Neil Young Busts Out ‘Times Fades Away’ In California

Neil Young continued to dig deep into his songbook on the Rebel Content Tour Saturday evening in Santa Barbara California and on Sunday night in Las Vegas. Saturday night Young and Promise Of The Real busted out “Time Fades Away” for only the second performance by the renowned guitarist since it debuted in 1973, and first since 2008. Last evening saw the tour debut of Buffalo Springfield’s “Burned” which Young last played solo in 2009.

Performed a number of times around its debut and recorded as the title track to his 1973 live LP, “Time Fades Away” was last played live by Young on July 9, 2008 at König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. The Saturday night rendition featured a full band performance with Young supported by Promise Of The Real. Like other shows on the tour, Neil kicked off the Santa Barbara Bowl show solo on acoustic guitar and after opening with “After The Gold Rush” delivered the tour’s second “My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)” which had been busted out after a four year gap days earlier in Eugene.

Footage of the “Time Fades Away” bust-out was captured by YouTube user Malibuheaven1, watch:

The audience assembled Sunday night at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was treated to first “Burned” of the Rebel Content Tour. Young had performed the song number of times in recent years with Buffalo Springfield but it was the first time he played it at one of his shows since June 23, 2009 in England. Neil and Promise Of The Real began the encore last night with just their second performance of “The Loner” and closed out the show with “Cinnamon Girl.”

Here’s footage of the 17-minute “Down By The River” from Santa Barbara Bowl captured by mayimbu, watch:

The Rebel Content Tour continues tomorrow, Tuesday, October 13 at UCSD Rimac Arena in La Jolla, California.

Setlists (via Sugar Mountain)

October 10, 2015

Set: After The Gold Rush, My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue), Helpless, Mother Earth (Natural Anthem), Hold Back The Tears, Out On The Weekend, Human Highway, Unknown Legend, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Wolf Moon, Words, Winterlong, Alabama, September Song, A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop, People Want To Hear About Love, Big Box, Monsanto Years, Down By The River, Time Fades Away ,I Won’t Quit, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Love And Only Love

Encore: F*!#in’ Up

October 11, 2015

Set: After The Gold Rush, Heart Of Gold, Old Man, Long May You Run, Mother Earth (Natural Anthem), Out On The Weekend, Hold Back The Tears, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Harvest Moon, Wolf Moon, Words, Burned, Bad Fog Of Loneliness, September Song, A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop, People Want To Hear About Love, Big Box, Monsanto Years, Cowgirl In The Sand, Workin’ Man, Powderfinger, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Love And Only Love

Encore: The Loner, Cinnamon Girl