Like A Hurricane – Last show in Australia
Australia.
Neil Young dug deep into his Crazy Horse set last night in Auckland, performing ‘Surfer Joe and Moe The Sleaze’.
This was the last night of the Australian tour – March 21 at the Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.
Paul Cashmere of Noise 11, Breaking News and Interviews reports in a short piece.
Next stop Berlin on June 2.
http://www.noise11.com/news/neil-young-plays-surfer-joe-for-first-time-in-23-years-20130322
Another meatier review from the New Zealand Herald
“Dressed in flannel shirt, Aboriginal flag t-shirt , workboots and comfortable jeans, a jowly Young reworked some of his vast past without sentimentality. He was in fine voice and – despite a strapped right wrist – ferocious guitar.”
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10872874
Australian tour end Mar 21 – Vector Arena, Auckland.
Blog on the Tracks: “Neil is a Touchstone.”
Simon Sweetman review of the Mar 19, 2013 – TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, Australia.
The writer/music reviewer says he cried watching Neil and Crazy Horse on the Australian Alchemy Tour:
Sweetman Writes:
“I’m super-grateful to have made it to the show. Twenty-three years ago I fell for the sound of Neil Young & Crazy Horse. I fell hard. There’s no picking yourself up and just dusting off, forgetting about it, after that happens. Hearing Neil Young with Crazy Horse was like hearing Hendrix, this Flannelette Coltrane with his exploratory guitar solos, antecedent for the grunge that was about to hook me in, a hark back to the heavy metal and punk sounds that were swirling in my head also at that time.
Neil Young is a touchstone, he gets called up all the time, the broken-arsed country/folk tunes and the Crazy Horse material; he’s the guy reviewers go to when they need a name that carries kudos, a handy comparison.”
Read more:
and a separate review of the show: http://www.offthetracks.co.nz/gig-review-neil-young-crazy-horse-march-19-wgtn/
Neil Young 2013-03-19 TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, New Zealand w/ Crazy Horse 01. Love And Only Love 02. Powderfinger 03. Born In Ontario 04. Walk Like A Giant 05. Hole In The Sky 06. Heart Of Gold 07. Twisted Road 08. Singer Without A Song 09. Ramada Inn 10. Cinnamon Girl 11. Like A Hurricane 12. Sedan Delivery 13. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) --- 14. Opera Star 15. F*!#in' Up Tour: 2013 Alchemy Tour with Crazy Horse - Australia & New Zealand Band: Crazy Horse, Line Up 3 Neil Young - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, harmonica Frank Sampedro - electric guitar, keyboards, vocals Billy Talbot - bass, vocals Ralph Molina - drums, vocals
24 Minutes of Walk like a Giant, from the 3h Plenary “Intimate Show”, Melbourne, Australia, 13 March 2013: