Neil Young and Crazy Horse cancel July tour dates due to illness

Neil Young and Crazy Horse have announced the cancellation of July performances of their current North American tour, affecting seven dates planned in Canada this month.

On Wednesday evening, Young and his bandmates announced via Neil Young Archives that their Love Earth Tour would be taking “an unplanned major break” after illness struck the tour following a May 22 performance in Detroit.

“When a few of us got sick after the Detroit (Pine Knob Music Theater) show, we had to stop. We’re not fully recovered yet, so unfortunately our big tour will have an unplanned big break” , can we read in the message. “We will try to play some of the dates we miss as time goes on, when we are ready to rock again! We know many of you have plans to travel and we apologize for the inconvenience Thank you for your understanding and patience.

“Health is our priority. We want to stay and do more shows and more albums for you…and for us.”

Affected Canadian dates include performances in Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Burnaby. Young and Crazy Horse played their first Canadian concert on Toronto’s Budweiser Stage on May 20 and were scheduled to return on July 8. The band’s Ottawa engagement was headlining the 2024 Ottawa Bluesfest, which has now been sold out by the Offspring.

Young and Crazy Horse previously announced the postponement of May shows in Chicago, Austin and Dallas toward the end of the month, noting that all three would be rescheduled while asking concertgoers to hold on to their tickets.

Ticketmaster also highlights the cancellation of July performances in Oregon, Washington and Utah. A September 29 performance at the Hollywood Bowl in California is unaffected at this time. It was also reported that late September California dates at the Hollywood Bowl and Ohana Music Festival were also reportedly canceled.

Read Exclaim!’s review of Young’s Toronto tour with Crazy Horse, before reading our list of Neil Young albums ranked from worst to best.