Neil Young Tickets

The acoustic guitar was great. The rest was like listening to your kid practice in the garage.

What a truly great performance. This is my third time seeing Neil live and he never fails to make each concert unique and different.

I saw both of the Ryman shows on June 1st and 2nd. Both were great but the second night was amazing. It is hard to believe that Bert Jansch had never played in Nashville but this was his first visit to the Music City. Needless to say, he blew the audience away with his amazing percussive guitar work especially on my favorite tune, "Poison". He also performed his signature treatment of the traditional tune "Blackwater Side" which Jimmy Page copied almost note for note on Led Zeppelin's first LP and while changing the title to "Black Mountain Side" and claiming songwriter's credit. Bert is one of the greatest guitar players of all time. He proved it in these shows. Neil offered up one of the finest solo performances of his career. Armed with his acoustic and electric guitars, pump organ, piano, and a series of pedals and gadgets, Neil brought the house down with a scorching versions of "Cinnamon Girl", "Rust Never Sleeps", and "Down By the River". He also performed many of his great acoustic tunes. It almost sounded like Crazy Horse was onstage with Neil's effective use of the pedals. The audience went wild when he performed "After the Goldrush" and sang "Watching Mother Nature on the run in the 21st Century", an appropriate reference to the BP tragedy in the gulf. Keep on Rockin', Neil!

Made the trip from Toronto. Weather was good - Shea was Hot with anticipation. A few hecklers in the crowd but when Neil came on stage his guitar and voice oversaw the few drunken hollers from the crowd. short show but full of great songs. 2nd time seeing Neil in a small venue - 1st time was at Massey the previous year will see him again in a heartbeat!

If you haven't seen Neil live yet, GO NOW. This was one of the best live performances I have ever gone to. Vocals were amazing. He can carry a whole show by himself.

Bert Janche was good and pleased to hear him. Neil Young must have had fingernail damage or something because he didn't play very long. What I thought was going to be an acoustic night was more electric guitar oriented. Our seats in Shea Arts were supurb and it was a very ornate,awesome setting for the concert. Neil Young was good and can do pretty much whatever he wants now and people go nuts. It was a night that I am just "taking it all in and trying to get as much good from as possible". Because he did electric guitar songs with no band but himself ,the magic hands were in full play mode. He did songs and used his finger nails then muted strings,and caressed with his palms and enunciated with the wammy bar. Great technic and tone.Playing these songs by himself gave us an opportunity to see and hear some things that get missed in a full band gig. My overall opinion was that it was a good night but like a greedy pirate I wanted more. Cheers

Awesome show Neil was outstanding every aspiring young artist can learn from one of the all time greats - so much class - truly loves to perform and not just in it for the money or the show would have been at the HSBC. He wants an intimate event for fans - right from the start he had so much energy the place was electric and he maintained the atmosphere for almost 2 hours - the crowd was very responsve and knowledgable. At 64 you can't be sure how many more tours there will be but I will follow him anywhere -to me he is up there with Elvis, the Beatles, Roy Orbison, Springsteen, Rolling Stones - makes me so proud to be Canadian this guy is true class - a one man band who I'm sure can play any instument he wants.

To quote Dave Crosby, “It’s Been A Long Time Coming” for Winnipeg to bring back “hometown-boy-made-good,” Neil Young. His last appearance here as a solo artist was at the Winnipeg Arena back in October 1996. He was scheduled to appear at Winnipeg’s staging of the Juno Awards in 2005, but had to cancel because of a near fatal brain aneurysm. Granted, he had donned the stage at Winnipeg’s MTS Centre in July 2006, but that was with his “on again off again” cohorts Crosby, Still and Nash. Though arguably Young’s original contributions stole that particular show, it was still primarily a CSN&Y reunion gig not a Neil Young concert. So it was with baited breath that 13,000 fans packed the MTS Centre to welcome Neil Young home. After the opening acts, Everest and Death Cab For Cuties, had warmed up the crowd, the lights dimmed, Neil and his band strode on stage and the crowd erupted, giving Neil and his band the first of many standing ovations. But what kind of Neil Young was Winnipeg going to see: folkie Neil, country Neil, rocker Neil or….? Neil has always done things his own way, making it impossible to predict what he may do at a concert. Young chose to perform a good cross section of his back catalogue that was surprisingly hit laden. Dressed in jeans, sneakers and a jacket that looked like it had been finger painted by a five year old, Neil took centre stage with his Les Paul electric guitar, Ol’ Blacky, slung over his shoulder and launched into “Love and Only Love” from his 1990 CD Ragged Glory. If anyone in the crowd had reservations that the sixty-something Young had lost a step due to age or health, Neil quickly banished any doubt. His energy level never flagged throughout the concert. He quickly followed his opening number with a blistering feedback saturated version of “Hey Hey My My” that literally shook the arena. Young stalked the stage, attacking his guitar like some crazed madman, wringing every ounce of emotion from each note. Nor had that instantly recognizable voice lost any of the range, or emotion as it bleated urgently above the songs’ signature riff. During the electric portion of the show, Young continued pulling chestnuts from his back catalogue performing such as “Everybody Know This Is Nowhere,” Cortez the Killer and his 1969 pop anthem “Cinnamon Girl.” At this point, those more interested in “Harvest” era Young may have been getting a little antsy. But they needn’t have worried. Neil finally donned his acoustic and performed classics such classics as “Heart of Gold,” “Old Man,” and the fan favourite “Needle and the Damage Done” before moving to the organ and performing the poignant ballad “Mother Earth.” At one point the band made a false start and Neil upbraided the musicians tongue in cheek saying, “Hey we gotta do that over again and get it right cause this is Winnipeg! You can’t get away with that in Winnipeg!” which brought more adoring cheers from the crowd. He also took a friendly poke at a local newspaper for whom his dad had once worked who had failed to cover the concert because it’s workers had gone out on strike. Neil said, “I’m gonna mail in my own review and tell ‘em what a great audience you guys have been!” By now, Neil had the crowd eating out of his hand. But Neil Young is not content to sit back on his laurels. He introduced a few of his new tracks such as “Just Singing A Song Won’t Change the World,” “Sea Change,” and “When Worlds Collide” before bringing the house down with steaming versions of “Cowgirl in the Sand” and “Keep on Rocking in the Free World.” After a deafening encore call, he returned and performed a version of the Beatle’s Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band classic “A Day in the Life.” Given the number of sure-fire unused songs that Young still had remaining (“Down by the River” being an obvious choice) which he could have use to end the night, attempting this Lennon -McCartney sacred cow was a brave choice. But Neil delivered a captivatingly unique version, making the song his own and leaving the ecstatic Winnipeg fans howling for more. Neil Young was long time coming – let’s just hope he’s not a long time gone. Come back real soon Neil!