TODAY: Farm Aid 2026 @ Virginia Beach, Virginia

Farm Aid 2026 (Click photo to enlarge)

Farm Aid 2026 will be today, Saturday, September 26 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young (& the Chrome Hearts band), John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), Margo Price and Nathaniel Rateliff. 

Joining them this year will be Turnpike Troubadours, Lukas Nelson, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Jesse Welles, Sierra Ferrell, Mon Rovîa, I’m With Her, Amythyst Kiah, Lily Meola and Chris Pierce. 

Farm Aid 2026 airs live in HD on YouTube from Virginia Beach, on September 26, starting at 11:30am EDT.

Additional info @ Farm Aid’s official website.

See you @ Farm Aid 2026!  More on last year's Farm Aid 2025 Report.

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TONIGHT: Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts @ Philadelphia, PA - September 24, 2026

WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY 

ANDNEIL YOUNG & THE CHROME HEARTS   
The second of two warmup concerts for Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts prior to Farm Aid 2026 will be tonight, September 24, 2026 at Pavilion at Highmark Mann in Philadelphia, PA.

The warmup concerts are with Willie Nelson and Family with Special Guest Ty Myers.  

Got a report? Drop us a comment below.

Check Sugar Mountain for setlist updates. 

Also, check back for comments, updates, reviews, setlists, photos, etc.

 Willie Nelson, Micah Nelson & Neil Young 

Bridgeport, CT - September 22, 2026

image via Rusted Moon

More on Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts @ Bridgeport, CT - September 22, 2026.

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TONIGHT: Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts @ Bridgeport, CT - September 22, 2026

WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY 

ANDNEIL YOUNG & THE CHROME HEARTS   
The first of two warmup concerts for Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts prior to Farm Aid 2026 will be tonight, September 22, 2026 at Hartford Amphitheater in Bridgeport, CT.

The warmup concerts are with Willie Nelson and Family with Special Guest Ty Myers.  

Got a report? Drop us a comment below.

Check Sugar Mountain for setlist updates. 

Also, check back for comments, updates, reviews, setlists, photos, etc.

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"Second Song" Album by Neil Young & Chrome Hearts Released Today

"Second Song"

by Neil Young & Chrome Hearts  
Today -- September 18 -- marks the release of Neil Young's latest studio album, "Second Song," with his band The Chrome Hearts.

Tracklist for Second Song album by Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts

1. The Foggy Edge Of Time - 06:21

2. Day After Day - 06:34

3. Earth Girl - 07:07

4. Second Song - 11:20

5. Casting Me Away From You - 02:37

6. Soon I Might Be Going - 08:04

7. I'll Love You Forever - 04:14

Previously, 2 tracks dropped in advance: see NEW SONG VIDEO: Neil Young's "Casting Me Away From You" and VIDEO: "Second Song" | Neil Young Archives.

Here is Official Lyric Video for the song "Day After Day". 

Produced by Lou Adler, Neil Young & Niko Bolas (The Volume Dealers) and recorded at Rick Rubin's Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, California, The Chrome Hearts are:

• Anthony LoGerfo: drums.
• Corey McCormick: bass, vocals.
• Micah Nelson: electric guitar, vocals.
• Spooner Oldham: Farfisa organ.

In a new interview with MOJO magazine, Neil Young discusses his unconventional approach to making new music. He says of his writing process:

 “If I have an idea, just in order to preserve it, I’ll sit down and play whatever I can. Usually there’s a lot of mistakes, and I’m still finding it, but that’s what I record. I know where I’m trying to go. I can tell by listening.” He also explains why he likes his backing band to be unrehearsed and unfamiliar with the new songs when they begin recording.

“You don’t want to think about it,” Young says. “You don’t want to have it practiced. The whole idea is to not know what you’re doing.”

Some early review clips ... 

Mojo Magazine by John Mulvey: 

"Second Song is by far his best work since the monumental 2012 album Psychedelic Pill, the last great album of the Crazy Horse era under Poncho Sampedro. And while Young's current backing band, The Chrome Hearts, can certainly recapture the monolithic stomp of the Crazy Horse era, it's their grace and sensitivity, their Stray Gators-esque acoustic style, that truly stand out on this late-career classic. " 4 stars

UNCUT by Michael Bonner: 

"The fragility of his age-worn voice lends these songs an added melancholy—a reminder that these reflections come from an artist approaching his ninth decade . Far from sounding diminished, however, Young has delivered one of his most poignant albums of the 21st century, one that is both sad and beautiful . For all the album's reflections on aging and loss, Second Song is carried by what remains ." 9 out of 10 

 More reactions on NEW SONG VIDEO: Neil Young's "Casting Me Away From You" and VIDEO: "Second Song" | Neil Young Archives.

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About That Time We Went to A Farm Aid Concert ...

thrasher flashes Peace sign @ Margo Price

Farm Aid 2024 in Saratoga Springs, NY

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Two weeks from today -- Saturday, September 26 -- Farm Aid 2026 will be in Virginia Beach, Virginia and we'll be there ... our old hometown.  We're quite excited.

Which reminds us ... about that time that we went to a Farm Aid concert...

It happened back in 2024 during FA Board Member Margo Price's set @ Farm Aid 2024 in Saratoga Springs, NY

 Margo Dives into Crowd, Comes Down the Aisle, high 5g & Fist Bumps for FarmAidians !

So, at the end of her set, Margo dives into crowd with a bouquet of roses, per her usual conclusion. After making her way back down to the front, just prior to her exit, we flash "Peace sign" @ Margo. Here's video. Margo goes into crowd at about 6:00.

Neil Young @ Farm Aid 2016 - Bristow, Virginia 

Or about that time that we went to a Farm Aid concert... back in 2016 during Neil Young's set @ Farm Aid 2016 in Bristow, Virginia, between the songs "Human Highway" and "Harvest Moon".

Neil Young begins his commentary on the state of the family farmer. Our  seatmate -- TW's Tour Manager "Hounds That Howell" -- then hoisted a F*CK Mon$anto shirt, which caught Neil's eye.

 

So, Neil Young stops the concert and points out the shirts we were wearing. 

 

We flipped off Neil and his band Promise of the REAL -- to which they in return flipped us all off back.

Quite a joyous little moment in our  Farm Aid concert going. 

(More on About That Time That We Went To A Farm Aid Concert (Farm Aid 2016 - Bristow, Virginia)

"Maggie's Farm" 

Bob Dylan w/ HeartBreakers Benmont Tench & Mike Campbell @

Farm Aid 2023

photo by thrasher

Or about that time that we went to a Farm Aid concert... back in 2023 About That Time We Went To Farm Aid and A Bob Dylan & The HeartBreakers Concert Broke Out ... 

While most of our amazing day at the Farm Aid 2023 Concert  was spent enjoying the music, food and people, a considerable amount of time went into speculating on the evening's "Special Guest" -- after Neil Young and before Willie Nelson's final slot.

And then -- without any introduction whatsoever -- a band slowly emerged from the side stage, slowly one by one. We turned to our seatmate Jim and The FarmAidians surrounding us and simultaneously inaudibly exclaimed with looks of disbelief --"DYLAN?!" 

(More on About That Time We Went To Farm Aid and A Bob Dylan & The HeartBreakers Concert Broke Out ...)

Having "A Word" w/ Steve Earle

Farm Aid 40 

photo by thrashette

Or that time @ Farm Aid 40 we spoke to Steve Earle and consoled him about some audio technical issues during his set. He was pretty upset but we said "it's ok, it's cool."

"with our cinnamon girls ..."

See you @ Farm Aid 2026: Virginia Beach, Virginia - September 26 in 2 weeks! 

Farm Aid 2026 

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