Neil Young and Crazy Horse have canceled the final seven dates of their European tour because guitarist Frank "Poncho" Sampedro broke his hand. "It's a mild fracture," a source close to the Young camp tells Rolling Stone. "He's expected to make a complete recovery in time for the North American tour." The group has been on tour for much of the past year, and they played yesterday in Oslo, Norway.

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Bummer, get well soon Poncho.

also a huge bummer for the fans who will miss out, but Neil will be back.

Saw the show in Oslo yesterday. A really good one, but I was missing "Like a Hurricane" Hoped I could see it in Copenhagen monday, but now I know that I can't..........

Per-Arne

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I could have managed a concert with Neil Young and Crazy Horse inhibit a replaced Sampedro.....

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That's two of the last three Neil Young gigs that I've had tickets for that has ended up being cancelled!

What a pity, I was looking forward to the 02 on the 19th. I wish him.a speedy recovery.

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desertblues68
What a pity, I was looking forward to the 02 on the 19th. I wish him.a speedy recovery.

Me too. Wish I'd gone for the first gig there back in June now.

maybe that´s a chance that they´ll return....

Gutted! Went to the O2 in June and was really looking forward to seeing him again.

Hello,

This may be only of any use to UK IORRians who were gonna attend one of the cancelled CH shows but if it helps one person and minutely inconveniences Ticketmaster then it has to be worth posting, right?

I had a choice seat for the Liverpool Echo Arena show and was duly miffed when I heard about Poncho's misfortune. Anyway, TM were pretty speedy in processing my refund but because I'm a tight-wad I noticed that they had only refunded £61 instead of the £64 that they debited from my card.

I rand the oxymoron that is TM Customer Services this morning (0844 4999 999) and they said that they will refund the difference. Poor sod on the dog had no explanation as to why they didn't refund the full amount in the first. Just how many £3s were they planning on keeping, I wonder?

Those results in full: THE MAN 0 - Lardy 1.

Excellent!

Cheers,

Simon.

Rather than dissapointing Neil fans, Joe Satriani can play anything, duplicate anything guitarist Frank "Poncho" Sampedro does and should have been brought in. He did great on Mick Jagger tours

what happened, did he get mad and put his hand through a wall.. a la Tom Petty..

I don't want to be a downer, but this makes me realize that our heroes are OLD...


Remember when Keith fell off the ladder in his library

Remember when Jimmy Page fell in his garden before the 02 concert

Remember when Steven Tyler fell off the stage into the crowd

I hate to say it, but these people (our heroes) are OLD, the baby boomers are also OLD, and they are now suffering the typical mishaps of the old.

Broke his hand, very unfortunate, I would not be at all surprised if it was something so simple as slipping getting out of the shower or tripping over a guitar cable during rehearsal, and reaching out as he fell to the ground, crack, a fall that would have had little impact when he was 20 or 40. It also doesn't help that so many of these guys are living high action rock and roll lifestyles where mishaps can occur at every turn, instead of "taking it easy" in the proverbial rocking chair.

it was almost 15 years ago ... i just wished to see them all together again on stage ... what a sad sad sad way to end the tour

So what happened to Frank?

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Turning To Gold
I don't want to be a downer, but this makes me realize that our heroes are OLD...


Remember when Keith fell off the ladder in his library

Remember when Jimmy Page fell in his garden before the 02 concert

Remember when Steven Tyler fell off the stage into the crowd

I hate to say it, but these people (our heroes) are OLD, the baby boomers are also OLD, and they are now suffering the typical mishaps of the old.

Broke his hand, very unfortunate, I would not be at all surprised if it was something so simple as slipping getting out of the shower or tripping over a guitar cable during rehearsal, and reaching out as he fell to the ground, crack, a fall that would have had little impact when he was 20 or 40. It also doesn't help that so many of these guys are living high action rock and roll lifestyles where mishaps can occur at every turn, instead of "taking it easy" in the proverbial rocking chair.

Shit happens at any age. I remember having tickets for a Dublin show and Neil cancelling an entire European tour after he broke an arm in an accident on his ranch.

That was in 1986. Neil was an 'ancient' 40 years of age back then.

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sweetcharmedlife
So what happened to Frank?

He got his hand caught in a car door backstage.



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I was lucky. I saw him in Lucca on july 25th and it was great, out of time. You will miss something important

Neil's done this before. I travelled to Brixton Academy to see Neil, round about the Are You Passionate era, and he cried off with a sore throat.

I am sure, bearing in mind just how great an acoustic musician Neil is, that Neil could have done an acoustic gig without Crazy Horse.

The worst cancel for me was the Who @ the Joint in LV. They found John Entwistle's body whilst I was flying to LV. I was staying @ the Hard Rock & found out when I pulled up in the taxi & saw RIP John on the Marquee. Wasn't a good weekend. I did learn a valuable lesson though. Drinking in excess while gambling is not a good idea. Got to the point where it was cheaper to take the helicopter ride into the Grand Canyon than stay in the casino. Has served me well. I don't drink while gambling anymore & do ok at it. The Who did a make up show a few months later at the venue that was pretty emotional. Pete started crying during 5:15. Also on the make up trip, Robert Plant played the Joint the night before & was outstanding. PS: Also saw 1 of the first gigs without John back home in Washington state. Things came to a head during Won't Get Fooled Again. Pete did the full on guitar smash, I believe one of the last ones. He was remorseful at the encore & Roger offered to get some clamps & wood glue & put it back together.It was well beyond that!



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4 of NY&CH's North American shows, Aug. 31 to Sept. 7, have also been cancelled now.


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Turning To Gold
I don't want to be a downer, but this makes me realize that our heroes are OLD...


Remember when Keith fell off the ladder in his library

Remember when Jimmy Page fell in his garden before the 02 concert

Remember when Steven Tyler fell off the stage into the crowd

I hate to say it, but these people (our heroes) are OLD, the baby boomers are also OLD, and they are now suffering the typical mishaps of the old.

Broke his hand, very unfortunate, I would not be at all surprised if it was something so simple as slipping getting out of the shower or tripping over a guitar cable during rehearsal, and reaching out as he fell to the ground, crack, a fall that would have had little impact when he was 20 or 40. It also doesn't help that so many of these guys are living high action rock and roll lifestyles where mishaps can occur at every turn, instead of "taking it easy" in the proverbial rocking chair.

Everything is turning to Old...

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SimonN
Hello,

This may be only of any use to UK IORRians who were gonna attend one of the cancelled CH shows but if it helps one person and minutely inconveniences Ticketmaster then it has to be worth posting, right?

I had a choice seat for the Liverpool Echo Arena show and was duly miffed when I heard about Poncho's misfortune. Anyway, TM were pretty speedy in processing my refund but because I'm a tight-wad I noticed that they had only refunded £61 instead of the £64 that they debited from my card.

I rand the oxymoron that is TM Customer Services this morning (0844 4999 999) and they said that they will refund the difference. Poor sod on the dog had no explanation as to why they didn't refund the full amount in the first. Just how many £3s were they planning on keeping, I wonder?

Those results in full: THE MAN 0 - Lardy 1.

Excellent!

Cheers,

Simon.

I've just got my refund and it's a full £7.00 shy of what I paid them. It's not the first time they have tried this with me.

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crholmstrom
The worst cancel for me was the Who @ the Joint in LV. They found John Entwistle's body whilst I was flying to LV. I was staying @ the Hard Rock & found out when I pulled up in the taxi & saw RIP John on the Marquee. Wasn't a good weekend. I did learn a valuable lesson though. Drinking in excess while gambling is not a good idea. Got to the point where it was cheaper to take the helicopter ride into the Grand Canyon than stay in the casino. Has served me well. I don't drink while gambling anymore & do ok at it. The Who did a make up show a few months later at the venue that was pretty emotional. Pete started crying during 5:15. Also on the make up trip, Robert Plant played the Joint the night before & was outstanding. PS: Also saw 1 of the first gigs without John back home in Washington state. Things came to a head during Won't Get Fooled Again. Pete did the full on guitar smash, I believe one of the last ones. He was remorseful at the encore & Roger offered to get some clamps & wood glue & put it back together.It was well beyond that!

Saw the who 2 or 3 shows after John passed away. Pete played out of this world at the Shoreline in California. Totally amazing. And, John is my favorite bassist of all time- sad situation. Talk about making the best of a bad situation. Whoa!

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strat72

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SimonN
Hello,

This may be only of any use to UK IORRians who were gonna attend one of the cancelled CH shows but if it helps one person and minutely inconveniences Ticketmaster then it has to be worth posting, right?

I had a choice seat for the Liverpool Echo Arena show and was duly miffed when I heard about Poncho's misfortune. Anyway, TM were pretty speedy in processing my refund but because I'm a tight-wad I noticed that they had only refunded £61 instead of the £64 that they debited from my card.

I rand the oxymoron that is TM Customer Services this morning (0844 4999 999) and they said that they will refund the difference. Poor sod on the dog had no explanation as to why they didn't refund the full amount in the first. Just how many £3s were they planning on keeping, I wonder?

Those results in full: THE MAN 0 - Lardy 1.

Excellent!

Cheers,

Simon.

I've just got my refund and it's a full £7.00 shy of what I paid them. It's not the first time they have tried this with me.

Hi strat72,

It took them about a week or so but he missing £3.25 was refunded to my card. So that's a pint for me then, hah-hah!
Worth a phone call...

Cheers,

Simon.