Line Out - Comments on Neil Young Hits Seattle http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/neil_young_hits_seattle Neil Young just announced a U.S. tour in support of his upcoming album Chrome Dreams II. The album arrives October 16; Young and his band of Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar, dobro and other instruments), Ralph Molina (drums) and... Copyright 2008 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:02:02 -0800 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:55:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by seattle You call it hitting, I call it abuse!

]]> seattle http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/neil_young_hits_seattle#c801290 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/neil_young_hits_seattle#c801290 On Tour Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:13:18 -0800 Comment by bunnypuncher Jesus fucking christ, I can't find any kind of ticket info on his website.

Maybe I'm just out of touch?

]]> bunnypuncher http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/neil_young_hits_seattle#c802176 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/neil_young_hits_seattle#c802176 On Tour Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:14:32 -0800 Comment by k i can only find tour dates on the site. no purchasing info. if someone locates it, please post.

]]> k http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/neil_young_hits_seattle#c802188 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/neil_young_hits_seattle#c802188 On Tour Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:45:35 -0800 Comment by dc He's playing at WaMu Theater not the Moore. Check ticketbastard for ticket info.

]]> dc http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/neil_young_hits_seattle#c802259 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/neil_young_hits_seattle#c802259 On Tour Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:04:37 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo I have a friend who follows Young on tour. Apparently there's a whole community that does this.

Young seems to be consciously cultivating this Deadhead/Phishhead ultraloyal kind of audience by encouraging taping and varying his sets from night to night, and the "free album with ticket purchase" idea seems like an extension of this. It's an interesting answer to the "will downloading kill professional music?" hand-wringing we've heard so much of late (mostly from record labels.) His answer seems to be "not if I get to set the ticket prices."

Of course, it only really works for acts that emphasize live performance over studio efforts. It helps to have serious live chops.

]]> flamingbanjo http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/neil_young_hits_seattle#c802498 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/neil_young_hits_seattle#c802498 On Tour Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:55:00 -0800