Folk rock legend Neil Young and his band Chrome Hearts will open an upcoming European tour with a free live performance in Ukraine, based on a submit on his web site.
The 79-year-old Toronto-born musician, who was a part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, mentioned it will be “a free concert for all.”
Details are nonetheless being labored out, together with the present’s date and site: “We are currently in talks,” Young mentioned.
“Keep on Rockin’ in the free world,” he ended the assertion, a reference to his 1991 hit track, alongside a picture of the Ukrainian flag towards a blue sky.
The announcement late Sunday got here simply days after US President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a gathering within the Oval Office.
Young, a longtime critic of Trump who sued his marketing campaign in 2020 for copyright infringement over the usage of his songs at rallies, mentioned final week that the United States below Trump’s management had “lost its standing.”
Also on Sunday, Young’s spouse Daryl Hannah, the American actress, appeared as a presenter on the Academy Awards, the place she flashed a peace signal and mentioned to applause “Slava Ukraine,” or “Glory to Ukraine.”
The Love Earth tour was scheduled to kick off in June with dates in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the United States and Canada.
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