Blog: Neil Young News

As we learned yesterday, the new Neil Young album A Treasure is coming soon.Some more details from our good friends at Shakey Pictures: A TREASUREJUNE 14TH ON REPRISE RECORDSSPECIAL DOUBLE-DISC VINYL EDITION AVAILABLE ON MAY 24TH NEILYOUNG.COM AND ITUNES PRE-ORDER LAUNCHES APRIL 12TH
Neil Young will release a brand-new album, entitled A Treasure,on June 14th, on Reprise Records. It will be

Just a reminder that only a few days remain on winning a pair of tickets to see Neil Young in concert at the Wang Center, Boston, April 19. For contest details, see CONTEST: Win A Pair of Neil Young Tickets in Boston, 4/19.Don't Be Denied!

A TreasureNeil Young & The International Harvesters From our friends at Shakey Pictures:NEIL YOUNG TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM, ENTITLED A TREASURE ON REPRISE RECORDS RENOWNED ROCKER UNEARTHS LIVE COUNTRY ALBUM RECORDED WITH LEGENDARY BAND, THE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTERS, WHILE ON TOUR IN THE U.S. IN 1984 The 12-track live album A Treasure includes songs recorded during Young's 1984 U.S. tour in support

Social Distortion's Mike NessThe Neil Young and Crazy Horse 1991 Ragged Glory/Weld Tour is remembered fondly for a lot of reasons.Most folks remember a couple of distinct moments. The volume described as being at jet noise decibel levels is often remembered because folks ears still ring 20 years on.Another memory is the two opening bands: Social Distortion and Sonic Youth. Sonic Youth have

Dala performs "Ohio" at Borrowed Tunes Neil Young Tribute Concert at Charles Stockey Theatre, December 2009.Dala covered "A Man Needs A Maid" on the Cinnamon Girl Benefit CD and performed at Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young. Dala, featuring Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther Also, see more on Neil Young Ohio Lyric Analysis and bands covering Neil Young songs.Thanks Peter!

On 16. April the annual European Rustfest at the "Schloss Huelchrath"(Huelchrath castle) takes place again. It's the gathering of the German Human-Highway mailing list and neil-young.info.A couple of bands are playing Neil related music.Website: Rock The Castlerouting: http://www.rock-the-castle.inf o/anfahrtsplan.htmlline-up:- Alexander Würker in thoughts to greendale- Jürgen Voigt the

As one might imagine, we get all sorts of fun stuff from Neil fans around the world.Here's one to share...Hey Thrasher, I thought I'd share with you a video I made a couple weeks ago for YouTube, of me showing off my Neil Young vinyl collection- which I am extremely proud of. You may have seen this video on FaceBook's Rust Community, where I shared it. There is a whole community of vinyl fanatics

A Neil Young tribute this Saturday, April 9 at Forum Lounge, Waterford, Ireland.Harvest are Ireland's premier Neil Young tribute band and have been "Rocking In The Free World" for a couple of years now, entertaining fans of Mr Young all over the country, including a sell-out show this week at The Button Factory in Dublin. Harvest play a selection of songs from all Neil Young's classic albums,

Thanks to a very, very generous Thrashers Wheat reader, we are pleased to be able to offer a pair of tickets to see Neil Young in concert at the Wang Center, Boston, April 19. In order to win these tickets, we are having a Neil story contest. Send in your Neil story and the generous donator will pick a winner.Maybe a Neil Young concert memory? Or a favorite Neil song story? What Neil's music

Sadly, the recently rumored free Neil Young warmup concerts have been cancelled.Just before the announcement of Neil's Spring U.S. Tour Dates, rumors began to fly that something was in the works.In an exclusive Thrasher's Wheat interview with Young's manager, Elliot Roberts of Lookout Management, Roberts discusses the reasoning behind the cancellations.TW: Thanks Elliot for taking the time to

A Treasure by Neil Young A Treasure, the title of a new Neil Young album, is scheduled for release on June 10.As we reported last year, Treasure appears to be a collection of rare and unreleased material from the 1984 International Harvesters/Grey Riders era.Details are limited, but a YouTube promo circulated earlier today before being pulled.International Harvesters Tour, Costa Mesa, CA - 10/24

From The Scenestar: Buffalo Springfield Book Two Wiltern DatesInfluencial rock band, Buffalo Springfield, are coming to Los Angeles for two dates! Recently reunited, the band consisting of Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas and Joe Vitale will play two dates at the Wiltern on Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 6. Buffalo Springfield will also be headlining at this year's Bonnaroo

UPDATE: Neil Young kicks off Junos with win for adult alternative album of the year: Le Noise Tonight (Sunday, March 27), Neil Young will be honored with the 2011 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at Canada's Juno Awards.The award honors a Canadian artist whose humanitarian contributions have positively enhanced the social fabric of Canada and recognizes Young's compassionate legacy behind events

Neil Young and Bob DylanEntertainment Tonight on 4-1-86Bob Dylan's 70th birthday countdown is underway and it's Day #59.The National Bob Dylan Examiner editor Harold Lepidus asked if we wanted to get in on the party so we said "Sure!"Bob Dylan and Neil Young are friends and mutual admirers. They have appeared on stage together numerous times, and have even referred to each other in their

Warren Zevon and Neil Young Winter Park, Colorado, 1992 - Photo by Richard CreamerThe late, great Warren Zevon and Neil Young have a few interesting musical intersections.From Sugar Mountain Set Lists, Warren Zevon and Neil Young performed together on 07-11-1992 in Winter Park, Colorado. Neil was a guest on two songs: 'Splendid Isolation' and 'Comes A Time'.Also, on 11-06-1993 at Shoreline

We're not exactly sure of the exact source of this YouTube video of Neil Young & Crazy Horse performing "Hey Hey, My My".It appears to be from the 2001 era. An outdoor festival somewhere in Asia. Possibly Fuji Rock Festival per Sugar Mountain?This is a broadcast quality, multi-camera video and highly recommended for capturing the viscerally devastating impact of a Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Neil YoungMusiCares Person Of The Year - 2010This coming Sunday (March 27), Neil Young will be honored with the 2011 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at Canada's Juno Awards.The award honors a Canadian artist whose humanitarian contributions have positively enhanced the social fabric of Canada" and recognizes Young's compassionate legacy behind events such as Farm Aid, Live 8, and Bridge School

Kurt VileKurt Vile is a guitarist and singer from Philadelphia whose music has been likened to that of Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger and Tom Petty.From an interview in The Village Voice, by Jayson Greene, Kurt Vile discusses the Neil Young solo that changed his life: Q: Neil Young is someone who seems like he hovers over your music spiritually. Do you have a favorite Neil Young song?Kurt Vile: My

An interesting reaction to our little post last week on Neil Young's 1982 film Human Highway which portrayed the Earth's last day following a nuclear holocaust. Now comes this "little" video from Germany above which uses a cover version of Neil Young's song 'Rumblin'" as a basis to protest nuclear energy. We realize this probably isn't everyone's cup of tea, but try and bear with it for no other

As the U.S.A. led coalition bombs yet another oil-rich country led by a Muslim dictator, is it time yet to consider whether we should should stop sniffin' that smokin' gun?Here's just another in a long line of Neil Young prophecies, 1987's "Mideast Vacation" captured at the zeigeist of 1980's paranoia.From concert at the Bridge School Benefit with Crazy Horse on Oct. 10, 2001. This marked Neil