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In wake of Crazy Horse tour cancellation, Neil Young books CSNY reunion @ Bridge School shows
For anyone not up to speed, guitarist Frank "Poncho" Sampedro broke his hand on the European leg of the NY / CH tour. Neil cancelled the remaining dates.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/csny-killers-queens-of-the-stone-age-to-play-bridge-school-benefit-20130906
CSNY, Killers, Queens of the Stone Age to Play Bridge School Benefit
Elvis Costello, My Morning Jacket, Fun. and Heart will also perform at the annual charity concert
This year's Bridge School Benefit will feature performances by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Queens of the Stone Age, My Morning Jacket, the Killers, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Fun., Heart and Jenny Lewis. Per tradition, every artist will play a completely acoustic set. The show will be held October 26th and October 27th at the Shoreline Ampitheater in Mountain View, CA. Tickets go on sale September 13th at 10:00 AM.
Bridge School Benefit 2013 will mark Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's first performance since their Freedom of Speech tour wrapped in September of 2006. CSNY, Elvis Costello and My Morning Jacket have played the Bridge School Benefit in the past, but this year will mark the first performances for the rest of the artists. (The Killers will only play on October 26th. All the others will be at both shows.)
The Bridge School Benefit was first held in 1986 and has been staged (with the exception of 1987) every year since. It's always 100% acoustic, leading to completely unique sets from A-list artists like Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, the Who, Metallica, Arcade Fire, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Tom Petty, Simon and Garfunkel and countless others.
Neil and Pegi Young founded the Bridge School when they were unable to find adequate schooling for their physically challenged son Ben. "He was in a program for special ed students at a school and had some good friends," Pegi told Rolling Stone in 2010. "But they decided to move the special ed program off campus. This isn't unusual and I was really sad about it. I was talking to [Neil Young's manager] Elliot [Roberts] and he said, 'Why don't you just start your own school, Peg?' And I was like, 'Okay, there's an idea.' It just kind of blossomed from there."
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/csny-killers-queens-of-the-stone-age-to-play-bridge-school-benefit-20130906
CSNY, Killers, Queens of the Stone Age to Play Bridge School Benefit
Elvis Costello, My Morning Jacket, Fun. and Heart will also perform at the annual charity concert
This year's Bridge School Benefit will feature performances by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Queens of the Stone Age, My Morning Jacket, the Killers, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Fun., Heart and Jenny Lewis. Per tradition, every artist will play a completely acoustic set. The show will be held October 26th and October 27th at the Shoreline Ampitheater in Mountain View, CA. Tickets go on sale September 13th at 10:00 AM.
Bridge School Benefit 2013 will mark Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's first performance since their Freedom of Speech tour wrapped in September of 2006. CSNY, Elvis Costello and My Morning Jacket have played the Bridge School Benefit in the past, but this year will mark the first performances for the rest of the artists. (The Killers will only play on October 26th. All the others will be at both shows.)
The Bridge School Benefit was first held in 1986 and has been staged (with the exception of 1987) every year since. It's always 100% acoustic, leading to completely unique sets from A-list artists like Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, the Who, Metallica, Arcade Fire, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Tom Petty, Simon and Garfunkel and countless others.
Neil and Pegi Young founded the Bridge School when they were unable to find adequate schooling for their physically challenged son Ben. "He was in a program for special ed students at a school and had some good friends," Pegi told Rolling Stone in 2010. "But they decided to move the special ed program off campus. This isn't unusual and I was really sad about it. I was talking to [Neil Young's manager] Elliot [Roberts] and he said, 'Why don't you just start your own school, Peg?' And I was like, 'Okay, there's an idea.' It just kind of blossomed from there."
