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Neil Young has performed a rare cut, ‘Ambulance Blues’ in the Netherlands – check it out below.
Just days after he headlined the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2025 on Saturday (June 28), Young and the Chrome Hearts performed at Summerstage in the Netherlands, where they performed ‘Ambulance Blues’.
The performance marked the first time that Young has played the song live with the Chrome Hearts, and his overall third time ever performing the song with a band in 51 years.
Though he has played the song a number of times as a solo act, he’s only played ‘Ambulance Blues’ with a band three times – the first was with R.E.M. at a benefit concert in 1998, the second was with Promise of the Real at a private gig in 2016.
Before launching into the song – which kicked off the Summerstage set – Young said to the audience: “I haven’t played this in like 100 years. We’ll see what happens.”
Watch fan-shot footage of the rare performance below.
The performance came just days after his Glastonbury 2025 performance – which in the lead-up to the gig saw the folk icon at loggerheads with the festival for a brief stint over its partnership with the BBC.
Around the end of last year, Young made headlines when he shared a statement with fans, confirming that he was set to perform at Glastonbury as a headliner (before the official line-up was announced) – but had pulled out due to creative differences, calling it a “corporate turn-off”.
Just days later, he would go back on this decision and describe it as a misunderstanding. “Due to an error in the information received, I had decided to not play the Glastonbury festival, which I always have loved,” he said. “Happily, the festival is now back on our itinerary and we look forward to playing! Hope to see you there!”
When the BBC rolled out its coverage plans, Young’s headline set was excluding from livestreams on iPlayer, with Glasto boss Emily Eavis adding that she “didn’t believe” that his set would be shown. The BBC later said that Young’s absence from their coverage plan was a decision made “at the artist’s request”.
However, on the morning of June 28, the BBC shared that it was “delighted” to confirm Young’s set would be live-streamed after all.
His no-frills headline set scored him a four-star review, with Patrick Clarke writing for NME: “It is, in short, the definition of no frills. It’s testament to the power of Young’s songwriting, then, just how brilliantly it all works, how little the momentum drops… Here, then, is a headline set that proves that sometimes, there’s still power to be found in an old-school approach.”
Perry Farrell has released another public apology following an on-stage confrontation involving his bandmate Dave Navarro.
The Jane's Addiction frontman was involved in a physical altercation with guitarist Dave Navarro last year during a live performance, an incident that prompted the band to cancel their reunion tour and eventually led to their split.
“I'd like to address what happened on stage last year,” Perry, 66, said in a statement shared across both his personal Instagram account and Jane's Addiction’s official page. “I've reflected on it and know I didn't handle myself the way I should have. I apologize to our patrons and my bandmates for losing my temper and for disrupting the show.”
He went on to admit that he did not meet fan expectations and described himself as deeply remorseful toward everyone impacted by the incident.
“Jane's Addiction has been at the center of my life for decades. The band, the songs, the patrons, and the impact that we've had on music and culture mean more to me than any words I could ever possibly write down,” he shared.
“My aim has always been to give our audience the best possible show, something real, honest and positive. In Boston, we fell short of that, and I'm truly sorry to everyone who was impacted.”
Jane's Addiction also issued its own statement regarding the altercation, which ultimately led to the group’s remaining members filing a lawsuit against Perry alleging assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract.
“Today we are here to announce that we have come together one last time to resolve our differences, so that the legacy of Jane's Addiction will remain the work the four of us created together,” the band wrote, signaling that the group would not move forward with Perry. “We now look forward to the future as we embark on our separate musical and creative endeavors.”
