“Don’t Expect Anything”: Neil Young Does Not Plan to Tour in 2020



Neil Young has stated that he does not plan on touring any time soon. In a letter on Neil Young Archives to a fan who inquired about his 2020 touring plans, Young replied, “Don’t expect anything… I am not focused on playing. I am taking care of my music.” While he was responding to questions about 2020, he gave no insight on when he might return to touring.

The last show Young played was September’s Farm Aid. He does have one set performance for 2020: a Light Up the Blues autism benefit concert, where he’ll perform alongside Willie Nelson, Stephen Stills and more.

Young’s statement that he is “taking care of [his] music” certainly holds true; he recently announced in a separate letter to fans that he will release Homegrown, his unreleased 1975 LP, this coming April. He also has a movie-album in the works that follows his 2003-2004 Greendale tour, as well as plans to release his Archives Volume 2 box set.

Interestingly, Young has seemed open to a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young reunion, even though he has a fraught relationship with David Crosby. Responding to another fan letter that encouraged a CSNY reunion “for the common good,” Young replied: “For the common good! Anything is possible.”

Young also recently became a U.S. citizen, citing a desire to vote in the 2020 election against Donald Trump.

For more information and to view Young’s correspondence with fans, visit neilyoungarchives.com.