Three days after posting a rare live performance of the title track to his 2000 LP Silver and Gold as part of his Fireside Sessions video series, Neil Young dug deeper into his past and broke out “Pardon My Heart” in a new clip. The song appears on Young’s 1975 …
Read More »The 10 Best Rock Concerts of 2024
The world may have devolved into a cruel, dark, Hobbesian state of nature in 2024, but it was a pretty amazing time for live rock music. The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band were in stadiums, Pearl Jam, Weezer, David Gilmour, and Olivia Rodrigo headlined arenas, …
Read More »Neil Young Shares Rare Video of 'Silver and Gold' Performance
For the first time in nearly two decades, Neil Young performed his song “Silver and Gold,” sharing it in a video for his fans on Instagram. Written in the early Eighties, “Silver and Gold” has only been performed by Young a rare handful of times on tour. Even after the …
Read More »Graham Nash on Coming to Terms With David Crosby's Death, New CSNY Live Album
On Sept. 19, 1969, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash walked onstage at the Fillmore East in New York City, took a seat on three stools, and launched into “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” without any introduction. It was just four weeks after they played their first ever show at …
Read More »Neil Young Pens Endorsement for Kamala Harris: 'She's My Candidate'
Neil Young has penned a resounding endorsement for Kamala Harris, detailing the reasons “why I love” the vice president. “She is an honest forthright truth teller who is experienced in the White House, free from ambiguity or evasiveness, who goes straight to the point,” Young wrote on his Archives site …
Read More »Neil Young, Stephen Stills, John Mayer Dig Deep at Scorching Hot Painted Turtle Concert
After serving nearly a decade in Dead and Co. and sharing the stage with everyone from Eric Clapton to the Rolling Stones, B.B. King, and Jeff Beck, there are not many situations likely to overwhelm John Mayer. But when he came onstage for “Rockin’ In The Free World” at the …
Read More »Why Neil Young Will Never Give Up on the Road
This week Neil Young did two amazing club shows at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, with his new band the Chrome Hearts. He began both nights with “I’m the Ocean,” one of his fiercest songs, from the 1995 Pearl Jam collaboration Mirror Ball. “People my age, they …
Read More »Watch Neil Young Perform His 1977 Deep Cut 'Hey Babe' for First Time Ever
On April 4, 1977, Neil Young laid down the breezy love tune “Hey Babe” at his Northern California ranch, backed by Crazy Horse, pedal steel guitarist Ben Keith, fiddle player Carole Mayedo, and background vocalists the Bullets, a.k.a. Linda Ronstadt, and Nicolette Larson. The song appeared on Side One of …
Read More »Watch Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts Play Epic 13-Minute 'Down by the River'
Two days after making their debut at Farm Aid, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts played their first headlining show Monday night at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. The 14-song set mixed gentle acoustic songs (“Come a Time,” “Journey Through the Past”) with wild, Crazy Horse-style electric …
Read More »Watch Neil Young Debut New Backing Band the Chrome Hearts at Farm Aid
Three months after calling off his summer tour with Crazy Horse due to an unspecific illness in the band, Neil Young returned to the concert stage Saturday evening at Farm Aid in Saratoga Springs, New York. He was backed by his new group the Chrome Hearts, which features organist Spooner …
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