Neil Young has put the majority of his remaining 2019 touring plans on hold to focus on a number of upcoming film projects. As Young explained in a post on his Neil Young Archives website, “We will be in the editing suites for the duration of 2019. Thanks for coming to our shows! We plan to be back in 2020!”
The news follows the announcement of a new Crazy Horse album, Colorado, set to be released later this year. The new LP will mark the first record from the group since 2012’s Psychedelic Pill. Back in April when he announced the then-untitled album, Young noted that it would feature bassist Billy Talbot, drummer Ralph Molina, and guitarist Nils Lofgren, who replaced the retired Frank “Poncho” Sampedro. The original plan was to tour this year in support of the release, but the plans have been pushed to next year to allow Young time to focus on 15 upcoming film projects.
The album will be accompanied by a film of the same name, “telling the back story of the latest recording from Crazy Horse, a band that really is on its own turf. How the band works together to make music, how the emotions of trying to get a sound go with the emotions of the songs, what the songs are about. It’s old guys; young souls still alive in old souls and the music they make together. From engineers, to the musical instrument techs, these guys are in it non stop for as long as it takes to get the songs captured. Like wild horses, the songs, each one an individual, a unique force at play with the emotional landscape, are in control of the dynamic of capture.”
Colorado is one of 15 total film projects Neil announced via NYA. None of these film projects have release dates yet, but Young noted that he plans on screening them at the Hearse Theater. See below for a list of the rest of the upcoming film releases (via Rolling Stone):
While the initial plans for a 2019 tour have been put on hold, Young will still perform at Farm Aid 2019 at Wisconsin’s Alpine Valley Music Theatre on September 21st and at the Harvest Moon: A Gathering benefit in Lake Hughes, CA on September 14th.
[H/T Rolling Stone]