Neil Young played a solo acoustic benefit for Ontario’s Lakefield College School on the campus grounds on May 23, and during his set he broke out “My Boy,” written in 1983 as an ode to his son Zeke, for the first time since the ‘83 Solo Trans tour. Fan-shot video has surfaced, and the song–recorded in 1983 and then released on 1985’s Old Ways–still sounds gorgeous all these years later. Watch a clip below and see the full video here.
Neil also played two CSNY deep cuts: his first public performance of the ’70s-era track “Love/Art Blues” since 2008 and his first performance of 1988’s “Name of Love” since 2014. You can see his full setlist below.
According to Rolling Stone, a printed setlist revealed that Neil planned to end the show with solo electric versions of “Throw Your Hatred Down” and “Rockin’ in the Free World” but never played them, and it’s suspected that poor weather played a role. Tickets for the concert reportedly cost upwards of $1,500 and went towards the restoration of a 116-year-old cottage near the school.
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Neil Young @ Lakefield Northcote Campus – 5/23/25 Setlist (via)
Comes a Time
Sugar Mountain
I Am a Child (Buffalo Springfield song)
Heart of Gold
Field of Opportunity
Out on the Weekend
Love and Only Love (Neil Young & Crazy Horse song)
My Boy (first time since 1983)
Mellow My Mind
Harvest Moon
Homegrown
Love/Art Blues (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song) (first time since 2008)
Long May You Run (The Stills–Young Band song)
Helpless (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)
Name of Love (first time since 2014)
After the Gold Rush
Love Earth (Neil Young & Crazy Horse song)
Encore:
Old Man