Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts announce summer 2026 UK & Ireland tour
They’re supported by Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Last updated 21st Nov 2025
Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts will play six shows in the UK and Ireland in summer 2026 on the Love Earth World Tour.
Part of a larger European trek that also visits France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland, Neil Young and his band kick off the UK and Ireland leg at Manchester Heaton Park on Friday 19th June 2026.
On Saturday 27th June, Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts headline the inaugural State Fayre rock music and barbecue festival at Hylands Park in Chelmsford, before heading to Scotland to play Glasgow Summer Sessions at Bellahouston Park two days later (Mon 29th June).
Neil Young and co. will then play Virgin Media Park in Cork, Ireland (Wed 1st July), Blenheim Palace Festival in Oxfordshire (Fri 3rd July) and Cardiff Blackweir Fields (Sun 5th July).
The mightily impressive support act at all six dates is Elvis Costello & The Imposters with Charlie Sexton.
Tickets to the UK dates go on sale from Planet Rock Tickets at 9am on Friday 28th November.
Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts played two UK shows this summer, headlining Glastonbury and American Express presents British Summer Time Hyde Park.
The Chrome Hearts are: Spooner Oldham (keys), Micah Nelson (guitar, vocal), Corey McCormick (bass, vocal), and Anthony LoGerfo (drums) and Neil Young (vocals, guitar, piano).
Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts’ UK & Ireland tour dates:
JUNE 2026
Manchester Heaton Park – Fri 19th
State Fayre, Highlands Park, Chelmsford – Sat 27th
Glasgow Summer Sessions, Bellahouston Park – Mon 29th
JULY 2026
Virgin Media Park, Cork – Wed 1st
Blenheim Palace Festival, Oxfordshire – Fri 3rd
Cardiff Blackweir Fields – Sun 5th
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Mick Jagger
A school photo of a 9-year-old Mick Jagger in 1951 at Wentworth Junior County Primary School in his home town Dartford
Rod Stewart
Roderick David Stewart aged 8 in 1953.
Charlie Watts
Charles Robert Watts – Rolling Stones legend Charlie Watts - aged 2 with his mother Lillian and father Charles in Trafalgar Square in 1943.
Sting
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner – aka Sting – aged 10 at his home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1961.
Ronnie Wood
Ronald David Wood (Ronnie Wood) aged 4 in 1951, taken at his home in Whitehorn Avenue, Yiewsley, West London.
Bob Dylan
A childhood photo of Robert Allen Zimmerman – Bob Dylan – aged 2 in 1943.
Iggy Pop
Punk legend James Newell Osterberg Jr. – Iggy Pop – aged 18 months in 1948.
Paul McCartney
Future Beatles icon James Paul McCartney, nowadays known as Paul, aged 8 in Liverpool in 1950.
Janis Joplin
Late-great rock icon Janis Joplin aged 9 in 1952. She died just 18 years later.
David Bowie
A seven-year-old David Jones, soon to be known as David Bowie, in Bromley, London in 1954.
Neil Young
Feted rocker Neil Young as a young boy, aged 11 in 1956.
Jim Morrison
The Doors' Jim Morrison, aged 15, in his high school yearbook photo in 1958.
Bono
A one-year-old Paul David Hewson – future U2 frontman Bono – at his home in Dublin in 1961.
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad – aka Billy Idol – aged 10 in 1965.
Bruce Springsteen
16-year-old Bruce Springsteen in his high school yearbook photo in 1965.
Chrissie Hynde
The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde aged 17 in her high school yearbook in 1968.
Larry Mullen Jr
U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr aged 13 in 1974.
Freddie Mercury
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Debbie Harry
Blondie's Debbie Harry aged 17 in her high school yearbook photo in 1962.
Lars Ulrich
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Tina Turner
17-year-old Anna Mae Bullock, rock icon Tina Turner, in her high school yearbook photo in 1956.
Jack Black
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Tom Petty
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Elvis Presley
The King of Rock and Roll himself, Elvis Presley, aged 5 in 1940.
Jimi Hendrix
A three-year-old Johnny Allen Hendrix with his dad Al in late 1945. When he was four in 1946 – a year after the above photo was taken – Johnny was renamed James 'Jimmy' Marshall Hendrix after his dad and Al's late brother Leon Marshall Hendrix.
John Lydon
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Sid Vicious
Simon John Ritchie - aka future Sex Pistols star Sid Vicious - aged 12 in 1969.
Ian Curtis
A five-year-old Ian Curtis in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1961.