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Biography Flash Neil Young at 80 Cancels Tour to Record New Album With The Chrome Hearts

Biography Flash Neil Young at 80 Cancels Tour to Record New Album With The Chrome Hearts

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Neil Young continues to dominate the music news cycle with a flurry of studio and career announcements that signal a major shift in his priorities at age eighty. According to multiple music outlets including Rolling Stone and AXS TV, the legendary rocker revealed this week that he's deep into recording a new studio album with his backing band The Chrome Hearts, with approximately eight songs already completed. Young shared these details through a post on his Neil Young Archives website, describing the material as songs that make him feel and emphasizing his love for the feelings of life and love embedded in the tracks.

The studio pivot comes directly after Young canceled his previously announced 2026 European summer tour with The Chrome Hearts, which was set to run from June through late July with Elvis Costello and The Attractions as opening acts. In his cancellation message to fans, Young wrote that this is simply not the time for touring, signaling that recording has become his primary focus.

The Chrome Hearts lineup includes veteran keyboardist Spooner Oldham alongside Micah Nelson on guitar, Corey McCormick on bass, and Anthony LoGerfo on drums. This marks Young's continued collaboration with the band following their debut album together, Talkin to the Trees, which dropped in June 2025. Young last performed live with the group in October 2025 at the Harvest Moon benefit concert in California.

Beyond the new studio work, Young has several releases on the horizon. An archival live album called Hard Luck Stories, recorded with Crazy Horse back in May 1997 at San Francisco's Trocadero Transfer club, will debut digitally for Neil Young Archives subscribers before eventually appearing in Volume Four of his Archives box set series in late 2026 or 2027. Additionally, a live album titled As Time Explodes featuring The Chrome Hearts will arrive on April eighteenth as a limited edition two-LP set exclusively through independent record stores for Record Store Day, showcasing thirteen tracks from their 2025 tour dates.

Young's studio announcement also included pointed political commentary, with the artist expressing deep hurt over current events and calling the sitting president the worst in American history. This aligns with recent Chrome Hearts material like the single Big Crime, which directly criticizes wrongdoing at the White House.

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