By Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News | Months after Neil Young and his band Crazy Horse abruptly canceled their “Love Earth” tour, the 78-year-old musician is now opening up about what led to the decision.
During a livestream with fans on Wednesday, Young admitted that he came to a realization, both personally and professionally, and “hit a wall.”
“I just woke up one morning on the bus and I said, ‘I can’t do this, I gotta stop.’ And it was like, I felt sick when I thought of going on stage,” the singer-songwriter admitted. “My body was telling me, ‘You gotta stop.’ So I listened to my body.” In June, Young announced that they would be taking an “unplanned break” due to illness among various band members.
“The Love Earth Tour has been a great experience for us so far,” he wrote in a message posted to his website. “GREAT AUDIENCES AND MUSIC. WE HAVE HAD A BLAST!”
“When a couple of us got sick after Detroit’s Pine Knob, we had to stop,” he continued. “We are still not fully recovered, so sadly our great tour will have a big unplanned break. We will try to play some of the dates we miss as time passes when we are ready to rock again! We know many of you made travel plans and we apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks for your understanding and patience. Health is # 1.”
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“Then it gets into all the legal matters. ‘You got this, you got that, people bought tickets, they did this, they did that.’ I understand that, but what matters to me is the art of playing, and the music,” Young said. “That’s what matters. That’s what people loved. That’s what they loved to come and see. But if that’s not there, me going isn’t happening. My body told me to not do it.”
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Photo: Neil Young | From the Reprise Records page – photo by Ty Helbach Photography
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