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Neil Young announces new tour and album with Crazy Horse

Two years after saying he would no longer tour, Young and his band will perform in the U.S. and Canada.

Two years after saying he would no longer tour, Young and his band will perform in the U.S. and Canada

Neil plays guitar wearing a dark cap and black tee with a denim shirt.
Neil Young performs during the Farm Aid Music Festival at the Ruoff Music Center on Sept. 23, 2023 in Noblesville, Ind. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images)

Neil Young and his band, Crazy Horse, are hitting the road in April and May for a newly announced Love Earth tour.

Young also announced a new album with the band, FU##IN' UP, set for release on April 20, four days before the tour kicks off in San Diego. The sole Canadian date is set for May 20 at Toronto's Budweiser Stage.

In a press release, the album is described as revealing "Neil Young + Crazy Horse in all their ragged glory, playing songs from their long relationship."

"In the spirit it's offered ... made this for the Horse lovers," Young said in the release. "I can't stop it. The horse is runnin'. What a ride we have. I don't want to mess with the vibe. I am so happy to have this to share."

In 2022, Young stated that he would no longer tour unless he was able to do so in an environmentally sustainable way. 

"When I look at the compromise that I would have to make to do that, the things that I don't believe in, that I'd have to endorse, it doesn't turn me on," Young told Q's Tom Power. "I can deal with the power for the venue, I can make it clean. I can make the P.A. clean, the lights clean, the electricity in the building clean. I can clean up all my vehicles. I've got the right fuel. I can do all of that. But the food — all those places are fed by factory farms."

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse Love Earth tour dates

April 24, San Diego, Calif.: Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
April 25, San Diego, Calif.: Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
April 27, Phoenix, Ariz.: Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
May 1, Austin, Texas: Germania Insurance Amphitheater
May 2, Dallas, Texas: Dos Equis Pavilion
May 5, Huntsville, Ala.: Orion Amphitheater
May 7, Atlanta, Ga.: Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
May 8, Franklin, Tenn.: FirstBank Amphitheater
May 11, Bristow, Va.: Jiffy Lube Live
May 12, Camden, N.J.: Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
May 14, Queens, N.Y.: Forest Hills Stadium
May 17, Mansfield, Mass.: Xfinity Center
May 18, Bridgeport, Conn.: Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater
May 20, Toronto, Ont.: Budweiser Stage
May 22, Clarkston, Minn.: Pine Knob Music Theatre
May 23, Chicago, Ill.: Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island