Neil Young To Release New Album- Earth- On June 17th Via Reprise Records

NEIL YOUNG TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM -  EARTH - ON JUNE 17 TH VIA REPRISE RECORDS  ALBUM FEATURES A NEW TAKE ON SOME OF YOUNG'S MOST BELOVED SONGS THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S "THE FIRST FRIDAYS" EVENT SERIES PRESENTS  AN EVENING WITH NEIL YOUNG, ON MAY 6TH   April 28, 2016 - (Burbank, CA) -  Neil Young  will release a new album, entitled  EARTH , on June 17th via Reprise Records. The album features performances of songs from a range of Young's albums, including last year's  The Monsanto Years , 1990's  Ragged Glory , and 1970's  After the Gold Rush . The audio was captured during Young's 2015 tour with The Promise of the Real, fronted by Lukas Nelson (vocals/guitar) andMicah Nelson (guitar, vocals) - Willie Nelson's sons. The tour included Young performing solo and with the band for a full electric show. A new take on some of Young's most beloved songs,  EARTH  features the live recordings, along with added musical overdubs, as well as sounds of the earth, such as city sounds like car horns, sounds of insects, and animal sounds from bears, birds, crickets, bees, horses, cows - creating a very strange, yet beautiful atmosphere. "Ninety-eight uninterrupted minutes long,  EARTH flows as a collection of 13 songs from throughout my life, songs I have written about living here on our planet together,"  says Young. "Our animal kingdom is well represented in the audience as well, and the animals, insects, birds, and mammals actually take over the performances of the songs at times."   On Friday, May 6th, in Los Angeles between 7:00pm - 9:00pm,  The Natural History Museum Los Angeles County   will present "An Evening With Neil Young", as part of their  "First Fridays"  event series. "First Fridays" is a monthly event at the Natural History Museum that includes live music, DJ sets, and scientific discussions/presentations.  For this event, Young will present the first public playback of his upcoming release,  EARTH  in its entirety in  Pono  high definition fidelity audio. Young will deliver the opening portion of the program with his insights and explanation of the making of  EARTH , and its contents. This will be the first-ever public album preview by Young in his career and the first event of its kind for NHM. For tickets and further details, go to:  "First Fridays" . Coming out one week prior on June 10th are two rare films - the critically acclaimed post-apocalyptic musical comedy  Human Highway  and the concert feature  Rust Never Sleeps - for the first time on DVD and Blu Ray via Reprise Records. Neither film has been available or viewed in years.  Human Highway  is Young's 1982 comedy starring Russ Tamblyn, Charlotte Stewart, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, and Devo, which has been digitally restored for the DVD and Blu Ray release.  Rust Never Sleeps isthe full-length feature about Young's 1978 concert tour and includes such classic young Young's most popular songs, showcasing classic hits such as "I Am a Child,"featuring Crazy Horse, "Cinnamon Girl," "Like A Hurricane" and both the acoustic and electric versions of his landmark song "Hey Hey, My My." Both are currently available for pre-order through  Neil Young Store  and Amazon.com. Special bundles are available exclusively through Neil Young Store only. The track-listing for  EARTH  is as follows: "People Want to Hear About Love" (from The Monsanto Years)"Big Box" (from The Monsanto Years)"Mother Earth" (from Ragged Glory)"The Monsanto Years" (from The Monsanto Years)"I Won't Quit" (previously unreleased)"Western Hero" (from Sleeps With Angels)"Vampire Blues" (from On The Beach)"Hippie Dream" (from Landing On Water)"After The Gold Rush" (from After The Gold Rush)"Wolf Moon" (from The Monsanto Years)"Love & Only Love" (from Ragged Glory)