At Adidas Arena, Neil Young proves once again that rock’n’roll is very much alive

Trucker look and black Gibson, the 79 -year -old Canadian ignited the Parisian public in a show of almost two hours at the height of his legend.

IHe swore it to us in 2022: climate crisis obliges. However, he would no longer tour by plane. Nevertheless, Goodbye Neil Young’s concerts this side of the Atlantic, we therefore concluded at the time. Meanwhile, It was without counting on adidas arena, neil young proves the famous changing character of loner. Therefore, Who has always only done his head, to the devil the promises and coherence. Similarly, The unpredictable Canadian therefore made the way to Paris to perform at the Adidas Arena. However, this July 13-too bad for the planet and so much the better for the more than 6,000 fans gathered that evening.

Whoever looks more. Meanwhile, more like an American trucker-informed black jeans and t-shirts, caps screwed on his face to the point of hiding it-is this time accompanied by his new group The Chrome Hearts. One of his previous ones. Promise of the Real, embellished with the organ of Spooner Oldham, 82 and a career which led him alongside both Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin. The band launches without a word in Ambulance Blues. One of the most beautiful titles of one of his biggest albums, On The Beach. adidas arena, neil young proves An acoustic color song. which Neil Young ends in a raging tone: “I did not know that a man could tell so many lies, he offered a different story to each pair of eyes. »»

This anger will not let it go for a large part of the set. His famous black Gibson in hand, he embarks on a Cowgirl In The Sand epic and explosive. The guitarist Micah Nelson. the bass player Corey McCormick and the drummer Anthony Logerfo, all thirty, imitate the choirs as well as the brinquebalant energy of the legendary Crazy Horse. Neil Young is not mistaken, spending half the concert in a circle with the first two. On the most recent Be the Rain – the opportunity to still send a green message with its song of “save the planet for one more day” – as on its great classics Cinnamon Girl. When You adidas arena, neil young proves Dance, I Can Really Love, The Canadian plays the floor. At almost 80 years old, he is obviously not ready to let go of his title of grunge sponsor. And too bad if the solo of Southern Man is less dazzling than it was. the voice is there, surprisingly intact.

What he demonstrates with a beautiful The Needle. the Damage Done, Played alone on stage, first standing, before sitting in the middle of the title. A fatigue quickly passed once the rest of the group is back for a Harvest Moon All gently. Electricity will later resume over a Love to Burn explosive. followed by epic Like a Hurricanecompulsory passage of concerts of loner. An organ descends from the sky to the hands adidas arena, neil young proves of Micah Nelson. who handles him, swinging him in front and back. Neil Young’s guitar solos are this time up to his legend, unbridled and frantic. Finally comes the recall. after almost two hours of show: a Hey Hey, My My telluric, of a power that would have dared to hope. The strings of the Gibson of Neil Young do not survive it, and the group permanently leaves the scene. « Hey Hey. My My, rock’n’roll can never die », they sang as one man, accompanied by the public in fury. The time of a song at least was not a wishful wish.