Neil Young has had a busy week, calling out the president and now revealing plans to bring his Crazy Horse band to “old barns” around the country.
“Many of the old places we used to play are gone now, replaced by new coliseums we have to book year in advance and we don’t want to go to anyway,” the legendary rocker wrote on his Neil Young Archives website.
However, Young notes that the remaining arenas from his touring tenure – like Madison Square Garden, Nassau Coliseum, Long Beach Arena, Cow Palace, Chicago Arena, Nashsville Municpal Auditorium and more – are on the table for a full Crazy Horse tour.
Young doesn’t reveal much more in the note, but promises “news coming pretty soon!”
This story is still developing…
Read Young’s full message below:
CRAZY HORSE BARN TOUR
We have been looking at booking the Crazy Horse BARN tour. Many of the old places we used to play are gone now, replaced by new coliseums we have to book year in advance and we don’t want to go to anyway. That’s not the way we like to play. It sounds way to much like a real job if you have to book it and wait a year, so we have decided to play the old arenas – not the new sports facilities put up by corporations for their sports teams. Largely soulless, these new buildings cost a fortune to play in. We wanted to play in a couple of months because we feel like it. To us it’s not a regular job. We don’t like the new rules…
If you’re looking for us on our Crazy Horse Barn Tour, we will hopefully be in one of the existing arenas. Hope to see you there. News coming pretty soon!
21 Comments comments associated with this post
D of KC
February 27, 2020 at 3:05 pmHis current music still SUCKS any way you paint it, true has been… After seeing him 2-3 times since the 80’s I’ll pass! Real Bands PLEASE!!!
PFUNK
February 25, 2020 at 3:25 pmHey Whining Douche Bags…
Stay the F#@% home if you don’t like his attitude. We wouldn’t want your whining ass at the show anyway, bringing us all down to your level. Keep your head up Trump’s ass and take a deep breath. The rest of us will party on like it was 2020.Tack on Merriweather & the Mann mighty NY. Been many a year since you’ve visited these historic sites.
D of KC
February 25, 2020 at 12:55 pmLoves our AMERICAN MONEY, that we know! True hypocrite whine bag Niel IS!?! Maybe he should find a REAL band and learn to ROCK AGAIN!!??!!
Eddie
February 25, 2020 at 10:35 amDinahmoehumm,
As always, you are wrong. Young is one of the most creatively prolific artists working today. His concerts and records remain vital, dynamic listening experiences. There is a huge audience for Neil & the Horse.
concious party
February 24, 2020 at 7:35 pmGreendale rules….love that album…..trump “sucks cocks in hell”
LIVE LONG BENCHMAN
February 24, 2020 at 3:07 pmYes, bring in on Neil, anytime, any place. Just stop with the woe is me. You had the chance to stand up and fight the corporate status quo like ticketbastards in the 90’s and actually foster some change, we all know how that worked out. He’ll play the secondary barns and blame the jacked up ticket prices on the smaller capacities, you heard it here first!
Long live
February 24, 2020 at 1:50 pmLove it
You haters seem a bit twisted
Long may he run
Anyway or anywhere he chooses
BenchMan
February 24, 2020 at 1:41 pmNeil is going to be Neil – we should all be used to his method of operation by now. Brilliant people tend to be a little strange in their ways.
Makes things interesting. I don’t give a shit if he plays in a cow pasture – just bring on Crazy Horse anytime-anywhere. We’ll be there!
(if we can afford a ticket)
BK
February 24, 2020 at 12:30 pmDidn’t this douche just tell fans not to expect a tour in 2020 except for some overpriced charity benefit? Now he pivots and wants to throw a tour together at the last minute? And he’s pissed that he can’t get dates that make logistical and geographically sense? Sure, its not you, its corporate America to blame…
STFU the grouchy old man
February 24, 2020 at 11:07 amSTFU the new arenas are not the only things that are soulless. He got himself rich and famous, did you pen those tunes? if you don’t like his new stuff go listen to Ohio over and over maybe you’ll figure out he was complaining about american injustice from day one.
STFU
February 24, 2020 at 10:01 amNeil needs to STFU and stick to performing the music he wrote in the 60’s & 70’s instead of constantly complaining about the America way that got him rich & famous. Yes, the new corporately shilled arenas are soulless but they generally have NHL & NBA teams taking up at least 100 prime fall/winter/spring dates scheduled a year out. Going to make it difficult to play one night somewhere then the next the city over at the last minute without some kind of major planning. Every concert tour need to do that. What so special about MSG and the NC, both of which have been remodeled and have a piece of advertisement on every flat surface? I’m sure they cost a fortune now to play too except us NYC’ers are used to being soaked for everything. So STFU Neil, I’m still pissed at your horrible Trans Tour show at Jones Beach 1983 you hoodwinked us into. Going to refund that?
KB
February 24, 2020 at 11:47 amSo, you agree with Neil but then go on to say that he needs to shut up and simply play his hits from the 60s and 70s? You seems angry.
STFU
February 24, 2020 at 12:17 pmApart from the 90’s Rocking in the Free World, NY hasn’t penned anything decent in a long, long time. Try to read and understand closer, he’s whining that he can’t throw a tour together at the drop of a hat in the larger cities that we wants, and I’m telling you the reason why. Even smaller “barns” are likely to have minor league sports going on. Do a summer tour and you’ll have your pick of dates across America, barns and soulless arenas. Sick of this guys constant complaining making an American fortune playing children’s instruments and bashing the country. Notice he didn’t stick to Canada!
KB
February 24, 2020 at 1:30 pmI read and understand just fine. I sensed that his motivation was more nostalgic not anti-capitalism. He went on to criticize the character of the new buildings, which you agreed with yet bash him at the same time. I also disagree with your statement NY hasn’t done anything since Rocking in a Free World and he should just play his stuff from the 60s and 70s. Greendale, Mirrorball, Broken Arrow, Prarie Wind, and Fork in the Road are all amazing but maybe that’s just because I like to hear what Neil has to say.
Greg
February 24, 2020 at 9:50 amGlens Falls Civic Center
terry
February 24, 2020 at 7:36 amMore barn.
thisdude
February 24, 2020 at 8:49 am^^^ this guy gets it
::turns up left barn::
Lucido Anthony
February 24, 2020 at 6:07 amRed Rocks ( Denver Colorado) is calling! And Neil Young MUST come. God bless my fellow American! Neil Young!
Dinahmoehumm
February 24, 2020 at 12:47 amHe probably couldn’t sell enough tickets in them anyway. While I agree that the new arenas suck, Neil should stick to larger theater shows and maybe a festival or two. He’s a nostalgia act, plain and simple.
The Pie
February 24, 2020 at 2:58 pmCheck out his new albums.
Doug
February 23, 2020 at 9:29 pmStabler, Lisner, The Mosque, Cain’s, Hampton, Count Basie, etc. Love it.