Neil Young has detailed his upcoming release Earth.
The live concept album he made in collaboration with country band Promise Of The Real is due for release on June 17. It includes reimagined songs from Young’s previous albums such as After The Gold Rush and The Monsanto Years mixed with a variety of nature and city sounds – and the record also includes previously unreleased track I Won’t Quit.
The veteran singer-songwriter will also hold his first ever album preview event at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum on May 6 to discuss the release.
He says: “98 uninterrupted minutes long, Earth flows as a collection of 13 songs from throughout my life, songs I have written about living here on our planet together.
“Our animal kingdom is well represented in the audience as well, and the animals, insects, birds, and mammals actually take over the performances of the songs at times.”
Young is also rumoured to be lined up for a star-studded three-day concert bill along with the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Who and Paul McCartney in Indo, California this October.
Earth can be pre-ordered via Neil Young’s digital music streaming service Pono.
Neil Young tour 2016
Jun 05: Glasgow SSE Hydro, UK
Jun 07: Belfast SSE Arena, UK
Jun 08: Dublin 3Arena, Ireland
Jun 10: Leeds First Direct Arena, UK
Jun 11: London O2 Arena, England
Jun 13: Lille Le Zenith, Lille, France
Jun 15: Lyon Halle Tony Garnier, France
Jun 16: Marseille Le Dome de Marseille, France
Jun 21: Toulouse Le Zenith, France
Jun 23: Paris AccorHotels Arena, France
Jun 24: Antwerpen Sportpaleis, Belgium
Jul 04: Helsinki Hartwall Arena, Finland.
Jul 05: Rattwik Dalhalla, Sweden
Jul 07: Stavern Stavernfestivalen, Norway
Jul 09: Amsterdam Ziggo Dome, The Netherlands
Jul 13: Piazzola Sul Brenta Anfiteatro Camerini, Italy
Jul 15: Roma Teatro delle Terme di Caracalla, Italy
Jul 16: Lucca Summer Festival, Italy
Jul 18: Milano Estathé Market Sound, Italy
Jul 20: Leipzig Volkerschlachtdenkmal, Germany
Jul 21: Berlin Waldbuhne, Germany
Jul 23: Klam Burg Clam, Austria
Neil Young Earth tracklist
- People Want to Hear About Love ( from The Monsanto Years)
- Big Box (from The Monsanto Years)
- Mother Earth (from Ragged Glory)
- The Monsanto Years (from The Monsanto Years)
- I Won’t Quit (previously unreleased)
- Western Hero (from Sleeps With Angels)
- Vampire Blues (from On the Beach)
- Hippie Dream (from Landing on Water)
- After The Gold Rush (from After the Gold Rush)
- Wolf Moon (from The Monsanto Years)
- Love & Only Love (from Ragged Glory)
