CANCELED: All Remaining Dates on Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse “Love Earth Tour” Leg #2
UPDATED: All remaining dates on the Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse “Love Earth Tour” are canceled, due to illness hitting “a couple of us”, per Neil Young Archive.
Since the abrupt end of Leg #1 of Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse's “Love Earth Tour” in May in Chicago, there has been increasing conCERN over the status of Leg #2 scheduled to begin in July.
Now we are hearing that an announcement on status of Leg #2 of Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse's “Love Earth Tour” will be forthcoming very soon.
So stay tuned, standby, keep your fingers crossed and let's all hope for the best for everyone in the band, friends, and families.
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by thrasher@PermaLink: 6/26/2024 05:12:00 PM
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All of the Canadian shows have been cancelled on ticketmaster.
Thanks Jesse. As we feared. We were awaiting something official from NYA before posting. Knowing this was coming is a blow. And getting official confirmation via Ticketmaster really sucks.
Oh, well, no Canadian leg for us.
Although still planning for London, Ontario. Already have plane tickets, car rental, hotel etc.
But the festival is still on so not a total loss. And we dud get a great NYCH in Virginia experience, so there's that.
There is official news on NYA re: Extended tour break.
:(
That’s unfortunate news.
Trying to stay in “glass half full” mode, though, Early Daze is due to drop in full this weekend. Hopefully the new release will provide something positive to focus on.
If Neil and Crazy Horse never play another show, then that's fine with me. Legends like Billy and Ralph owe us NOTHING. These guys are in their 80's, for crying out loud. Why they're touring around North America playing Cinnamon Girl is beyond me. There's nothing wrong with calling it a day and enjoying the rest of your life in peace.
I don't think Neil has a choice, he HAS to keep touring. The reason why is a theory I have that none of you here want to hear, so I'll keep it to myself. So maybe Neil and Micah can figure something out, maybe with the boys from POTR, now that Lukas is going on his own.
Crazy Horse, though? I'd feel awful if one of those guys keeled over onstage or in a lonely hotel suite. They've given us over 50 years of memories, more isn't necessary.
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Rock’n Roll DNA
Better to burn out than fade away?
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Variety has a headline that Ohana & Hollywood Bowl have also been cancelled.
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/neil-young-cancels-tour-dates-crazy-horse-ohana-1236050287/
The ticket links on the NYA page still have Hollywood Bowl tickets on sale, and you could still buy Ohana tickets from that NYA link, but the Variety article is correct that the Hollywood Bowl page no longer has anything listed for 9-29, and the Ohana page has a TBA listed for Neil's spot on Saturday.
I'm sorry for Tomatron, Austin show cancelled twice & now it may never happen.
The simplest answer for why they’ve kept touring is, of course, they want to. “Live music is better.” Neil has always been very active and clear about his feeling that playing live maintains vitality. He may be especially itching for it since the 2020 lockdowns curtailed touring.
Realistically, many artists (even major names) aren’t making enough money on album sales. These days, physical media mostly appeals to collectors and streaming is, to put it mildly, not always lucrative for the artist. Neil’s back on Spotify but I don’t know that it’s a moneymaker for musicians. I also don’t know whether NYA online turns a profit, though the box sets are clearly expensive to do. Neil churns out enough product that I do wonder whether it all pays for itself. Plus all the other ventures he’s invested in over the years (Pono, Lincvolt…).
I won’t speculate about private matters, but anyone involved with disability service knows it can be costly to assure a high quality of care for loved ones.
In other words, I see lots of potential reasons.
Ottawa was to mark 40 years since my first Neil concert (Aug 84 with The Harvesters)
These Ottawa festivals must be bad luck for Neil, as he had to cancel Ottawa Folk Festival in 2013 when Poncho broke his hand.
Speedy recovery to all. Long Live Crazy Horse
Steve in Ottawa
I highly doubt that money issues is the reason why Neil must continue touring. I believe he made $150 million big ones selling his catalog. If Neil's having money problems, he's nowhere near as smart as I thought he was over the years.
I think once you hit 80, you're past the point of doing either one of those two options.
I can think of a handful of basic reasons for touring, in no particular order: A) Profit B)To maintain some public profile C) For an active, stimulating lifestyle D) To grow as a musician and/or artist. I suspect most (if not all) musicians would agree that if you don't play regularly, your capabilities will suffer. Keeping active is supposed to be good for your health. Granted that none of this *requires* large scale public performances, but it is one way.
Many people, as they age and start slowing down, are reluctant to give up things like driving. They want to keep being as functional as possible for as long as possible. For someone like Neil, performing may be as fundamental as driving or mowing the lawn are for an average person. While some stay healthier longer than others, my sense is that many artistic people (musicians, actors, etc.) keep working as long as they can. It's a vocation or lifelong passion.
For a lot of working people, it may be hard to imagine not really *wanting* to retire--loving what you do. That in itself is a brutal indictment of working conditions, cost of living vs. wage growth, and employees' general alienation from the fruit of their labors. (Alienation is a somewhat complicated idea--but it boils down to people finding their jobs meaningless or unfulfilling, not least of all because most of the money is going to the big bosses.)
However, if not financial necessity or maybe sheer compulsion, I don't see NY being coerced by other factors. My take (though it may be naive) is that touring helps NY feel young, vital, and connected with the audience that clearly still exists. Most musicians want to play. Most humans, in fact, like to stick with what they're doing when they find it truly fulfilling and stimulating.
I've never fully subscribed to the notion that humans are lazy or workshy. Most of us just want to use our energy efficiently to accomplish things we believe have value.
I saw Phoenix it was great. They find it fun and the adulation of the crowd never hurts. He keeps gettin out there live for the same reason he pumps out so many records. He wants to be relevant. Consciously or not. Of course they owe us nothing but perhaps refunded money. I remember someone excited about Hollywood and thinking do you know how far off that is. They are 80 or he could cut another ham sandwich. Wishing the best for the men of Crazy Horse. May you get better soon.
They keep touring because that’s what they do. It sounds like it was a tough choice to call the break this summer, and Neil is eager to get back out there. Doc, it was hard news today, but not a major surprise after the radio silence all June. The real kicker is that the original Austin date did not have to be cancelled. The storm that day came and went in an hour’s time.
The Horse may or may not return. But hey. I’ve been lucky enough to see them in support of Psychedelic Pill (they played Ramada Inn that night!) and am glad I took the leap to California to catch the Coastal Tour last year. That Berkeley show could not have been a lovelier experience, simply sublime.
Right now, the health and well-being of the band is top priority. I’ll be tuning in to Early Daze tomorrow night to go back to where it all started, hope my Ticketmaster refund will make a dent in the Archives Volume III set, and await the inevitable live 2024 album to hear the full version of Cortez The Killer in glorious analog. Love Earth.
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I hope they all bounce back healthy & ready to rock at some point down the road.
Miracles happen. And then they happen again.
Fret not! We will be rocking with the rocking Horse again soon.
Long May You Run, all y’all!
Your Brother Alan in Seattle
I would also add the typical Rock’nRoll lifestyle does not favor longevity. :(
I got skinned alive by the airlines on cancelling my flights across country to see the show at the gorge. Even when I try not to feed the greedy hand I still end up emptying my pockets.. say la vie. I wanted to take my son to see the horse because he's never seen NY live and I have been a fan for 45 years since I saw the live rust movie I have been hooked.
Unsorted musings
The postponement or cancellation of the latest Horse incarnation tour coincidently comes with the first release of some of the earliest recordings of the band. How's that for bookends?
The NYA has been on autopilot (as the Scotzman put it over on his site) for weeks now (indicator: no LTTE). I think it's pretty safe to assume that either Neil Young himself and/or one or both CH veterans feel unfit for touring. To replace yet another member of the ensemble would be just that: a replacment band and not the Horse.
When making deals with old men one should always be extra careful, they might not be able to make good on their promises and afterwaords nobody's there to take any blame (learnt this when buying some real estate twenty years ago).
And now we take it away to CNN and leave the rest of the planet and humankind to the good Americans to make up their mind, where themselves and the aforesaid rest should be headed.
Deja Vu ? - We've all seen this movie before - NEIL QUITS - Deja Vu - THE ALBUM - jajajaja ~
No one has mentioned it but the cancelled Texas shows had only sold about half way through, if that. The cancellations came as no surprise, even after multiple reschedules. The original day back in May turned out to be a beautiful day in Dallas. Perfect for a spring concert. Sounds like Austin could have had a show too. Hope the old guys are okay. Don't get me wrong, but there's more to the picture, than meets the eye...
Speaking of Texas: Kinky Friedman is said to have died today. Sure liked his written stuff.
According to the Sugar Mountain site, the only shows that aren't listed as canceled are the Bourbon Festival in Kentucky and Farm Aid. Wonder if that means we might see a Neil solo set at those two locations? Which would mean that Neil's ok and one of the other guys are ill. Just speculating.
When faceless and anonymous come knocking @ the door?
Getting sick isn’t the same as quitting. I had tickets & a hotel room booked for the Capital Theatre show in Port Chester NY that got canceled after Poncho’s hand got crushed in the bus door and abruptly ended the tour. So, yeah. Have seen this movie before. It’s called Life. Get one. Anon
I assumed you were gonna delete this because that's your normal routine, but seeing how you didn't, I'll respond to you.
Yes, I was excited about Hollywood, though that had more to do with the venue than anything else. My excitement waned when I realized how much it would cost to do the whole project. In these days of Bidenomics, it's kind of hard to shell out close to a grand to go see a simple concert. Not all of us are loaded enough to fly to different places to go watch a show. Perhaps that's why ticket sales have been underwhelming.
And this isn't 1976 or 1991 or even 2013. I watched many videos from the different shows and truthfully, the performance onstage didn't move me enough to drop everything to go catch this.
Okay?
So much for the " Love Earth Tour " . You Earth lovers can take solace in knowing you won't have to pollute this planet with yer booked flights and rental cars . You'll have saved spewing a few hundred tonnes of carbon dioxide in yer pursuit of seeing Mr.Earth .
Thrasher ... don't cancel yer danger bird polluting flight to London .... if ya want ta Love Earth .... I'll be more than glad ta drive ya up to Algonquin Park fer a paddle to a lake with the most beautiful original post glacial speckled trout yer eyes will ever see .
The first opportunity I had to see Neil Young was in the early eighties. I still have the poster; ‘Neil Young Solo’. It was scheduled for the Memorial Coliseum in Portland Oregon on March 14th. I had tickets, but after his show in British Columbia, the night before my show, Neil got sick and had to cancel. Tickets were $10.00 or $12.50. I should have kept the tickets, but I took them back for a refund.
My first tour ended up being the Ragged Glory tour, which I saw two separate shows. And many more shows over the decades since. And then an opportunity to see Crazy Horse, perhaps one last time, and they were to play less than an hour drive from where I live. I couldn’t resist, so I splurged and got the best seats I could at presale…Platinum Seats $324.00 each times two. Row H center. A fortune for someone in my position, but I figured it would be an experience I would cherish for the rest of my life. After all, none of us are getting any younger.
Then I got the email that it was canceled, and I would receive a full refund. Well, yes I’m disappointed, but that’s the way it goes. Frankly I’m more concerned with the health of the (two) who are dealing with unknown health issues. I have had many opportunities to see Crazy Horse in concert over the years, and several Neil Young solo concerts too. But these men have been a part of my life since Everybody Knows This is Nowhere. They have given me so much already. I just care that they’re okay. And hopefully, they will be. If by chance, they reschedule at the same venue, then I will try again. If not, it’s been a hell of a ride.
Peace 🙏
@ Dan : I agree. Mostly I am concerned for the two ailing members of the band. But I didn’t lose money on the cancellation. Sorry!
Neil is mortal as we all are. Life’s pitfalls are random sometimes. Neil tried to protect himself and his band, crew. But Covid is out there spreading like wildfire again. It’s too bad they let it out of the lab after designing it. That was the Americans, right? We must be trying to reduce the population. Roundup saturated into the food supply isn’t doing the job fast enough. Yup, the Billionaires won’t miss us. They will be fine.
Prez debate tonight. Biden had senior moments. Bernie could run circles around both of these guys. The Dems could have won with Bernie, but that is not what the 1% wants. Pay more taxes? Are you nuts? Trump is reselling the “Trickle Down Theory of Economics” in his defense of his corporate tax cuts & tax cuts for the ultra rich. Americans are dumb enough to buy it.
Both of these old fuckers have brain damage. Both are happy with the Genocide in Gaza. What a choice.
Peace! Your Brother Alan in Seattle
Listening to & digg’n the hi res Early Daze on the Pono. (Vinyl in the mail). @alan: If Biden were NY he’d forget ALL the words to ALL the songs. If T rump were NY he’d say “Let’s Make Music Great Again”. Then he’d tell us how he wrote EVERY word to EVERY song. EVER. In short, we are Fuk’d. By the Fuk ups. Who keep Fuk’n up.
Richie: think you mean 150 million “little ones”? (150 million X $1) vs 150 million X $100? I heard it was closer to $300 million for 50% ownership. Whatever. Monopoly money to most. But I do recall the NY interview w/ Rick Rubin where NY says “Fuk it. If I don’t want to, I never have to tour again” or something such as. That statement was post covid, pre Love Earth. As always w/ NY “ Change Your Mind”.
Some new letters to the editor posted today on NYA.
Signs. Of. Life!
:)
We must remember that this is "no country for old men" (the late great Cormac McCarthy). Indeed the level of vigor needed to keep up with the level of ego and greed gets harder and harder. And there is violence in our words. Maybe it is right that violent crime in America had decreased but the violence in our hearts and minds grows in the unbroken antagonism from the various sides. Come prepared to take cover. Chigurh is on the prowl.
I was lucky, before my ears were toast, I saw the Rust tour, Trans, and Greendale. The Rust tour had that feel of once in a lifetime. Here is one of the greats, listen while you can.
Now is the time. Don't retreat from liars, bigots, or fools. If we do, we might as well get off the grid.
Pono_Go_Playlist029: (NY, CH)
Early Daze>Live@Fillmore East>Crazy Horse>EKTIN 192/24 (CH is a Vinyl Rip)
Life is good 😊
No country for old men? That’s all we got. How ‘bout “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice”?
Now on my first listening of Early Daze all the way through, I keep on cranking it--hoping I won't damage my hearing any further. Highlights: a rock solid take of Winterlong with better, cleaner vocals than the Decade version (and with deep respect to the late Ben Keith, this particular song never *needed* pedal steel guitar). Wondering, in an "unplugged" mood, sounds eerily forlorn.
Everybody's Alone is stellar--in my opinion, the best guitar on the album plus the astonishing clarity of NY's unvarnished vocals. I'm equally taken with the Horse recording of Birds. On 'Goldrush', it's lovely and just a bit melancholy. This incarnation is mournful. Even with the very nice use of vibes as a counterpoint, NY's vocal phrasing accentuates a heavy sadness.
In fact, most of the vocals throughout the album are strikingly sensitive-- clear yet raw. There's real emotional impact in hearing Whitten's voice on Look at All the Things and Let's go Down Town. Why wouldn't there be? Another good example is Neil's voicing of Down by the River. Virtually the same instrumental track as EKTIN, different vocal. I can see/hear why it was replaced at the time, but this vocal has what I can only describe as a ghostly softness, revealing emotional layers in the song.
Abner: conflict and tension seem inevitable among humans. The test of character is how we handle the conflict and (hopefully) search for resolution. There's a considerable difference between clamping down on violent crime and addressing the problems and feelings that drive people.
If not through physical aggression, these feelings will come out in other ways--maybe sideways, obliquely, or backwards. That's why things like music and art are important as safe outlets, avenues of expression (of making one's voice heard) that don't have to harm oneself or anyone else.
MR: your comment is pedantic and a bit condescending (even if you did not intend it to be so). I am fully aware that:
1. conflict and tension are not just inevitable but analytic to the human condition. Seeing how I have spent years studying and writing on the problem of evil.
2. I get the difference between clamping down on crime and addressing the causality of the problem. An undergraduate student would get this.
Read through and into my comment.
No offense meant.
Abner: I can see how my reply came across as facile or slightly flippant, which wasn't my intention. I didn't mean to imply you wouldn't have thought about and worked through those points. Apologies for my poor wording.
If I'm reading correctly, your comments are dealing with the challenges of combating dangerous ideas. It goes without saying that cultivating emotional health is a major part of this, but there is plenty of discussion to be had on how to put the principle into action.
MR- thanks. I don't always do well in this context and I am sensitive to misunderstandings. I get what you were saying.
Abner— In trying to be concise, I find there’s a danger of sounding glib. I maintain many of our social, cultural problems are connected to emotions badly dealt with. It’s not easy to improve material conditions, but it may be even harder to reach “hearts and minds”. American culture being strongly individualistic and enterprising, we’re particularly vulnerable to the assumption (or hope) that material success will lead to happiness.
I’m sure most people know it’s not that simple. Yet from a literary or storytelling POV, it’s equally clear
there’s a human need (or impulse?) to reiterate perennial ideas. An analytical perspective, I imagine, would be more focused on how these meanings are constructed to start with.
I picked up Early Daze on Saturday from my local record store. With Neil and a few other artists, I always get both vinyl and CD. As I was cleaning the vinyl, I played the CD, and I was genuinely impressed with not only the performances, but the sound quality too. Danny’s Look At All The Things reminded me of Buffalo Springfield a lot. What a cool song. Everything on the record was really interesting, and unique.
After the CD finished I put on the clear vinyl, and was absolutely blown away by the difference. The CD sounded great, but the vinyl was in a completely different universe. The depth of the bass, and the separation of instruments was simply magnificent. To my ears the difference between the two is usually rather subtle, but this record just jumped out of the speakers. Another fantastic job from Chris Bellman on the mastering of the vinyl. His work on Neil’s albums is always brilliant. He also does Hendrix, and Grateful Dead as well.
This release is definitely a welcome addition to the Archive collection, and stands alone as a wonderful testament to the original Crazy Horse.
Peace🙏
Thanks all for comments and thoughts. Misery loves company.
While seriously bummed by cancelations, thankful for what we've had and all the best to The 4 Horsemen.
@Dan, thanks on Early Daze thoughts. Great to hear the vinyl quality report. Fyi, we just posted Scotsmans thoughts on ED.
I think I’m done w/ pre - releases on Greedy Hand. I was unable to secure the clear vinyl pre- order ( although I was on NYA/Greedy Hand within minutes.) I didn’t sweat it b/c while the clear is cool, vinyl is, well, vinyl. My issue is with release dates & delivery. Dan has stated he went to a local record store. Amazon has it @ a lower price w/ 24 hr del. Free. I am still waiting. First Fed ex notification said label created. For days. On release date, my vinyl was in AZ. I live in NY. Yes, I did get a digital d/l code but I pre payed for Vinyl. And shipping was not Free (as w/Amazon). Sorry, but I have been to this dance before. On pre-releases. To my mind, if you pre- pay for a “pre-release” the item should @ least be in your hands on release date. I think Neil has addressed this issue before, but same story. Don’t mean to sound as petty as this may seem to some, including myself as I write the words, but c’mon. Greedy Hand. Do better. Or be gone. Delivery update from Fedex now says by end of day, Tuesday. 7/2. Thanks? End/Rant.
Thrasher .... you're comment " Misery loves company " .
So very interesting .
How's about .... Reality loathes hypocrisy .
After weeding my potatoe patch , smokin some trout .... I drove my F-150 into the country General store ta pick up some fresh eggs and a few Canadian pints .
I'm real curious .... you wear the t-shirts man , and flash the Peace symbol .
How many planes have you been on in yer pursuit of Mr. Earth ?
Please tell the truth , so we all can determine our own truth vs misery .
Without changes on the macro level, it’s hard to imagine solving (or salving) environmental degradation. Surely the pressure should be on those with more power. It’s been said repeatedly, NY has tried to act in keeping with his (greater than average) means. Humans are communal. We need stimulation, movement, getting together. I don’t think removing that is a great longterm strategy. If anything it’s avoiding real, systemic issues.
“Determining our own truth” calls into question the nature and value of truth itself. It’s a hair of away from “alternative facts.” If the goal is productive dialog, it’s generally not useful to assume the other person will lie or obfuscate. Good faith doesn’t mean blind trust. It entails minimizing loaded language or attacks.
Thrasher .... the lovely sounds of crickets , on a hot night in July .
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