Neil Young To Perform Solo at Benefit in Lakefield, Ontario - May 24.

Benefit in Lakefield, Ontario - May 24via Neil Young Archives
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Neil Young is planning a Benefit Concert to be held in Lakefield, Ontario on May 24.

The solo concert details are to be announced soon, per Neil Young Archives. (Thanks Mike "Road Dawg"!)

Recently, Neil Young announced that tour dates will be coming in February. Earlier, Neil Young has confirmed he will perform this summer at the Glastonbury Festival saying: "We Will Be In Glastonbury" per a Letter to The Editor | Neil Young Archives.

More on Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts: Europe Summer 2025 Concert Tour Planning Underway. 

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Neil Young Tour Dates Coming in February

Letter to The Editor | Neil Young Archives
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The U.S. tour dates are to be announced in February, per a Letter to The Editor | Neil Young Archives. (Thanks Mike "Road Dawg"!)

Earlier, Neil Young has confirmed he will perform this summer at the Glastonbury Festival saying: "We Will Be In Glastonbury" per a Letter to The Editor | Neil Young Archives.

More on Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts: Europe Summer 2025 Concert Tour Planning Underway.

Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts  

Farm Aid 2024: Saratoga Springs, NY, Sat., Sept. 21  

photo by thrasher 

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Comment of the Moment: "big change is coming" by Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts

 "big change is coming" 

by Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts

(Video Frame via Official Video)

Yesterday, January 17, Neil Young dropped a track from his latest album titled "big change is coming".

In addition, an Official Music Video was released featuring the band  The Chrome Hearts waving the U.S. of A. flag and marching to the beat.

All of which brings us -- obviously -- to our Comment of the Moment on "big change is coming" by Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts by Dan:

Throughout Neil’s career he was borrowed elements from other songs that he has written. 

This isn’t a criticism, but simply an observation. And I have always enjoyed his occasional songs with familiar themes and chord changes. It’s kind of like his signature in a way, and this new track has several different reference points from his past.

I don’t watch music videos when previewing a new song. Because I’d rather let the song stand on its own merits. And I really like the fact that the lyrics aren’t telling you what to think, it’s just observing what’s coming. And the riff is definitely catchy.

I’m looking forward to hearing the whole album in context with the other songs. Neil has always been a great sequencer of his albums, and depending on where each song lives on the album, tends to enhance both the song before and, the song after. This is one of many reasons why I love listening to complete albums. The artists lays out the tracks with a very specific theme, or intention.

But for now; judging from this one song, I’m actually pretty excited about this new album. So hopefully we won’t have to wait too long to hear the whole thing…… soon.

Peace to all……..and here’s hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. 🙏

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is impossible “

Frank Zappa

"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials".
Seneca (ancient Roman philosopher)

Thanks Dan for the comment, being here and sharing.

For us, the big takeaway is the preparation for change. Awareness of the ongoing #BigShift.

Just as  A Big Shift is coming to the Neil Young Archives, everywhere we look, we hear folks tuning into the accelerating Big Shift. Certainly, a rather major shift in thinking at Neil Young Archives and the newspaper Times Contrarian. Again, this is not merely politics or religion we speak of.  This is fundamental ... our core essence of spirit and soul. Humanity in an age of technocracy.

Earlier, we said that at the risk of saying "told you so", Here Comes "The Big Shift" and the  corruption of mainstream media is blatant and dangerous, it is sadly ironic that this all comes so late in the game for those who should have been paying attention. But, better late than never.  (More on the intersectionality of politics, art and the media.)

Stay tuned, consciousness and awareness are coming! Thanks for the heads up Neil & Hearts!

"There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye"

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NEW TRACK: "big change is coming" by Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts

 "big change is coming" by Neil Young & The Chrome Heartsvia Qobuz
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Neil Young's latest album title will be  "big change is coming" and the title song is scheduled for release tomorrow, January 17, per Qobuz. (thanks HtH!)

 

Also, there is an Official Video being released. 

 

Video Frame via Official Video

 

Last November, we reported that Neil Young was in the studio with his latest new band The Chrome Hearts.

Neil Young and The Chrome HeartsShangri-La Studio, Malibu, CAvia John Hanlon | Instagram 
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Per producer and sound engineer John Hanlon's Instagram  (via Rusted Moon Rusted Moon), Neil Young recorded at Rick Rubin's Shangri-La Studio in Malibu. From photo caption, the recording is analog 16 track direct to vinyl.

 

Lou Adler is credited as co-producer.

Shangri-La Studio is where Neil Young recorded his last studio album "World Record" with Crazy Horse in 2022. 

Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts  

Farm Aid 2024: Saratoga Springs, NY, Sat., Sept. 21  

photo by thrasher

 

The new album will precede Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts Europe Summer 2025 Concert Tour.  Thus far, the only confirmed concert is Glastonbury Festival this summer, which Neil Young will headline.

In December, we reported that  A Big Shift was coming at Neil Young Archives.  Everywhere we look, we hear folks tuning into the accelerating Big Shift.

Stay tuned, conciousness and awareness are coming! Thanks for the heads up Neil & Hearts!

"There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye"

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"We Will Be In Glastonbury": Neil Young Confirms Festival Performance

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Neil Young has confirmed he will perform this summer at the Glastonbury Festival saying: "We Will Be In Glastonbury" per a Letter to The Editor | Neil Young Archives.

Neil Young Glastonbury Festival 2009(Click photo to enlarge)

Neil Young's appearance at the Glastonbury Festival has been on and off for weeks now, but Neil adds that "The problems have apparently been solved".

Earlier, Neil Young declined a Glastonbury slot because "The BBC wanted us to do a lot of things in a way we were not interested in".

Then, Neil did a 180 and said:

"Due to an error in the information received, I had decided to not play the Glastonbury Festival, which I always have loved.

Happily, the festival is now back on our itinerary and we look forward to playing. Hope to see you there!"

Recall last November, when a new  Timeline Concert of the Moment streamed on NYA of Neil Young @ Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival on June 26, 2009.

Glastonbury 2009

Timeline Concert of the Moment | NYA

From TW coverage in 2009, Review: Neil Young rocks Glastonbury - Glastonbury - QTheMusic.com:

"No review’s going to do this justice, so let’s just get this out the way. Neil Young was just phenomenal.

Michael Eavis has tried and failed four times previously to get Neil Young to play at his little party down on Worthy Farm dating right back to the days when local stores would put ‘No Hippies Allowed’ on their windows.

Why Old Farmer Eavis has been so determined to book him is apparent from the moment Neil Young hits the stage. There’s no farting about, his trusty scarred Gibson Les Paul, Old Black, comes straight out and he clangs straight into My My Hey Hey. Seldom has the lyric “better to burn out than fade away” been more pertinent than the day after the death of a King. But also because at this festival of legends there are some here who have faded beyond repair. What this set proved more than anything is that Neil Young isn’t among their number."

Photo by Gary Wolstenholme// Drowned In Sound

Also, BBC Responds to Coverage Criticism of Neil Young's Glastonbury Concert (2009). 

+ Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts: Europe Summer 2025 Concert Tour Planning Underway

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