Neil Young launched his first tour since 2019 final night time (June 30) in Los Angeles.
He carried out a 17-song solo acoustic set on the John Anson Ford Ampitheatre. While career-defining hits reminiscent of “Ohio” and “Heart of Gold” have been performed, the present centered largely on rarer songs reminiscent of “I’m the Ocean” and “On the Way Home.”
You can see the entire set record and fan-shot movies from the present beneath.
Young had beforehand defined that he wished this solo acoustic tour to deal with songs he hasn’t performed stay. “I don’t want to come back and do the same songs again,” Young stated [via Rolling Stone]. “I’ll feel like I was on some sort of carnival ride. I’d rather be doing these other songs I haven’t done. … They are songs that apply to my life right now and apply to everyone’s lives in this era that we’re in.”
Watch Neil Young Perform ‘Song X’
Though Young has made a handful of one-off appearances in the previous couple of years, he has not toured since 2019, citing issues about COVID-19, environmental harm and ticketing practices. “Concert tours are no longer fun,” he lamented earlier this yr. “Concert tours [are] not what they were.”
But Young has additionally said that he needs to make his touring course of — all the things from his merch to the meals provided at venues — as environmentally clear and sustainable as potential. “This is something that’s very important to me, if I’m ever going to go out again,” he stated to The New Yorker final yr. “I’m still feeling that out, but if I’m ever going to do it, I want to make sure that everything is clean.”
Watch Neil Young Perform ‘Heart of Gold’
Young will carry out three extra nights at John Anson Ford in L.A., adopted by a collection of reveals up and down the West Coast. He’s additionally gearing up for the Aug. 11 launch of Chrome Dreams, his long-lost 1977 LP.
Neil Young June 30, 2023 Set List
1. “I’m the Ocean” (From Mirror Ball, 1995)
2. “Homefires” (From Archives Vol. II, 2020)
3. “Burned” (From Buffalo Springfield, 1966)
4. “On the Way Home” (From Last Time Around, 1968)
5. “If You Got Love”
6. “My Heart” (From Sleeps With Angels, 1994)
7. “A Dream That Can Last” (From Sleeps With Angels, 1994)
8. “Song X” (From Mirror Ball, 1995)
9. “Prime of Life” (From Sleeps With Angels, 1994)
10. “When I Hold You in My Arms” (From Are You Passionate?, 2002)
11. “Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)” (From Ragged Glory, 1990)
12. “Ohio” (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young single, 1970)
13. “Days That Used to Be” (From Ragged Glory, 1990)
14. “Don’t Forget Love” (From Barn, 2021)
15. “Heart of Gold” (From Harvest, 1972)
16. “Love Earth” (From World Record, 2022)
17. “Four Strong Winds” (Ian and Sylvia cowl)
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