The Peterborough Examiner

Neil Young getting crazy at the Air Canada Centre

- JANE STEVENSON

Tickets, $258.25, $133.25, $93.25, $53.25 and $75.50 for Neil Young & Crazy Horse's previously announced Nov. 19 Air Canada Centre show go on sale Friday at Ticketmast­er, the ACC box office, by phone at 1-855985-5000 or ticketmast­er.ca or livenation.com.

Opening will be Los Lobos and Everest.

Young & Crazy Horse are touring in support of their first album in nine years, Americana.

Those purchasing tickets online will receive a copy of the new CD, and $1 from every ticket sold will go directly to benefit The Bridge School, which assists children with severe physical i mpairments and complex communicat­ion needs. In other concert news:

� Early-rock-loving singer Chris Isaak, whose latest album Beyond The Sun is a tribute to Sun Records artists, plays Massey Hall on Oct. 29 with tickets, $69.50, on sale Friday at Ticketmast­er, the Roy Thomson Hall box office, by phone at 1855-985-5000, or online at ticketmast­er.ca, livenation.com, masseyhall.com, or roythomson.com.

� Rising New Zealand star Kimbra, best known for her vocals on Gotye's hit Somebody That I Used to Know, which was followed by her major label debut, Vows, headlines her own show on Oct. 27 at the Danforth Music Hall. Tickets, $20 and $25, are on sale Friday at Ticketmast­er, Rotate This, Soundscape­s, by phone at 1-855-985- 5000 or online at ticketmast­er.ca. Opening will be The Stepkids.

Kimbra is back in town before then on June 19 opening for Foster The People at Downsview Park.

� Ironically heavy metal band Steel Panther — or are they? — play the Phoenix on Aug. 9 with tickets, $25, on sale Friday at Ticketmast­er outlets, Rotate This, Soundscape­s or by phone at 1-855-985-5000.

� Weezer and Great Big Sea are among the September entertainm­ent offerings at Casino Rama, The Toronto Sun has learned before Tuesday's official announceme­nt. Players Passport club members can buy tickets for the following on June 17 at the Casino Rama box office, and Facebook and club members on June 18 at the box office or online at ticketmast­er.ca or by calling toll free 1877-599-RAMA (7262). The general public can buy tickets for the following on June 19 at the Casino Rama box office, Ticketmast­er, by calling toll free 1-877-599-RAMA (7262) and online at casinorama.com with an eight ticket limit per show for everyone: Great Big Sea, Sept. 6 ($45, $55); Larry the Cable Guy, Sept. 7 ($45, $55); Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang; Sept. 13 ($40, $50); Weezer, Sept. 14 ($40, $50); Al Bano, Sept. 16 ($35, $45) Choo Mi Mi & Wayne Lai, Sept. 18 ($48); Olivia Newton-John, Sept. 21-22 ($40, $50); Alan Jackson, Sept. 27 ($100, $125).

� Otherwise, Jamie Foxx and Friends have cancelled their Aug. 30 show at Casino Rama before the on-sale took place.

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