Stars 'n Bars   accentuates that album's aggressively piecemeal vibe.

There's no analog for "Will to Love" anywhere in his catalog. A seven-minute ballad recorded in front of Young's crackling fireplace, the lo-fi oddity recounts the journey of a trout upstream as a cosmic metaphor. (Critics remain divided; some believe it's one of his most majestic songs, others dismiss it as an indulgent mess.)

On   Chrome Dreams , "Will to Love" fits a bit more snugly amid the acoustic material; on   American Stars 'n Bars , it's an ugly duckling.

Without five   Chrome Dreams   tunes on it — three of them the most substantial on the album —   American Stars 'n Bars could have succeeded, and perhaps been more consistent, as an album of barroom-ready ragers.

"Star of Bethlehem"

"Star of Bethlehem" was slated for a previously shelved album:   Homegrown   — recorded in 1974 and 1975, unreleased until 2020.

Because that album didn't see the light of day, the inclusion of "Star of Bethlehem" on   Chrome Dreams   — and on his 1977 compilation album   Decade   — would arguably leave its history unaltered.

"Like a Hurricane"

Whether this Young classic was released on   Chrome Dreams   or another '70s album would be beside the point.

The legacy of this majestic rocker isn't its inclusion on   American Stars 'n Bars , but its windswept majesty — especially live. (Its versatility, too; the solo rendition on   Unplugged , performed on pump organ, is unforgettable.)

"Too Far Gone"

On   Freedom , Young's late-'80s comeback album addressing Reagan-era urban decay, "Too Far Gone" is a throwback; he'd originally recorded it in 1975, with   Crazy Horse   guitarist   Frank "Poncho" Sampedro   on mandolin.

The song, about the fallout from a chemical-fueled tryst, fit   Freedom   like a glove; it works perfectly along seedy yarns like "Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)."   Freedom   could have been basically intact without it, but its messaging would lose a personal edge.

"Hold Back the Tears"

Fitting with the rest of side A, the version of "Hold Back the Tears" on American Stars 'n Bars has a lovesick, rootsy quality, deepened by Linda Ronstadt and Nicolette Larson on backing vocals.

On Chrome Dreams , it's starker and more eye-to-eye — just Young alone, harmonizing with himself, a little keyboard and percussion filling out the soundfield.

Both versions are terrific, but if this demo-like take was the released version — without Ronstadt and Larson behind him to really sell it — something would be missing.

"Homegrown"

In any form, "Homegrown" is a mirthful, stoned trifle; paradoxically, it would have served as the title track to one of Young's most revealing and personal albums.

​The   Chrome Dreams   version — the one with Crazy Horse — is the one available for decades on   American Stars 'n Bars ; whichever album it appeared on would be irrelevant to its legacy. 

That said, the version initially slated to appear on   Homegrown   is a wonder — on that later take, Young's backed by Tim Drummond of the Stray Gators, go-to lap slide guitarist   Ben Keith , and Karl Himmel, who frequently backed Young throughout the decade.

Where the Horse version of "Homegrown" is a goofy romp, the later version is slippery and strange, befitting an ode to marijuana; if   that   one had come out, it may have stuck in the craw more.

"Captain Kennedy"

The version of "Captain Kennedy" on   Hawks and Doves   is the same one on   Hitchhiker and Chrome Dreams   — they all come from that single, stony session with Briggs.

Excised from the lumpy and politically contradictory   Hawks and Doves , it would be a pleasing enigma — Young's crack at a faux-traditional folk ballad, inspired by the   real-life mariner   Lou Kenedy.

On that 1980 album, though, it takes on shades of patriotism and nationalism, especially near tunes like the proletariat anthem "Comin' Apart at Every Nail."

In that jingoistic context, the uninitiated listener might even think it's not a seaman's ballad at all, but an extended metaphor for a certain doomed president.

"Stringman"

One of the primary revelations of Chrome Dreams is a studio version of "Stringman," one of Young's most emotionally incisive songs.

He wrote it for producer and Stray Gators pianist Jack Nitzsche, who was undergoing an agonizing divorce. Young takes a birds-eye view of the trauma, examining the trauma through metaphorical lenses: a sergeant laying down his weapons, sun-kissed lovers rendered as smut.

On Unplugged , with years under his belt, Young delivers with maximum pathos and gravitas.

But if this earlier version had been in fans' ears, it could only have enriched "Stringman"; it'd be a clinic in how a song can develop an emotional patina with age.

"Sedan Delivery"

Fitting for an album that begins with an evocation of   Johnny Rotten ,   Rust Never Sleeps   is charged with a flippant, punky energy for its latter half.

Accordingly, the version of "Sedan Delivery" out since 1979 is   far   more uptempo than the one on   Chrome Dreams . As such, it tends to blur into the sonic violence of its lovably lunkheaded neighbor, "Welfare Mothers."

This more natural tempo and execution suits "Sedan Delivery," and allows space to absorb its harebrained lyrical images; if the world knew it like this, perhaps it'd be more than a race to the end of   Rust Never Sleep s.

"Powderfinger"

Is "Powderfinger" more powerful as an acoustic or electric song?

Most fans regard the latter with something like religious awe; it's the ultimate marriage of Young's penetrating songwriting with the string-popping frenzy he demonstrates with the Horse.

But there's a case that the solo version on   Chrome Dreams   and   Hitchhiker   has just as much impact, just from a different angle.

The Young classic's about a young man attempting to protect his family from an approaching gunboat; when the arrangement can breathe, the story takes on weight and dynamism.

Indeed, when the shot rings out, and the protagonist's "face splashe[s] in the sky," Young's hushed delivery renders the image that much more darkly unforgettable.

Maybe the answer to the above question is a toss-up. But the acoustic version "Powderfinger" provides a crucial side-window into this magnificent song.

"Look Out for My Love"

The hypnotic fan favorite "Look Out for My Love" has a way of getting under your skin; it's an unquestionable highlight of 1978's Comes a Time , and does a mesmerizing job as the closer to Chrome Dreams .

"Look Out for My Love" is exquisite by its own merits; the only difference would have been that Comes a Time would lose a pendulum-like classic.

If the world knew and loved Chrome Dreams , the point of Chrome Dreams II would have clicked immediately — its acoustic-electric yin-yang is spiritually in dialogue with these songs.

But that's Young — if he didn't work in mysterious ways, we'd all want our money back.

In a way, his younger self is his primary collaborator these days; he's on a mission to preserve fleeting visions and headspaces of yore. And in return, his fans have a will to love.

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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.

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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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Neil Young And Crazy Horse Kick Off Love Earth Tour 2024: Here’s The Setlist

by Em Casalena April 25, 2024, 12:40 pm

Neil Young’s highly-anticipated Love Earth Tour just kicked off with Crazy Horse in San Diego, California yesterday at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre. As always, Young puts on one hell of a show and hasn’t slowed down at this point in his six-decade career.

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Young performed some of his greatest hits, including “Cortez The Killer” and “Heart Of Gold” to fans’ delight. He performed a couple of deep cuts as well.

Young and Crazy Horse killed the performance, and it’s clear that both the legend and the band have quite a bit of pent-up creativity. They’ve just put out a new collaborative album as well, FU##IN’ UP , which was released just a few days ago on April 20. An all-format version will be released tomorrow, April 26.

Neil Young’s Love Earth Tour Setlist

Curious about what you can expect from Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s current tour? Here’s the setlist from last night’s show:

1. “Cortez The Killer”

2. “Cinnamon Girl”

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

4. “Don’t Cry No Tears”

5. “Down By The River”

6. “The Losing End (When You’re On)”

7. “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere”

8. “Powderfinger”

9. “Love And Only Love”

10. “Comes A Time” (Solo/Acoustic Performance)

11. “Heart Of Gold” (Solo/Acoustic Performance)

12. “Human Highway” (Solo/Acoustic Performance)

13. “Don’t Be Denied”

14. “Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)”

While fans shouldn’t expect Young’s setlist to be exactly the same for all of the Love Earth Tour’s upcoming dates, last night’s show in Cali gave a pretty solid preview of what fans can expect from the rest of the trek.

Young and Crazy Horse will perform another set tonight at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre before traveling to Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and onward towards Canada.

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Neil Young Stuns at 2024 Tour Launch, Unveils Lost ‘Cortez the Killer’ Verse

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In typical Neil Young fashion, virtually nothing was revealed about his 2024 U.S. tour before it kicked off Wednesday night at San Diego’s Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, other than the fact he’d be backed by Crazy Horse , and that Micah Nelson would be taking over guitar duties from Nils Lofgren. Would he pull a Greendale and debut an entire rock opera nobody had ever heard? Would he focus the set around the three new studio albums he cut with Crazy Horse between 2019 and 2022? Might he repeat the concept of his 2023 solo tour by spotlighting obscure Eighties and Nineties album tracks and skipping most of his hits?

They jammed for six minutes before Young sang the opening lines, igniting the crowd into a frenzy, but the big moment came near the end, when he began singing completely unfamiliar words. As he teased earlier this month , it was the legendary lost segment of the song that failed to record during the 1975 Zuma sessions because the console briefly lost power. Young recently found the lyric manuscript, and worked out where they originally fit in the song.

“I floated on the water,” Young sang. “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.”

It was a remarkable moment to witness. After 49 years and over 540 live performances, the world finally got to hear the song as Young originally wrote it.

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Young was talking about “Scattered (Let’s Think About Livin’),” from 1996’s Broken Arrow, which was the newest song they played all evening. The rest of the set was music recorded when Briggs was alive, largely between 1969 and 1979, beginning with “Don’t Cry No Tears.” He followed it up with a triple shot of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere : “Down by the River,” “The Losing End,” and the title track. And it was a particularly mesmerizing “Down by the River” that stretched out for 16 blissful minutes.

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After the Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere mini-set, the quartet (Crazy Horse 4.0?) kicked into one of the greatest renditions of “Powderfinger” I’ve ever heard, thanks to improvisational guitar work prior to each verse by Young and Nelson. What came next was a 16-minute “Love and Only Love,” the band walking offstage, and then Young strapping on an harmonica rack for solo acoustic renditions of “Comes a Time,” “Heart of Gold,” and “Human Highway” that had the entire amphitheater singing along.

The band returned to wrap up the night with “Don’t Be Denied,” an autobiographical tale that carries a lot more emotional weight when Young sings it at age 78 as opposed to 28, and a thrashed-out “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black).”

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He might duplicate this exact set when the tour continues the following night at the same venue. He might not repeat a single song. He may even perform a complete classic album, which is something he started doing late last year. The joy of seeing Neil Young is that you never have any idea what’s going to happen once the lights dim.

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse Confirm Love Earth Tour

Neil Young & Crazy Horse have confirmed a new tour dubbed Love Earth. The set of dates was teased late last year on the musician’s official website, where he laid out the parameters for returning to the road. Following Young’s 2023 Coastal Tour, the musician and his longtime collaborator will start with two back-to-back concerts in San Diego, followed by a run of shows in the Southwestern region of the U.S. 

After a Golden State kick-off, Young and company will take part in an April 27 stand at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix, followed by a pair of Lone Star State appearances in Austin and Dallas, respectively. From there, the Love Earth tour, named for the track that turned up on 2022’s World Record collections, will arrive in Huntsville, Ala., on May 5. 

More dates will take the veteran musicians into the Southern region of the U.S., including Atlanta, Franklin, Tenn., and Bristow, Va., before the tour’s final leg, which will occur on the East Coast. After a May 12 date at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, N.J., the group will perform at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, N.Y., on May 14, with follow-up slated for Mansfield, Mass., and Bridgeport, Conn.

On May 20, a special hometown concert for Young is set to occur at Budweiser Stage in Toronto. The last trickle of Love Earth appearances will happen on May 22 at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Mich., and May 23 at Chicago’s Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island. 

“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,” Young offered via a press release, touching on his 50-year performance history with Crazy Horse. 

For more information, visit neilyoungarchives.com . Ticket pre-sale begins today, Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m. E.T. General on sale will follow Friday, Feb. 16, at 10 a.m. via livenation.com . 

Scroll down to view a complete list of Love Earth tour dates.

Love Earth Tour Dates: 

Apr 24 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre – San Diego, Calif.

Apr 25 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre – San Diego, Calif.

Apr 27 – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre – Phoenix

May 01 – Germania Insurance Amphitheater – Austin, Texas

May 02 – Dos Equis Pavilion – Dallas

May 05 – Orion Amphitheater – Huntsville, Ala.

May 07 – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre – Atlanta

May 08 – FirstBank Amphitheater – Franklin, Tenn.

May 11 – Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, Va.

May 12 – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion – Camden, N.J.

May 14 – Forest Hills Stadium – Queens, N.Y.

May 17 – Xfinity Center – Mansfield, Mass.

May 18 – Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater – Bridgeport, Conn.

May 20 – Budweiser Stage – Toronto

May 22 – Pine Knob Music Theatre – Clarkston, Mich.

May 23 – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island – Chicago

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Neil Young Launches Love Earth Tour: Set List and Video

Neil Young launched his 2024 Love Earth Tour with Crazy Horse in San Diego, California on Wednesday night.

Young performed a number of his classics, including “Cortez the Killer,” “Cinnamon Girl,” “Powderfinger” and “Heart of Gold.”

You can view videos from the show, as well as a complete set list, below.

Young recently put out a new album with Crazy Horse, titled FU##IN’ UP, which was released on limited edition color vinyl on Record Store Day , April 20, and will get an all-format release on April 26.

“In the spirit it’s offered…made this for the Horse lovers,” Young previously said of the new record. “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.”

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From here, Young will bring his tour to over two dozen American and Canadian cities, including his hometown of Toronto. He’ll perform in outdoor venues only, a precaution he decided to adopt following the pandemic.

“We gotta be careful,” Young said on a fan Zoom earlier this month [via Rolling Stone ]. “I don’t know the stats on it, but I imagine if you look at a regular group of 15,000 or 20,000 people, just randomly from around the world, and then look at 15,000 or 20,000 people that all went to a show, and how many of them got Covid, I think you’d found people that went to a show inside have a lot more of a chance of getting sick. I don’t really need to do that. Willie Nelson told me he’s only playing outside now. I felt that was a good idea, so that’s what I’m doing.”

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1. “Cortez the Killer”

2. “Cinnamon Girl”

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

4. “Don’t Cry No Tears”

5. “Down by the River”

6. “The Losing End (When You’re On)”

7. “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere”

8. “Powderfinger”

9. “Love and Only Love”

10. “Comes a Time” (Solo Acoustic)

11. “Heart of Gold” (Solo Acoustic)

12. “Human Highway” (Solo Acoustic)

13. “Don’t Be Denied”

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Live 8 Adds Moscow Show – Neil Young To Play Canada

Live 8 has added a concert in Moscow’s Red Square, ensuring that all of the G8 industrialized nations will be represented at Saturday’s (July 2) event. At deadline, the only act confirmed for the show was the Pet Shop Boys. Last week, a concert was added in Tokyo, featuring Bjork, Good Charlotte and McFly.

Live 8 will now encompass 10 shows in London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Philadelphia, Barrie, Ont., Johannesburg and Eden Project in southwest England. AOL Music will cybercast each show live.

It was also confirmed today that the Barrie show will be closed by Neil Young, making one of his first live appearances since suffering a brain aneurysm in March. He will be accompanied for select songs by the Fisk University Jubilee Choir.

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Moscow Tour Report- Part 2: The Untold Story of the Cargo’s Journey

Often, when we see a performance by an ensemble from abroad, we think of how far the musicians have traveled to be there, and what that must be like. But sometimes we don’t realize just how big of an undertaking it is to transport an entire orchestra -and their instruments- to another continent. Below, Violinist Alexandra Adkins describes the untold story of the cargo’s journey.

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Our orchestra on tour is accompanied by lots of cargo; instrument shipping trunks, wardrobe trunks, special chairs and so on. The musicians were fortunate to head to Moscow Tuesday on a 12 hour nonstop flight, but our cargo had a more extensive journey. According to stage manager Donald Ray Jackson, it is a four day process that began immediately following the Ima Hogg performance on June 2nd. The symphony truck was loaded up that night and headed for IAH, where Sunday morning he and assistant stage manager Kelly Morgan began building seven container pallets from the various instrument and wardrobe trunks. It is a complicated puzzle to make the pallets the size that will fit in the cargo hold of a passenger plane. Every piece is X- rayed before loading. Donald Ray and Kelly travel with our shipment every step of the way. Our cargo arrived Monday afternoon in London, where it was offloaded and transferred to a climate controlled warehouse until the Moscow flight Tuesday morning. Due to a size issue with one of our containers, some of our cargo was delayed, thus everything did not arrive in Moscow until 3:00 AM Wednesday morning. Clearing Russian customs, disassembling the pallets and loading up trucks for transport to Moscow’s Hall of Columns took the next 18 hours, and finally at 11:30 PM Wednesday night our four very sleep deprived Houston stage crew members began the two hour load in to the hall– assisted by Russian crew– so that our instruments would be available for individual practice on Thursday morning. Donald Ray and Kelly are now catching up on their ZZZ’s in the subway, on the bus, and anywhere else they can find a quiet corner!

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Navigation games on the streets and conversation clubs in hostels are all part of the fun of figuring out Moscow when you’re young at heart. Source: Press Photo.

Hugging strangers, reciting poetry and looking for bird-shaped graffiti is not usually part of a city tour—but Moscow Game Tour is no ordinary company.

Nikita Bogdanov, 25, founder of the company, says: “It’s not a regular tour, it’s a quest. You interact with Russian people, and you gain more experience.”

Moscow Game Tour is one of a new breed of innovative tours run by and for young people. They are either low-cost or free, and prioritise interacting with locals over traditional sightseeing.

Mr Bogdanov started Moscow Game Tour in 2009 to encourage visitors to explore areas outside the city centre. In the tour, which costs 700 roubles (about $22), participants are “players” and complete challenges that lead them to clues in the shape of a matryoshka doll.

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Many tasks involve asking passers-by for directions or trying a Russian phrase. Along the way, players discover interesting features such as a monastery canteen, or a Socialist Realist statue.

Some clues are easier to locate than others. “There was one spot that we absolutely could not find,” says Vera Baranova, 25, who took part in a quest at Tsaritsyno Park in south-east Moscow. “When we asked someone, it turned out that we were actually right on top of it.”

Mr Bogdanov also operates the Moscow Free Tour, which provides an overview of major sites between Kitai Gorod and the Kremlin free of charge. In peak season, this more traditional outing attracts between a dozen and 40 people every day; the Game Tour runs only once or twice a week and usually attracts between five and 10 participants. Convincing visitors to sign up for an unconventional tour can be a challenge. “The Free Tour is more popular because it’s more easily understandable,” Mr Bogdanov says. “For the Game Tour, you need to explain to people what it is.”

Business has picked up as Mr Bogdanov has formed relationships with hotels, major tour agencies including TUI and companies such as Google. This year, he also began receiving support from Moscow’s Committee for Tourism and the Hotel Industry, which has launched a programme called “Moscow Fresh” to support creative tourism.

Moscow Game Tour is one of a new breed of innovative tours run by and for young people. Source: Press Photo.

In addition to the Free Tour and Game Tour, Mr Bogdanov’s company offers daily paid-for tours with a variety of themes. The retro Communist Tour visits central Soviet landmarks, including the Lubyanka (former headquarters of the KGB); the Gulag Museum; a Soviet-style canteen and Eliseevsky, a regal shop on Tverskaya Street considered the grandest store in the Soviet Union (which these days sells imported French yoghurt and other modern luxuries).

Visitors can also venture below ground on the Metro Tour.  The latter stops at some of the most ornate stations in Moscow’s beloved Stalinist metro system, such as the mosaic-adorned Komsomolskaya. In an attempt to supply visitors with information beyond the average pocket guide, the tour recounts little-known facts about the metro, such as how many babies have been born on it.

Alexei Sotskov, 30, was inspired to start Moscow Greeter , a local franchise of the international Greeter network, after giving informal tours to friends. “I have a lot of friends in foreign countries, and when they come to Moscow I show them interesting places. So I thought it would be a great idea to start running a tourist service,” he says.

The greeters are mostly students learning English who take visitors to lesser-known sights, such as the former royal estate Kolomenskoye, as well as exhibitions and sporting events. The greeters not only show the tourists around but they also chat to them. “Greeters talk about their lives, their parents, where they’re from in Moscow, and where they study,” says Mr Sotskov. 

“Traditional guides just give people information they read in a book.”

Valentina Lebedeva, a second-year linguistics student, has been a greeter for two months. “When most people come to Moscow, they visit the Kremlin and everything, but they go back and they still don’t really get how people really live here,” she says.

“Greeters offers tourists a good way to get a real impression of Russia, so that you don’t just visit the usual tourist sights.”

Another unconventional tour company, Lovely Russia , also strives to provide a more engaging experience for tourists. “A lot of the tours I saw being run by tour providers were really boring, just buses with large crowds of 60 year-olds,” says the company’s co-founder Anna Shegurova, 25. “There was not a lot for a younger crowd, a more off-the-beaten-path kind of thing.” Lovely Russia offers a variety of $22 tours in English. Locations include metro stations, Constructivist landmarks and a “Moscow as it is” outing that winds through the city’s side streets. At the end of the tour, guides suggest places where participants can enjoy a beer.

Ms Shegurova says the guides try to show visitors “a different side of Russia”.

“It’s a great city with a really long and interesting history… but you wouldn’t really know unless you have someone with you who’s able to share this history and make it interesting,” she says.

For visitors without a guide, getting around Moscow can still be a challenge. Over the past year,  some English-language signs indicating the locations of historical sights have been put up, but metro and street signs remain in Cyrillic.

Mila, volunteer for 'wow local'

“Coming here, it’s very hard to get orientated,” says Irina Tripapina, 25, the organiser of WowLocal . “We decided to compensate for the lack of information in English by establishing a community of volunteers who are willing to help visitors find their way.” After passing language and navigation tests, WowLocal volunteers are given T-shirts and badges emblazoned with the phrase “Ask Me, I’m Local.” 

“Tourists can meet WowLocal at any part of the city and at any time – even at night in Butovo,” says Ms Tripapina, referring to the suburb south of Moscow.

Since the project started in July, Ms Tripapina says it has recruited about 400 volunteers. She wears her badge every day on her way to work, and says she’s frequently stopped by foreigners asking for directions (as well as Russians looking for the metro).

Occasionally, she fields some more unusual requests: “Once, a guy from Britain asked me where to get a bowl of pelmeni,” she says.

WowLocal also brings together local people and tourists through city navigation games and conversation clubs at hostels. “We bring volunteers together with the travellers, so that they can share with each other,” explains Ms Tripapina.

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Step inside Scottsdale, Arizona, where migrating millionaires have created one of the hottest housing markets in the country

• Wealthy Americans are moving to Scottsdale, Arizona.
• Scottsdale has seen a 102% increase in millionaire residents over the past decade.
• The appeal of Scottsdale lies in its booming business scene and stunning desert landscapes.

Wealthy residents from big cities across the US are uprooting their lives to start over in Scottsdale, Arizona .

Scottsdale is one of the country's fastest-growing cities in terms of wealth. There are 243,000 residents — about 14,600 of them are millionaires, and five are billionaires, AZ Central reported in March . According to the USA Wealth Report by Henley & Partners , that's a 102% increase in millionaire residents over the past decade.

I recently spent 48 hours exploring Scottsdale's top neighborhoods to learn what's drawing so many millionaires to the area . From a booming business scene to breathtaking desert landscapes, here's what I found.

Welcome to Scottsdale, Arizona, where about one in every 17 residents is a millionaire.

Larger lots, bigger homes, and lower taxes aren't the only reasons the wealthy are ditching their big-city lifestyles for Scottsdale. Tech workers, entrepreneurs, and retirees are also moving to the area for business opportunities, pristine golf courses, warm weather, and inspiring landscapes.

I can describe Scottsdale in two words — luxury desert. From glass office buildings to mansions in the mountains, this place has a wide variety of upscale architecture alongside palm trees and succulents.

If you can take the heat — it was 90 degrees Fahrenheit when I visited in April — it'd be a stunning place to call home.

The town has been notorious for its luxury lifestyle for decades.

Before visiting Scottsdale, I spoke with real-estate agent Shawn Shackelton . She told me it's been primarily a luxury market since she started selling homes in the area in 2001.

The median listing price in Scottsdale is $1.1 million, and the most expensive home on the market right now is $54 million, according to Realtor.com .

"The reality is that Scottsdale has never been a place where people come looking for affordable housing," Shackelton said.

Shackelton added that most of her buyers pay cash and are entrepreneurs, C-suite executives , medical professionals such as doctors and PAs, and young retirees .

Scottsdale is just east of Phoenix.

During my trip, I strolled through South Scottsdale's bustling streets and explored the city's wealthiest areas in North Scottsdale and the nearby Paradise Valley , where sprawling estates dot the mountainous desert landscape.

South Scottsdale is home to the town's business-booming neighborhoods.

When I arrived in Scottsdale around noon, I walked through the downtown area as well as Biltmore, a neighborhood located in nearby Phoenix known as the financial district , according to Shackelton.

Biltmore felt like a work-centric neighborhood.

In Biltmore, I spotted modern skyscrapers with mirrored windows reflecting the palm trees that lined the streets. The buildings were home to banks, coworking spaces, and well-known companies like Blue Origin .

There weren't many pedestrians out and about, but most appeared to be in the middle of their workday. People in business attire bustled by with a briefcase in one hand and a cellphone in the other.

Although more crowded, I thought the vibe in Downtown Scottsdale was more relaxed.

East of Biltmore, Downtown Scottsdale was another active area with a different feel.

The architecture was a mix of modern buildings and traditional adobe structures. I saw office buildings for companies like Indeed as well as Western-style shops and restaurants in the historic Old Town area.

When I visited, there were more pedestrians downtown, and the crowd seemed to be a mix of locals and tourists.

These neighborhoods have high-end stores I'd expect to find in a larger city.

In South Scottsdale, I was surprised to find luxury department stores and independent boutiques similar to what you'd find in New York City, from Neiman Marcus to Saks Fifth Avenue .

And according to Shackelton, that's part of the draw for residents.

"Something people love when they come here is that even if they enjoy the outdoor lifestyle, they can still go to fine-dining restaurants and high-end boutique shops," Shackelton said. "If somebody wants to feel like they're still in a walkable, big city, South Scottsdale is where I'd recommend moving to."

Nearby is Paradise Valley, a separate town that blends into Scottsdale.

We can't talk about Scottsdale without talking about Paradise Valley.

Known as the " Beverley Hills of Arizona ," the town between Phoenix and Scottsdale is home to mostly gated estates along Camelback Mountain and Mummy Mountain.

As Business Insider previously reported, it's the richest municipality in the state. The median home listing price is $5.5 million, and the most expensive on the market is $75 million, according to Realtor.com .

Paradise Valley is a hot spot for billionaires and icons, drawing celebrity residents like Stevie Nicks and Muhammad Ali, who died in 2016.

On my trip, I thought it was easy to see why.

The isolated, mountainous residential area is just minutes from the businesses, shops, and restaurants in South Scottsdale, giving locals the best of both worlds.

For business travelers , it's about 20 minutes to Downtown Phoenix and Sky Harbor International Airport.

North Scottsdale is home to expensive, gated communities far from the city's amenities.

North Scottsdale has a similar feel to Paradise Valley, with large mansions and mountain views. But it's about 40 minutes away from the businesses, shops, and other amenities in South Scottsdale.

But one neighborhood, DC Ranch, felt like a private town with anything you might need against a dramatic, desert backdrop.

During my stay, I got a private tour of DC Ranch — the North Scottsdale neighborhood home to the city's most expensive house on the market right now, priced at $54 million, according to Realtor.com .

DC Ranch is slightly more affordable than Paradise Valley, with an average listing price of $3.3 million. Shackelton said this is likely because the location isn't as close to the action in South Scottsdale and Phoenix.

But with so many amenities, I thought it didn't need to be.

According to the company's website , DC Ranch is a 4,000-acre community at the base of the McDowell Mountains. It contains four villages — most of which are gated — lined with custom homes and condos, restaurants, shops, schools, and amenities such as hiking trails, pools, and an award-winning private golf club.

In the most expensive village, Silverleaf, my tour guide drove us up into the mountains to see the highest properties in the community.

Each estate was made up of multiple buildings. Some looked like castles you'd see in Europe. Others reminded me of Greek villas with white adobe exteriors. The valley views from up there were the best I had seen during my trip.

No matter where you live in Scottsdale, you can access pristine golf courses.

From entrepreneurs to retirees, Shackelton said many Scottsdale residents share one key interest.

"One of the main reasons people come here is all the golf. There are about 200 golf courses in Scottsdale and surrounding areas," Shackelton said. "Whether you join a private golf community or play at public courses, they are extremely nice."

I spotted several of these courses from the highway. Up and down Scottsdale, bright, green hills surrounded by cacti and mountains looked gorgeous. I visited one in DC Ranch and thought it was the most picturesque course I'd ever been to. Scarlet pebble trails from hole to hole contrasted with the green fields that were impeccably kept.

I haven't played much golf in my time, but if I moved to Scottsdale, I would definitely pick up the sport.

In just two days, it was easy for me to see why people want to live there.

With various plant life, architectural styles, and neighborhoods, Scottsdale brings a heap of luxury to the desert. And visiting may have you wondering why you don't live there yourself.

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