Neil Young

[goldenecitrone]

I had tickets to see him 2003 crazy horse tour in la that i sold to a couple. can't say i regret it cause i used that money to fuel a weekend in vegas to watch a boxing match...

You did whaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<falls over and bangs head on the floor>

 

[Voley]

because I had tickets to see him at Brixton Academy and was furious.

Me too. My Mum, Stepdad and brother all travelled up from Cornwall for it only for us to find out it was cancelled on the way down Brixton High Rd. Not good.

William - I wonder how much Jay-Z charged, then? He'd be up in the hundreds of thousands, surely? Worth a couple of extra 100K to make up the difference in quality between Jay-Z and Neil Young, imo.

But Eavis wanted his younger, edgier crowd, didn't he? I bet that was the thinking behind it.

 

[BassJunkie]

Nope the finger cutting was much later - 2002 maybe - because I had tickets to see him at Brixton Academy and was furious. Methinks you're muddling up two different things

Certainly the state of my mind at various glastonburys mean it's quite possible i'm muddled.

This link: http://www.billdeyoung.com/ny.html

suggests it was 97, which would chime with the thought it was a muddy one.

 

[El Jefe]

Must have happened twice then, bizarrely, because the partner who had the tickets with me definitely wasn't my partner in '97.

 

[Voley]

The gig I'm on about was a lot later than that.

The album he had out was 'Are You Passionate?', the Booker T one. Which was 2002 according to Wikipedia. He was doing two nights - he played the first one (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club supported) and then cancelled the second night (Spiritualized were meant to support).

You wouldn't believe how pissed off I was, particularly after the Glstonbury cancellation. I was really looking forward to seeing him doing 'Dock Of The Bay'.

 

[William of Walworth]

William - I wonder how much Jay-Z charged, then? He'd be up in the hundreds of thousands, surely? Worth a couple of extra 100K to make up the difference in quality between Jay-Z and Neil Young, imo.

Yeah fair point, and we don't know the Jay-Z figure at all. I wasn't at Jay-Z at Glastonbury this time (was working at the time), and I didn't even see him on TV afterwards, in any case I'm largely ignorant about his career and material anyway. I know he went down a storm on the day for lots of people including plenty who weren't expecting to like him, but that's by the by.

But Eavis wanted his younger, edgier crowd, didn't he? I bet that was the thinking behind it.

Emily's, maybe, more than her dad's. Michael has retracted that 'younger crowd' comment pretty comprehensively since he first made it, and admitted recently (re that much over quoted throwaway comment) that 'I do put my foot in it sometimes, don't I?'

Bless him!

He would still like Neil Young at Glastonbury anyway, and that may yet happen .... but Neil does cost!

 

[danny la rouge]

Just noticed his stuff is back on Spotify if anyone's interested.

I've got loads in physical format, but you know, for when you're away from the collection and whatnot.

 

[Rosemary Jest]

Just noticed his stuff is back on Spotify if anyone's interested.

I've got loads in physical format, but you know, for when you're away from the collection and whatnot.

Didn't realise he'd taken his stuff down, must have been in a dispute with them over something. Do you know what it was about?

Love Neil, my favourite guitarist of all time.

Don't tend to buy his albums these days, he seems to churn them out at quite a pace and doubt he needs the money, so don't feel too guilty

Saw him in Hyde Park in 2009 and it was a top gig, good mand with Donald Duck Dunn on bass and Ben Keith on slide not long before he died.

Saw him again with Crazy Horse in Newcaslte in 2012, one of the best gigs I've ever been to, did the whole Rust Never Sleeps tour thing but with some more modern songs thrown in, 20 minute renditions and a wall of sound, fantastic!

 

[Fhaz]

What is it they say on Reddit, shotz fired bruh ?

“If you’re a fascist, get a Tesla”: Neil Young debuts new song that takes aim at Elon Musk

Let’s Roll Again was played at LA gig on Saturday

www.musicradar.com

Listen to Rock Legend’s New Song Taking Direct Aim at Elon Musk

Neil Young took a jab at Tesla and called on American car manufacturers to get back in the game.

www.thedailybeast.com