Neil Young and Crazy Horse press pause on them Love the Earth trekking, after illness among the touring party.
The show will go on hiatus for the foreseeable future to allow his bandmates to recover from illness, explains a post on Young's official website, the Neil Young Archives
The Love Earth Tour, their first trip together in a decade, “has been a great experience for us so far,” the message says. “Great audience and music. we had a blast. Although, when a couple of us got sick after Detroit's Pine Knob, we had to stop,” the message continues. “We're still not fully recovered, so unfortunately our big tour will take a long unscheduled break.”
All dates in the US and Canada this July are now listed by Ticketmaster as cancelled.
“We'll try to play some of the dates we're missing as time goes on when we're ready to rock again,” the rockers' statement continues. “We know many of you have made travel plans and we apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding and patience. Health is # 1. We want to stay and do more shows and more albums for you…. and for us.”
The message is signed by Young, Micah Nelson, Ralph Molina and Billy Talbot.
Billboard's Joe Lynch caught a recent show at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, the first of two dates. “Musically,” writes Lynch, “Young and Horse were as sympathetic and incendiary as ever, spanning acoustic odysseys like 'Cortez the Killer' and 'Powderfinger,' hitting the blunt thump of 'Cinnamon Girl' and feeding off each other. during the oil industry's takedown of 'Vampire Blues'.
The Canadian rock icon, 78, and his longtime band gave fans a reminder of their live prowess with Fu##in' Upa live album released in April capturing recordings made in 1990.
