A legendary music icon is coming, Boise. Will this major outdoor show be his last time?
Neil Young is headed back to the Boise area for his first Idaho show in nearly a decade.
And this time, the legendary singer-songwriter and guitarist will be flanked by his classic backing band, Crazy Horse.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse will perform outdoors Sunday, July 28, at the Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater in Nampa. Tickets become available to the general public for $40-$199 beginning at 10 a.m. Friday through fordidahocenter.com. Special guests are planned but have not been announced yet.
Young, 78, has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice — in 1995 as a solo performer and in 1997 as a member of Buffalo Springfield. He last performed in Idaho at a sold-out Outlaw Field show at the Idaho Botanical Garden in 2016. Prior to that, he gigged at the sold-out Morrison Center in 2007.
An evening with Crazy Horse behind him on stage promises to be a raucous affair — the kind of sonic journey that helped Young earn his moniker as the Godfather of Grunge.
For Boise fans, it feels like a potential final opportunity. Taking this concert into account, the Canadian music icon’s last couple of trips to Boise have been spaced apart by nine and eight years. Expecting Young to still be on the road playing secondary markets in his mid- to late 80s might be a stretch. (Yes, Boise, we’re a secondary market.)
Willie Nelson, of course, would beg to differ. In another show sure to be popular with baby boomers, the 90-year-old is scheduled to perform outdoors at the Ford Idaho Center this summer, too. He’ll headline the Outlaw Music Festival on Wednesday, Aug. 7, along with Bob Dylan and John Mellencamp.
This story was originally published April 22, 2024 at 11:00 AM.