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City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Hamburg	O2 World Hamburg	Mon	Jun 03 / 13	Find Tickets
Amsterdam	Ziggo Dome	Wed	Jun 05 / 13	Find Tickets
Paris	Palais Omnisports	Thu	Jun 06 / 13	Find Tickets
Brussels	Forest National	Sat	Jun 08 / 13	Find Tickets
Newcastle Upon Tyne	Metro Radio Arena	Mon	Jun 10 / 13	Find Tickets
Birmingham	LG Arena	Tue	Jun 11 / 13	Find Tickets
Glasgow	SECC	Thu	Jun 13 / 13	Find Tickets
Dublin	RDS Main Hall	Sat	Jun 15 / 13	Find Tickets
Dublin	RDS Arena	Sat	Jun 15 / 13	Find Tickets
Stuttgart	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	Mon	Jul 22 / 13	Find Tickets
Lucca	Piazza Napoleone	Thu	Jul 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Rome	Ippodromo Le Capannelle	Fri	Jul 26 / 13	Find Tickets
Frederiksberg	Forum Copenhagen	Mon	Aug 12 / 13	Find Tickets
Dresden	Filmnachte am Elbufer	Wed	Aug 14 / 13	Find Tickets
Liverpool	Liverpool Echo Arena	Sun	Aug 18 / 13	Find Tickets
London	O2 Arena - London	Mon	Aug 19 / 13	Find Tickets
Detroit, MI	Fox Theatre Detroit	Tue	Sep 03 / 13	Find Tickets
Lovingston, VA	Oak Ridge Estates	Thu	Sep 05 / 13	Find Tickets

Neil Young Biography

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Neil Percival Young OC, OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He began performing in a group covering Shadows instrumentals in Canada in 1960, before moving to California in 1966, where he co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield along with Stephen Stills and Richie Furay, later joining Crosby, Stills & Nash as a fourth member in 1969. He forged a successful and acclaimed solo career, releasing his first album in 1968; his career has since spanned over 40 years and 35 studio albums, with a continual and uncompromising exploration of musical styles. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website describes Young as "one of rock and roll’s greatest songwriters and performers". He has been inducted into the Hall of Fame twice: first as a solo artist in 1995, and second as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997. Young's work is characterized by his distinctive guitar work, deeply personal lyrics and signature alto or high tenor singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments, including piano and harmonica, his idiosyncratic electric and clawhammer acoustic guitar playing are the defining characteristics of a varyingly ragged and melodic sound. While Young has experimented with differing music styles, including swing and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into two primary styles: acoustic (folk and country rock) and electric (amplified hard rock, very often in collaboration with the band Crazy Horse). Young has also adopted elements from newer styles such as alternative rock and grunge. His influence on the latter caused some to dub him the "Godfather of Grunge". Young has directed (or co-directed) a number of films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including ''Journey Through the Past'' (1973), ''Rust Never Sleeps'' (1979), ''Human Highway'' (1982), ''Greendale'' (2003), and ''CSNY/Déjà Vu'' (2008). He is currently working on a documentary about electric car technology, tentatively titled ''Linc/Volt''. The project involves a 1959 Lincoln Continental converted to hybrid technology, which Young plans to drive to Washington, D.C. as an environmentalist example to lawmakers there. Young is an outspoken advocate for environmental issues and the welfare of small farmers, having co-founded in 1985 the benefit concert Farm Aid. In 1986, Young helped found The Bridge School, an educational organization for children with severe verbal and physical disabilities, and its annual supporting Bridge School Benefit concerts, together with his wife Pegi Young ( Morton). Young has three children: sons Zeke (born during his relationship with actress Carrie Snodgress) and Ben, who were diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and daughter Amber Jean who, like Young himself, has epilepsy. Young lives on his ranch in La Honda, California. Although he has lived in northern California since the 1970s and sings as frequently about U.S. themes and subjects as he does about his native country, he has retained his Canadian citizenship. On July 14, 2006, Young was awarded the Order of Manitoba, and on December 30, 2009, was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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