Neil Young [ ] has added a few dates to his coming fall spell, and has apparently has settled on dates for his annual Bridge School Benefit show in Northern California.
Young, world Health Organization kicks sour the run Oct. 14 in St. Paul, MN, will use the weekend of Oct. 25-26 for the annual acoustic benefit concert, according to the San Jose Mercury News. The concert, now in its 22nd year, acquired immune deficiency syndrome children with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs at the school Young and his wife, Pegi, helped found. Lineup and ticketing information has not hitherto been announced.
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The tour too includes a performance at Farm Aid, which takes place Sept. 20 in Mansfield, MA, outside of Boston, and includes regulars Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews, among other performers. Details are included below.
Young's touring lineup features the same band that backed him on his recent overseas trek: Ben Keith, Rick Rosas, Chad Cromwell, Anthony Crawford and Pegi Young. Death Cab for Cutie and Everest volition provide support from the tour's launch date to the Nov. 5 show in Omaha, NE; Wilco and Everest will loose the remainder of the schedule, except for the Dec. 9 date in Chicago, which will non feature Wilco.
Young continues to support last year's "Chrome Dreams II." Clocking in at more than an hour, the set includes among its 10 tracks two epics: one 18 proceedings long and another 13 minutes. Young and his "The Volume Dealers" collaborator Niko Bolas produced.
The original "Chrome Dreams" album was scheduled for release in 1977, just was shelved. "Unfortunately, all original documentation and fine art for this album was lost in a fervency that ruined Neil's Malibu home in early 1978," according to Young's website.
Young announced earlier this year that he was hooking up with Sun Microsystems to produce a series of life history music/video hybrid anthologies on Blu-ray Discs. The offset set, which will cover Young's vocation from 1963-1972, reportedly will be available later this year.
Earlier in the year, Young appeared at San Francisco's JavaOne conference to show off a multimedia project utilizing Java and Blu-ray discs that he ultimately will release on a series of life history overview music/video hybrid discs. The first set, ascribable later this year, volition cover Young's career from 1963-1972
"I am kind of a load down rat," he told a panel hearing at the conference according to Cnet.com. "I only give the record company what I want hoi polloi to see at the time. So I have a circle of unreleased material. Putting it all together tells a lots different story than just what has been produced (for public consumption)."
[Note: The following circuit dates have been provided by creative person and/or tour sources, wHO verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]
September 200820 - Mansfield, MA - Farm AidOctober 200814 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center16 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre18 - Regina, Saskatchewan - Brandt Centre19 - Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome21 - Everett, WA - Comcast Arena at Everett22 - Vancouver, British Columbia - GM Place24, 25 - Mountain View, CA - Bridge School Benefit29 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena30 - Inglewood, CA - The ForumNovember 20081 - Reno, NV - Events Center4 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center5 - Omaha, NE - Qwest Center29 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Metro CentreDecember 20081 - Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre2 - Ottawa, Ontario - Scotia Bank Place4 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre7 - Detroit, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills9 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena12 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Spectrum13 - Worcester, MA - DCU Center15 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
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