{"id":19417,"date":"2025-03-02T23:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T23:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/neil-young-to-play-free-concert-in-ukraine-ahead-of-european-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T23:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T23:39:14","slug":"neil-young-to-play-free-concert-in-ukraine-ahead-of-european-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/neil-young-to-play-free-concert-in-ukraine-ahead-of-european-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Young to Play Free Concert in Ukraine Ahead of European Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear exactly where and when the show is taking place, but it&#8217;ll mark the first Ukrainian show of Young&#8217;s long career<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/neil-young\/\" id=\"auto-tag_neil-young\" data-tag=\"neil-young\">Neil Young<\/a> has announced plans to perform a free concert in Ukraine ahead of his upcoming European summer tour with the Chrome Hearts. \u201cWe are currently in talks and will make the announcement here at [the Neil Young Archives],\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/neilyoungarchives.com\/news\/1\/article?id=UKRAINE%20TO%20KICK%20OFF%20EUROPE%20TOUR\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Young wrote on his official website.<\/a> \u201cKeep on Rockin\u2019 in the Free World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIt\u2019s unclear exactly where and when this show will take place, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/neil-young-2025-love-earth-world-tour-1235277360\/\">tour formally begins June 18 in R\u00e4ttvik, Sweden.<\/a> Young has never previously played in Ukraine, but he\u2019s been a very vocal backer of the nation ever since it was invaded by Russia in 2022. He\u2019s also been extremely critical of President Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cUnder 47\u2019s leadership, the US has lost its standing,\u201d Young wrote late last month in <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/neilyoungarchives.com\/news\/1\" target=\"_blank\">a post titled Leader of the Free World No More.<\/a> \u201cLoyalists will never be stronger than Patriots, and Patriots are in the majority here in the USA. Our Patriots will take to the streets to peacefully demonstrate. There will be a moment of truth in our country and we will show the world who we really are. The USA will again be the leader of the Free World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn October, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/neil-young-kamala-harris-endorsement-1235132588\/\">Young endorsed Kamala Harris for president. <\/a>\u201cShe is an honest forthright truth teller who is experienced in the White House, free from ambiguity or evasiveness, who goes straight to the point,\u201d he wrote. \u201cClear headed, young enough to hold the office for a couple of bright future terms, Kamala Harris is a good person who is unafraid to take on criminals and uphold the law of the USA. She\u2019s my candidate for the future of this great country.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ohio \/ Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young  (Live at the Music Hall, Boston -  03\/10\/1971)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q7Ohc7kQh5U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tYoung\u2019s political activism goes back tp 1970 when he blasted Richard Nixon in his protest anthem \u201cOhio.\u201d He briefly flirted with support for Ronald Reagan in the early Eighties, but has been committed to the Democratic party ever since. His 1989 comeback hit \u201cRockin\u2019 in the Free World\u201d took direct aim at George. H.W. Bush (\u201cWe got a thousand points of light\/For the homeless man\/We got a kinder, gentler\/Machine gun hand\u201d). In 2006, he went even harder at Bush\u2019s son, George W. Bush, on \u201cLet\u2019s Impeach the President\u201d during CSNY\u2019s Freedom of Speech tour.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Impeach the President - Crosby Stills Nash &amp; Young\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jtjQNWr9tjA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Ukraine show this summer will kick off a long run of dates across Europe and North America. \u201cMusic unites!\u201d Young wrote when announcing the tour. \u201cWe will be there with you! Join us as we celebrate the Summer of Democracy. Old songs and new songs. Old words and new words. Long jams! We will come together this summer. The Chrome Hearts and I are ready for you! LOVE and Democracy reigns in the USA and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/neil-young-free-concert-ukraine-1235285752\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s unclear exactly where and when the show is taking place, but it&#8217;ll mark the first Ukrainian show of Young&#8217;s long career Neil Young&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}