Neil Young has played his first show of 2009 as headline act for the first Big Day Out of the year in Auckland, New Zealand.
With the power pop sounds of Arctic Monkeys before him and local heroes The Living End prior to that, Young is not letting age come before beauty.The opening song for the show was ‘Love and Only Love’ from his 1990 “grunge” album ‘Ragged Glory’.
At 64 years of age, Neil Percival Young has rocked longer and harder than anyone on the Big Day Out bill and pity them if they try and challenge him on that.
The first Big Day Out was yesterday at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland. The first Australian Big Day Out show is tomorrow on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
Neil Young’s Big Day Out set is limited to 90-minutes. His first sideshow is Wednesday, Jan 21 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. Expect the expanded set to preview songs from the next album ‘Fork In The Road’
Here is the setlist from Big Day Out, Auckland featuring Neil Young & His Electric Band featuring:
Neil Young - guitar, harmonica, pump organ, vocals
Ben Keith - pedal steel, lap steel, guitar, organ, background vocals
Rick Rosas - bass
Chad Cromwell - drums
Pegi Young - background vocals, vibraphone, piano, guitar
Anthony Crawford - background vocals, piano, guitar, bells
Larry Cragg - banjo
Love And Only Love (from Ragged Glory, 1990)
Hey Hey, My My (from Rust Never Sleeps, 1979)
Powderfinger (from Rust Never Sleeps, 1979)
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
Spirit Road (from Chrome Dream II, 2007)
Cortez The Killer (from Zuma, 1975)
Cinnamon Girl (from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
Oh, Lonesome Me (from After The Goldrush, 1970)
Mother Earth (from Ragged Glory, 1990)
The Needle And The Damage Done (from Harvest, 1972)
Heart Of Gold (from Harvest, 1972)
Old Man (from Harvest, 1972)
Get Back To The Country (from Old Ways, 1985)
Cowgirl In The Sand (from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
Just Singing A Song (new)
Rockin' In The Free World (from Freedom, 1989)
A Day In The Life (The Beatles cover)
