Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts played Chicago’s Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island on Wednesday evening, and near the end of the main set, they debuted a new song titled “Big Crime” that absolutely scorches Donald Trump and his federal takeover of Washington, D.C. “Don’t need no fascist rules,” …
Read More »Watch Neil Young Play His Reagan-Era Protest Song 'Long Walk Home' for the First Time Since 1989
Midway through his set at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, on Saturday night, Neil Young sat at the piano and performed his Reagan-era protest song “Long Walk Home” for the first time since 1989. The lyrics were largely faithful to the original version on Young’s 1987 LP Life …
Read More »Watch Neil Young Play His Anti-Corporate Screed 'This Note's For You' For First Time in 28 Years
Neil Young performed at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage on Sunday night, and he kicked off the encore by mocking the venue’s corporate name with his 1988 screed “This Note’s For You.” It was the first time he played the song since 1997 in any concert setting. Young wrote “This Note’s For …
Read More »Neil Young Quits Facebook Over Meta's 'Unconscionable' Use of Chatbots With Children
Neil Young is done with Facebook. An admin for the musician’s official account shared a statement stating that the profile would no longer be active going forward for reasons related to recent reports that the website’s AI technology allowed for chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic …
Read More »Watch Neil Young Play an Extraordinary Rare Electric 'Ambulance Blues'
“I haven’t played this in like 100 years,” Neil Young told the crowd Tuesday evening at the very beginning of his show at Drafbaan Stadspark in Groningen, The Netherlands. “We’ll see what happens.” He was talking about “Ambulance Blues,” the stunning, nine-minute On The Beach classic that many Young aficionados …
Read More »Neil Young's Glastonbury Set Will Livestream on the BBC After All
Neil Young‘s flip-flopping with Glastonbury continued Saturday as the BBC announced the rocker’s headlining set tonight at the festival will in fact be live-streamed. Earlier this week, the British broadcaster released its Glastonbury schedule, and Young’s set was noticeably absent; a spokesperson for the BBC confirmed that “atthe artist’srequest, we …
Read More »Neil Young Blocks the BBC From Livestreaming His Glastonbury Set
Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts will headline Glastonbury this coming Saturday, but breaking from tradition, the performance will not broadcast on the BBC. Back in January, after Young was among the first artists named for the 2025 Glastonbury, the rocker announced he was pulling out of his headlining gig …
Read More »Watch Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts Play a Majestic, 14-Minute 'Cortez the Killer'
Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts are three shows into their Love Earth world tour, and they’ve already settled into a solid setlist that mixes classics (“Cinnamon Girl,” “Like a Hurricane,” “The Needle and the Damage Done”) with oddball deep cuts (“Sun Green,” “Looking Forward,” “Name of Love”), and doesn’t …
Read More »Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts Dig Deep at 'Love Earth' Tour Kickoff in Sweden
Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts kicked off their Love Earth world tour Wednesday evening at the Dalhalla open air theater in Rättvik, Sweden. The set was heavy on classics like “Cinnamon Girl,” “The Needle and the Damage Done,” “Like a Hurricane,” and “Old Man.” But there were also a …
Read More »Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts Dig Deep at 'Love Earth' Tour Kickoff in Sweden
Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts kicked off their Love Earth world tour Wednesday evening at the Dalhalla open air theater in Rättvik, Sweden. The set was heavy on classics like “Cinnamon Girl,” “The Needle and the Damage Done,” “Like a Hurricane,” and “Old Man.” But there were also a …
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