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The Crazy Tour of 1979: The Craziest Tour Queen Ever Played - Fan Feature by Nathan Hodges

By the end of the 1970s Queen had become one of the most successful live acts in the music industry with their big indoor arena performances selling out in Europe, North America and Japan. In November 1979 the group played their first United Kingdom concerts in eighteen months but instead of playing consecutive shows at large indoor venues as they did on their last UK tour (two at Bingley Hall in Stafford and three at Wembley Arena in London), this time the group played at mostly small British venues. This was something they hadn’t done for years and the reasoning was so that the band could have more personal contact with an audience which would lead to a more exciting concert atmosphere. 

Already this year Queen had played a large, successful tour of Europe which would see a lot shows properly recorded with songs from a mixture of different shows appearing on their first live album Live Killers . Freddie Mercury’s voice wasn’t in great shape for some nights on that tour but the Japanese tour which followed just a month later, his voice would deteriorate as it went on. He had to find more creative ways to make up for his shortcomings. Overall this tour is probably the worst his voice had ever been in as a couple of nights saw him struggle to make it through most of the songs. However, the Crazy Tour would see Freddie’s voice in phenomenal shape with performances that match or even outshine the studio versions. Hence why this tour could be described as his strongest tour ever. 

The tour came at a time when Queen had begun recording songs for their then-upcoming eighth studio album The Game . By this time the group had already recorded four songs; “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” (which would be part of the inspiration for the name of the tour), “Save Me”, “Coming Soon” and “Sail Away Sweet Sister (To The Sister I Never Had)”. The first of these songs had at the time been released as a single and would peak at a very respectable #2 in the UK singles chart during the tour. This would cause the band to play the song as an additional encore at a few shows. 

The lighting rig they were using at the time (nicknamed the “Pizza Oven” due to the heat from the lights which would not only be felt by the band on stage but by audience members in the first few rows) had to be scaled down to accommodate most the venues. Every subsequent show from now until the Hot Space Tour in 1982 uses an intense drone leading into thunder and lightning, a concept which originated from Roger Taylor. The sound along with their lighting rig is a very effective way to begin a show.

The setlists for this tour is very similar to the tracklisting of their first live album Live Killers and the previous tour setlists with only two new songs being added on this tour. (“Mustapha” wasn’t played on the last tour but had debuted at a standalone performance at a German festival in August.) The Brian May power ballad “Save Me” was heard by the public for the first time this tour. Like on the record, Brian played piano and it marked the first time that he was seen playing the instrument on stage on a regular basis. (Brian had already played piano for “Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)” on the Japanese Tour in the same year.) Brian would always play piano for the song’s life on stage which would last until the end of the Hot Space Tour in 1982. The arrangement was that Brian switched to his Red Special guitar before the second chorus and Freddie would play piano from the guitar solo until just before the final chorus. (In 1982 the arrangement was changed; Brian only played piano until the first chorus and Freddie didn’t play piano at all for the song. This was because of the additional keyboardist Queen had hired for the first time in their concert career.)

The other song which debuted for the first time was “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and would be heard at every subsequent Queen show (except a couple of shows which wasn’t intentional). It marked the first time Freddie was seen on stage playing guitar. He played an acoustic guitar for the song until 1982 and subsequently played a Telecaster electric guitar. The studio version of the show which is described as ‘rockability’ would become heavy rock by the final part of the song when performed live as Brian switches from an acoustic guitar, to begin with, then a Telecaster electric guitar for the guitar solo and then his Red Special guitar for the finale.

Despite the small changes from the previous tour, no consecutive concerts on this tour seem to have the same setlist. Queen used a few different openers on this tour (“Let Me Entertain You”, “We Will Rock You [fast]” and “Jailhouse Rock”) as well as moving songs in the setlist particularly playing “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” as an encore a few times. 

The tour began in Dublin on Thursday 22 nd November and marked the first of four shows Queen would ever play in Ireland. And as a special treat, the band played “Danny Boy” in the first of three encores the band would play tonight. Also, it’s worth noting that instead of playing the faithful fast version of “We Will Rock You”, Queen use “Let Me Entertain You” and “Tie Your Mother Down” which would occur a few more times during the tour. Finally, they used the Shepard tone outro from their A Day At The Races album instead of “God Save The Queen” as a political gesture. 

The next show Queen played was at the NEC in Birmingham on Saturday 24 th November and was the biggest on the tour with 14,000 people in the audience. It was the largest indoor concert attendance in Britain at that point. Queen once again open with “Let Me Entertain You” and play three encores.

The third show on the tour was in Manchester on Monday 26 th November and began nearly two hours late because of technical problems with their lighting rig. It’s a little-known trivia fact that Queen played Manchester on the 26 th November in three different years; 1973, 1975 and 1979. 

The second night at the venue saw Queen play the fast version of “We Will Rock You” for the first time this tour as the concert opener and “Liar” made its first live appearance in more than eighteen months due to the band receiving a message from ‘The Royal Family’ (a group of loyal British fans who saw Queen play live at every venue on this tour). The message stated that they either play the song or the tour would end abruptly if they didn’t! The once live staple of their shows for many years would seem to be played at every second night of a venue on this tour.

Their next show was in Glasgow on Friday 30 th November and according to attendances of the show, Queen reverts to “Let Me Entertain You” as their opener. For the second night in Glasgow, Queen once again open the show with the fast version of “We Will Rock You”. It was at this second show that Freddie nailed singing the whole of “Bohemian Rhapsody”, even outdoing the studio version at a couple of points.

Next in the itinerary was Newcastle on Monday 3 rd December. Queen play “Let Me Entertain You” as their opener once again with “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” being played in an encore. A fan who attended the show described how much of a big band Queen was now with a large stage, a large lighting rig, and a raised platform, and described it as very different from their early days. Freddie’s voice once again is in great shape and his delivery of songs are among the best he ever did. 

The next night at the same venue saw Queen for the first time using “Jailhouse Rock” as their opening before segueing into the fast version of “We Will Rock You”. This would be the case for most of the remaining shows of the tour (and indeed for most of The Game Tour in 1980-81). Once again this is another show to prove that Freddie’s voice was in impressive shape.

The ninth show Queen played was at Liverpool on Thursday 6 th December and saw Queen play the fast version of “We Will Rock You” as the first song. 

At the second night in Liverpool, Freddie wore red and blue kneepads to keep the football fans of both Liverpool and Everton happy. Brian mentioned this at one point during the show. During the acoustic set, Brian and Freddie played an impromptu cover of the Wings song “Mull Of Kintyre” after Freddie mentioned that the Paul McCartney fronted band had just played in Liverpool. 

Queen had already played ten of their twenty shows scheduled for this tour and their eleventh was at Bristol on Sunday 9 th December. During the soundcheck, Queen were filmed playing “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”. This might’ve been filmed as a rehearsal for the upcoming charity concert at the Hammersmith Odeon later that month.

The next two shows Queen played was in Brighton on Monday 10 th and Tuesday 11 th December. The shows were originally scheduled for Monday 3 rd December and Tuesday 4 th December, but Queen played in Newcastle instead. A fan who attended both shows described the second night as being far from sold out when compared to the first night. A different fan who attended the second show said that “Liar” was performed as well as the full version of “Brighton Rock” which hadn’t been heard on this tour which Freddie acknowledged during the show; “you f**kers wouldn’t let us out of here if we didn’t play this.” This is the last known full performance of the song though the ending has been heard at most shows during the tour would remain in setlists until halfway through The Game Tour and then reappear on The Works Tour . It seems that only the medley closer “You’re My Best Friend” was dropped for this show which is a bit unusual instead of “Fat Bottomed Girls” or “If You Can’t Beat Them” as both were rarely performed at the same show. If it’s true about the setlist this could be the longest show Queen did on the whole tour.   

On Wednesday 13 th December Queen played their first of seven London shows on the tour at Lyceum Ballroom. Some of the venues Queen played in London on this tour were small clubs like this one. At this location, holes had to be cut in the ceiling for their lighting rig to be attached. 

The following night they played at a familiar venue as it was the legendary Rainbow Theatre where they had played three shows back in 1974. 

The next three concerts were all small clubs. The first of which was Purley Tiffany’s on Monday 17 th December which a young George Michael attended. A fan remembers a review of the show; “It was so loud that the band almost brought the ceiling down, a noise akin to an aircraft taking off.” 

The next show was at Tottenham Mayfair on Wednesday 19 th December. The venue had a capacity of a few hundred and a fan who attended the show remembers how surreal it was seeing perform Queen there. The venue was so small that the band’s lighting rig could not be used so they had to use spotlights instead and a few lights around Roger’s gong. One member of ‘The Royal Family’ said that he never remembered Freddie being that chatty on stage. He also said that he got a bit carried away talking about Christmas shopping! 

The following night Queen played at Lewisham Odeon. This venue was one of the smallest ones on the tour as it was just a cinema!

The penultimate show on the tour was at the Alexandra Palace on Saturday 22 nd December. Before the show at the Hammersmith Odeon was scheduled, this was intended to be the one London show in a large venue as the capacity here is 3,000. This is because many people couldn’t buy tickets for some of the smaller venues as some only held a few hundred people. Before the show, the promotional video for “Save Me” was filmed. The video was directed by Keith McMillan and Roger recalled in 2002 that Keith stepped back a bit too far on the stage and fell 9ft into the orchestra pit. According to people who attended the show, “Liar” was played. If this is the case it would be the final time it would be heard live until the Hot Space Tour in 1982. 

The final show of the tour and the 1970s was at the Hammersmith Odeon on Wednesday 26 th December as part of the Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea which all took place at the venue over a few days at Christmastime. Queen were the first act to perform but others included The Who, Wings, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, The Clash and Led Zeppelin (minus Jimmy Page). Despite being the final night of the tour Freddie’s voice is still very good but he’s not able to hit the high notes as easily as he did earlier in the tour. 

At many shows on the tour, the audience (led by ‘The Royal Family’) continued singing “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” when the band had finished playing the song. Tonight, the band joins in and Freddie sings another chorus. The show at Hammersmith Odeon contained the last ever performances of three lesser known but popular fan tracks; “If You Can’t Beat Them”, “Spread Your Wings” and “’39”. The concert also had the last live performance of “Don’t Stop Me Now” which lasted just one year on stage. In my view, it’s very hard to realise that a minor hit which was largely overlooked by the band at the time has become one of Queen’s best-loved tracks. 

The entire show at the Hammersmith Odeon was filmed and currently, two-thirds of it is available to the public. One can only hope that the entire concert will be available on CD and DVD as it could rank as one of Queen’s finest (if not, best) live release.

As I was never alive in Freddie’s lifetime, I never got to see the quartet perform live together. But if I could only see one show it would have to be one from this tour because the setlists they did on this tour are among my favourites Queen ever did. But which one? Perhaps one of the shows in Glasgow or Newcastle with Freddie’s voice in top notch condition or one of the small London venues with the feeling of more interaction with the band. I haven’t decided.

This was a very crazy tour for a band of their status. They would never perform at venues with a capacity of just a couple thousand people in Britain again or very rarely any small venues anywhere in the world again. It’s obvious why they never did because they were too popular. Queen went on to sell out stadiums globally where audience participation happened on a large scale. Their last tour mostly consisted of outdoor venues where thousands of people could attend which would lead to the fact that this was the only tour Queen made money on because they were committed to spending lots of money and putting in a lot of effort to the technical elements of the show. So, for Queen to do a tour which involves them using smaller venues instead of larger ones to have more personal contact with the audience (which in truth resulted in them losing more money), must be one of the most affectionate things Queen ever did for their fans and must be imprinted in the memories of all those who attended at least one of the shows during the tour.

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This is the setlist from the first night of Queen + Adam Lambert’s Rhapsody tour

Queen + Adam Lambert kick-off their North American Rhapsody tour in style with an epic 30 song set at Vancouver's Rogers Arena

Queen + Adam Lambert have kicked off their North American Rhapsody tour in style by delivering a 30-song set at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena.

The tour was first revealed in December last year, with the the live extravaganza described as a “brand new larger-than-life production.”

The setlist featured a wealth of classic tracks including Seven Seas Of Rhye , Hammer To Fall , Killer Queen , One Vision , Radio Ga Ga , Under Pressure , Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Another One Bites The Dust .

They left the stage only to return shortly after to perform We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions .

Video footage from the performance has now appeared online and can be found below, along with the full setlist.

Speaking previously about the tour, Stufish Entertainment Architects’ set designer Ric Lipson said: “Queen and Adam Lambert’s  Rhapsody  tour will, once again for them, expand the parameters of what a live music experience can be.

“This new show promises to be their most spectacular yet – an innovative and interactive celebration of the continued power of Queen’s music.”

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Guitarist Brian May added: "This is a great opportunity. Our last tour featured our most ambitious production ever and got us our best notices ever. So we decided to rip it apart and get even more ambitious!”

The Rhapsody tour continues later tonight when Queen and Adam Lambert play the Tacoma Dome in Washington State.

Queen and Adam Lambert: Vancouver setlist 1. Now I'm Here  2. Seven Seas Of Rhye  3. Keep Yourself Alive  4. Hammer To Fall 5. Killer Queen 6. Don't Stop Me Now 7. In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited 8. Somebody To Love 9. The Show Must Go On  10. I'm In Love With My Car  11. Bicycle Race  12. Fat Bottomed Girls  13. One Vision  14. Machines  15. Radio Ga Ga  16. Love Of My Life  17. '39  18. Doing All Right  19. Crazy Little Thing Called Love  20. Under Pressure  21. I Want To Break Free  22. Who Wants To Live Forever  23. Last Horizon  24. Tie Your Mother Down / Death On Two Legs / The Invisible Man  25. Dragon Attack 26. Another One Bites The Dust 27. I Want It All 28. Bohemian Rhapsody

Encores 29. We Will Rock You  30. We Are The Champions

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Queen Kick Off Their “Rhapsody Tour” in Baltimore: Photos + Setlist

At the CFG Bank Arena on Wednesday night

Queen ruled Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena Wednesday night (October 4th) as they kicked off their North American “Rhapsody Tour.”

Original band members Brian May and Roger Taylor — plus vocalist Adam Lambert — spent two hours tearing through over two dozen Queen tunes, with a career-spanning setlist that featured both their biggest hits as well as fan-favorite deep cuts.

Notably, the band played “Is This the World We Created…?” live with Lambert for the first time, and dusted off “Stone Cold Crazy” after more than five years.

May, Taylor, and Lambert were backed by Queen’s longtime keyboard player Spike Edney, bass guitarist Neil Fairclough, and percussionist Tyler Warren, comprising an ensemble whose sound filled the entire arena. It was a night that served as a tribute to Freddie Mercury, keeping his songs and spirit alive without ever overshadowing his bright legacy.

Check out some photos of Queen’s tour kickoff and see the full setlist below.

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Setlist: Radio Ga Ga Hammer to Fall Stone Cold Crazy Another One Bites the Dust I’m in Love With My Car Bicycle Race Fat Bottomed Girls I Want It All A Kind of Magic Killer Queen Don’t Stop Me Now Somebody to Love Love of My Life ’39 (Drum Solo) Under Pressure Tie Your Mother Down Crazy Little Thing Called Love I Want to Break Free You Take My Breath Away Who Wants to Live Forever (Guitar Solo) Is This the World We Created…? The Show Must Go On Bohemian Rhapsody

Encore: Ay‐Oh We Will Rock You Radio Ga Ga (Reprise) We Are the Champions

Queen + Adam Lambert Tour Dates: 10/05 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena 10/08 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 10/10 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena 10/12 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 10/13 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 10/15 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden 10/16 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden 10/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center 10/23 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena 10/25 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 10/27 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center 10/28 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center 10/30 – Chicago, IL @ United Center 10/31 – Chicago, IL @ United Center 11/02 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center 11/03 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center 11/05 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena 11/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center 11/09 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center 11/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium 11/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium

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Here Is Queen And Adam Lambert’s ‘The Rhapsody Tour’ Setlist

Queen and Adam Lambert first got together in 2011. Last year, they unveiled a concert film titled Rhapsody Over London to capture their chemistry. Now, they’re joining forces again to take over stages all across North America this fall.

The tour kicked off last night (October 4) in Balitmore. They’ll be hitting Toronto, New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and a few other major cities on this run, ending in November. The setlist is packed with a whopping 28 songs that span their entire career, from “We Are the Champions” to “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Check out their setlist from their show at at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, MD, according to setlist.fm .

1. “Radio Ga Ga” 2. “Hammer to Fall” 3. “Stone Cold Crazy” 4. “Another One Bites the Dust” 5. “I’m in Love With My Car” 6. “Bicycle Race” 7. “Fat Bottomed Girls” 8. “I Want It All” 9. “A Kind of Magic” 10. “Killer Queen” 11. “Don’t Stop Me Now” 12. “Somebody to Love” 13. “Love of My Life” 14. “’39” 15. Drum Solo 16. “Under Pressure” 17. “Tie Your Mother Down” 18. “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 19. “I Want to Break Free” 20. “Who Wants to Live Forever” 21. Guitar Solo 22. “Is This the World We Created…?” 23. “The Show Must Go On” 24. “Bohemian Rhapsody” 25. “We Will Rock You” (encore) 26. “Radio Ga Ga” (encore) 27. “We Are the Champions” (encore)

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Neil Young reunites with Crazy Horse after a decade, performs double encore

On Thursday night, magic happened in Tennesseee.

Singer-songwriter Neil Young and rock band Crazy Horse came together to perform their hits over a two-hour show at FirstBank Amphitheater on their first tour together in a decade.

The 2024 "Love Earth Tour" features the now 78-year-old singer alongside the Los Angeles rock band yet again.

Canadian singer-songwriter Young, best known for songs "Heart of Gold," "Harvest Moon" and "Old Man," released the album "Fu##in' Up" with Crazy Horse on April 25, featuring nine rock 'n' roll tracks. The two have released 15 studio albums together.

Young and Crazy Horse kicked off their brief 16-stop tour on April 24 in San Diego and will continue with upcoming stops in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and more.

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Thursday's concert in Franklin was originally slated for Wednesday evening, but was postponed by a day due to  inclement weather .

But Thursday night brought the calm after the storm; the evening was serene.

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After opener Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping , a musical performance art experience that draws from religion, Young hit the stage.

The set-up featured a backdrop with a galloping horse and giant speaker cabinets and road cases, the same ones Young took on the road with him for his "Rust Never Sleeps" tour in 1978.

Young appeared in a striped cap, a denim work shirt that featured paint splatters and a Spartan Truck Equipment patch, black pants, black shoes and of course, his guitar, Old Black .

He mentioned the venue's beauty multiple times — a stage nestled in the woods of Graystone Quarry in Thompson’s Station.

"How you doin out there? Nice to see you," Young said to the Franklin crowd.

"What a beautiful place. You guys are very lucky to have this place."

Alongside Young was the band, comprised of 80-year-old Billy Talbot on bass and 80-year-old Ralph Molina on drums. They also have a new member, Micah Nelson on guitar.

Nelson, Willie Nelson 's 33-year-old son, took over for the band's previous guitarist Nils Lofgren earlier this year.

Throughout the show, Neil Young and the band played a 17-song set, full with jam sessions and occasional harmonies. Young was energized and playful, captivating the crowd with his trademark nasally, emotional voice.

The set list was mostly comprised of older hits, like 1969's "Cinnamon Girl" and 1972's "Heart of Gold."

The band didn't play any songs from their recent album; the most recent song was 1996's "Scattered (Let's Think About Livin')." Nelson's big moment came during the tune; he traded his guitar to play a swinging keyboard that descended from the ceiling.

Young's guitar playing—both electric and acoustic—was adept and agile. Though Young shared in January he has been playing guitar with arthritis in his hand for years, audience members wouldn't have guessed.

He played the blues on song "Vampire Blues," hitting guitar licks with a precision like Stevie Ray Vaughan's. He also performed drawn-out, warping guitar solos on songs like "Like a Hurricane" and "Powderfinger."

Between songs, Young would hand his guitar off to his techs (who all wore white lab coats), but was audibly uncomfortable until he had a guitar in his arms yet again.

The night's concert walked the line between a Young that leaned into classic, grunge rock 'n' roll with Crazy Horse and a Young that gently cooed with Crosby, Stills & Nash in '69, strumming an acoustic.

Young pulled off the balancing act.

Here are some of the top moments from the night.

Neil Young opens with 'Cortez the Killer,' sings newly released verse

On a purple-lit stage, Neil Young and Crazy Horse kicked off the show with the 1975 song "Cortez the Killer."

The first lyrics from Young brought cheers from the audience as he sang, "He came dancing across the water / With his galleons and guns."

Young surprised fans at the first concert of the tour by singing unreleased lyrics to the song, ones he said did not record due to a power outage on the recording console in 1975.

Young found the lyric manuscript, he said in an interview mid-April this year.

The verse was lost for nearly 50 years. Young sang the verse again in Franklin.

“I floated on the water / I ate that ocean wave / Two weeks after the slaughter/ I was living in a cave / They came too late to get me / But there’s no one here to set me free / From this rocky grave / To that snowed-out ocean wave.”

Neil Young calls on local non-profits to support his eco-friendly mission

Neil Young has been vocal about his environmental efforts throughout his career .

In 1985, Young helped establish the annual Farm Aid concerts . In 2022, he released album "World Record," an album that focuses on climate change. Later that year, Young said he refused to play venues that are supported by factory farms .

The environmentalism was felt at his Franklin show.

Upon entering the concert, fans saw a series of tents and tables from local environmental organizations all hand picked by Young, including Tennessee Local Food . The organizations attended the concert and chatted with fans about their missions.

Young calls it the "LOVE EARTH Village."

At different stops on the tour, hundreds of non-profits working for sustainability and social equity will join to chat about issues like organic farming, wildlife protection, Native American rights and climate change solutions.

According to a venue employee, Young also changed the menu for the venue's offerings on Thursday, opting for more eco-friendly options (Coke products were nowhere to be seen).

On a handout at the venue, Young wrote, "Support your friends, support your land, and support the people that want to care for the land.

"The revolution starts with us. The revolution starts with you."

Neil Young goes acoustic mid-show, takes stage alone

At one point, Young took an empty stage, traded Old Black for an acoustic, and donned the harmonica around his neck.

He sang songs, "Comes a Time," "Heart of Gold" and "Human Highway" onstage alone, leaning into his folk singer-songwriter roots.

Despite the occasional hoot or holler in the audience, a hush crept over the amphitheater as Young sang, played plucky guitar and showcased his harmonica skills between verses.

It was a gentler, softer and more intimate side to the evening.

"Heart of Gold" stood out among the acoustic section.

Young sang his biggest hit: "Keep me searching / For a heart of gold / I've been a miner / For a heart of gold."

An encore and...another encore

Before the encore, Young ended his set with song "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)," leaving the audience with the classic and singing, "Hey hey, my my / Rock and roll can never die."

And it didn't die just then, Young and the band returned to the stage to play "Roll Another Number (For the Road)" as their encore.

After the song finished, the audience didn't stop cheering. Young and company came back to deliver a second encore, this time three songs long.

For encore two, they performed "Danger Bird," "Don't Cry No Tears" and "Sedan Delivery," ending the night on a grungy rock 'n' roll note that included pink lights and plenty of reverb.

Afterwards, the band and Young gathered arm-in-arm in a single spotlight and gave their final bow.

Neil Young's Set List

• Cortez the Killer
• Cinnamon Girl
• Scattered (Let's Think About Livin')
• Like a Hurricane
• Vampire Blues
• The Losing End (When You're On)
• Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
• Powderfinger
• Love and Only Love
• Comes a Time
• Heart of Gold
• Human Highway
• Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
• Encore: Roll Another Number (For the Road)
• Encore II: Danger Bird, Don't Cry No Tears, Sedan Delivery

For more information on Neil Young's tour, head to  neilyoungarchives.com .