The word is out that Neil Young is putting out a new album called “The Monsanto Years,” and will be sharing songs from the album on his new tour with the Nelson brothers.
Turns out it’s not. According to a press representative at Warner Brothers Records, Young will release “The Monsanto Years,” and promote it on a joint tour with Promise of the Real, this summer. (He said that the exact release date had not yet been finalized.) Songs on the album are said to carry such provocative titles as “New Day For The Planet,” “Rock Starbucks,” “Too Big To Fail” and “Monsanto Years.”
Tom Hambleton at Sugarmountain.org reports the following NEW songs (Titles not certain) were recently played by Young & the Promise of the Real band on April 16 at SLO Brewing in San Luis Obispo, Calif: “People Want to Hear About Love,” “New Day for the Planet,” “Too Big to Fail,” “Rock Starbucks,” and “Monsanto Years,
The album will gain some anti-corporate credibility from two of the members of Promise of the Real: Lukas and Micah Nelson, the sons of Willie Nelson. Nelson père is an outspoken critic of Monsanto and other large agribusinesses, which have been accused of putting profits ahead of human health and environmental sustainability in the development of new crop varieties and agricultural chemicals.
Reached by The Huffington Post, Monsanto didn’t immediately provide comment on Young’s new album.
The Rebel Content Tour featuring Neil Young and Promise of the Real (with special guest to be announced) will headline the Marcus Amphitheater on Sunday, July 5th as the closing performance of Summerfest in Milwaukee.
Neil Young and Promise of the Real have joined forces and will release a new studio album, entitled The Monsanto Years, on June 16th via Reprise Records, according to Fox News 6 in Milwaukee. The politically/ecologically-charged album will be released via participating digital retailers and Young’s online music store PonoMusic.com, as well as on physical CD and vinyl in stores and on Neil’s official web store.
Promise of the Real is an LA-based rock band fronted by Lukas Nelson (vocals/guitar) and Micah Nelson (guitar, vocals), along with Anthony Logerfo (drums), Corey McCormick (bass) and Tato Melgar (percussion). They have performed with their father, Willie Nelson, and Young on previous occasions. For the first time, they have recorded and will now tour together under the banner of the Rebel Content
The Rebel Content Tour featuring Neil Young and Promise of the Real will kick off on July 5th at Summerfest.
Every ticket purchased will include the choice of a standard physical CD or standard digital copy of his new album, The Monsanto Years. Please see below for all upcoming tour dates.
The Rebel ContentTour dates:
July 5
Summerfest
Milwaukee, WI
July 8
Red Rocks
Denver, CO
July 9
Red Rocks
Denver, CO
July 11
Pinnacle Bank Arena
Lincoln, NE
July 13
Riverbend Music Center
Cincinatti, OH
July 14
DTE Energy Music Theatre
Clarkston, MI
July 16
Susquehanna Bank Center
Camden, NJ
July 17
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Bethel, NY
July 19
Champlain Valley Expo
Essex Junction, VT
July 21
Jones Beach
Wantagh, NY
July 22
Xfinity Center
Great Woods, MA
July 24
Wayhome Festival
Oro-Medonte, Canada
Tickets for the Rebel Content Tour featuring Neil Young and Promise of the Real on Sunday, July 5th go on sale Friday, May 1st at 10:00 a.m. CDT and include Summerfest admission. Tickets can be purchased at the Summerfest Box Office in person and by phone at 1.414.273.2600, Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, Walmart stores, online at Ticketmaster.com and by phone at 1.800.745.3000 (live Ticketmaster Agent) or 1.866.448.7849 (“Ticketmaster Express” automated phone line).
Wow! Finally. Goodbye Storytone and hello “Little Girl Lost!”
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Randy Bachman’s new album: “Heavy Blues” features Neil Young on the song “Little Girl Lost,”
The album features 11 original songs including “Little Girl Lost” featuring Neil Young, the title track with Peter Frampton, “Oh My Lord” featuring lap-steel guitar whiz Robert Randolph, “Ton of Bricks” and “Bad Child” with contemporary blues star Joe Bonamassa. In addition, the late Jeff Healey appears on a song called “Confessin’ to the Devil.”
Randy is releasing the album under the name Bachman, which refers to the power trio he formed with bassist Anna Ruddick and drummer Dale Anne Brendon to record all the tracks. In support of Heavy Blues, which will be released on April 14, Bachman the band will be hitting the road on a North American tour that kicks off April 1 in Milwaukee. Only five U.S. dates have been confirmed so far, but more will be announced soon.
Here is the track list for Heavy Blues:
“The Edge”
“Ton of Bricks” (featuring Rival Sons guitarist Scott Holiday)
“Bad Child” (featuring Joe Bonamassa)
“Little Girl Lost” (featuring Neil Young)
“Learn to Fly”
“Oh My Lord” (featuring Robert Randolph)
“Confessin’ to the Devil” (featuring Jeff Healey)
“Heavy Blues” (featuring Peter Frampton)
“Wild Texas Ride”
“Please Come to Paris” (featuring Canadian folk-rock singer Luke Doucet)
“We Need to Talk”
Here’s a list of all of Bachman’s confirmed U.S. tour dates:
4/1 — Milwaukee, WI, Potawatomi Bingo Casino – The Northern Lights Theater
4/2 — St. Charles, IL, The Arcada Theater
4/4 — Cleveland, OH, Quicken Loans Arena
4/24 — Ridgefield, CT, Ridgefield Playhouse
4/25 — New York, NY, The Concert Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture
Weeks after announcing his new “Heavy Blues” Randy Bachman has unveiled the title track — a guitar-heavy number that lives up to its name with assistance from special guest Peter Frampton, according to Ultimate Classic Rock.
The song list includes Neil Young featured on song 4 “Little Lost Girl.”
UCR writer Jeff Giles says Bachman’s new project began with a conversation between Bachman and his friend Neil Young, who spurred him to dig deeper for his next solo effort.
Bachman said: “He said, ‘Take some advice. Don’t do the same old crap and call it something new.’ I said, ‘What do you mean?’ He said, ‘Don’t do the same thing and say it’s a new album … Stop, get out of the box, do something fearless, be fierce, be ferocious, reinvent yourself.’ And I go, ‘OK, great advice.’”.
In addition to Frampton and Young, Bachman’s joined on ‘Heavy Blues’ by Joe Bonamassa and Robert Randolph, and makes use of an archival performance from the late Jeff Healey. The album isn’t scheduled to arrive in U.S. stores until April 15, but it’s available for pre-order now.
Rolling Stone’s Andy Green wrote that Neil Young is planning a new album with Willie Nelson’s sons Lukas and Micah Nelson.
He writes in Rolling Stone:
“Neil Young sat down with Rolling Stone Executive Editor Nathan Brackett at the International Consumer Electronics Show on Jan. 7 to discuss the long-awaited rollout of his Pono music player, but he also shared details of his next LP.
“I’m working on another album now that I’m going to do be doing with Willie Nelson’s sons,” he said, jokingly suggesting he would title it The Monsanto Years after the agriculture company he’s been railing against for years. “It’s an upbeat review of the situation.”
Young was less sure about his other future plans. “I don’t know much about the future,” he said. “I want to [focus on Pono] and I want to continue playing music. Those two things should keep me pretty busy. I have some film editing and things to do on the side. I’ll probably be writing some more books. I want to keep doing what I do. I’d like to continue doing it for a long time.”
“I\'ve written some of my best songs on the move, driving on a long journey, scribbling lyrics on cigarette packets while steering. I like that style, though I tend to get pulled over a lot by traffic cops for driving erratically. ” by -- Neil Young
Neil Young on Tour
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The word is out that Neil Young is putting out a new album called “The Monsanto Years,” and will be sharing songs from the album on his new tour with the Nelson brothers.
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