Edinburgh, Scotland - 3/3/08: Concert Reports

Enduring master delivers rough and the smooth - Independent.co.uk By David Pollock:

"Dressed in a battered cream suit, unkempt white shirt and scuffed trainers, Young plays the dishevelled musical polymath. Once opening pleasantries are exchanged with a gorgeous 'From Hank to Hendrix', he rises from the nest of guitars in centre stage, warms his hands against the orange light behind his head and strolls the stage like a man who's unsure quite where he is. He strokes his chin for a few seconds, affects a fearful cower when the audience's applause swells towards him and half-stumbles to the piano."

Uncut.co.uk | Live Reviews: Neil Young - Edinburgh Playhouse, March 3 2008 by DAMIEN LOVE:

"He sits alone inside a circle of acoustic guitars – seven of them, plus a banjo – absently, fondly, touching one and then the other, as though waiting for them to tell him which one wants to go first. He dips his harmonica in a china teacup of water like a man dunking biscuits in a rest home. He looks shambling, distracted; and then he starts to play, and his focus and intensity sucks the breath from you."

Living legend is Young at heart - Edinburgh Evening News:

"David Ferguson, 36, an IT executive from Broughton, added: 'I've never seen so many guitar amplifiers on a stage and don't remember enjoying a gig as much as this since I saw David Bowie in Manchester a few years back.'"

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Neil Young will be performing tonight at Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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