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Chrissie Hynde Hails 'God-like' Neil Young
Chrissie Hynde has compared rock legend Neil Young to God.Neil appears on the track 'Down The Wrong Way' on Chrissie's new album, 'Stockholm' and the former Pretenders singer was honoured to work with the Canadian...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 July 2014
Arcade Fire To Open British Summer Time Hyde Park
Arcade Fire will headline the opening night of British Summer Time Hyde Park 2014.The indie rock group - consisting of Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Jeremy Gara and Tim Kingsbury -...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 May 2014
Neil Young's Pono Player Raises $6.2 Million, But Will We Buy It?
Neil Young was only looking for $800,000 to launch his new Pono Player, but his Kickstarter goal was obliterated in less than 24 hours this week, pulling in $6.2 million. Young's music player - which...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 April 2014
Jack White Releases First Track From New Album, 'Lazaretto' [Video]
Jack White has released the first track from his upcoming second solo album, Lazaretto, which will be released this June. The instrumental new song, titled 'High Ball Stepper,' is undeniably Jack White in its screeching...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 02 April 2014
Can Neil Young's Pono Player Really Rival The Ipod?
Yesterday Neil Young launched his Pono player on crowd funding platform, Kickstarter, and well it didn't take long before the musician managed to surpass his monetary goal. Less than 10 hours after unveiling his ‘Pono...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 14 March 2014
Neil Young Crowdfunding Alernative To The Ipod. Think About That.
Nope, we promise we haven't formed a news story from a selection of random rock legends, and musical devices. Neil Young has launched his first 'Pono' music player - an alternative to the iPod -...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 March 2014
Neil Young To Play London Shows With The National. Permission To Drool.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse are teaming up with Brooklyn indie-rockers The National for a Barclaycard British Summer Time show at London's Hyde Park in July 2014.Neil Young Is Heading to London's Hyde ParkThe veteran...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 10 December 2013
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Regroup For Bridge School Benefit
Neil Young reunited onstage with David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills for the first time in seven years at his annual Bridge School Benefit in California on Saturday (26Oct13).Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 27 October 2013
Arcade Fire Replace The Killers At Bridge School Benefit
Arcade Fire have stepped in to replace The Killers at Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert next week (26Oct13).The Human hitmakers pulled out of their performance at the charity gig amid unconfirmed reports suggesting...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 15 October 2013
Neil Young To Quit Touring?
Neil Young's current tour may be his last. The 'Heart of Gold' singer's guitarist, Frank Sampedro - who has played with the rocker since 1975 as part of Crazy Horse - thinks he could be...
By Bang Showbiz on 19 April 2013
Bruce Springsteen Is The 2013 Musicares Person Of The Year
Sting, Alabama Shakes, Neil Young, Elton John Mumford & Sons and John Legend all paid tribute to Bruce Springsteen as he was named Musicares Person of the Year for 2013 at last night's pre-Grammy award...
By Jack de Aguilar in Music / Festivals on 09 February 2013
Grammys Week Tribute For Bruce Springsteen Features Neil Young, Mumford And Sons
All eyes will be on Bruce Springsteen during Grammy’s week, as the New Jersey rocker will be the recipient of the MusiCares Person of the Year award. To celebrate the honour, a Bruce Springsteen tribute...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 02 January 2013
Neil Young: 'My New Digital Service Will Offer Music Fans Top Quality'
Rocker Neil Young is determined to give digital music fans a better-quality alternative to iPods and Mp3 players after developing a new service that will launch in 2013.The part-time inventor has come up with a...
By WENN on 30 November 2012
On The Shelves: Us Album Releases, October 30, 2012 - Neil Young, Black Country Communion, Toby Keith, Meek Mill, Rod Stewart, Katherine Jenkins
It's going to be a tough fight to knock Taylor Swift from the top of this week's chart and looking at this week's major contenders, it seems unlikely that any of them have the commercial...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 30 October 2012
On The Shelves: UK Album Release Round-up, October 29, 2012: Neil Young, Madness, Kylie Minogue, Calvin Harris, Skyfall Ost
Psychedelic Pill is the 35th studio album from Neil Young and was written and recorded in collaboration with his sometime band, Crazy Horse, marking their first album of original material since Greendale...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 29 October 2012
Neil Young Curious About Writing Songs Sober
Neil Young was ''curious'' about writing songs without drugs or alcohol. The legendary singer/songwriter gave up drinking and smoking cannabis last year, and initially wondered if he'd still be able to function as a songwriter...
By Bang Showbiz on 06 October 2012
Foo Fighters And Neil Young Perform Together At A Concert In New York City's Central Park
Mid-set, alongside Crazy Horse, Neil Young announced that “We’re joining forces up here,” just as Foo Fighter's Dave Grohl and Dan Auerbach graced the stage to collaborate with Young on an adrenaline and feedback...
By Michael West on 01 October 2012
Neil Young And Foo Fighters Lead Central Park Poverty Awareness Concert
Neil Young and Foo Fighters were among the star attractions at Saturday night’s Global Citizen Festival in Central Park. The concert was held in order to raise awareness about issues surrounding poverty and according to...
By Hayley Avron on 01 October 2012
Neil Young, The Foo Fighters And The Black Keys Join-up For Central Park Gig
Central Park in New York set the stage for a rock triple threat in the shape of Neil Young, The Foo Fighters and The Black Keys, all of whom banded together for a benefit mini-fest,...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 30 September 2012
Eddie Vedder Raises $1.7million For Obama Re-election Campaign
Eddie Vedder performed one of his most expensive gigs to date, with tickets going for $20,000 per-person as he opened up for President Barrack Obama at a private fundraising event for the President's re-election campaign....
By Joe Wilde on 23 September 2012
Foo Fighters And Neil Young To Headline New York Charity Show
The Foo Fighters and Neil Young will headline a huge charity show in New York City next month (Sep12) to combat world poverty.Dave Grohl's band will perform in Manhattan's Central Park as part of the...
By WENN on 07 August 2012
Neil Young Teams Up With 'Silence Of The Lambs' Director
Neil Young has received rave reviews for his new documentary 'Neil Young Journeys', by American filmmaker Jonathan Demme - the man best known for directing 'Silence of the Lambs'. The new movie is based around...
By WENN on 29 June 2012
Week 68: Adele's '21' Regains Billboard No.1 Spot
Adele has regained the No.1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart with her sophomore effort '21', 68 weeks after its release. The multi-Grammy Award winner remarkably held off new entries from Neil Young, The...
By WENN on 14 June 2012
Neil Young Still Keen On Future Buffalo Springfield Reunion Dates
Neil Young has given fans of his rock group Buffalo Springfield hope of future reunion shows after calling off a 30-date tour last year (11).Young and his bandmates reunited for a seven-date tour a year...
By WENN on 04 June 2012
John Mayer Album Indebted To The '70s: But Is It Any Good?
John Mayer 's new album 'Born and Raised' is indebted to the late 1960s and early '70s, to the extent that the cover art even looks like a facsimile of SMALL FACES' 1968 album Ogdens'...
By WENN on 22 May 2012
Young Trademarks Names For Mp3 Alternative
Rocker Neil Young is developing a high-resolution audio format to rival modern Mp3s.The Heart of Gold hitmaker has previously ranted about the quality of modern digital music as opposed to that of his well-worn and...
By WENN on 04 April 2012
27 Beatles Songs Available As Ringtones Exclusively On Itunes
27 BEATLES songs have now been made available for download as ringtones via iTunes. The available tracks are the same tracks that comprise the Fab Four's '1' compilation; a selection of The Beatles' number one...
By Lew Irwin on 22 February 2012
Sir Paul Mccartney Receives Star-studded Honour
Coldplay, Katy Perry and Foo Fighters were among the stars who honoured Sir Paul McCartney as he was named MusiCares Person of the Year gala.The 69-year-old former Beatles rocker and other guests were treated to...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 February 2012
Paul Mccartney Thanks 'The Boys' At Walk Of Fame Ceremony
Sir Paul Mccartney unveiled his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday (February 9, 2012). The rocker is surprisingly the last of The Beatles to be recognized on the legendary walk of...
By WENN on 10 February 2012
Steve Jobs Preferred Vinyl To Mp3, Says Neil Young
Despite being the driving force behind the company that revolutionised how we listen to music, the late Steve Jobs apparently preferred listening to music on vinyl rather than MP3. This is according to the musician...
By Lew Irwin on 01 February 2012
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