Willie Nelson and Neil Young announce two East Coast shows. Get tickets
The Red Headed Stranger is gigging with The Godfather of Grunge.Ahead of their annual Farm Aid gig, Willie Nelson and Neil Young will co-headline two shows with special guest Ty Myers on the East Coast.Their pair of concerts are slated to take place at:Hartford Healthcare AmphitheaterBridgeport, CTTuesday, Sept.22TD Pavilion at Highmark MannPhiladelphia, PAThursday, Sept.
24Then, two days after these high-profile performances, they’ll share the stage at Farm Aid, which goes down at at Virginia Beach’s Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater on Saturday, Sept.26 this year.Other headliners joining them on the bill in Virginia Beach include John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Turnpike Troubadours and more.Prior to teaming up with Young, Willie Nelson will finish his annual Outlaw Music Festival run with shows all over the US.That includes three in New York — at Jones Beach (Aug.
28), Bethel (Aug.29) and Albany (Aug.
30) — for the 93-year-old.Fellow big names at these shows include The Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Stephen Wilson Jr., Robert Randolph and Don Was.As for Young, these three concerts are all he has in the books for this year.
However, he is releasing his 50th (!) studio album “Second Song” with his backing band The Chrome Hearts on Sept.18.
The 11-minute lead single “Second Song” can be heard here.Tickets for the two Nelson/Young joints officially go on sale to the general public on Friday, Aug.21 at 10 am local time through Ticketmaster but are available now on trusted secondary market sites like SeatGeek.We only recommend sites with a 100% buyer guarantee, so you know your transaction is safe and your tickets will arrive on time.Make sure to use promo code NYPOST10 for $10 off purchases over $250 at checkout (Editor’s Note: this discount is only valid for users’ first purchase on SeatGeek).All Nelson and Young dates, venues and links to buy tickets are listed here:A complete calend...