Neil & The Horse will play Ottawa Folk Fest
Despite Frank “Poncho” Sampedro’s reportedly broken hand, Neil and the Horse will open the four-day Ottawa festival on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at Hog’s Back Park, the Ottawa Citizen is reporting.
After a show in Oslo, Norway, Young called off the remaining seven shows of his British and European tour to allow Sampedro time to heal.
RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest executive and artistic director Mark Monahan told the Citizen: “What I understand is he had a mild fracture, and they don’t anticipate missing the North American tour.”
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