Nach bald 15 Jahren gastiert der kanadische Rockmusiker Neil Young wieder im Zürcher Hallenstadion - präsentiert von DRS 1. Wie kaum ein anderer Musiker hat Neil Young seinen musikalischen Stil im Verlauf der 40 jährigen Bühnen-Karriere variiert.

Legendär ist sein Auftritt mit Crosby, Stills und Nash vor 250'000 ZuschauerInnen am Woodstock-Festival 1969 und auch sein privates Engagement für die Ureinwohner Nordamerikas. Nun hat er ein neues Album auf den Markt gebracht, ist auf Welt-Tournee unterwegs und wird am Konzert im Zürcher Hallenstadion Kostproben aus seinem neuen Album und seine grössten Hits spielen.

Tickets: 0900 800 800 (1.19 / Min)

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thx to Liza.

> It is just that I received an email from Live Guide of a rumor that he was going to tour here.

"It really is CSNY. It's not overdubbed. There's no fixes. It's straight from the board."

-- Neil Young, to Billboard. Young says the soundtrack to the forthcoming Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young documentary "CSNY: Deja Vu" is the best album ever made by the legendary supergroup.

The fifth annual City Roots Festival, a free and increasingly robust weekend-long exposition in the Distillery District of the best Toronto has to offer in the way of folk, country, blues, singer-songwriters and various related hybrids, kicks off tomorrow night with its only ticketed event, Riverboat Revival, at Hugh's Room (2261 Dundas St. W., $15 at 416-531-6604, $17 at the door).

The concert celebrates The Riverboat coffee house, Yorkville's famous showcase for original, folk-based music in the 1960s and '70s and host to many of the world's best-known artists, including Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Ian and Sylvia, Lonnie Johnson, Steve Goodman, Tim Hardin, Phil Ochs, Willie P. Bennett and Tom Rush. Their work will be represented tomorrow in performances by contemporary and veteran roots music favourites, including Ronney Abramson, Laura Fernandez, Tim Harrison, Jay Linden, Danny Marks, Palominos, Steve Raiken, Suzie Vinnick and Noah Zacharin.

The festival proper takes place Saturday and Sunday on several stages in the Distillery District, with some 40 acts - around 150 musicians - including songwriters Blair Packham, Jay Linden, Jory Nash, Kyp Harness, Paul Quarrington, Peter Boyd, bluegrass/newgrass wizards Creaking Tree String Quartet and Foggy Hogtown Boys, blues specialists Danny Marks, Jerome Godboo, Rob Lutes and Doc MacLean, Afro-Canadian songwriter/guitarist Donne Roberts, and country-blues outfit Porkbelly Futures, among many others.

For schedule and details, go to torontocityroots.com.