Post by B on Dec 4, 2012 14:56:07 GMT -5
Neil Young looks ahead to Sandy benefit in Atlantic City
12:18 AM, Dec 3, 2012
Written by David Bauder
Associated Press
www.courierpostonline.com/viewart/20121203/ENT/312030009/Neil-Young-looks-ahead-Sandy-benefit-Atlantic-City?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
"NEW YORK — Neil Young said Sunday that he couldn’t see performing in the area
devastated by Superstorm Sandy without doing something to help people who were affected by it.
Young and his longtime backup band, Crazy Horse, will hold a benefit concert
for the American Red Cross’ storm relief effort Thursday at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
in Atlantic City. The New Jersey coastline areas were hit hard by the storm in late October.
People who suffered damage in the storm have been supporting him for 40 years, Young said.
“I couldn’t see coming back here and just playing and have it be business as usual,” he said.
Young is touring in the area, with concerts scheduled for Monday in Brooklyn.
He played Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center last week.
Minimum ticket prices for the standing-room show in Atlantic City will be $75 and $150,
although Young notes there’s no maximum. He hopes to raise several hundred thousand
dollars for the Red Cross.
Young said he was invited to join the Dec. 12 benefit at New York’s Madison Square Garden
that will feature Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, The Who, Kanye West and others,
but had other obligations. Besides, there’s enough star power there, he said.
“It wasn’t going to make much difference whether I was there or not, so I decided
to go someplace where I could make a difference,” he said.
Young performed at a televised benefit in 2001 following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,
memorably covering John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
Fans can expect a two-hour-plus rock show on Thursday with opening band Everest.
No special guests are planned, although Young issued an invitation to
“anyone who wants to come in and play with us that we know and we know can play.”
It’s hard to resist wondering whether Young’s epic “Like a Hurricane” will make it
onto the set list, given the occasion.
“Anything’s possible,” Young said. “We have the equipment.”"
12:18 AM, Dec 3, 2012
Written by David Bauder
Associated Press
www.courierpostonline.com/viewart/20121203/ENT/312030009/Neil-Young-looks-ahead-Sandy-benefit-Atlantic-City?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
"NEW YORK — Neil Young said Sunday that he couldn’t see performing in the area
devastated by Superstorm Sandy without doing something to help people who were affected by it.
Young and his longtime backup band, Crazy Horse, will hold a benefit concert
for the American Red Cross’ storm relief effort Thursday at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
in Atlantic City. The New Jersey coastline areas were hit hard by the storm in late October.
People who suffered damage in the storm have been supporting him for 40 years, Young said.
“I couldn’t see coming back here and just playing and have it be business as usual,” he said.
Young is touring in the area, with concerts scheduled for Monday in Brooklyn.
He played Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center last week.
Minimum ticket prices for the standing-room show in Atlantic City will be $75 and $150,
although Young notes there’s no maximum. He hopes to raise several hundred thousand
dollars for the Red Cross.
Young said he was invited to join the Dec. 12 benefit at New York’s Madison Square Garden
that will feature Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, The Who, Kanye West and others,
but had other obligations. Besides, there’s enough star power there, he said.
“It wasn’t going to make much difference whether I was there or not, so I decided
to go someplace where I could make a difference,” he said.
Young performed at a televised benefit in 2001 following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,
memorably covering John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
Fans can expect a two-hour-plus rock show on Thursday with opening band Everest.
No special guests are planned, although Young issued an invitation to
“anyone who wants to come in and play with us that we know and we know can play.”
It’s hard to resist wondering whether Young’s epic “Like a Hurricane” will make it
onto the set list, given the occasion.
“Anything’s possible,” Young said. “We have the equipment.”"
