Not so Neil Young, as he spends the majority of the concert seated and is VERY VERY old.
The first half of the concert is, as seems to be the tradition with this venue these days, a complete run through of his new concept album, probably entitled "Greendale."
The whole of the first two hours is Neil's troubadour moment. He tells us a vaguely coherent story about a beautiful young girl, Sun Green, and the exploits of her family, comprising a nutty painter father and a comic relief-providing grandfather.
In the course of the story, we are rivetted/bored to death by the non-stop analogue of the intrusion of modern media and the steady destruction of the planet in classic and unvaried Neil style.
Two of the songs in the first half are INCREDIBLE and stand alongside his finest works: 'Someday You'll Find Everything You're Looking For', and 'Save Mother Earth' (possible titles). Unfortunately, the consistency of the rest of the material suffers from the quite limited scope of his pretty much all guitar based treatments. With no band behind it, the momentum sags after a meagre hour! With even Bill Wyman and Oasis looking bored, staunch Young fans are fidgetting and waiting for the classics section....
Once the gimmicky dual megaphone has preached the end of the first half, a collective sigh of relief breathes the crowd into the foyer and to cornetto munching aplenty.
Now for the hits: 'Goldrush', 'Harvest' and 'Harvest Moon' have tracks plundered. Obviously the encore is 'Heart Of Gold', but no 'Hurricane', no 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' and just 30 short minutes to span a career that has lasted almost 40 years. Only a breathtaking 'Expecting To Fly' saves this old man's skin from a marginal review from Yours Truly.
Magnificent, but I am not sure whose choice would see this legend indulge himself in this way again soon. I wait for the album, fully expecting to be skipping many tracks.......
