Neil Young Tonight's the Night Tour 1973

Tonight's The Night Tour
Tour by Neil Young
Start date	August 11, 1973
End date	November 23, 1973
Legs	2
No. of shows	27
Neil Young concert chronology
	; Neil Young 1973 North American Tour; ; Tonight's The Night Tour; ; Neil Young & Crazy Horse Bar Tour 1975;

The Neil Young Tonight's The Night Tour was a 1973 concert tour by Canadian musician Neil Young. It was in support of his unreleased at the time album Tonight's The Night. The tour included some dates in California where the retrospective live album Roxy: Tonight's The Night Live was recorded. The tour then continued to Canada, the United Kingdom and select dates across the United States.

History[]

In the second half of 1973, Young formed The Santa Monica Flyers, with Crazy Horse's rhythm section augmented by Nils Lofgren on guitar and piano and Harvest/Time Fades Away veteran Ben Keith on pedal steel guitar. Deeply affected by the drug-induced deaths of Whitten and roadie Bruce Berry, Young recorded an album specifically inspired by the incidents, Tonight's the Night (June 20, 1975). The album's dark tone and rawness led Reprise to delay its release and Young had to pressure them for two years before they would do so.^[1]

Personnel[]

As per Roxy: Tonight's The Night Live - the backing band was credited as the Santa Monica Flyers

Neil Young – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar, vocals, slide guitar
Nils Lofgren – piano, vocals, guitar
Billy Talbot – bass
Ralph Molina – drums, vocals

Tour Setlist[]

Tour dates[]

Tours
Date	City	Country	Venue
Club Tour^[2]
August 11, 1973	Topanga Canyon, California	United States	Corral Club (2 Shows a night)
August 12, 1973	Topanga Canyon, California		Corral Club (2 Shows a night)
September 20, 1973	Los Angeles, California		Roxy Theatre (2 Shows a night)
September 21, 1973
September 22, 1973
World Tour^[3]
Date	City	Country	Venue
October 28, 1973	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada	Physical Education Complex - McMaster University
October 29, 1973	Waterloo, Ontario		Waterloo Lutheran University
October 30, 1973	London, Ontario		Alumni Hall - University of Western Ontario
November 3, 1973	Manchester	England	Palace Theatre
November 4, 1973	Bristol		Hippodrome
November 5, 1973	London		Rainbow Theatre
November 6, 1973	Liverpool		Empire Theatre
November 8, 1973	Glasgow	Scotland	Apollo Theatre
November 9, 1973	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
November 10, 1973	London	England	Royal Festival Hall
November 15, 1973	New York City, New York	United States	Colden Auditorium - Queens College 2 Shows
November 16, 1973	Boston, Massachusetts		Boston Music Hall
November 18, 1973	Columbus, Ohio		Mershon Auditorium
November 19, 1973	Cleveland, Ohio		Cleveland Music Hall
November 20, 1973	Chicago, Illinois		Auditorium Theatre
November 23, 1973	Berkeley, California		Berkeley Community Theatre

References[]

^ McDonough, Jimmy (13 May 2003). Shakey: Neil Young's Biography. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 430. ISBN 9781400075447 – via Google Books.
^ "Neil Young". sugarmtn.org. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
^ "Neil Young". sugarmtn.org. Retrieved 2020-09-22.

[1] McDonough, Jimmy (13 May 2003). Shakey: Neil Young's Biography. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 430. ISBN 9781400075447 – via Google Books.

[2] "Neil Young". sugarmtn.org. Retrieved 2020-09-22.

[3] "Neil Young". sugarmtn.org. Retrieved 2020-09-22.

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