Neil Young Tonight's the Night Tour 1973
# Neil Young Tonight's the Night Tour 1973

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.

## 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 dates

Club tour :

| Date (1973) | City | Country | Venue |
| - | - | - | - |
| August 11 (2 shows) | Topanga | United States | Topanga Corral |
| August 12 (2 shows) | Topanga | United States | Topanga Corral |
| September 20 (2 shows) | Los Angeles | United States | Roxy Theatre |
| September 21 (2 shows) | Los Angeles | United States | Roxy Theatre |
| September 22 (2 shows) | Los Angeles | United States | Roxy Theatre |

World tour :

| Date (1973) | City | Country | Venue |
| - | - | - | - |
| October 28 | Hamilton | Canada | Physical Education Complex |
| October 29 | Waterloo | Canada | Waterloo Lutheran University |
| October 30 | London | Canada | Alumni Hall |
| November 3 | Manchester | England | Palace Theatre |
| November 4 | Bristol | England | Bristol Hippodrome |
| November 5 | London | England | Rainbow Theatre |
| November 6 | Liverpool | England | Liverpool Empire Theatre |
| November 8 | Glasgow | Scotland | The Apollo |
| November 9 | Newcastle upon Tyne | England | Newcastle City Hall |
| November 10 | London | England | Royal Festival Hall |
| November 15 (2 shows) | Queens | United States | Colden Auditorium |
| November 16 | Boston | United States | Music Hall |
| November 18 | Columbus | United States | Mershon Auditorium |
| November 19 | Cleveland | United States | Music Hall |
| November 20 | Chicago | United States | Auditorium Theatre |
| November 23 | Berkeley | United States | Berkeley Community Theater |
