Neil Younger has canceled plans to play a free live performance in Ukraine, saying he couldn’t “in good conscience” take his crew into the war-torn nation.
“We had venue, near a shelter, however the altering state of affairs on the bottom was an excessive amount of,” Younger wrote on his web site. “I couldn’t in good conscience take my crew and devices into that space. My apologies to all. Ukraine is a good nation with chief. Slava Ukraini”
Younger introduced the present earlier this month, however didn’t comply with up with particular particulars like a date and site. He beforehand described Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “the loopy warfare of an previous dying man who desires to relive his life and make issues higher for himself due to errors he thinks had been made 50 years in the past.”
Extra not too long ago, Younger gave a harsh evaluation of how Putin’s pal, President Trump, has been main the USA. “Beneath 47’s management, the US has misplaced its standing,” he wrote. “Loyalists won’t ever be stronger than Patriots, and Patriots are within the majority right here within the USA. Our Patriots will take to the streets to peacefully display. There shall be a second of fact in our nation and we are going to present the world who we actually are. The USA will once more be the chief of the Free World.”
In June, Younger and his new band, the chrome hearts, will kick off the UK/European leg of their “love earth world tour,” adopted by a North American run starting in August. Tickets could be bought right here.