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Neil Younger introduced Wednesday that the remaining dates on the tour he has been doing along with his longtime backing group Loopy Horse are being canceled, because of 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 exhibits so far as three months out from now. Affected are the seven Canadian exhibits Younger had lined up in July, plus three U.S. exhibits 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 in poor health in some unspecified time in the future after their final gig, which passed off greater than a month in the past, on Might 22 at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan.
He didn’t say precisely how lengthy their timeout could be, but it surely rapidly grew to become clear from the net pages of the upcoming festivals that the “huge unplanned break” will certainly lengthen 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 exhibits 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 evening headlining slot that Younger held, and a competition rep confirmed they’re searching for a alternative.
“The Love Earth Tour has been a terrific 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 obtained sick after Detroit’s Pine Knob, we needed to cease. We’re nonetheless not totally recovered, so sadly our nice tour can have an enormous unplanned break. We’ll attempt to play a few of the dates we miss as time passes once we are able to rock once more! We all know a lot of you made journey plans and we apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks on your understanding and endurance.”
Younger concluded, “Well being is # 1…. We need to keep and do extra exhibits and extra albums for you…. and for 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 chance 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 have been awaiting phrase on additional data for ticketholders.
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 it has gone away with the opposite exhibits. Nobody will probably be blaming these cancellations on poor gross sales, no less than: A seating chart nonetheless up for the Bowl live performance exhibits 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 now 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 analogous message saying to “keep tuned for a alternative announcement.”
Younger followers saddened by the cancellations can no less than console themselves with an eagerly awaited album launch approaching Friday, “Early Daze,” a set of beforehand unreleased recordings that Younger made with Loopy Horse in 1969.