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Last night [January 19] Neil Young played the final date of his four 'Honor The Treaties' concerts to raise money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Legal Defense Fund. The show took place at Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, Alberta.

Last night [January 17] Neil Young played the third of his four 'Honor The Treaties' concerts to raise money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Legal Defense Fund. The show took place at Conexus Arts Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan.

Last night [January 16] Neil Young played the second of his four 'Honor The Treaties' concerts to raise money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Legal Defense Fund. The show took place at Winnipeg Centennial Concert Hall, Manitoba, Canada.

Neil Young has launched a blistering attack on Canada's federal government and Alberta’s oilsands development, accusing officials of "killing" First Nations through their exploitation of the Alberta tar sands. Young made the accusation at a press conference ahead of his Massey Hall show on Sunday, January 12.

Neil Young played the first night of his 'Honor The Treaties' run of concerts to raise money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Legal Defense Fund. The show took place at Massey Hall, Toronto. The set list was almost identical to Young's recent run of shows at New York's Carnegie Hall, with the addition of "Pocahontas".

Neil Young played the first of four solo shows at New York's Carnegie Hall last night [January 6]. The show was divided into two sets, with Young playing a 'greatest hits' set - stretching back to his Buffalo Springfield days - as well as covers of Phil Ochs' "Changes" and Bert Jansch's "Needle Of Death". Young will also play Carnegie Hall on January 7, 9 and 10.

Neil Young has announced four more tour dates for January 2014. Young will follow his four-night residency at New York's Carnegie Hall on January 6, 7, 9 and 10 with four Canadian shows to raise money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Legal Defense Fund.

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From Uncut's March 2015 issue