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Neil Younger introduced Wednesday that the remaining dates on the tour he has been doing together with his longtime backing group Loopy Horse are being cancelled, attributable to 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 reveals so far as three months out from now. Affected are the seven Canadian reveals Younger had lined up in July, plus three US reveals he had scheduled for late September, on the Hollywood Bowl, southern California’s Eddie Vedder-driven Ohana Fest and Kentucky’s Bourbon & Past Competition.
Younger stated in an announcement on his web site that the unnamed band members had come down sick sooner or later after their final gig, which came about greater than a month in the past, on Might 22 at Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston, Michigan.
He didn’t say precisely how lengthy their timeout could be, nevertheless it shortly turned clear from the online pages of the upcoming festivals that the “large unplanned break” will certainly prolong via 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 reveals as being darkish on that date on the official venue calendar. The web site for the Ohaha Competition in Dana Level now lists “TBA” rather than the Saturday night time headlining slot that Younger held, and a competition rep confirmed they’re searching for a substitute.
“The Love Earth Tour has been an excellent expertise for us to date,” Younger’s message to followers started. “GREAT AUDIENCES AND MUSIC. WE HAVE HAD A BLAST!”
He continued, “When a few us received sick after Detroit’s Pine Knob, we needed to cease. We’re nonetheless not totally recovered, so sadly our nice tour could have an enormous unplanned break. We are going to attempt to play a number of the dates we miss as time passes after we are able to rock once more! We all know a lot of you made journey plans and we apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks to your understanding and persistence.”
Younger concluded, “Well being is # 1…. We need to keep and do extra reveals and extra albums for you…. and 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 go away open the likelihood that tickets may stay legitimate for some dates at a rescheduled time, however there was nothing agency on that. A rep for Younger stated they had been awaiting phrase on additional info for ticket holders.
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 that it has gone away with the opposite reveals. Nobody shall be blaming these cancellations on poor gross sales, at the least: A seating chart nonetheless up for the Bowl live performance reveals 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 not be acting at Ohana Competition 2024. Please keep tuned for a lineup replace coming as quickly as attainable; within the meantime, we’re wishing the band a speedy restoration.” Bourbon & Past posted an identical message saying to “keep tuned for a substitute announcement.”
Younger followers saddened by the cancellations can at the least 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.
Neil Younger Cancels The rest of Loopy Horse Tour, Citing Band Sickness
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