Neil Young returns with The Monsanto Years

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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He teams up with Willie Nelson’s sons Lukas and Micah for upcoming album

Neil Young will release his latest album titled The Monsanto Years this summer, it’s been announced.

Rolling Stone report the record will launch on June 16 and is named after the agricultural company who specialise in genetically modified seeds – the firm Young has spoken out against in recent years.

He’s teamed up with the band Promise Of The Real for the album which features Willie Nelson’s sons Lukas and Micah. He previously played with the brothers at Farm Aid in North Carolina in September 2014.

Young told Rolling Stone earlier this year: “I’m working on another album. I’m going to be doing it with Willie Nelson’s sons. It’s going to be called The Monsanto Years. It’s an upbeat review of the situation. Go get yourself a hot dog and listen to this.”

In addition, the veteran singer/songwriter has lined up an 11-date North American tour, starting in Milwaukee on July 5.

Further details on The Monsanto Years will be issued in due course.

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.