Neil Young introduced Wednesday that the remaining dates on the tour he has been doing together with his longtime backing group Loopy Horse are being canceled, as a result of sickness hitting “a few us” since they final carried out in Might. He didn’t specify whether or not he was amongst these stricken.
The cancellations are for exhibits so far as three months out from now. Affected are the seven Canadian exhibits Younger had lined up in July, plus three U.S. exhibits he had scheduled for late September, on the Hollywood Bowl, southern California’s Eddie Vedder-driven Ohana Fest and Kentucky’s Bourbon & Past Pageant.
Younger mentioned in a statement on his website that the unnamed band members had come down unwell sooner or later after their final gig, which occurred greater than a month in the past, on Might 22 at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan.
He didn’t say precisely how lengthy their timeout could be, but it surely shortly grew to become clear from the online pages of the upcoming festivals that the “huge unplanned break” will certainly lengthen by way of the top of September. A web page for Younger’s live performance on the Hollywood Bowl Sept. 29 now results in an error message, and the Bowl now exhibits as being darkish on that date on the official venue calendar. The web site for the Ohaha Pageant in Dana Level now lists “TBA” rather than the Saturday night time headlining slot that Younger held, and a competition rep confirmed they’re looking for a alternative.
“The Love Earth Tour has been a terrific expertise for us up to now,” Younger’s message to followers started. “GREAT AUDIENCES AND MUSIC. WE HAVE HAD A BLAST!”
He continued, “When a few us bought sick after Detroit’s Pine Knob, we needed to cease. We’re nonetheless not totally recovered, so sadly our nice tour may have a giant unplanned break. We’ll attempt to play a few of the dates we miss as time passes after we are able to rock once more! We all know lots of you made journey plans and we apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks in your understanding and persistence.”
Younger concluded, “Well being is # 1…. We need to keep and do extra exhibits and extra albums for you…. and for for us…. With love and due to all of you from Loopy Horse….. Neil, Micah, Ralph and Billy… Love Earth.”
Younger’s assertion appeared to depart open the likelihood that tickets would possibly stay legitimate for some dates at a rescheduled time, however there was nothing agency on that. A rep for Younger mentioned they had been awaiting phrase on additional data for ticketholders.
As of this writing, Ticketmaster nonetheless has tickets up on the market for the Hollywood Bowl present, however the disappearance of the occasion from a number of pages on the Bowl web site appears to verify it has gone away with the opposite exhibits. Nobody might be blaming these cancellations on poor gross sales, no less than: A seating chart nonetheless up for the Bowl live performance exhibits seats solely remaining within the very again.
A rep for Ohana Fest pointed to an announcement on social media that reads: “We’re unhappy to announce that Neil Younger with Loopy Horse will now not be acting at Ohana Pageant 2024. Please keep tuned for a lineup replace coming as quickly as potential; within the meantime, we’re wishing the band a speedy restoration.” Bourbon & Past posted an identical message saying to “keep tuned for a alternative announcement.”
Younger followers saddened by the cancellations can no less than console themselves with an eagerly awaited album launch approaching Friday, “Early Daze,” a group of beforehand unreleased recordings that Younger made with Loopy Horse in 1969.
