Noise & Flowers

Neil Young’s 2019 European summer tour with Promise Of The Real will be chronicled with a double album and concert film titled "Noise & Flowers", which is slated for an early 2021 release.

The 9 date tour kicked off June 29th in Odense, Denmark, just 8 days after the death of Elliot Roberts, Young’s manager of over 50 years. “Daryl Hannah and I were on the bus, on our way to New York to catch a plane to Europe, when we got the call”, Young wrote on the Neil Young Archives. “After returning to the funeral for our beloved Elliot, we got on the plane and left for the tour”.

“During the tour, we had a poster of Elliot on a road case, right where he always stood during out shows”, he continued. “Everyone who was with us felt that this tour was amazing for its great vibe. The Real and I delivered for Elliot”.

After Denmark, the tour took Young and The Real to festivals and arena dates in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands before wrapping up with 2 co-headlining dates with Bob Dylan in London and Kilkenny, Ireland. The shows often stretched past the 2 hour mark and mixed hits like “Heart of Gold” and “Old Man”, with fan favorites like “Over And Over”, “Piece Of Crap” and “Field Of Opportunity”. It wrapped up with Dylan and Young duetting on “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”.

The tracklisting is unknown at the moment, although Young recently previewed the set with “Rockin’ In The Free World” from one of the gigs. “'Noise & Flowers' is truly a great collection, dripping with the soul of our band as we played for our fallen leader”, Young wrote.

"Noise & Flowers" joins a long line of archival projects in Young’s pipeline, including "Return To Greendale", "Way Down In The Rust Bucket", "Carnegie Hall 1970", "Road Of Plenty", the long awaited 2nd volume of his "Archives" box set and a 50th anniversary edition of "After The Gold Rush".