Neil Young Reverses Course, Announces Plans For Crazy Horse ‘Barn Tour’

Rock legend Neil Young has announced that he is planning a Crazy Horse “barn tour,” a u-turn from his previous announcement that he wasn’t planning to hit the road in the near future.

No dates have yet been announced, but the tour will hit vintage arenas and avoid new stadiums and arenas completely.

“We have been looking at booking the Crazy Horse barn tour,” Young wrote on his website. “Many of the old places we used to play are gone now, replaced by new coliseums we have to book [a] year in advance and we don’t want to go [to] anyway. That’s not the way we like to play.”

He added, “It sounds way to[o] 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 sport facilities put up by corporations for their sports teams.”

Young described those new buildings as “largely soulless” and said they “cost a fortune to play in.” “We don’t like the new rules,” he added.

He listed 30 venues that have been demolished as well as 31 that haven’t, saying, “If you are looking for us on our Crazy Horse Barn Tour, we will hopefully be in one of the existing areas. Hope to see you there. News coming pretty soon!”

Last week, in response to a fan’s comment, Young said “don’t expect anything” in terms of live appearances.

“I am not focused on playing,” he noted. “I am taking care of my music.” But in a new post on his website, Young revealed he was aiming to perform “in a couple of months, because we feel like it.”

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