Elliot Roberts: Last News

Neil Young has announced his plans to release ‘Noise & Flowers’, a live album and film compiled from material recorded during his most recent tour of Europe and the UK.Young embarked on the nine-date run with Promise Of The Real as his backing band, taking in four shows in Germany – as well as one each in Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, England and Ireland – across July of 2019. The album and film will feature recordings from all of the shows; the CD and two-disc vinyl release will sport 14 tracks, but it’s unclear if the film (which was co-directed by Bernard Shakey and DH Lovelife) contains the same content.Both iterations of the release will land on August 5 via Warner Records, with pre-orders available here.

Neil Young’s 2019 European tour, with Promise Of The Real as his backing band, is featured in an upcoming concert movie and accompanying album called ‘Noise & Flowers’.The film and album feature performances from various shows on the nine city tour, and include the songs ‘Helpless’, ‘Rockin In The Free World’, ‘Winterlong’, ‘Alabama’ and ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’, plus the rarely performed ‘On The Beach’.The tour followed the death of Young’s long-time manager Elliot Roberts, something the musician noted when writing about the film and album on his blog last week.“Promise Of The Real and I had a tour planned of Europe”, he recalled. “[Wife Darryl Hannah] and I were in the bus, on our way to New York to catch a plane to Europe when we got the call.

Neil Younghas published a heartfelt letter on the loss of his longtime manager, Elliot Roberts, who died Friday morning at the age of 76. "My friend for over 50 years, Elliot Roberts, has passed away.