{"id":359808,"date":"2026-02-27T22:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/359808\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T22:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:46:09","slug":"neil-young-breaks-silence-on-cancelling-2026-uk-and-european-tour-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/359808\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Young breaks silence on cancelling 2026 UK and European tour dates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neil Young<\/a> has broken his silence for the first time since cancelling his entire UK and European tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the musician announced he\u2019d be cancelling his upcoming outdoor dates<\/a>, saying \u201cthis is not the time\u201d to be playing shows.<\/p>\n

These included shows at Cornwall\u2019s Eden Sessions, Manchester\u2019s Heaton Park, and the headline slot at the inaugural State Fayre Festival in Chelmsford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He was also scheduled to perform at the Glasgow Summer Sessions at Bellahouston Park, Blenheim Palace Festivaland Cardiff\u2019s Blackweir Fields, before heading to Europe for a further string of shows.<\/p>\n

However, on February 6, Young told fans that the tour would not be going ahead, writing on Neil Young Archives<\/a>: I\u2019m sorry to let you down, but this is not the time. I do love playing LIVE and being with you and the Chrome Hearts. LOVE Neil be well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s responded to a series of fan letters on his website<\/a>, which have provided some clarity for the cancellation.<\/p>\n

Replying to a fan who was checking \u201ceverything is OK\u201d, Young wrote: \u201cAll is good Michael. Just needed a break. Listening to my body.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NeilNeil Young live at Glastonbury 2025. Credit: Derek Bremner for NME<\/p>\n

In another letter, a fan asked Young for \u201cbetter understanding of the decision to cancel\u201d, to which he again said he \u201cneeded a break\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, he did not go into the specific reasons as to why he needs a break from touring.<\/p>\n

Another fan wrote to Young, asking him to tour the US and bring people together in the current political climate. Young stated that he \u201cwill try\u201d to do so.<\/p>\n

The planned dates were announced after his huge shows last year, with the Chrome Hearts headlining Glastonbury\u2019s Pyramid Stage<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0topping the bill for BST Hyde Park 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In other news, Young recently\u00a0gifted his entire music catalogue to the people of Greenland<\/a>\u00a0for free, while hitting out at Amazon, Jeff Bezos and\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0after the President threatened to annex the Arctic island.<\/p>\n

\"\"Neil Young performs live at Glastonbury 2025. Credit: Yui Mok\/PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honoured to give a free year\u2019s access to\u00a0neilyoungarchives.com<\/a>\u00a0to all of our friends in Greenland,\u201d Young began. \u201cI hope my music and music films will ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cIt is my sincere wish for you to be able to enjoy all of my music in your beautiful Greenland home, in its highest quality. This is an offer of Peace and Love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Young confirmed that this would include \u201call the music I have made during the last 62 years\u201d. He added: \u201cYou can renew for free as long as you are in Greenland. We do hope other organisations will follow in the spirit of our example. LOVE EARTH. Neil.\u201d<\/p>\n

It followed Young\u00a0announcing he would be removing his discography from Amazon Music<\/a>\u00a0last autumn in protest of founder Jeff Bezos\u2019s support of Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neil Young has broken his silence for the first time since cancelling his entire UK and European tour.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,15225,19,17],"class_list":["post-359808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-folk","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116145028340267315","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}