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Neil Young spends birthday performing for protestors

He turned 71 on Saturday

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Neil Young spent his 71st birthday at the Standing Rock Reservation, site of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, to perform for those involved.

Young turned 71 on Saturday, November 12.

“Got my birthday wish today, my girl took me to #StandWithStandingRock #WaterIsLife,” he wrote on his Facebook page.

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In September, Young unveiled a new song “Indian Givers“, which addresses the proposed and controversial Dakota Access Pipeline that cuts through Native American land. The track will appear on Young’s forthcoming album, Peace Trail.

The December 2016 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – featuring our cover story on Pink Floyd, plus a free CD compiled by Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner that includes tracks by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Sleaford Mods, Yo La Tengo, Can. Elsewhere in the issue, there’s TheDamned, Julia Holter, Desert Trip, Midlake, C86, David Pajo, Nils Frahm and the New Classical, David Bowie, Tim Buckley, REM, Norah Jones, Morphine, The Pretenders and more plus 140 reviews

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