Charity event took place at Lakefield College Schoo and mixed classics with forgotten songs such as ‘Name of Love’ and ‘Love/Art Blues’
Neil Young made his first full show of 2025 on Friday night, 23, at a special charity event for the Lakefield College Schoolin Ontario, on the school campus itself. The night was cold and rainy, and the tickets were starting at $ 1,500 (about $ 8,400 at the current price), with all the income for the restoration of an 116 -year -old cabin near the school.
Different from your next tour Love Earth with the band Chrome Heartsthis was a solo and acoustic show. The repertoire of 18 songs was full of classics like “Comes to Time”,“Sugar Mountain”,“Heart of Gold”,“Helpless”,“I Am A Child”And“After the Gold Rush“But there were some surprises, like”Love/Art Blues”, Which he has not played in public since 2008. He also presented the rarity“Name of Love”, An obscure 1988 release with the Csnywhich has not touched since 2014.
The most striking moment happened in the middle of the show, when he took a banjo and touched the obscure “My Boy”, From the album Old Waysfor the first time since the tour Trans 1983. It is a sweet and loving tribute to Zeke Youngyour eldest son. “Why are you growing so fast, my boy?“He sings.”Ah, it is better to go calmly / Why are you growing so fast, my son?”
Hours before the show, Young posted an old photo of yourself with Zeke Still baby, next to his late father, the sports journalist Scott Young. “Rehearsing for LakefieldI was playing ‘My Boy‘, thinking of my own father, ”he wrote.“ I knew he should have heard this song. My father was an amazing guy and Zeke It is a wonderful child. I think that ‘My Boy‘It’s my favorite recording of all I’ve ever done. I love the way Ben Keith and Spooner Oldham They played, just like the other musicians in it. They are soul -filled musicians. I was very lucky! ”
The show ended with “Old man”But a copy of the setlist printed on the stage revealed that it originally planned to return to play solo and electrical versions of“Throw your hatred down”And“Rockin ‘in the free world“. It’s not clear why he cut these two songs, but the bad mood probably influenced the decision. (Youngin general, refuses to play in closed environments due to concerns with Covid. The only date in a closed place of your next tour Love Earth will be on July 13, in Adidas arenain Paris.)
THE Love Earth Tour It starts on June 18 in Rättvik, Sweden. The US tour starts on August 8 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Young It has not yet revealed exactly what will play on the tour, but it is expected to present several tracks from his upcoming album, TALKIN ‘TO THE TREES.
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Source: Rollingstone
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